Fortitude Invests $45M in Zcash Mining Infrastructure to Drive Vertical Integration
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Robinhood Pulls in $1.31B Q2 Revenue as 44% Trading Surge Fuels Record Profit
Key TakeawaysRobinhood posted $1.31B in Q2 revenue on July 29, driven by strong trading volume.Event contracts on Robinhood surged over...
Bitcoin Miners Face August Showdown After Revenue Rebound
Key TakeawaysBitcoin mining revenue rose to $875.35M in July, rebounding $38.93M from June.Hashrate Index shows hashprice climbed to $31.59 per...
Ethereum outperforms Bitcoin as Bitmine buys 9,946 ETH
Ethereum gained 24% in the past month, beating Bitcoin’s 8% rise. BitMine increased its holdings with a purchase of 9,946...
Japan, US Plot Yen Rescue as Speculators Face Reckoning
Key TakeawaysJapan and the U.S. may unveil a joint yen policy next week, Kyodo News and CNBC reports.Japan sold up...
AI GPUs Earn 10x More per Hour Than Mining Rigs
Key TakeawaysHIVE’s AI GPU cluster earns about $2.90 per GPU-hour, dwarfing bitcoin mining’s roughly $0.12/hour take.The company’s fiscal 2026 revenue...
Fed Hike Odds Surge as Warsh Unleashes Hawkish Warning
Key TakeawaysThe Fed held rates at 3.50% to 3.75% on July 29 in a 9-3 vote with three dissents.CME Fedwatch...
Hyperscale Data Sells 100 BTC to Fuel $3B AI Data Center
Key TakeawaysHyperscale Data sold about 100 bitcoin on July 30, 2026, worth roughly $6.5 million at the time.Alliance Cloud Services’...
Central Bank Gold Purchases Jump 62% to 288.9 Tonnes in Q2
Key TakeawaysCentral bank gold demand hit a Q2 record of 289 tonnes, rebounding sharply from a weak Q1.Poland led purchases...
3 Mining Pools Captured Nearly 30% of Bitcoin Blocks Since Launch
Key TakeawaysUnknown miners hold 230,770 bitcoin blocks, 24.03% of all blocks, per Cloverpool data.Antpool ranks second with 109,004 blocks; Foundry...
Fed Holds Rates, but 3 Hawkish Rebels Demand Hike as Inflation Fight Erupts
Key TakeawaysThe Federal Reserve held rates at 3.50% to 3.75% in a 9-3 vote on July 29, 2026.Hammack, Kashkari and...
Prediction Markets Say Hold, Citadel Securities Says Fed Will Hike as Trump Pressures Central Bank
Key TakeawaysKalshi puts Fed hold odds at 73% ahead of the July 29 FOMC decision.Citadel Securities’ Frank Flight bets on...
CZ Backs Crypto License Passporting Across ASEAN
Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao backed crypto license passporting across ASEAN, arguing that firms regulated in one market should be...
CME Launches Single-Stock Futures on 50-Plus Top US Stocks as Its Crypto Derivatives Arm Keeps Growing
Key TakeawaysCME Group rolled out 77 single-stock futures contracts covering Apple, Nvidia, Tesla and 50-plus other stocks.The new contracts trade...
Not Every Bitcoin Mine Is Ready for AI
This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocksbridge Consulting curating the latest news in energy, compute,...
BitMEX sued for engineering customer liquidations to seize traders’ Bitcoin collateral
The lawsuit was filed the day BitMEX announced its shutdown. Lawsuit alleges excess Bitcoin collateral was retained. Plaintiffs claim losses...
Peter Schiff Says Japan Could Be the Pin That Pricks the Bigger US Bubble
Key TakeawaysAlphabet (Google) fell 10% and Oracle dropped 41% in 2026 as investors questioned AI capex spending.Japan’s 30 year bond...
Bitcoin’s 15th Difficulty Reset Exposes a Mining Industry Under Pressure
Key TakeawaysBitcoin’s difficulty fell 0.74% at block 959616, its 15th adjustment of 2026 so far.Hashprice dropped to $32.21 as miners...
Bitcoin advocacy group to join US State Department’s ‘digital freedom’ program
The Bitcoin Policy Institute and three partner organizations will be able to send employees to work alongside State Department officials...
Can Bulls Repair the Damage?
"The next big move could shock everyone," one analyst predicted. The biggest meme coin by market capitalization is down...
Michael Saylor Rolls out Net BTC and BTC Hurdle ARR to Reframe Strategy’s $64 Billion Bitcoin Bet
Key TakeawaysStrategy unveiled new bitcoin metrics July 24, including Net BTC and BTC Hurdle ARR.Strategy holds 843,775 BTC bought for...
Bitcoin Miner Poolin Technology Files Chapter 11 With $173M Debt as $52M Asset Sale Moves Forward
Key TakeawaysOn July 22, 2026, Singapore-based Poolin Technology filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey court.The filing reflects broader...
