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Leading cryptocurrencies rose slightly on Tuesday as investors weighed renewed tensions in the Middle East and the Federal Reserve’s upcoming decision on interest rates.

Crypto Market GainsBitcoin rallied as high as $64,100 but ran into resistance, with 24-hour trading volume dropping steeply. Ethereum moved in a similar direction, but then met strong selling pressure after reaching $1.20.

Over $330 million was liquidated from the cryptocurrency market in the last 24 hours, with $241 million in bullish long positions erased, according to data from Coinglass.

Bitcoin’s open interest rose slightly by 0.02% over the last 24 hours. Notably, retail and whale derivatives traders on Binance trimmed their BTC long exposure after the spike.

"Fear" sentiment prevailed in the market, according to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index.

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The global cryptocurrency market capitalization stood at $2.22 trillion, following an increase of 1.04% from the previous day.

Dow Rallies Ahead of Fed DecisionStocks were a mixed bag on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lifted 537.24 points, or 1.03%, to 52,747.32. The S&P 500 gained 0.21% to end at 7,428.78. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite was the outlier, sliding 0.22% to settle at 24,876.91.

Tensions in the Middle East flared again after U.S. and Saudi forces launched a joint strike against "Iran-aligned terrorists" accused of trying to mount a “surprise attack” on U.S. forces earlier that day.

Investors will also look forward to the Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday, with odds around 70% that interest rates will remain unchanged, according to the CME FedWatch tool.

Wait for Bitcoin’s Bullish Trend to Go Longer?Ali Martinez, a widely followed cryptocurrency analyst and trader, projected Bitcoin’s “next major market bottom” may arrive in the first half of October, assuming the four-year cycle theory remains valid.

On-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant noted a sharp decline in Bitcoin spot volumes on major exchanges compared to late 2024, with the U.S.-Iran war and equity markets absorbing much of the available liquidity.

“Against this backdrop, a return of Bitcoin to a bullish trend seems conditional on a shift in the macro regime, and above all a return of demand, the only real driver capable of pushing volumes back up,” the research firm said.

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Upbit, one of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced the listing of MetaDAO (META2), a Solana-based blockchain project. According to the official statement released by the exchange, META2 will be available to users on July 29th in Korean Won (KRW), Bitcoin (BTC), and Tether (USDT) trading pairs.

According to the announcement, deposit and withdrawal operations for META2 will be activated within two hours of the announcement’s publication. Spot trading is scheduled to begin on July 29th at 16:30. Upbit also stated that the start time may be postponed if sufficient liquidity is not available.

The exchange emphasized that users can only deposit and withdraw funds through the Solana network. Assets sent via different networks will not be supported, and refunds for such transactions may take a long time. It was also announced that the META2 token will be listed under the symbol “META2” to avoid confusion with the currently traded Metadium (META).

MetaDAO stands out as a platform developed on the Solana blockchain and operating with a market-based governance model. Unlike traditional decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), MetaDAO aims to evaluate the impact of community proposals on the project not only through voting but also through a market price mechanism.

The platform brings together fundraising, token launches, and community governance in a single on-chain system, while the META2 token is used in various transactions within the ecosystem, primarily participation in governance processes.

Upbit reminds users to verify the correct network and smart contract address before making transactions, and also emphasizes the need to comply with regulations under the Travel Rule.

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Bitcoin faces muted activity as BitMEX shutdown, FOMC uncertainty weigh on sentiment

In brief Michael Saylor posted a nine-post thread, drawing thousands of views, declaring Bitcoin's consensus rules a "constitution" and framing any faction that rewrites them as committing economic theft. He extended his argument beyond BIP-110 to cover covenants and larger-block proposals, calling all of them "different instruments, same constitutional offense." BIP-110's mandatory signaling window opens around August 9, at block 961,632, with miner support at just 2.64%—well short of the 55% threshold required for activation. Michael Saylor isn't fighting BIP-110 anymore—he's fighting the very idea that Bitcoin's code can be changed. The Strategy executive chairman posted a nine-post thread to X on Tuesday that reframes the entire protocol debate as a constitutional crisis.

"Bitcoin has won. Now it must survive victory," Saylor wrote on X. "Its gravest threat is not an enemy at the gates, but corruption from within: factions that invent pretexts, rewrite the rules, and seize economic rights until freedom becomes permission and law becomes loot."

Saylor has been attacking a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal dubbed BIP-110 specifically. The "Reduced Data Temporary Softfork" proposal that would restrict non-financial data like Ordinals inscriptions from Bitcoin's blockchain for around one year. Last week, Saylor posted a 110-point essay opposing it under the title "110 Reasons BIP 110 Is a Bad Idea."

Based on the current status of the proposal, his point of view seems to have prevailed. Now Saylor lumped BIP-110 together with covenants—smart contract-style restrictions that would let users pre-program how their Bitcoin can be spent in the future—and larger-block proposals, which call for increasing how much data fits in each block to process more transactions. His verdict on all of them: different ideas, same crime.

Bitcoin has won. Now it must survive victory.

Its gravest threat is not an enemy at the gates, but corruption from within: factions that invent pretexts, rewrite the rules, and seize economic rights until freedom becomes permission and law becomes loot.

— Michael Saylor (@saylor) July 28, 2026

"Some proposals, like BIP-110, censor valid fee-paying transactions. Others add covenant machinery. Others demand larger blocks," he wrote. "Different instruments, same constitutional offense: a faction rewrites Bitcoin's rules and imposes its agenda, costs, and risks on everyone."

The constitutional metaphor is doing real work here. Bitcoin's consensus rules—the shared set of rules all nodes and miners agree on to determine what counts as a valid transaction—are the functional equivalent of a country's founding law in Saylor's framing. Rewrite them for any faction's ideological preferences, he argues, and you're not just updating software. You're confiscating people's economic rights.

