In crypto news today (July 28), Bitcoin has dropped nearly -3% overnight, losing $65,000 and looking likely to retest $60,000 ahead of today’s FOMC meeting. Liquidations have picked up as a result, with over $600M in positions blown up since yesterday, and unsurprisingly, more than $530M of that figure has come from long trades. Yesterday…
The Slow Mo Guys‘ giant water balloon series is the gift that keeps on giving. There have been many, many iterations of this format over the years, but the ingredients remains the same in each: Dan, who is one half of the YouTube duo, plus a six foot water balloon. This time a ramp is…
Key Takeaways Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) publicly endorsed the CLARITY Act in a post on X on July 28. Galaxy Research cut the CLARITY Act’s 2026 passage odds to 30%, down from a prior 50% estimate. The Senate has about two weeks before its August recess to pass the 616-page bill. Husted Joins the Chorus…
The joint filing backs federal oversight but asks the CFTC to clarify settlement tests and publish its reasoning after every contract review. The Hyperliquid Policy Center and Multicoin Capital submitted a joint comment to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on July 27th. They expressed support for the agency’s proposed prediction market framework…
A decade ago, Ryan Carrier was a failed hedge fund manager watching as AI systems began to spin out of control. Facebook’s algorithms shook US elections, a Microsoft chatbot said the Holocaust was “made up,” and Tesla’s Autopilot killed its first driver. “There was no governance, oversight, or accountability,” Carrier says. To him, the AI-filled…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Blockchain infrastructure provider Binance and its local partner BlockShoals Technologies have appointed Jen Bilango as General Manager for Binance in the Philippines, according to an announcement released Tuesday. The appointment comes as the company prepares…
Hong Kong’s banking industry received a Quantum Preparedness Index score of 2.3 out of 10 on July 27, showing that lenders remain at an early stage of preparing for quantum-related cyber risks. Summary Hong Kong banks scored 2.3 out of 10 on the HKMA’s inaugural preparedness index. 32% of surveyed banks had not started preparing…
Chinese tech giant Baidu has started testing autonomous vehicles in London as part of its partnership with Lyft and Freenow, the German taxi and multi-mobility app that Lyft now owns. Baidu is the latest in a string of companies to test self-driving technology in the UK ahead of commercial robotaxi deployments. The testing, which began…
Key Takeaways BIND and Petersen Groups are developing peso-pegged stablecoins to offer programmable money to institutions. Subsidiaries lead the projects to bypass a 2022 central bank ban on private banks offering crypto services. These digital pesos aim to streamline institutional treasury management and collateralized credit operations. Digital Peso Stablecoins in Development in Argentina While dollar-pegged…
BEAT has plummeted the most from the top 100 alts, followed by NEAR, SHIB, and PI. After rallying on Monday to a multi-day peak following the weekend de-escalation on the war front, bitcoin was violently rejected and driven south by almost three grand in hours. Most altcoins have joined the painful ride, including ETH,…
