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Valkyrie amends Bitcoin Fund S-1 filing with enhanced custody and valuation rules

Valkyrie Investments refiled an amended Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday for its Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund, adding more precise rules around custody, valuation, seed investments, and risks as the cryptocurrency investment vehicle awaits regulatory approval to trade on Nasdaq. The new filing updates the index used to value the fund’s Bitcoin from Lukka Prime to the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant, which calculates the reference rate as of 4 PM Eastern

A dense week ahead: Fed decision, Big Tech earnings, and month-end crypto expiry

TL;DRFed, GDP, and PCE releases compress four rate signals into two consecutive days (July 29 and 30), potentially forcing rapid market repositioning if signals diverge.Coinbase and Strategy earnings land hours after the Fed decision, one day before Deribit and CME settle July’s BTC and ETH options expiry, stacking crypto-correlated sentiment with derivatives clearing.Traders should plan around the sequence, not any single event: know which dates fall together, review leverage positioning, and

Treasury Secretary Bessent Says CLARITY Act Is at the ‘1-Yard Line’

Scott Bessent has said that the CLARITY Act is at the “1-yard line” and urged Congress to pass it before recess, even as Senator Kirsten Gillibrand faces backlash from progressive groups over her role brokering the bill’s ethics provisions. A Bill ‘Almost There’ Bessent told Bloomberg that the digital asset market structure bill, formally the […]

Iran shoots down drone over Tehran amid regional military tensions

<p>Iran shoots down a drone over Tehran amid rising tensions. Military action against a Gulf state on July 22 at 67.5% YES.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/iran-shoots-down-drone-over-tehran-amid-regional-military-tensions/">Iran shoots down drone over Tehran amid regional military tensions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Treasury yields flat as traders reassess Fed rate hike expectations

<p>Treasury yields stayed flat as traders reassess Fed rate hike expectations. Rate hike by September 2026 at 51.5% YES.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/treasury-yields-flat-as-traders-reassess-fed-rate-hike-expectations/">Treasury yields flat as traders reassess Fed rate hike expectations</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Bitcoin hits $66K amid high leverage, low spot demand concerns

<p>Bitcoin surged past $66K amid concerns over low spot demand and high leverage. Bitcoin above $54K by July 23, 2026 at 99.9% YES.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/bitcoin-hits-66k-amid-high-leverage-low-spot-demand-concerns/">Bitcoin hits $66K amid high leverage, low spot demand concerns</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Houthis plan to block Red Sea oil route, threatening global shipping lane

<p>Houthis plan to block the Red Sea oil route, threatening global shipping. WTI reaching $110 in July 2026 at 4.8% YES.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/houthis-plan-to-block-red-sea-oil-route-threatening-global-shipping-lane/">Houthis plan to block Red Sea oil route, threatening global shipping lane</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

As Bitcoin breaches $66K its latest bottom signal trapped buyers in a 20% loss

Bitcoin has climbed back from its June 30 low near $58,500, trading at near $66,000 as of press time.Options traders are still paying steep premiums for protection against another leg down, and traders on perpetual futures markets have resumed paying to hold leveraged long positions.Both readings sit in a middle zone, well short of the extremes that marked past Bitcoin bottoms. The setup describes a market with enough optimism to rebuild leveraged exposure and enough fear to keep hedges expensiv

LSE Promises All-Night Trading. Where Will the Liquidity Come From?

We Don’t Need No EducationA few weeks back, I wrote about how finfluencers increasingly represent the first introduction to the world of investing for those who have grown up in the social media age.The column referenced a well-known Norwegian financial influencer who agrees that many young people come across financial ‘experts’ online and that when good financial education is missing, weak advice has more room to grow.This would seem to lead to the conclusion that financial education needs to b

Match-Trade Consolidates Sales and Marketing Under New Commercial Chief Role, Appoints a Familiar Face

Match-Trade Technologies has appointed Przemysław Wojtyna as its first Chief Commercial Officer, a newly created position combining oversight of sales and marketing across the company's business lines.An Internal Promotion, Rather than an Outside HireWojtyna is not an outside hire. He joined Match-Trade in October 2021 and has worked through several roles at the company, including helping set up its Cyprus office, building out its payments infrastructure business, and most recently running group

