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CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost posted on X platform, pointing out that Bitcoin has been oscillating around the key support level of $60,000 for nearly 165 days, failing to hold firm and reignite upward momentum. One core reason is the market's lack of new liquidity. Over the past 30 days, the net outflow of stablecoin reserves from Binance and Bybit has approached $2.3 billion. New demand, whether flowing into Bitcoin or the entire crypto market, remains weak. Since the beginning of this year, stablecoin reserves on exchanges have continued to decline. This rather pessimistic market sentiment continues to restrict the funding support needed for Bitcoin to break out of its current consolidation range.However, as regulatory measures like the GENIUS Act require stablecoins to improve compliance, the decentralized nature of the stablecoin ecosystem may be weakened. In the long term, Bitcoin's decentralized characteristics could thereby become more prominent.
Odaily Strategy Inc. Executive Chairman Michael Saylor posted a chart of the company's Bitcoin purchase history and current holdings on X on July 19, with the caption "What’s next?", but did not disclose any new transactions, funding sources, or plans to increase holdings. The chart shows that the company holds 843,775 BTC, accounting for approximately 4.02% of Bitcoin's fixed supply. Based on a market price of $64,312, the holdings are worth approximately $54.28 billion. The total cumulative purchase cost is about $63.83 billion, with an average purchase price of $75,653. Strategy has not purchased any Bitcoin since June 22, and its holdings remained unchanged during the week of July 6 to July 12. During the week ending July 12, Strategy sold 4,818,781 shares of MSTR common stock, generating net proceeds of $467 million. Of this, $450 million was used to increase its U.S. dollar reserves, bringing cash reserves to $3 billion. Company data shows that these reserves can cover 20.4 months of annual preferred stock dividend obligations, totaling $1.763 billion, and support interest payments on outstanding debt. Strategy previously sold 32 BTC between May 26 and May 31, generating approximately $2.5 million. On July 5, it sold another 3,588 BTC, generating approximately $216 million. Michael Saylor stated that the related funds were used to pay quarterly and monthly dividends.
Odaily News: Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has launched USD-settled BTC and ETH options on Kraken Pro, initially available via Request for Quote (RFQ), with the European market to follow soon. Kraken plans to further expand the product through an order book, broader regional coverage, and additional assets. It noted that existing crypto options products are primarily geared toward institutional investors, with insufficient retail participation.
Michael Saylor, founder of Bitcoin treasury company Strategy, has once again posted information related to the Bitcoin Tracker, captioned "What's next?". According to previous patterns, Strategy typically discloses information on increasing its Bitcoin holdings the day after relevant news is released.
Clem Chambers stated China's LLMs catching up to OpenAI and Anthropic does not signify the end of the AI boom, as LLMs are only one part of the AI industry. He believes that free or open-source models will not diminish AI demand, as enterprises and governments still require higher-level AI capabilities. He draws an analogy between AI infrastructure demand and Bitcoin mining, stating that both revolve around kilowatt computing power and kilowatt-hour costs. Hardware, energy, cooling, and turbines cannot be provided for free, and the related value chain is constrained by resources and upgrade cycles. Chambers points out that AI demand drives continuous iteration of hardware and software, and equipment may face replacement cycles similar to crypto mining. He argues that the cost base of AI comes not only from the models themselves but also from computing power allocation and infrastructure investment. (Forbes)
Michael Saylor posted on X platform, stating that many Bitcoin supporters he respects are backing the BIP 110 proposal. He understands and agrees with these individuals' desire to protect Bitcoin, but believes that the solution proposed by this proposal is "more dangerous than the problem itself." Bitcoin requires guardians who uphold network neutrality, and he claimed that he will present "110 reasons" to explain why Bitcoin must adhere to the principle of neutrality. The key to protecting Bitcoin lies in maintaining its fundamental attributes as a global, open, decentralized monetary network, rather than resolving short-term disputes through methods that could weaken network consensus.
According to Odaily, as of June 23, 2026, Foundry Digital, AntPool, ViaBTC, and F2Pool collectively control over 70% of the Bitcoin network's hashrate, with shares of approximately 31%, 18%, 13%, and 10% respectively. Foundry Digital is a US-based mining pool backed by Digital Currency Group, primarily serving large institutions and publicly listed mining companies. In the first half of 2026, D-Central reported a Nakamoto coefficient of 3, meaning that just three mining pools would be enough to produce more than half of the blocks. ViaBTC faced stricter regulatory scrutiny in 2026, prompting some miners to shift to alternative pools like EMCD.
