Strategy sells 3,588 BTC at a loss to fund preferred dividends
Strategy's largest-ever bitcoin sale — 3,588 BTC at ~$60K against a $75,476 book — turns the treasury flagship into scheduled sell-flow. The maths inside.
Karthik Subramanian
Digital Assets Correspondent
Karthik Subramanian is a founder, writer, and technology consultant with nine years in the crypto ecosystem. He covers token economics, L1/L2 infrastructure, DeFi protocols, wallets/custody, and the bridge between crypto and forex—broker technology, liquidity, and macro drivers. Karthik’s writing focuses on clear, practical frameworks that help professionals evaluate new products and on-chain innovation alongside FX market realities.
July 2026
Ripple wins full MiCA licence as July 1 cliff splits EU market
Ripple's CSSF CASP upgrade passports crypto services across 30 EEA markets days after MiCA's cliff locked out unlicensed rivals, Binance included.
IBIT flips to $209M inflow as bitcoin ETF rebound gathers pace
IBIT posts $209M of inflows after an 11-day, $2.2B bleed — why the biggest bitcoin ETF turning last is the institutional signal that matters.
Mt. Gox moves 47,228 BTC to Bitstamp as repayments speed up
Mt. Gox moved 47,228 BTC (~$3bn) to Bitstamp on July 6 — 4.6× June's transfer, yet BTC held $64k. Why exchange-bound supply is already priced.
XTB Institutional Debuts New Brand at iFX EXPO 2026
XTB Institutional, formerly X Open Hub, used iFX EXPO International 2026 in Limassol to publicly debut its rebrand and reinforce its alignment with parent XTB Group.
Why Brokerage Operations Are Getting More Complex in 2026
Broker technology provider PLUGIT identifies five operational areas where complexity is intensifying for FX/CFD brokers in 2026.
Lean Ethereum: Buterin maps 3-4 year rebuild to rival the Merge
Buterin unveils Lean Ethereum - a 3-4 year rebuild replacing nearly every protocol layer - with ETH at $1,780 and ETH/BTC at cycle lows. What ships first.
Metaplanet hits 43,000 BTC with its book $1.4bn underwater
Metaplanet's Q2 buy of 2,823 BTC makes it the No.3 corporate treasury at 43,000 BTC — while a $95,209 average entry leaves the book $1.4bn underwater.
NEAR jumps 12% as Bitwise adds staking to spot ETF filing
NEAR rose 12% after Bitwise amended its spot ETF filing to add staking, with NYSE Arca, BNY Mellon and Coinbase Custody named. Why yield is the new fee war.
Solana RWA value hits record $3.4bn as share nears 10.4%
Solana's RWA value hit a record $3.4bn on July 2 with a 10.39% market share. The data, the issuers behind it, and why Alpenglow's Q3 timing matters.
XRP ETFs extend inflows to a third month as bitcoin funds bleed
XRP ETFs drew a third straight month of inflows and HYPE funds added $111m in June 2026, even as US spot bitcoin ETFs bled a record $4bn — rotation, not exit.
Schwartz proposes XRPL reservation fix for DEX front-running
XRP Ledger co-founder David Schwartz proposes ReservedTxns, an on-chain slot reservation scheme to stop DEX front-running and sandwich attacks on the XRPL.
June 2026
Bitcoin ETFs shed $9bn from peak as June 23 flows flip positive
Spot Bitcoin ETFs have shed about $9bn since their peak, but June 23 flows flipped positive and Solana ETFs keep drawing inflows — a rotation, not a retreat.
Coinbase and OKX poach Binance EU users with 5-8% bonuses
Binance is suspending EU services after missing the MiCA July 1 deadline, and Coinbase and OKX are dangling 5-8% transfer bonuses to capture its users.
Tokenized RWAs top $31.76bn but the holder base stays thin
Tokenized real-world assets hit $31.76bn in mid-2026 per RWA.xyz, but BUIDL’s 101 holders show the growth masks a thin base as exchanges chase the rails.
Invesco files onchain fund for the stablecoin reserve market
Invesco filed with the SEC for the Invesco Stablecoin Reserves Onchain Fund, built on Superstate rails — TradFi's race for stablecoin reserve yield deepens.
HYPE falls 20% from its high as Hyperliquid usage climbs
HYPE has fallen 20% from its June high with the crypto selloff, but Hyperliquid's revenue, buyback loop and a new Bitwise ETF show fundamentals decoupling.
Bitcoin holds $62.7k as treasuries buy the ETF-outflow dip
Bitcoin holds near $62.7k after six weeks of ETF outflows, but corporate treasuries are buying the dip — a sentiment shock, analysts say, not a structural break.
Bitcoin transactions top 820,000 as Runes drive a fee revival
Bitcoin daily transactions topped 820,000 — a two-year high — as a Runes revival pushed network fees back near 25%, even with BTC stuck near $62,000.
MoneyGram joins Mastercard, Western Union as Solana validators
MoneyGram became a Solana validator on June 22, 2026, joining Mastercard and Western Union as payment incumbents move to secure stablecoin settlement rails.
Also filing this week: Rick Steves and Abdelaziz Fathi.