"Bitcoin's consensus rules are its constitution," he wrote. "To rewrite them for the convenience of any faction is to attack the economic rights of every participant today and every generation to come."

"Protocol changes must be rare, conservative, and driven by necessity, not ambition. Defend Bitcoin's constitution. Defend the future," he wrote.

BIP-110’s principal advocate is its pseudonymous author Dathon Ohm with longtime Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr being a key participant in the writing of the original draft. The proposal is supported primarily by a relatively small “anti-spam” constituency around Bitcoin Knots and node operators who believe Bitcoin should remain focused on peer-to-peer money rather than becoming a permanent storage layer for things like Ordinals, tokens, images, and other arbitrary data.

The argument is that miners collect a one time fee for including those payloads, while every full node operator has to bear the long-term storage, bandwidth and validation costs. From their perspective this is not censorship per se, but more a protection of a scarce public resource (i.e., the blockchain’s capacity)

Obvious substantive flaws

It lumps three opposing policy directions together.BIP-110 reduces certain permitted data uses; covenants add functionality; larger blocks add capacity. They are not one coherent faction or agenda. The only shared property is that they propose changing…

— Fred Krueger #BIP-110 (@dotkrueger) July 28, 2026

BIP-110's mandatory signaling window—the point at which nodes running the proposal's software begin rejecting non-compliant blocks—opens around August 9, at block 961,632. Miner support sits at 2.64%, according to the BIP-110 signaling dashboard, well short of the 55% required for activation.

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Blockchain security company AmericanFortress has introduced a cryptographic solution designed to safeguard existing cryptocurrency wallets against potential future quantum computing threats, allowing users to retain their current funds, keys, and wallet addresses without any required changes.

The company claims this new scheme provides post-quantum protection for existing wallet addresses, in contrast to most other proposals that require users to rotate keys or generate new wallet addresses.

Zero-knowledge proofs at the core of the new approachAmericanFortress detailed its proposal in a technical paper published on the Cryptography ePrint Archive. The scheme is compatible with seed-based hierarchical deterministic wallets used on Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and other major blockchains leveraging elliptic curve cryptography. As the paper has not yet undergone peer review, independent expert evaluation is pending.

The proposed method leverages zero-knowledge proofs derived from a wallet’s original seed phrase. With this approach, users continue signing transactions using their existing cryptographic keys, while network nodes verify the proofs to confirm post-quantum security.

AmericanFortress pointed to a Bloomberg analysis estimating that up to $470 billion in Bitcoin could be at risk if quantum computers with sufficient power become available, emphasizing the scale of potential vulnerability in the current system.

With advances in AI and computing accelerating, discussion around quantum safety has intensified within the crypto security sector, prompting companies to introduce new strategies to anticipate emerging risks.

Industry-wide focus on post-quantum wallet solutionsAmericanFortress is among several companies working on post-quantum security solutions for cryptocurrency wallets. On Tuesday, Freedom Factory revealed PQ1, which the company described as a post-quantum hardware wallet for Ethereum and other EVM-compatible networks.

Unlike AmericanFortress’ software-centric model, PQ1 employs post-quantum cryptographic signatures generated using dedicated hardware. Freedom Factory stated that PQ1 includes SPHINCS+C10 signature schemes and ERC-4337 smart accounts to bolster transaction security against future quantum-enabled threats.

The drive to adopt post-quantum cryptography stems from concerns that quantum computers could eventually compromise the elliptic curve cryptography safeguarding most major cryptocurrency networks. While large-scale quantum computers have yet to be realized, blockchain developers are already investing in migration research and prototyping quantum-resistant protocols.

Recent developments include a $15 million funding commitment from a Strategy-led consortium toward Bitcoin quantum security research, a proposal by the Ethereum Foundation for migrating to quantum-resistant accounts, and Algorand’s plans to roll out quantum-proof accounts by 2027.

Beyond defensive measures, some projects are pioneering platforms that harness cutting-edge cryptography to increase versatility for both traditional and crypto assets. For example, advances in quantum-resistant wallet design have encouraged a greater focus on seamless access to diversified holdings across markets.

Integrating these innovations, platforms like 1stepSwap are breaking down barriers between traditional finance and digital assets. 1stepSwap allows users to transfer real-world assets such as shares of top U.S. companies and commodities including gold and silver directly onto the blockchain, all from a single wallet. The platform’s key feature is its ability to source the best prices available at any moment, making it possible to buy or sell the world’s largest stocks within seconds and diversify portfolios efficiently, all without the need for cumbersome procedures or intermediaries.

As interest in both post-quantum protections and tokenized real-world assets continues to rise, the crypto industry is accelerating efforts to address security vulnerabilities while improving access and usability for investors.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.

Rare 30% Hike Odds Shake Bitcoin Before Most Unpredictable Fed Decision Since 2020

Bitcoin fell below $64,000 on Tuesday as traders reduced risk before the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision, while ETF outflows and leveraged liquidations added to selling pressure.

Summary

Bitcoin dropped 2.5% and briefly traded near $63,327 during Tuesday’s session. US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $11.64 million in net outflows on July 27. BTC lost a rising 4-hour trendline, while the daily RSI slipped to 48.13. Liquidity clusters near $64,500 and $62,500 could shape the next short-term move. Bitcoin price falls below rising trendline According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin (BTC) price opened Tuesday near $63,706 and extended its decline toward $63,327 as traders cut exposure before the Fed decision. BTC later traded around $63,858, leaving it down roughly 2.5% during the session.

The 4-hour chart shows that Bitcoin broke below an ascending trendline that had supported the recovery from its late-June low near $58,000. Price attempted to move back above the trendline, but the rebound stalled below $64,000.

