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The first five repurchases generated 24% more gross Bitcoin-per-share accretion per pound than a matched BTC purchase. The post Bitcoin treasury company discovers buying own stock adds 24% more BTC per share than buying Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.

For the first time in Cardano's history, no company flipped the switch on a major protocol update.

Nearly $2.3 billion in stablecoins have exited Binance and Bybit over 30 days.

Two consecutive weeks of inflows ended the worst sustained outflow streak in Bitcoin ETF history. Here's why patience may be required from investors.

The Ethereum treasury firm added 7,430 ETH over the past week, bringing its holdings to nearly 5% of the network’s circulating supply. Top Ethereum treasury company Bitmine said Monday its Ether holdings had reached 5.78 million tokens, representing about 4.8% of Ethereum’s circulating supply, as the company closed in on its stated goal of accumulating 5% of all ETH. According to Monday’s announcement, the company added 7,430 ETH (ETH) over the past week. About 4.9 million ETH, or roughly 85% of its treasury, is currently staked through its validator network and partners. Bitmine valued its crypto, cash and marketable securities at $11.5 billion, including 207 Bitcoin and $385 million in cash and securities. The company also repurchased 5.5 million shares during the week under its previously authorized $4 billion buyback program. Read more

Prosecutors say eight entities were used as investor funds moved through financial institutions and crypto exchanges, with new money repaying earlier investors. The post Crypto investor charged with using 8 companies and new investor cash to keep an alleged $20M fraud alive appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin miners rallied as investors cheered multi-billion-dollar AI infrastructure contracts, underscoring the sector’s accelerating shift toward data centers and cloud computing. Shares of several Bitcoin mining companies surged Monday after Hut 8 and IREN announced major AI infrastructure deals, reinforcing investor optimism around miners expanding into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. IREN, Cipher Digital, CleanSpark, Hut 8 and MARA Holdings each gained at least 11% in early Monday trading. The rally followed Hut 8’s announcement of a 15-year, $9.8 billion lease for its AI data center campus and IREN’s disclosure of $2.8 billion in cloud services contracts with AI developers. Both companies began as Bitcoin (BTC) miners before accelerating a pivot toward AI infrastructure and cloud computing as mining economics weakened. IREN now expects its AI cloud business to generate more than $4 billion in annual recurring revenue by the end of 2026. Read more

The West African country’s executive order established a virtual asset council and addressed the fragmentation of crypto regulation for oversight and enforcement. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria has moved to address what his office called the fragmentation of digital asset regulation. The Nigerian president’s special adviser Bayo Onanuga said that an executive order signed on Friday would “harmonize the regulation of virtual assets, strengthen cooperation among the nation’s financial, revenue and capital markets agencies, protect citizens from fraud, and safeguard the integrity of the financial system while enabling responsible innovation.” It also established a virtual asset council headed by some of the nation’s top financial regulators to direct related policies, and Nigeria’s tax authority will update its policies on digital assets. Read more

The brokerage’s blockchain strategy, including tokenized equities and its Arbitrum-based Robinhood Chain, could reduce its reliance on traditional crypto trading, analysts said. Analysts at Bernstein have raised their price target on Robinhood Markets, based on their investment thesis that the online brokerage’s next phase of growth will be driven by tokenized equities and prediction markets rather than traditional crypto trading. In a Monday research note, Bernstein raised its price target on Robinhood (HOOD) stock to $160 from $130 per share and maintained its Outperform rating. HOOD stock was last seen trading around $101. The analysts said prediction markets are poised to become Robinhood’s fastest-growing business, forecasting segment revenue to reach $1.7 billion by 2028, representing a 64% compound annual growth rate. Read more

Ethereum spot ETFs pulled $105M in the week of July 13–17, 2026, as BlackRock's ETHA ends an eight-week outflow streak with accelerating institutional demand. The post Ethereum News: BlackRock’s ETHA Drives ETH ETF Reversal With Back-to-Back Inflow Weeks appeared first on Cryptonews.

Here's what could ignite a strong BTC comeback.

Polymarket traders price CLARITY Act passage at 40% as Senate Democrats demand an ethics clause over Trump's $1.4B in crypto earnings. The post Senate Ethics Deadlock Drags CLARITY Act Odds Under 40% on Polymarket appeared first on Cryptonews.

"The reduced pace of buys reflects that Bitmine repurchased 5.5 million common shares," Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee said in a statement.

Michael Saylor argues BIP-110's 55% miner threshold and transaction filtering set a dangerous governance precedent that threatens Bitcoin neutrality. The post Bitcoin News: Saylor Warns BIP-110 Trades Bitcoin Neutrality for a Dangerous Precedent appeared first on Cryptonews.

For the second consecutive week, Saylor's company sold MSTR stock instead of BTC to pad its reserves to $3.2 billion.

Bitcoin faced troublesome resistance at $65,000 while traders still saw a potential BTC price breakout into a “bullish market structure.” Traders balked on Bitcoin (BTC) at $65,000 on Monday as crypto and risk-assets remained under pressure. Key points: Data from TradingView showed BTC price volatility returning around Monday’s Wall Street open. Read more

The following is a complete overview of Toobit, and a thorough guide on some of its most impactful features to look into in 2026.

The headline figure is gross notional for one capped spread, while $72,500 touch odds stood at just 4.1%. The post Bitcoin gets $2.5B target for $72,000 by August as unknown trader bets big on Fed rally appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Bitcoin miner raised its year-end AI cloud revenue target to more than $4 billion after signing $2.8 billion in new contracts with AI developers. Bitcoin miner IREN’s shares rose around 15.7% on Monday after the company raised its year-end AI cloud annualized run-rate revenue target to more than $4 billion following $2.8 billion in new multi-year cloud services contracts with AI developers. The company said about 85% of its revised annualized AI cloud revenue target is now under contract, with customers including Microsoft, Nvidia, Perplexity and Figure AI. Read more

Bitcoin could surprise investors expecting another four-year cycle, as institutional developments potentially reshape the market's usual historical pattern this year.