Russia strikes Ukrainian military targets in Odessa region

<p>Russia strikes Ukrainian military targets in Odessa. Russia entering Druzkhivka by December 31, 2026 at 25.5% YES.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/russia-strikes-ukrainian-military-targets-in-odessa-region/">Russia strikes Ukrainian military targets in Odessa region</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Iran conflict impacts GCC states as missile strikes hit infrastructure

<p>Iran's conflict escalates with missile strikes affecting GCC states. Russia entering Sloviansk by December 31, 2026, now at 17% YES.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/iran-conflict-impacts-gcc-states-as-missile-strikes-hit-infrastructure/">Iran conflict impacts GCC states as missile strikes hit infrastructure</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Alphabet Q2 earnings crucial for cloud growth amid AI investment surge

<p>Alphabet's Q2 earnings report is crucial for cloud growth amid AI investments. Second-largest company by market cap on July 31 at 2.5% YES.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/alphabet-q2-earnings-crucial-for-cloud-growth-amid-ai-investment-surge/">Alphabet Q2 earnings crucial for cloud growth amid AI investment surge</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Iran’s IRGC vows to target US, Israeli commanders in homes amid conflict escalation

<p>Iran's IRGC vows to target U.S. and Israeli commanders in their homes. Full airspace closure by July 31 at 31.5% YES.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/irans-irgc-vows-to-target-us-israeli-commanders-in-homes-amid-conflict/">Iran&#8217;s IRGC vows to target US, Israeli commanders in homes amid conflict escalation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Crypto industry spends $200M to push CLARITY Act through US Senate

<p>Crypto industry spends $200M to advance the CLARITY Act. Bitcoin above $54K on July 23, 2026 at 99.9% YES.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/crypto-industry-spends-200m-to-push-clarity-act-through-us-senate/">Crypto industry spends $200M to push CLARITY Act through US Senate</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Crypto lobby TDC sues Illinois to block 0% digital asset tax

<p>TDC sues Illinois to block a 0.2% digital asset tax. XRP reaching $3 by July 2026 at 0.2% YES.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/crypto-lobby-tdc-sues-illinois-to-block-0-digital-asset-tax/">Crypto lobby TDC sues Illinois to block 0% digital asset tax</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

SUI Trader Eyes $5 Target as Expert Sees ‘Early Recovery Signs’

Some analysts are calling SUI&#8217;s chart the &#8220;cleanest&#8221; in crypto at the moment, naming $5, $8, and $13 as potential near-term targets. The call that landed the same month, analyst Michael van de Poppe flagged SUI among altcoins showing &#8220;early signs of recovery.&#8221; A Bullish Call, Unconfirmed by the Chart Onchain analysts suggest that SUI [&#8230;]

FundedNext Launches "Labs" to Test Experimental Prop Challenges on Live Traders

FundedNextbegan testing experimental funding models through a separate track calledFundedNext Labs, using a small pool of paying traders to trial rules beforedeciding whether to move them into its main lineup. Its firstexperiment, FNL01, is a one-step $50,000 simulated challenge that removes thedaily loss limit and sells for $99.99 during a limited run, according to thecompany.FundedNexthas expanded quickly over the past year. The UAE-based firm returned to the US CFD market latelast year on the

The Lines Between Crypto Exchanges and Financial Institutions Are Beginning to Blur

How should regulators and competitors as well as markets classify a platform that looks like several financial businesses at once? It processes $10 billion in daily spot trading volume, serves 316 million registered users across 180 jurisdictions, distributes $1.2 billion in yield rewards, handles $280 billion in cumulative payment volume, and offers access to more than 7,000 US equities.A recent CoinDesk Research report revealed the answer. It’s that the platform is no longer best understood si

Bitcoin Long-Term Holder Supply Hits a Fresh All-Time High: Here’s What the Data Shows

Bitcoin&#8217;s long-term holder supply climbed to a fresh all-time high on July 21, extending a rally that had already pushed the metric to a record 16.64 million BTC, or roughly 83% of circulating supply, a month earlier. A Record Built Over 2.5 Years Long-term holders (LTH), a category tracking wallets that have held bitcoin for [&#8230;]