First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Regains $67,000, Adds Nearly 5% in 24 Hours The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 26, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Crypto Use in Terror Financing Rises, but Is Still Relatively Small: Singapore Singapore’s government noted an increasing use of cryptocurrencies in terror financing, even though it acknowledges that cash and other informal value transfer systems remain the predominant means for financial transactions.

Bitcoin Analysts Express Optimism as Price Nears Resistance Level That Stymied It in May The Bitcoin mining hashrate, a leading indicator for bitcoin rallies, has improved, one observer said, explaining the bullish outlook.

Elon Musk’s X Quietly Removes Bitcoin, MAGA Emojis From Hashtags Logos for several tokens started to first appear on X, previously Twitter, in 2020, as a step to improve brand adoption and recall on the internet.

BTC Outperforms Broader Crypto Market, Ether Price Drop Mirrors Bitcoin ETF Launch AAVE is surging following a token buyback proposal.

U.S. Presidential Candidate RFK Jr. Says He’s ‘Fully Committed’ to Bitcoin The presidential candidate said he has most of his wealth in the digital asset.

Jersey City to Invest in Bitcoin ETFs, the Latest Pension to Dive Into Crypto The municipal pension plan of Jersey City, New Jersey, will soon invest in bitcoin via exchange-traded funds, according to a Thursday social media post from Mayor Steven Fulop.

How Kamala Harris Could Usher in a Clean Slate for Crypto Regulation She may not be appearing at Bitcoin Nashville this year alongside Donald Trump. But, if elected president, Kamala Harris could reshape the U.S.’s policy on digital assets. Penn State Dickinson Law professor Tonya Evans sketches out what could (and should) be her agenda.

VanEck Sees Bitcoin Hitting $2.9M by 2050 – but a Lot Has to Happen First Bitcoin is benefiting from massive economic imbalances, rising distrust in institutions, fiscal recklessness and mounting debt burden, VanEck’s Matthew Sigel said in an interview.

Staking in Ethereum ETFs Might Be a Question of When, Not If The eight spot ether exchange-traded funds had a successful launch on Tuesday, despite the missing staking feature that many investors had hoped to profit from.

Crypto for Advisors: Making Sense of Crypto As the momentum of the crypto and blockchain industry continues to grow, securities advisors are undoubtedly facing a greater number of questions from clients about specific crypto assets and the projects which underlie them. Evaluating these projects requires a thorough understanding of several crucial factors to ensure informed investment deci…

Jito Releases Open-Source Restaking Service for Solana The yet-to-implemented codebase allows any Solana-based protocol to use any asset for its economic security.

Protocol Village: ZK Proofs Arrive on Bitcoin, Roxom Launches Bitcoin-Based Stock, Commodities and Futures Exchange The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 25-31.

EigenLayer Outflows of $2.3B Signal Restaking Sector Slide Billions of dollars worth of ether have been withdrawn from restaking protocols over the past month as the once-trendy sector starts to be hit by the fickle nature of crypto investors.

Bitcoin Miners Have Considerable Upside From Their Power Portfolios: Bernstein Investors can benefit by valuing miners’ assets as efficient power shells with data center capabilities, as opposed to just bitcoin mining operations, the report said.

$GREED 2.0: A New Lesson in Crypto Avarice That Might Also Enrich the People It Dupes

Russian-Speaking Groups Responsible for Majority of Crypto Ransomware Attacks in 2023: TRM Labs Inflows to Russia-based crypto exchange Garantex accounted for 82% of the crypto volumes that belonged to sanctioned entities internationally, the report added.

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Slides After Wednesday’s Tech Rout The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 25, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Bitcoin Miner Marathon Buys $100M BTC, Will Once Again Adopt ‘Full HODL’ Strategy The miner holds over 20,000 bitcoin and plans to buy more in the open market.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Broad-Based Decline Hits All 20 Assets, Sending Index Lower by 4.4% The CoinDesk 20 fell nearly 100 points in overnight trading, with all assets in the red, including a 6.6% drop in ETH.