Bitcoin price 4-hour chart — July 28 | Source: crypto.news Bitcoin also remained under the 4-hour Supertrend resistance at $65,198. The indicator will continue to favor sellers unless BTC closes above that level and converts the broken trendline into support.

The Chaikin Money Flow reading stood at minus 0.04, showing that capital flows had turned slightly negative. While the reading does not point to extreme distribution, it shows that selling pressure continues to exceed buying demand.

Bitcoin’s daily chart presents a mixed structure. BTC traded below the 20-day moving average at $64,449 but remained slightly above the 50-day average near $63,343. That leaves the price compressed between short-term resistance and an important support level.

Bitcoin price daily chart — July 28 | Source: crypto.news Fed decision drives demand for cash The Federal Reserve began its two-day meeting on July 28 and will announce its decision at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday. Chair Kevin Warsh’s press conference will follow 30 minutes later, according to the Federal Reserve’s July calendar.

Markets broadly expect policymakers to keep the federal funds rate within the current 3.50% to 3.75% range. However, futures pricing has assigned roughly a one-in-three probability to a rate increase, making the meeting less predictable than recent policy decisions.

A Reuters report said the threshold for an immediate increase remains high despite inflation concerns and hawkish comments from some policymakers. Cooler June inflation and easing geopolitical pressure support the case for holding rates steady.

A surprise increase could strengthen the US dollar and lift Treasury yields, creating another headwind for Bitcoin and other risk assets. A hold may ease immediate pressure, but markets could still sell off if Warsh signals that a September increase remains likely.

Bitcoin’s decline below $64,000 therefore reflects more than technical weakness. Traders are limiting leveraged exposure before an event that could quickly change expectations for US liquidity and borrowing costs.

US Bitcoin ETF outflows add selling pressure US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $11.64 million in net outflows on July 27, marking a third consecutive session of withdrawals, according to data from SoSoValue.

BlackRock’s IBIT led the daily withdrawals with $8.82 million, while Fidelity’s FBTC lost $2.82 million. The funds still held combined net assets of about $78.71 billion, but the latest outflow showed weaker institutional demand before the Fed announcement.

Spot Ether ETFs moved in the opposite direction. The products attracted $9.23 million, led by an $11.75 million inflow into BlackRock’s ETHA. Invesco’s QETH partly offset that demand with a $2.52 million withdrawal.

The split suggests some US-listed fund investors favored Ether over Bitcoin during the session. However, one day of divergent flows is not enough to establish a lasting institutional rotation between the two assets.

Bitcoin liquidation map identifies key levels The three-day liquidation heatmap shows the nearest large concentration of leveraged positions between roughly $64,400 and $64,600. A rebound into this area could trigger short liquidations, but it also overlaps with Bitcoin’s 20-day moving average and may act as resistance.

Bitcoin liquidation heatmap | Source: CoinGlass Additional liquidity sits near $65,800 to $66,200. Bitcoin would need to recover the 4-hour Supertrend at $65,198 before that upper zone becomes a realistic target.

Below the market, the strongest nearby liquidity concentration appears around $62,500 to $62,600. A break under the 50-day moving average at $63,343 could draw price toward that cluster. Lower support is visible around $61,800 to $62,000.

Daily momentum remains neutral rather than deeply oversold. Bitcoin’s relative strength index was 48.13, below its moving average at 53.58 and slightly under the neutral midpoint. The reading leaves room for further losses if sellers break the 50-day average.

Analyst sees $68,000 recovery in August Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe maintained a bullish near-term outlook despite Bitcoin’s latest pullback.

“I think we’ll target $68,000 in early August again, and are likely going to break out of that fairly soon to $75,000+.”

For that scenario to strengthen, Bitcoin must first reclaim the $64,450 to $65,200 resistance region. A move above $66,000 would then expose the analyst’s $68,000 target.

On-chain analyst Ardi noted that Bitcoin’s market-value-to-realized-value ratio stood at 1.21. The level remains well above the 0.69 and 0.75 readings associated with the 2018 and 2022 bear-market lows, respectively.

$BTC MVRV is currently 1.21.

Previous bear market lows:

2018: 0.69
2022: 0.75

MVRV compares Bitcoin's market value with its realised value, showing how far price sits above or below the network's aggregate cost basis.

That puts the current reading roughly 60% above 2022 and… pic.twitter.com/Lghjuzeyv9

— Ardi (@ArdiNSC) July 28, 2026 That comparison suggests Bitcoin has not reached the same degree of market-wide capitulation seen at previous cycle bottoms. For US investors, Wednesday’s Fed statement and Warsh’s guidance remain the immediate catalysts: a hawkish surprise could expose $62,500, while a less restrictive message may help BTC recover $65,200.

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The world's most recognizable technology voice just put a decade-long countdown on human control. One asset was specifically designed to not need it.

Elon Musk sat down with The Economist last week and said something that most financial media has been covering as a technology story. It is also a Bitcoin story, and nobody has connected the two yet.

Speaking with the outlet, Musk said artificial intelligence will surpass the combined intelligence of all humans within approximately five years. By 2036, he added, humans will almost certainly no longer be in control of the technology.

He put the extinction risk at 10 to 20 percent. His conclusion was not to slow down. "I can't see any way to really stop this incredible momentum of AI and robots," he said.

That last part is worth sitting with.

What happens to money in a world AI controlsEvery financial system today was built around human decision-making. Central banks set rates. Governments issue currency.

The entire architecture of global finance, SWIFT, the Federal Reserve, commercial banking, depends on human institutions at every critical junction.

In a world where AI operates beyond human control, those checkpoints become vulnerabilities. Systems requiring human oversight to function correctly are systems that can be manipulated or captured by whatever intelligence runs above them.

