The No-Hype Guide to Bitcoin

Conor McGregor has placed $100,000 on Argentina beating Spain 3-2 in Sunday’s World Cup final, wagering that a five-year-old internet prediction will deliver a roughly $3.6 million payday. The former UFC champion shared the exact-score wager through 1xBet ahead of the 3 p.m. EDT kickoff on Sunday, July 19. The bet must hit within regulation

Prediction market traders are betting against the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act becoming law in 2026, even as Kalshi bettors put strong odds on a Senate vote happening within weeks. On Polymarket, the market asking whether the Clarity Act (H.R. 3633) gets signed into law before December 31, 2026, has drawn nearly $1.94 million in

Michael Saylor’s latest chart has renewed attention on the company’s bitcoin plans, but recent BTC sales, no purchases since June 22 and a $3 billion cash reserve leave its next transaction uncertain. Saylor’s Bitcoin Chart Arrives With Strategy’s Next Move Unclear Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) could resume bitcoin purchases after a buying pause, continue preserving

This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week with a comment on each story. Bitcoin pushed up into $65K resistance early in

Hackers briefly disabled the official website of Kenyan President William Ruto on July 18, demanded a ransom of five bitcoins and threatened to leak unspecified data if not paid. Government Response Triggered Kenya’s government is investigating a cybersecurity breach that briefly disabled the official website of President William Ruto on July 18, with attackers defacing

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition, Bolivia evaluates Tether’s USDT inclusion in its payment system, Venezuela’s crypto P2P economy reaches new highs, and an Argentine federal judge issues new fund freezes in the Libra case. Bolivia Evaluates Integrating USDT

Canada’s largest week-long gathering of conferences, networking events, and community experiences. TORONTO, ON – Canada Crypto Week returns July 20–26, 2026, for its sixth year, bringing together dozens of events across Canada focused on cryptocurrency, digital assets, and artificial intelligence. The week connects entrepreneurs, builders, investors, and institutions through a diverse lineup of events taking

The decision, applied under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, was taken by the USTR after a year-long investigation that found certain circumstances in Brazil, including Pix payments, were “unreasonable” and burdened or restricted “the commerce of American farmers, workers, innovators, and exporters.” USTR Applies 25% Tariffs on Brazilian Goods with Pix Payments

Four Bitcoin mining pools, Foundry Digital, AntPool, ViaBTC, and F2Pool, controlled more than 70% of the network’s hashrate as of a June 23, 2026 snapshot from miningpoolstats.stream. The concentration is increasingly described as a two-tier market favoring institutional clients, prompting independent miners to quietly reconsider which pools they point their machines to. Bitcoin mining is

The Brazilian securities watchdog (CVM) is preparing to establish an experimental regime for securities in the next 60 days. To this end, it has established a working group to propose the rules and regulations that will become the foundation of the country’s regulation. Brazil’s CVM Prepares to Regulate Securities Tokenization Markets The Brazilian Securities and