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July 16 source pack.
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Bitcoin pulls back to $64,000 after hitting monthly high as bears take control
Bitcoin retreated after touching a $65,500 monthly high as profit-taking and Iran-related risk hit crypto breadth.
Open sourceCoinDesk marketsTwo groups of BTC investors sell on the rise as prices near $65,000
On-chain holder groups sold into the inflation-led bounce, adding a supply check to the price move.
Open sourceCoinDesk marketsEther outruns bitcoin as ETF money returns
Ether rose about 11% over seven days as U.S. spot ether ETFs added $96 million early in the week, while bitcoin ETF flows stayed choppy.
Open sourceCoinDesk DaybookThe most popular bitcoin call option has slipped by $10,000
The $70,000 call replaced the $80,000 call as the biggest bitcoin options position, tightening the visible range map.
Open sourceCoinDesk live marketsBitcoin slips back to $64,000 after Korea rate hike, ahead of U.S. data
South Korea raised rates 25 bps to 2.75% after inflation hit 3.2%, keeping macro pressure in the crypto read.
Open sourceCoinDesk marketsA bitcoin wallet dormant since the 2017 peak just moved $383 million
A wallet moved 5,908 BTC worth about $383 million to a new unidentified address, likely a custody or OTC-prep event rather than confirmed exchange selling.
Open sourceCoinDesk businessTether invests $20 million in Argentine neobank Uala
Tether took a financial stake in Uala, which serves more than 11 million customers across Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia, without near-term USDT integration.
Open sourceCoinDesk financeU.S. adds four Iran central bank crypto wallets to sanctions, Tether freezes $131 million
OFAC-linked wallet updates led Tether to freeze $131 million in USDT, bringing blocked USDT tied to Iran's central bank to roughly $475 million.
Open sourceCoinDesk businessRebooting the internet: inside the open-source project to let AI programs pay each other
The x402 Foundation expanded the standards route for AI-agent payments with major payment and cloud members.
Open sourceCoinDesk techGalaxy targets institutional stablecoin yield with new DeFi vaults
Galaxy launched Morpho-based curated vaults through Fireblocks Earn for institutional stablecoin yield workflows.
Open sourceCoinDesk policyU.S. Senate unanimously opposes clemency for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried
The Senate passed a nonbinding unanimous-consent resolution opposing clemency for the FTX founder.
Open sourceBLS CPIConsumer Price Index - June 2026
Official CPI context remains relevant: CPI-U fell 0.4% in June and rose 3.5% over 12 months; core rose 2.6% over the year.
Open sourceBLS PPIProducer Price Indexes - June 2026
Official PPI context remains relevant: final demand fell 0.3% in June and rose 5.5% over 12 months.
Open sourceBitcoin CoreBitcoin Core 31.0
Official Bitcoin software maintenance route for the daily infrastructure check.
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Rates, oil, and geopolitics.
Route South Korea, CPI/PPI, yields, oil, and U.S.-Iran risk into market context.
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OpenStablecoinsUSDT, sanctions, and banks.
Track investment, reserves, freezes, redemption, and issuer power.
OpenAIx402 payment standards.
Route agent payments into standards, permission, fraud, and UX checks.
OpenRWADeFi vaults and tokenized finance.
Separate institutional risk controls from yield marketing.
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