Why Bitcoin is built for exactly this scenarioFour things make Bitcoin structurally different from every other financial asset in an AI-controlled world.

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Its 21 million coin cap is enforced by cryptographic consensus, not by any institution an AI could capture. Its supply cannot be inflated, debased, or reprogrammed away. It settles transactions without human intermediaries, no banks, no clearinghouses, no central bank approval required. Its decentralized architecture means no single entity, human or artificial, can block or reverse a transaction.

And unlike gold, Bitcoin is machine-readable and machine-executable, the only scarce asset that can interact natively with AI-agent financial systems already being built today.

Bitcoin has processed every transaction without a single day of downtime since January 2009. Not because humans maintained it. Because the protocol does not need them to.

Musk's own crypto convictionThis is not a story about someone warning from the outside. Musk personally holds Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and Ethereum. Tesla and SpaceX both carry Bitcoin on their balance sheets, SpaceX holds approximately 18,712 BTC.

Last month, a dormant SpaceX Bitcoin wallet moved for the first time in months shortly after Musk made his boldest valuation claim about the company on X.

SpaceX became one of the first major aerospace companies to accept crypto as payment, funding the entire DOGE-1 lunar mission in Dogecoin, which launches September 14.

His X Payments platform is being built with crypto integration from the ground up.

The man predicting AI will escape human control by 2036 has been quietly positioning his companies' balance sheets in the one asset that does not require human control to function.

That overlap is not accidental.

Bitcoin continued to demonstrate resilience ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision, maintaining levels above $63,000 and advancing approximately 6% in July. In contrast, technology and semiconductor stocks, especially those associated with artificial intelligence, experienced notable declines.

Fed uncertainty shapes market dynamicsInvestors remain divided over whether the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates or hold steady in its upcoming meeting. Current pricing suggests a 70% probability that rates will remain unchanged and a 30% chance of a 25-basis-point hike, based on data from CME FedWatch.

This division reflects a broader lack of clarity from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, whose reduced use of forward guidance has left market participants uncertain. Block Scholes, a firm specializing in derivatives analytics, highlighted the heightened uncertainty surrounding this meeting.

Thahbib Rahman, research analyst at Block Scholes, characterized the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee session as among the most uncertain since 2015, stating only two meetings in that period generated a more divided market outlook.

Tomorrow’s FOMC meeting, Kevin Warsh’s second as chairman of the Fed, is one of the most uncertain in years, highlighted Thahbib Rahman at Block Scholes.

Decoupling from equity marketsDespite macroeconomic uncertainty, bitcoin has diverged from traditional risk assets in recent weeks. The cryptocurrency recovered quickly from intra-day losses to hover just below $64,000 on Tuesday, even as chipmakers and AI-centric stocks continued to face selling pressure.

Analysts pointed out that bitcoin’s correlation with equity markets, particularly the Nasdaq and semiconductor sectors, has weakened. This softer relationship has led some to believe that the Fed’s policy move may exert less influence on bitcoin’s near-term price action compared to previous cycles.

Vetle Lunde, head of research at K33 Research, commented in a new report that as stretched positioning in Nasdaq persists while bitcoin consolidates near multi-year lows, historical ties between the two asset classes appear to be loosening. Lunde observed that this could mean the FOMC meeting’s impact on bitcoin will be more muted than during prior episodes of heightened policy uncertainty.

With the Nasdaq entering July with strong momentum but stretched positioning, while BTC holds near multi-year lows, correlations are softening and the Fed meeting may have a more limited impact on BTC, noted Vetle Lunde at K33 Research.

According to Block Scholes, the divergence has become more noticeable in July, with bitcoin up about 6% for the month, the S&P 500 remaining largely flat, and a semiconductor stock basket dropping close to 20%.

AssetMonthly Change (July)Bitcoin+6%S&P 5000%Semiconductor Stocks−20%Improving crypto sentimentRahman noted that recent swings in market expectations stem from a combination of softer inflation data, renewed geopolitical tensions, higher oil prices, and concerns about tariffs. Despite this, optimism around digital assets has strengthened in recent weeks.

Rahman suggested that any dovish signals from Chair Warsh could further support bitcoin’s outperformance versus risk assets.

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has retained an estimated 55% share of user funds and 24% of spot trading volume since June, attracting net inflows in early July while tracked markets saw outflows.

Block Scholes, based in London, specializes in cryptocurrency derivatives analytics and provides research on digital asset market structure and macroeconomic risk. K33 Research is an independent digital asset research firm offering analysis on crypto market trends and blockchain data.

Mini dictionary: CME FedWatch, a tool provided by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, tracks market expectations for future changes in the Federal Reserve’s policy interest rates.

Key participants and institutional investors now await the outcome of Wednesday’s policy meeting as a potential catalyst for further price movement in both equities and crypto markets.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.

Bitcoin’s path toward quantum-resistant security is facing fresh scrutiny after recent advancements in artificial intelligence. Anthropic, a leading AI firm, revealed that one of its top-level models has successfully uncovered novel attacks on weakened cryptographic algorithms, introducing new concerns for blockchain developers and cryptographers.

AI challenges to cryptographyAnthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview model reportedly discovered previously undocumented attacks against weakened versions of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), which remains one of the most broadly implemented encryption protocols. The company detailed that its AI-driven approach enabled researchers to break these test algorithms between 200 and 1,000 times faster than traditional methods.

Researchers at Anthropic said that frontier AI systems can now produce original cryptographic research, going beyond human-devised strategies. These findings have led experts to consider that artificial intelligence might one day pose a threat to post-quantum encryption standards before quantum computing becomes a practical concern.

In addition, Mythos identified an enhanced attack vector against HAWK, a signature scheme proposed in the post-quantum cryptography landscape. This result highlights the possibility that advanced AI models could outpace both quantum computers and standard mathematical research in breaking newer cryptographic protections.

