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A US-based crypto mining venture raised about $22 million from more than 380 investors, then spent just 13 cents of every dollar on its purported mining operation, the SEC alleges.The regulator filed partially settled charges on July 20 against Zan Shaikh and Bright Vision Distribution LLC, doing business as Mining Automatic. According to the SEC complaint, the defendants promised guaranteed monthly returns between approximately June 2023 and May 2025 even though the purported mining operation was not set up to generate those levels of returns.The SEC alleges Shaikh and Mining Automatic took in at least $20 million more than they…

President Donald Trump has reportedly agreed to proposed ethics restrictions tied to sweeping US cryptocurrency legislation, addressing one of the biggest obstacles in months of negotiations and shifting the next decision to Senate Democrats who have demanded limits on how public officials can profit from digital assets.The agreement came after Trump met last week with Republican Sens. Bernie Moreno of Ohio and Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming and White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt to discuss ethics provisions for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, or CLARITY Act.No agreement emerged from the July 16 meeting, but Trump subsequently approved proposed language…

For most of the month, traders had a pretty good explanation for Bitcoin’s refusal to budge. A dense cluster of options contracts, they argued, was holding the price in a cage between $60,000 and $65,000, with dealers buying dips and selling rallies to stay hedged.Friday’s expiry cleared roughly $1.2 billion of that exposure, and the aftermath was supposed to settle the question. If the options were pinning Bitcoin near $63,000, price should start drifting once they vanished.And it did. Bitcoin was trading around $66,200 on Tuesday, up about 2.9% on the day and roughly 5% on the week, pressing against…

BitMine would now need to spend just $482 million more to complete its goal of owning 5% of Ethereum’s total supply, though management is signaling that the final purchases will come more slowly.On July 20, the company revealed that it held 5,777,468 ETH after adding 7,430 tokens during the previous week. The latest purchase cost about $14 million, making it one of BitMine’s smallest weekly allocations to ETH.Based on BitMine’s estimate of 120.7 million ETH in circulation, a 5% position would equal 6.035 million tokens, leaving the company 257,532 ETH short of its target.That remaining ETH would cost about $483.9…

The U.S. Mint today at noon ET launches the 2026-W Enhanced Uncirculated American Silver Eagle, pairing a finish used only once before in the series with special design elements celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. Each coin ships with a certificate of authenticity in a satin-lined black velvet presentation case. The case slides into an outer sleeve featuring a limited-edition Semiquincentennial design Previewed earlier this year, the enhanced uncirculated finish combines polished and laser-frosted surfaces to create sharp contrast and emphasize the coin’s design details. This is only the second American Silver Eagle issued with the finish, following the 2013 release, and…

Spain’s second World Cup title settled the largest sports-related winner markets yet on Polymarket and Kalshi, closing a tournament that brought prediction trading closer to the center of the global sports-betting business.Available data from the two leading platforms show that they recorded about $5.57 billion in cumulative volume on contracts tied to the tournament champion. Polymarket’s market generated roughly $4.28 billion, while Kalshi’s reached about $1.29 billion.Meanwhile, that activity formed part of a wider surge across the sector as H2 Gambling Capital estimated that prediction markets accounted for about 27% of legal US sports-betting volume during the tournament, up from…

Ethereum (ETH) has gained 8.8% in a week as momentum strengthened. BlackRock’s ETHA helped drive fresh spot ETF inflows. $2,000 remains Ethereum’s next major resistance level. Ethereum has extended its latest recovery, climbing above the $1,900 level and putting the $2,000 mark back into focus. The recovery comes after several weeks of improving price action, renewed institutional interest, and technical signals that suggest bulls have regained control in the short term. At press time, ETH was trading at $1,942.56, up 4.2% over the last 24 hours. The cryptocurrency is up 8.8% over the past seven days, 9.7% over the last…

Michael Saylor-led Strategy sold another $263.5 million of common stock last week, but the company used the fundraising to expand its cash reserve rather than add to its Bitcoin holdings.According to a July 20 SEC filing, the Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company issued 2.73 million Class A shares between July 13 and July 19, while reporting no sales through any of its four preferred-stock offering programs.Strategy MSTR Stock Sales (Source: Strategy SEC Filing)The transactions lifted Strategy’s designated US dollar reserve by $225 million to $3.225 billion.Strategy purchased no Bitcoin during the period, extending its buying pause to four consecutive weeks and…

XRP open interest is above $2.4 billion, about $125 million up over the last week, as traders rebuilt derivatives exposure beneath the token’s next price barrier.XRP trades near $1.13, up 1.5% over 48 hours, with CoinGlass recording $1.98 billion in futures volume, $274 million in spot volume, and $2.53 million in liquidations. CoinGecko measured broader exchange turnover at $1.12 billion, a 63.5% daily increase, as the token moved between $1.08 and $1.12.At $1.12, XRP sits about 5.5% below $1.18, the level that separates this recovery from a stronger price expansion. A recent technical assessment identified a daily close above $1.18…

Cardano (ADA) gained 7.8% in 24 hours as buying momentum returned. Van Rossem upgraded Cardano with faster smart contracts. Whale accumulation has put the $0.20 level back in focus. Cardano has bounced back after a sharp sell-off, with ADA climbing nearly 8% over the past 24 hours to trade around $0.1747. The recovery comes amid a combination of strong whale accumulation, a major network upgrade, and renewed buying interest, even as lingering security concerns persist in the broader ecosystem. Notably, the recovery has also brought a key level back into focus. After gaining 11% over the past seven days and…