The crypto derivatives platform BitMEX faces a class action lawsuit for 622.66 bitcoins, filed on July 24, 2026, before the federal court in New York. The plaintiffs accuse the exchange of orchestrating fraudulent liquidations to seize their clients' bitcoins. This legal action coincides with the very day BitMEX announces the end of eleven years of operation.
Bitcoin is regaining ground, but a barrier continues to slow its ascent. Despite a rebound from nearly $58,000 to $63,955 in a few weeks and sustained interest in spot Bitcoin ETFs, the leading crypto struggles to regain control of a major technical threshold. Behind this persistent resistance lie market mechanisms far more complex than a simple lack of buyers. Why does this ceiling still block Bitcoin's upward momentum?
Markets only needed a few hours to waver. A surge in oil prices, triggered by escalating tensions in the Middle East, revived risk aversion and led to a sell-off in the most exposed assets. Bitcoin, which was still trying to consolidate its recent gains, found itself caught in a well-known mechanism: rising US bond yields, retreating expectations of Fed rate cuts, and the sudden return of geopolitical uncertainty. Can cryptos still escape macroeconomic turmoil?
The euphoria around SpaceX gave way to a violent disillusionment. In a few weeks, the SPCX stock went from the status of the largest IPO in history to a correction that erased hundreds of billions of dollars in valuation. This drop not only affects shareholders. It also cuts Elon Musk's fortune and revives questions about the valuations of tech giants, several of which have made bitcoin a strategic asset on their balance sheets.
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The European Union takes a new step in its offensive against Russia. Member states have approved a new set of sanctions directly targeting crypto and Web3 services, previously considered alternatives to traditional banking restrictions. By tightening access to these digital infrastructures, Brussels aims to reduce opportunities to circumvent economic sanctions imposed on Moscow. A decision that marks a turning point in the use of financial diplomacy against cryptos.
The rapid advances of autonomous agents are reigniting the debate over the infrastructures that will support tomorrow's digital exchanges. In this context, Franklin Templeton believes that AI could transform the way payments and transactions are made. The asset manager considers that crypto will occupy a central place in this evolution thanks to blockchain networks. This analysis is based on the rise of agents able to act alone, make payments, and execute complex tasks after authorization from their user.
The Web3 sleep-tracking app has scrapped its original plan: a marketplace where users would have sold their biometric data to researchers. What replaced it is quieter and more technical. Sleepagotchi keeps no health data on its servers. Statistics are sent to the AI anonymously, processed, returned, then dropped. The project, which claims $6.5 million raised, has made that pipeline its central argument, and it lands in a sector that has spent a decade doing the exact opposite.
For several years, the race for artificial intelligence has intensified among major technology companies. Investments are rapidly increasing and executives' expectations follow the same trajectory. Yet, budgets do not always suffice to speed up the development of new tools. At Meta, this reality is now openly acknowledged. During a recent internal meeting, Zuckerberg admitted that the company's advances remained below the pace he hoped for, despite a deep reorganization and record investments.