Implications for Bitcoin and blockchain networksCurrently, Bitcoin operates using the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) for transaction verification. For years, cryptographers have cautioned that powerful quantum computers could eventually compromise ECDSA, potentially exposing the network to threat. As a result, blockchain developers are exploring migrations toward post-quantum signature systems, with lattice-based cryptography standing out as a prominent candidate.

Coin Center Executive Director Peter Van Valkenburgh lightheartedly addressed the situation, referencing a hypothetical future where Bitcoin moves to lattice-based post-quantum signatures, only for an advanced AI model to undermine the underlying mathematics before quantum computers manage the same feat.

Researchers at Anthropic explained that their new attack methods managed to break weakened versions of AES up to 1,000 times faster, underscoring AI’s accelerating role in cryptographic research.

Despite the significant attention Anthropic’s research has received, security experts emphasized that the attacks described so far targeted experimental and deliberately weakened cryptosystems, not those currently protecting Bitcoin or commercial web traffic. The company added that modern implementations of AES remain robust and are not immediately at risk.

Future outlook and market contextAs AI systems rapidly advance in generating novel mathematical techniques, blockchain protocol developers are considering new threats. Experts have noted that the accelerated pace of discovery may eventually force teams behind Bitcoin and other major networks to strengthen their protocols, accounting for both quantum and advanced AI-driven cryptanalysis.

As the industry evaluates these new possibilities, some platforms are already building bridges between traditional finance and blockchain solutions. For example, applications like 1stepSwap use smart contract technology to bring real-world assets—including shares of major U.S. companies and commodities like gold and silver—directly onto the blockchain, where users can access, buy, and sell these assets through integrated wallets. One of the platform’s key advantages is its automated system, which consistently secures the most advantageous prices available across markets, letting users diversify their portfolios quickly and efficiently without intermediaries or complex onboarding procedures.

As developments in both AI and quantum computing accelerate, continuous monitoring of security protocols and innovative real-world asset digitization initiatives will remain central to the evolution of the crypto market.

Despite the advancements reported by Anthropic, researchers maintain that neither Bitcoin’s current protocol nor standard internet encryption face immediate risk, as the AI-developed attacks only impacted less secure research variants.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins has thrown support behind the long-awaited crypto market structure bill. 

Writing on X Tuesday, the chief of Wall Street’s biggest regulator said that he was “committed to supporting Congress in advancing” the bill. 

A number of lawmakers are hoping the Clarity Act gets passed before Congress departs for August recess. While the bill has been drafted bipartisanly, some Democrats are unhappy with the current version. 

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 SEC Chair Paul Atkins says he will support Congress in passing the Clarity Act:

“I am committed to supporting Congress in advancing the CLARITY Act, including providing technical assistance.” pic.twitter.com/wRRbnY9vXu

— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) July 28, 2026 “American leadership in the digital finance revolution means matching the energy of American innovators with a regulatory framework worthy of them,” wrote Atkins on the social media platform, adding a video from a Monday CNBC interview where he spoke about the need for such a bill. 

Chosen by President Trump, Atkins was officially sworn in as the 34th Chairman of the SEC last year. He has taken a far more crypto-friendly approach to regulating the space compared to his predecessor, Gary Gensler. 

The regulator is the latest big name to push for the Clarity Act to get over the line. 

Major financial institutions like Fidelity and Goldman Sachs have thrown their weight behind the new bill, but a group of Democrats last week said in a statement that the bill in its current form falls short.  

A number of lawmakers are hoping the bill gets passed before Congress departs for August recess. 

Despite being passed in the house of representatives last year with strong bipartisan support, the Clarity Act has been in a deadlock for much of 2026, partially because big bankers raised concerns over stablecoin yield among Democrat concerns around ethics language.

Banking lobbyists have said that if crypto exchanges pay attractive yields to customers, banks could lose their deposit base. 

An updated bill of the Clarity Act was introduced last week that addressed the ethics concerns, banning government officials and their families from issuing or promoting crypto. 

Republicans are hoping to gain bipartisan support for the bill this week to advance the legislation. If passed, the long-awaited bill would create a regulatory framework for the cryptocurrency market.

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Mathew is a reporter who's covered the space since 2019, reporting on everything from Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele's Bitcoin bet to crypto exchange FTX's bankruptcy.

Performance analysis of the past month shows that cryptocurrency companies have outperformed artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor companies by a considerable margin.

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), America’s largest crypto exchange, saw its stock rise by 14.85% in the past month. Meanwhile, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), the lead company designing AI hardware and software, saw its stock lose 0.29% over the same period.

Source: TradingView

Another benchmark comparison is between AI company Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) and Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), the world’s largest publicly traded Bitcoin treasury. Strategy stock gained 10.62% in the past month, while Palantir’s fell 1.75%.

Why Crypto outpaced AIThere are three main reasons why crypto beat AI in the first month, with the first being the capex (capital expenditure) panic. Investors grew concerned that their massive spending to develop AI wasn’t reflected in the companies’ immediate returns.

Secondly, breakthroughs in foreign AI and semiconductor companies threatened Western monopoly. One Chinese-based firm recently engineered chip manufacturing machines which were previously only available via Dutch giant ASML. The US has restricted exports of the company’s best systems to China for competitive purposes, but the recent development might just have leveled that playing field. 

Even more, Chinese AI models such as Moonshot’s KIMI K3 heavily excel in coding, math, and structured tasks. This cuts monopoly and tightens the race between nations to dominate in AI. It also impacts investor confidence, just as in AI chips.

As a result, AI stocks experienced massive sell-offs as capital pivoted into digital assets. In that month, flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin gained 7.82%, while the overall market cap grew from $2.05 trillion to $2.19 trillion.

