Cryptoquant Founder Warns Bitcoin Spot Demand Fades While Futures Traders Hold Steady
Key Takeaways Bitcoin fell to $65,568 on July 23, 2026, down 0.61% after a 13% July rebound. Blackrock’s IBIT led ETF inflows this week even as the price consolidated. Cryptoquant’s Ki Young Ju says weak spot demand leaves the rally…
BitMEX Closes Doors as the Perpetual Swap It Invented Rules Rivals
Key Takeaways HDR Global Trading will shut BitMEX down completely on September 23, 2026. BitMEX invented the perpetual swap in 2016, a product other exchanges later copied. Users face a $50 or 1% monthly fee if they leave funds on…
Malaysia Blockchain Week 2026 Spotlights Web3’s Financial Future
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — When the world speaks of investments in Asia, it usually centers around established financial hubs…
Startale CEO Says Japan Must Connect Competing Yen Stablecoins or Risk Fragmentation
Key Takeaways Sota Watanabe urged Japan to cut the 55% tax rate on DeFi yields to keep local liquidity from moving offshore. The JBA seeks to build on Japan’s 20% spot crypto tax by extending separate taxation to staking and…
MariBank Officially Becomes a Digital Bank Under BSP Rules
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has officially granted MariBank Philippines Inc. a digital banking license, reclassifying the institution from…
Bitdeer’s Bitcoin Output Climbs to 990 as AI Cloud Run Rate Reaches $76M
Bitdeer (NASDAQ: BTDR) Technologies Group mined 990 bitcoin in June, up 7.5% from the previous month, as the company continued deploying its proprietary mining machines while expanding its artificial-intelligence cloud business. This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The…
SwiftPay Launches SwiftGuard to Help Banks Meet BSP Anti-Fraud Rules
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. SwiftPay, the enterprise payments arm of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)-regulated Swift Technology Ventures Inc., has launched SwiftGuard, a real-time…
Coinbase Reveals How One Configuration Error Triggered a 50-Minute Outage
Key Takeaways Coinbase traced the 50-minute outage to an undetected Kubernetes resource name collision during a routine infrastructure update. The incident disrupted transfers, Coinbase Card debit purchases, institutional settlements, and onchain services across multiple platforms. The outage also disabled Coinbase’s…
Thrift Banks Eye AI, Digital Banking at 52nd Annual Convention
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The Chamber of Thrift Banks (CTB) opened its 52nd Annual Convention on July 15 in Makati City, prioritizing the integration…
Why Tokenized Assets Aren’t Taking off Despite the Hype—What’s Holding Investors Back
Key Takeaways Regulation, interoperability, and distribution now pose greater barriers than tokenization technology. Traditional institutions retain distribution advantages, but digital platforms could attract new investors and capital. Investor participation, liquidity, and portfolio use provide stronger adoption measures than issuance volumes….
