Kucoin announced Tuesday it has become the official cryptocurrency exchange partner of UAE Team Emirates – XRG, with the deal making its public debut at the 2026 Tour de France.

Galaxy Digital finished the first phase of its Helios data center campus in West Texas on July 6, 2026, delivering 133 megawatts of critical IT load to Coreweave.

Even as billions of dollars exit major crypto investment products, Hyperliquid’s HYPE token has remained resilient despite heavy withdrawals from U.S. spot bitcoin and ethereum ETFs, according to Coinshares.

Triple-digit temperatures and soaring wholesale electricity prices reportedly squeezed U.S. bitcoin mining operations.

Crypto ETF flows opened the new week on a stronger footing, with bitcoin ETFs adding $265.69 million and ether ETFs bringing in $20.66 million. HYPE and solana products also attracted fresh capital, while XRP ETFs saw no trading activity.

Nuvion, an AI-powered global banking and cross-border payments platform, has integrated Ripple USD (RLUSD), extending the stablecoin’s enterprise reach just days after Ripple secured its full MiCA license in Europe.

United Arab Emirates tech enterprise Siada and Innovation City have launched the region’s first operational sovereign AI data center in Ras Al Khaimah.

President Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve has hit a jurisdictional snag, with the Treasury and Commerce departments vying over who should manage the government’s more than 300,000 BTC.

Bitcoin’s realized profit and loss ratio has fallen to -0.35, a 43-month low last seen after FTX’s collapse, flashing what Cryptoquant calls a bottom signal just as Michael Saylor’s Strategy turns seller.

President Donald Trump declared himself “a big crypto guy” when asked whether bitcoin could be added to the newly launched Trump Accounts, as he rang the market opening bells from the Oval Office.

Lumida Wealth CEO Ram Ahluwalia says Strategy has flipped from bitcoin’s marginal buyer to its marginal seller, while Cryptoquant CEO Ki Young Ju turns Michael Saylor’s famous “sell a kidney” line against him after the firm’s $216 million sale.

Grayscale Research says Strategy’s $216 million bitcoin sale may reduce financing risk and support price stability, pointing to the rebound in STRC as a sign investors are responding positively.

Yield Guild Games blamed the events of 10/10, one of the largest crypto crashes ever, for the bear market that ultimately led to the sunset of this business unit. YGG reported that 35 people will be laid off and that it will not pivot to the AI data economy.

Bitcoin is heading toward two separate fork events in August 2026, and knowing the difference between them is the first step to understanding what’s actually at stake.

Three whale wallets opened nearly $149 million in leveraged bitcoin and ether longs as BTC climbed back above $64,000, onchain tracker Lookonchain reported, just a day after Strategy disclosed its $216 million sale.