The outliersIn the past year, Bitcoin miners have been largely shifting into AI hosting as mining profits dwindled. However, their shares have underperformed due to concerns over the high power costs, lengthy build-out timelines, and heavy debt loads. In the past month, Core Scientific (NASDAQ: CORZ) and Cipher Mining (NASDAQ: CIFR) stocks declined by 12.51% and 10.60%, respectively.

Source: TradingView

Nonetheless, both AI and crypto are facing individual “make-or-break” dynamics. For crypto, it is mainly legitimization via regulation, while for AI, it is suffering a similar fate to the 1999 Dot-Com bubble.

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Bitcoin slipped below $64,000 on Tuesday as a selloff in Asian tech equities reflected investor caution ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision Wednesday.

Notable Statistics:

Coinglass data shows 133,415 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $620.81 million.        SoSoValue data shows net outflows of $11.6 million from spot Bitcoin ETFs on Friday. Spot Ethereum ETFs saw net inflows of $9.23 million. In the past 24 hours, top losers include Audiera, LayerZero and Shiba Inu. Notable Developments:

Trader Notes:

Crypto chart analyst Ali Martinez said Bitcoin has lost the key $63,800 support level, weakening its near-term technical structure.

With that breakdown, analyst sees $60,000 as the next major downside target unless bulls quickly reclaim the lost support.

Ted Pillows noted Bitcoin is forming a falling wedge, a pattern often viewed as a potential bullish reversal, just as the CLARITY Act nears its final legislative stage.

The trader argues that if the bill passes, it could validate Tom Lee‘s bullish outlook, while a rejection would likely delay, but not necessarily invalidate, his longer-term thesis.

Trader Crypto Poseidonn believes Bitcoin’s summer uptrend has ended, citing a loss of key support and the formation of a lower high.

Drawing parallels with the April-May decline, he expects Bitcoin to revisit sub-$60,000 levels in the coming weeks.

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Clear Creek Financial Management disclosed about $15.1 million across Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Solana exchange-traded funds in its latest US regulatory filing.

Summary

Bitcoin ETFs accounted for about $10.4 million, led by Bitwise’s BITB fund. Clear Creek reported nearly $4.3 million across three Ethereum ETFs. XRP and Solana products expanded the firm’s disclosed crypto allocation beyond BTC and ETH. The filing provides a quarter-end snapshot, meaning Clear Creek may have changed its positions since then. Clear Creek’s Bitcoin ETF holdings top $10 million Clear Creek’s largest disclosed crypto position was the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (BITB). The investment adviser reported owning 304,155 shares valued at about $9.69 million at the end of the reporting period.

The firm also held approximately $477,412 in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF and $248,539 in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF. Together, its three Bitcoin ETF positions were worth roughly $10.4 million.

BITB accounted for close to 93% of the firm’s disclosed Bitcoin ETF allocation. Clear Creek manages more than $1.5 billion in assets, placing the crypto positions at a relatively small share of its wider portfolio.

Form 13F requires institutional investment managers overseeing at least $100 million in qualifying US securities to disclose certain long positions every quarter. However, the reports are backward-looking and do not include cash, short positions or assets that fall outside the filing rules.

Clear Creek could therefore have increased, reduced or exited some positions after the reporting date.

Ethereum becomes the firm’s second-largest crypto allocation Ethereum ETFs formed Clear Creek’s second-largest digital asset allocation at almost $4.3 million.

The firm reported 337,162 shares of the Bitwise Ethereum ETF, valued at approximately $3.8 million. It also disclosed 14,336 shares of the iShares Ethereum Trust worth $170,455.

Clear Creek held a further 21,374 shares of the Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF, valued at $321,251. The staking product gives investors exposure to ETH while incorporating rewards generated through Ethereum’s proof-of-stake network, subject to the fund’s structure and fees.

Separately, Morgan Stanley launched Ethereum and Solana staking ETFs on July 28. The products charge a management fee of 0.14%, adding another major Wall Street name to the expanding US crypto fund market.

The developments show how regulated products are giving investment advisers several ways to allocate to the same digital asset, including products from Bitwise, BlackRock, Grayscale and Morgan Stanley.

XRP and Solana ETFs broaden Clear Creek’s strategy Clear Creek also reported smaller positions tied to XRP and Solana, taking its disclosed crypto ETF portfolio beyond the two largest digital assets.

The investment manager held 11,621 shares of the Bitwise XRP ETF, valued at $135,501 at the reporting date.

Its Solana allocation was split between two funds. Clear Creek owned 11,258 shares of the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF worth $112,693 and 28,144 shares of the Grayscale Solana Staking ETF valued at $155,636.

Those positions brought the firm’s total reported Solana ETF exposure to about $268,329. Although small compared with its Bitcoin and Ethereum holdings, the allocations show that some US advisers are using regulated funds to gain exposure to a wider group of crypto assets.

Morgan Stanley also recently disclosed an XRP ETF position, providing another example of traditional financial firms moving beyond Bitcoin-only exposure.

US and global crypto ETF markets continue expanding Clear Creek’s filing arrives as the SEC considers changes to how it reviews a growing pipeline of ETF proposals.

Brian Daly, an official in the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, said the agency receives roughly 200 ETF applications each month, according to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. Daly also acknowledged that the regulator had handled crypto poorly and wanted a more orderly process for reviewing novel products.

The SEC is reportedly considering confidential ETF filings, which could allow issuers to submit proposals privately before making them public. Such a system could protect new fund ideas from competitors while regulators conduct an initial review.

Other markets are also examining broader crypto fund access. Japan could allow its first Bitcoin ETF by 2028 as regulators prepare rules permitting investment trusts and ETFs to hold digital assets directly.

