Crypto Long & Short: The crypto question isn't what to own — it's what you can survive holding
In this week's Crypto Long & Short, Lionsoul Global’s Gregory Mall writes that the primary crypto allocation decision is size, not selection. Source：CoinDesk
U.S. seeks forfeiture of $25 million in crypto tied to romance and investment scams
The cases add to more than $800 million that authorities say a dedicated federal scam task force has recovered. Source：CoinDesk
Forget Nvidia: The next big AI trade could be crypto and blockchain
Franklin Templeton’s Sandy Kaul and Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire argue that as autonomous AI agents start spending money on their own, blockchain networks will…
Kalshi rolls out Midterm Hubs ahead of the November elections in the U.S.
The prediction markets platform seeks to position itself as the primary source for election odds ahead of the midterm elections this year. Source：CoinDesk
Midnight token rebounds 19% after Wanchain bridge hack, Hoskinson calls for ZK revamp
Charles Hoskinson says the exploit, which briefly sent NIGHT to an alltime low, underscores why the industry needs to move beyond legacy bridge infrastructure.…
Here's why bitcoin bulls should take a closer look at interest rates
Your dayahead look for July 22, 2026 Source：CoinDesk
Kraken parent expands tokenized stocks to Hong Kong, UK and South Korea equities
Payward's xStocks pushes beyond U.S. equities as competition to bring global stock markets onchain accelerates. Source：CoinDesk
Balance stablecoin collapses 99% after $1 million exploit drains its bitcoin vaults
An attacker fed the lending system a fake, abnormally low bitcoin price, liquidated vaults that should have been safe, and pocketed the difference in a single…
AI models escaped OpenAI’s sandbox and hit Hugging Face. Crypto is where that gets dangerous
OpenAI said the systems had their cyber guardrails lowered for an internal benchmark, but the incident shows how autonomous exploit chains could pose a deeper…
Bitcoin holds near $66,300 as chips extend their rally and the yen hits a 40-year low
Semiconductor stocks led a second day of gains on AI optimism, while the yen slid past 163 per dollar for the first time since 1986. Source：CoinDesk
Crypto lobby group Digital Chamber sues Illinois to block digital asset tax
Illinois enacted a 0.2% tax on all crypto transactions last month, with the tax taking effect next year. Source：CoinDesk
Claude's Fable 5 just solved an 87-year-old math problem, and it matters for bitcoin
Claude Fabel 5 disproved the Jacobian conjecture over the weekend, landing days after the capabilities of China's Kimi AI became the biggest force moving…