Odaily Strategy founder Michael Saylor published a lengthy post on July 18, listing 100 reasons to oppose BIP 110. He stated that the proposal would impose restrictions on a currently valid but controversial class of transactions through Bitcoin's consensus rules, constituting governance intervention in certain use cases. BIP 110, full name "Reduced Data Temporary Softfork," was marked as Complete on Github on June 25, 2026. The proposal is planned to run for approximately one year and introduces seven new consensus restrictions, including an 83-byte limit on OP_RETURN outputs, a 256-byte cap on certain payloads and witness items, as well as restrictions on some Taproot-related structures. Michael Saylor pointed out that BIP 110 adopts a 55% miner signaling threshold, lower than the 95% threshold in the standard BIP 9 process, and removes the regular timeout and FAILED status. He believes that using a lower threshold for controversial rule changes increases the probability of a chain split and could potentially affect miner fee revenue and long-term network security. He argued that existing Bitcoin relay and mining strategy tools already allow node operators and miners to restrict unwanted transaction types without the need to change the network's consensus rules. Michael Saylor also stated that Bitcoin's base layer should remain conservative and opposed the use of consensus soft forks to regulate controversial use cases.
Bitcoin News posted on X platform stating that Dathon Pwn claims to have discovered a late-upgrade consensus vulnerability in BIP 110. This could cause nodes upgraded from older software to retain chain history, while newly deployed BIP 110 nodes would reject this history, potentially resulting in a hidden chain split.
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Bitdeer released its latest Bitcoin holdings data on platform X. For the week ending July 17, its Bitcoin mining output was 244.3 BTC, but it sold 244.3 BTC during the same period, resulting in a net increase of 0 BTC. It continues to maintain zero Bitcoin holdings.
Bitcoin News posted on X platform, stating that Foundry USA Pool has begun soliciting voting opinions from its mining clients regarding BIP-110 signaling. According to the email sent to mining pool account holders, voting weight is calculated based on each participant's 10-day average hashrate. Foundry stated that it will follow the majority result of hashrate votes during the signaling period; if more than 51% of the voting hashrate supports BIP-110, the mining pool will signal "Yes" with 100% of its blocks; if the majority opposes it, no support signal will be issued. Foundry is the world's largest Bitcoin mining pool by hashrate.
Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas stated that the 22-year development history of gold ETFs may provide the closest reference path for Bitcoin ETF investors. Both are packaging vehicles for non-yielding, non-cash-flow store-of-value assets, with their performance primarily driven by investor sentiment rather than earnings, coupons, or policy support.
ARK Invest's "The Bitcoin Quarterly" report for Q2 2026 indicates Bitcoin fell approximately 14% in the second quarter, closing around $58,544, and broke below three major technical moving averages. Historically, this technical pattern is often associated with bearish market conditions. The report shows that despite price pressure, Bitcoin Long-term Holders continued to accumulate, pushing their holdings to a new all-time high of approximately 14.85 million BTC, absorbing coins released during the market correction.ARK Invest stated that on-chain data is signaling signs of seller exhaustion: the supply of BTC in loss exceeds the supply in profit, and the rate of realized losses once surpassed the rate of realized profits. Historically, similar phenomena have often clustered near the bottom of market cycles.The report also pointed out that institutional demand in the Bitcoin market is facing pressure. Both corporate Bitcoin reserves (Treasury Companies) and the ETF ecosystem have shown signs of weakness:The STRC preferred stock price once fell to approximately $74.57, below its $100 par value;U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced net outflows for 7 consecutive weeks, with cumulative outflows totaling approximately 70,000 BTC.ARK Invest believes that ETF outflows indicate a weakening of important marginal buying pressure for Bitcoin, but continued accumulation by long-term holders suggests a redistribution of coins is occurring within the market.The firm stated that a clear divergence is currently forming between BTC's price performance and the behavior of long-term holders. Historical data shows that such divergences can often serve as important observation signals for market cycle turning points.
Peter Brandt, a seasoned trader and renowned chart analyst, has released his latest technical analysis. He points out that the daily chart of Nasdaq 100 mini futures is forming a diamond pattern, indicating a potential market top. Regarding Bitcoin, Brandt offers a forecast based on historical cycles: BTC may first rebound by $10,000, then retreat to the $40,000 range, forming the bottom of the current cycle around early October 2026. With the current price fluctuating near $60,000, he warns of the downside risk associated with false breakouts. Maintaining a long-term optimistic view, Brandt suggests that if Bitcoin continues its four-year halving cycle pattern, the price could reach between $300,000 and $500,000 by 2029.