For US investors, Clear Creek’s disclosure does not prove that the firm remains invested at the same levels today. It does, however, provide a documented view of how one registered adviser distributed its crypto exposure across four assets and several competing issuers.

Stacks is set to activate its PoX-5 hard fork this week, introducing the consensus infrastructure needed to support Bitcoin staking on the network.

The upgrade is scheduled to activate at Bitcoin block 960,230, currently expected around 2 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, July 30. The precise timing may change depending on how quickly Bitcoin blocks are produced.

PoX-5 upgrades Proof-of-Transfer, the Stacks consensus mechanism under which miners commit BTC to compete for the right to produce Stacks blocks and receive STX rewards.

The upgrade introduces Bitcoin Bonds, which allow users to lock BTC on the Bitcoin network and pair it with STX on Stacks to earn BTC denominated yield while retaining control of their Bitcoin keys.

Stacks describes the structure as a protocol bond. Bitcoin remains locked on Bitcoin layer one, while the corresponding STX position is held through a Stacks smart contract. Yield is funded by the BTC that Stacks miners commit through Proof of Transfer.

Bitcoin Bonds will activate at the consensus level with the hard fork, although participation will open gradually.

Initial capacity will be reserved for approved participants during a bootstrap period. The first institutional Genesis Bond is expected in late August, followed by community participation through selected pools using sBTC.

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Stacks previously launched public and private PoX-5 testnets to test bonding, registration, reward distribution, and unbonding before the mainnet upgrade.

The hard fork does not create a new token and will not affect STX balances, wallet addresses, or private keys. STX holders who are not currently staking do not need to take any action.

Existing STX stakers must restake after PoX-5 activates to continue earning rewards.

All STX currently committed through the previous contract will unlock during the upgrade as staking moves to the new PoX-5 contract. Users must restake before Bitcoin block 962,050 to receive rewards during the first cycle following the hard fork.

Solo stakers can restake after the upgrade becomes active. Pool participants must wait for their provider to update its infrastructure and reopen staking under the new contract.

PoX-5 also removes the previous cooldown cycle, allowing stakers to change their reward address without missing a full cycle. The upgrade also simplifies pool participation and reduces the risk that users miss rewards because of failed pool commitments.

STX only stakers will continue receiving BTC rewards under the new structure.

Bitcoin Bonds receive their target yield first. Of the remaining BTC committed by miners, 85% will be distributed to STX only stakers, while 15% will enter a reserve fund intended to support future payouts.

Stacks said STX only participants are expected to receive most of the miner rewards during the early cycles because Bitcoin Bond capacity will initially remain limited.

The protocol bond model is designed to generate yield without lending or transferring custody of the underlying Bitcoin. However, Stacks notes that target yields are not guaranteed and remain dependent on miner participation and network conditions.

Exchanges supporting STX may temporarily suspend deposits and withdrawals around the activation period while upgrading their infrastructure. Trading is expected to continue, although each platform will establish its own maintenance window.

Stacks said node operators must upgrade to stacks core version 4.0.1 before block 960,230 to remain connected after the new consensus rules take effect.

The PoX-5 codebase has been audited by Trail of Bits and Clarity Alliance, with additional review from Asymmetric Research.

Following activation, Stacks plans to begin the Bitcoin staking rollout with the institutional Genesis Bond in late August before expanding capacity to additional participants.

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Michael Saylor Says Bitcoin Has Won, So Why Did MicroStrategy Stop Buying BTC?

Nasdaq-listed miner Core Scientific is rebuilding its Bitcoin treasury after seeing its balance sheet shrink at the start of this year. 

In a regulatory filing Tuesday, the miner said it had a total of 848 Bitcoins — worth over $54 million at today’s prices — after finishing the first quarter of this year with 547 Bitcoins. 

Core Scientific finished 2025 with 2,537 but started aggressively selling coins to fund its transition to the AI and high-powered computing industry. 

But the miner has started stacking Bitcoin again, using coins from mining, in order to have a strong balance sheet. It added 301 coins this quarter alone. 

Selling Bitcoins can reduce reliance on equity issuance or additional borrowing, especially in a higher-interest rate environment. It also gives a company more cash on hand.

Core Scientific shares (CORZ) were trading about 2% lower Tuesday afternoon in New York. 

The company, which operates data centers across Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas, added that its revenue in the second quarter of this year rose sharply to $164.2 million from $78.6 million in Q2 2025. 

Gross profit rose to $70 million from $5 million in the same period as the year before. 

Core Scientific is one of a number of top publicly listed miners that have started directing resources to providing the infrastructure for high-powered computing.

On Tuesday, the miner signed a deal with chipmaker AMD for 2.5 gigawatts ‌of data center capacity. The deal will give AMD access to more than 500 megawatts of Core Scientific’s AI-ready ‌data ⁠center capacity. 

A number of Bitcoin miners have already gone all-in on the industry as minting the biggest digital coin by market cap becomes harder and demand for AI compute surges. 

Instead of dropping mining operations completely, a number of Bitcoin miners have instead marketed themselves as “compute” or “digital infrastructure” companies while switching between minting digital coins and providing compute for AI — depending on which is more profitable.

Branching out into AI data centers isn’t always easy for miners as the world of HPC requires more expertise with heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems than those for Bitcoin mining.

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PANews July 29 news, according to Cointelegraph, dragged down by the sharp sell-off in Asian chip stocks, the US tech sector came under pressure. After the US stock market opened on Tuesday, bitcoin briefly fell below $63,000, breaking through a key support level and hitting a nearly 10-day low. Market data shows that bitcoin's price movements were affected by the global tech stock sell-off. The plunge in Asian semiconductor stocks triggered a chain reaction in risk assets, which spread to the US market.

