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BitMEX will cease exchange operations on 23 September 2026, with customers urged to close positions and withdraw assets before trading ends. The shutdown will occur in stages from 26 August, with new positions prohibited before remaining trades are progressively closed. The exchange exits after more than 11 years, having introduced the 100x perpetual swap while maintaining a record of zero customer funds lost to hacks. Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX will shut down after HDR Global Trading Limited concluded a strategic review and decided to close the business. Exchange services will end at 04:00 UTC on 23 September 2026, ending more…
Smarter Web sold 177.89 Bitcoin to repay an $11.7 million convertible instrument that could have produced 7.72 million new shares.The July 23 repayment disclosure said the UK-listed Bitcoin treasury company completed the sale at an average price of $65,762 about two weeks before the instrument’s maturity.Each share ended the transaction with less Bitcoin. The BTC pool shrank 6.18%, while the share count in Smarter Web’s management-defined fully diluted denominator shrank 2.10%. CryptoSlate calculates that gross BTC exposure fell 6.18% per legally issued share and about 4.17% per management-defined fully diluted share.On the capital-allocation question, the result is negative: the repayment…
SEC pays $150,000 as Coinbase-backed Freedom Of Information Act settlement releases two withheld documents
The SEC will pay $150,000 in legal fees and review how it preserves records as part of a July 22 settlement ending a Coinbase-backed public-records lawsuit.History Associates, the company working with Coinbase, filed the lawsuit on June 27, 2024. The case closed with a deal before a judge ever weighed the SEC’s conduct. The public record includes no admission of wrongdoing. Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal called the outcome a win for transparency.The detailed scope of the retention work remains unclear. Reuters described the commitment as fixing records-retention policies, while Law360 reported that the agency would share its document-retention…
The crypto market slump wiped $112 million from Tesla’s pretax second-quarter results. The unrealized loss reduced earnings for common stockholders by $87 million after tax, or $0.02 per diluted share.The carrying value of Tesla’s digital assets fell to $674 million at June 30, 2026, from $786 million at March 31, 2026, according to the company’s Q2 shareholder update.Tesla’s March 31, 2026, filing reported that Bitcoin made up the majority of its digital assets, including 11,509 BTC acquired for $386 million.The June 30 shareholder deck did not disclose a coin count or any digital-asset disposition, and Tesla’s investor-relations page listed no…
A 1998-Mo Mexican Silver Libertad graded NGC MS-70 realized $46,125 after attracting 23 bids in a recent GreatCollections auction, underscoring rapidly rising demand for key dates in the modern series. 1998 Mo Mexican Silver Libertad graded NGC MS 70 that realized $46125 at GreatCollections GreatCollections said interest in modern Mexican coins has grown substantially over the past five years and accelerated further during the last six months, drawing bidders participating from around the world. With a mintage of 67,000, the 1-ounce 1998 Silver Libertad, cataloged as KM-613, ranks among the scarcer dates in the series. Collectors are increasingly seeking older…
BitMEX shutdown gives traders 2 months to withdraw, but active positions face an earlier deadline
BitMEX, the Seychelles-based crypto exchange founded by Arthur Hayes, announced on July 23 that it will shut down at 04:00 UTC on Sept. 23. Customers now have two months to close positions and withdraw funds, and new registrations have already stopped.The effective trading deadline arrives sooner. Under BitMEX’s wind-down timetable, risk limits take effect at 04:00 UTC on Aug. 26, after which users will only be able to reduce positions.BitMEX may force-close contracts during the wind-down and will immediately close anything still open at the Sept. 23 cutoff. The notice describes no position-transfer mechanism, so any exposure opened elsewhere would…
$460 billion Bitcoin risk draws BlackRock, Coinbase and Strategy into $15M quantum defense mission
BlackRock, Coinbase and Strategy are backing a $15 million effort to prepare Bitcoin against future quantum-computing attacks.The companies are among nine founding members of the Bitcoin Security Consortium, announced July 23 to support developers and researchers working on the network’s long-term security.The consortium also includes Anchorage Digital, ARK Invest, Block, Blockstream, Fidelity Digital Assets and Galaxy, bringing together asset managers, custodians, exchanges, infrastructure providers and companies with substantial businesses or holdings tied to Bitcoin.Quantum computing will be the group’s first focus as advances in the technology draw greater attention to cryptographic systems that could eventually become vulnerable.Phong Le, Chief Executive…
On July 22, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce warned that some crypto vaults and onchain lending strategies may fall under federal securities laws.According to her, the regulatory risk depends on how the products are structured and who controls the investment decisions.Crypto vaults pool customer assets into onchain strategies that generate yield through lending, staking and other activities, with some relying on professional managers to choose markets, approve collateral and set risk parameters.Peirce did not identify any companies or suggest that existing products violate securities laws. However, her warning comes as several companies, including Bitwise, Coinbase, and Kraken, enter the rapidly expanding…
The White House pushed back against the Senate Democrats’ rejection of the latest version of the CLARITY Act, with ethics remaining a major sticking point.The clash comes despite President Donald Trump’s decision this week to accept new ethics limits, reflecting how far apart negotiators remain as lawmakers try to advance sweeping crypto market legislation.On July 22, Senate Republicans submitted revised CLARITY Act legislation to bar the president, vice president, members of Congress, federal judges and other covered officials from issuing or sponsoring digital assets for compensation while in office.These officials would be required to sell certain crypto holdings, place them…
Key takeaways XRP continues to trade below its 50-day EMA, keeping the short-term trend bearish. Momentum indicators are improving, with the MACD turning more positive and the RSI rising to around 55. A break above $1.15 could strengthen the recovery, while failure to do so may trigger another pullback. Ripple’s native token, XRP, remained under pressure on Thursday, extending its corrective phase as it traded below the 50-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA). Although the cryptocurrency has rebounded from recent lows, buyers continue to face strong resistance that has limited the recovery. The current technical setup suggests that while bullish momentum…