Odaily Odaily Bybit today announced the listing of six new US stock perpetual contracts: MARAUSDT, IONQUSDT, TSEMUSDT, BXUSDT, ZMUSDT, and APLDUSDT, supporting up to 20x leverage. To celebrate the launch, limited-time fee discounts are available: 0% maker fees and 50% discount on taker fees.Among them, MARA (Marathon Digital) is a leading Bitcoin mining company, IONQ (IonQ) is a publicly traded quantum computing firm, TSEM (Tower Semiconductor) is a specialty wafer foundry, BX (Blackstone) is the world's largest alternative asset manager, ZM (Zoom) is a video communications platform, and APLD (Applied Digital) is an AI computing and data center infrastructure company.
According to Bits.media, the Russian State Duma Committee on the Financial Market has recommended rejecting several loosening amendments to the government's cryptocurrency regulation bill, which is currently prepared for its second reading. The rejected amendments mainly include: increasing the annual limit for non-professional investors purchasing cryptocurrency through a single intermediary from 300,000 rubles to 600,000 rubles; expanding the scope of tradable cryptocurrencies to coins with a market cap exceeding 1 trillion rubles and average daily trading volume exceeding 100 billion rubles (the current draft requires a market cap of no less than 5 trillion rubles and trading volume of no less than 1 trillion rubles, effectively allowing only a very small number of coins such as BTC and ETH to be listed); allowing Russian citizens to use non-custodial crypto wallets; canceling the mandatory review power of digital custodians over every transaction; and postponing the bill's effective date to January 2027. The current version of the bill retains the power of digital custodians to review every transaction and freeze transactions. The bill completed its first reading in April this year and was originally planned to be passed before July 1, but has now been postponed to September 1, with the deliberation of the supporting criminal liability bill also scheduled no earlier than September.
security firm Project Eleven has introduced a post-quantum proof technology designed to help users prove ownership of their Bitcoin wallets after quantum computers become capable of deriving private keys and generating valid signatures. Project Eleven CEO Alex Pruden stated that the technology utilizes the wallet's key derivation path, enabling users to prove control without disclosing the parent key, thus distinguishing legitimate owners from attackers. The solution was developed in collaboration with Jim Posen, a primary maintainer of the open-source Binius zero-knowledge proof system, and is based on the "signature lifting" technique proposed by Alon Sattath and Robert Wyborski. Project Eleven noted that the prototype has not yet been audited and requires blockchain protocol support before it can be deployed. It is primarily aimed at users who miss the window to migrate to quantum-resistant addresses in the future.
E*TRADE, the online investment platform under Morgan Stanley, has launched spot cryptocurrency trading functionality. Eligible clients can now directly buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL) through the E*TRADE platform.This crypto trading service is powered by digital asset infrastructure provider zerohash. Users can trade through a linked zerohash account and view both their digital asset and traditional investment portfolios within the E*TRADE platform.E*TRADE stated that the fee for spot crypto trading is priced at 50 basis points (50 bps), with asset transfer functionality expected to be launched later this year.This launch marks a further step in Morgan Stanley's digital asset strategy. Previously, E*TRADE has been continuously upgrading its investment service system, including launching retirement planning tools, fractional share trading, an upgraded IPO center, and feature optimizations for Power E*TRADE Pro aimed at active traders. (Businesswire)
Coinbase officially announced that the regulated derivatives clearing business of UK financial services group Marex has now formally supported the use of USDC as Initial Margin collateral. This marks the first entry of a stablecoin into the actual operational processes of traditional clearing infrastructure. The first transaction was completed by Prime Trading, LLC, with Coinbase providing the underlying infrastructure support, including custody services, 1:1 instant conversion between fiat currency and USDC, and a customized daily reporting system that meets clearing industry standards.The implementation of this business was made possible by a "No-Action Letter" issued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in December 2025. This policy opens the door for Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) to accept stablecoins, Bitcoin, and Ethereum as client margin collateral.Coinbase stated that USDC, as a collateral asset, can provide round-the-clock liquidity, helping institutions break free from the limitations of traditional banking hours, allowing margin funds to be transferred in line with market operating hours. In this partnership, the core capabilities provided by Coinbase include:24/7 instant conversion between fiat currency and USDC: Institutional clients can convert between USD and USDC at any time, improving the efficiency of margin allocation;Customized reporting system: Meets the requirements of traditional clearing systems for asset recording, reconciliation, and regulatory reporting;NYDFS-compliant custody: Provides institutional-grade security for USDC collateral assets.
Bitcoin News announced on X platform that Fold digital gift cards are now available on TikTok Shop, allowing users to purchase Bitcoin with face values ranging from $25 to $500. These gift cards can be bought using almost all major payment methods, providing an additional mainstream on-ramp for Bitcoin buyers.