The tech stock correction stemmed mainly from investor concerns over returns on AI infrastructure investments. The market has begun to question the sustainability of hyperscale cloud companies' continued increases in capital expenditure, and whether massive AI spending can generate sufficient returns. Currently, the combined 2026 capital expenditure guidance for Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta Platforms is expected to reach around $725 billion to $730 billion, and Wall Street projects that this figure could rise further to $900 billion by 2027.

Among them, Alphabet saw its free cash flow turn negative for the first time in the second quarter, with cash burn reaching $5.9 billion. Although its cloud business grew 82% due to AI computing demand, the high-spending model still raised market concerns.

In the crypto market, bitcoin's decline led to massive liquidations of long positions. Data shows that long liquidations across the crypto market exceeded $510 million in the past 24 hours. Analysts believe that if BTC breaks below $64,700, it could trigger a "chain reaction" of long liquidations. Currently, a large amount of long liquidity has accumulated below that price level, while there is significant short liquidation pressure in the $65,800 to $66,200 zone above.

Market focus is now turning to the earnings reports of AI giants and the capital expenditure plans of tech companies, as investors will use these to gauge whether the AI investment boom still has sustainable support.

TLDR: BitMEX and BitMart both announced closures within the same week, following AscendEX’s exit. Binance’s Bitcoin reserves recovered this year, signaling liquidity concentration on top exchanges. CZ urged self-custody or use of larger exchanges amid the wave of platform shutdowns. XWIN sees closures as part of a shift toward fewer, larger, institutional-grade exchanges. Exchange consolidation is reshaping the cryptocurrency industry after BitMEX and BitMart both announced plans to cease operations within the same week. Their exit follows AscendEX, which also began winding down its platform recently.

For years, the market supported hundreds of competing exchanges chasing liquidity. That structure is now shifting as regulation tightens and institutional standards rise across the sector.

Regulatory Pressure Drives Exchange Closures The crypto exchange industry once thrived on a wide field of competitors, but that landscape is narrowing. Stricter compliance requirements and rising operational costs are making survival harder for smaller platforms.

As a result, capital is gradually concentrating on fewer, larger exchanges rather than spreading evenly across the industry.

BitMEX and BitMart’s closures within one week illustrate how quickly this shift can unfold. Institutional participation continues to grow, and platforms unable to meet new standards face mounting pressure.

Reacting to the news on social media, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao described the shutdown in blunt terms, calling it “Tough times again.”

Tough times (again)! At least, it appears to be an orderly wind down where users can withdraw their assets.

Pro tip:

Self custody if you know how to keep your seedphrase safe (@trustwallet)

Or use the largest exchange (@binance) with staying power. https://t.co/nLXYMUXctm

— CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) July 26, 2026

In the same post, Zhao advised users to weigh their own custody options carefully. He suggested people should “Self custody if you know how to keep your seed phrase safe, or use the largest exchange with staying power.”

Binance Reserves Reflect Shifting Liquidity Patterns CryptoQuant’s Binance Exchange Reserve chart offers insight into how liquidity is moving during this period of exchange consolidation. The data shows a pattern connected to the broader market restructuring now underway across trading platforms.

Bitcoin reserves on Binance declined earlier this year before recovering to relatively high levels. This recovery suggests liquidity is migrating toward the world’s largest exchange rather than dispersing across smaller competitors.

Exchange Consolidation Begins: What the Closures of BitMEX and BitMart Mean for Binance and Bitcoin

“The next phase of the crypto market is likely to be dominated by fewer, larger, and more transparent exchanges capable of meeting institutional standards.” – By @xwinfinance pic.twitter.com/2dxXgesWWc

— CryptoQuant.com (@cryptoquant_com) July 27, 2026

Rising reserves should not be read simply as a sign of increased selling pressure. Modern exchange balances also support ETF arbitrage, derivatives trading, institutional custody, and market-making functions.

As market structure continues to evolve, reserve balances increasingly reflect where liquidity and confidence are concentrating. Binance’s position within this data illustrates its growing role during the current phase of consolidation.

Fewer, Larger Platforms Set to Define Next Phase Commenting separately on the wider wave of shutdowns spanning AscendEX, BitMEX, and BitMart, Zhao struck a more hopeful tone. He wrote that the period has been “Brutal… Hope this marks the bottom. Stay SAFU!”

According to XWIN, the closures of BitMEX and BitMart are not isolated events within the exchange sector. Instead, they represent part of a broader industry-wide consolidation process now taking shape.

The next phase of the crypto market is expected to favor fewer, larger, and more transparent exchanges. These platforms will need to meet institutional standards to remain competitive as smaller rivals continue exiting the space.

Investors are encouraged to track more than Bitcoin’s price alone going forward. Where liquidity accumulates across exchanges may offer added insight into the market’s future direction. Exchange reserve trends will likely remain a key indicator as consolidation progresses.

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Core Scientific has signed a major deal with chipmaker AMD to lease its AI infrastructure starting next year as the company pivots from Bitcoin mining. The CORZ stock climbed on the back of this deal, which could also see AMD purchase the miner’s common stock.

Core Scientific Signs Deal To Lease AI Infrastructure To AMD In a press release, the firm and AMD announced a deal that would see the latter secure up to 2.5 gigawatts of data center capacity starting in 2027 to support end customer deployments of AMD AI solutions. As part of the agreement, both companies revealed that they will collaborate on physical infrastructure design and the deployment of AMD Instinct™ GPUs, EPYC™ CPUs, and ROCm™ software.

This agreement comes as Core Scientific pivots from Bitcoin mining to building AI infrastructure, including data centers. As CoinGape reported, Core Scientific sold 1,900 BTC earlier this year to provide liquidity as it makes this transition.

The company still holds 547 BTC, according to BitcoinTreasuries data. The miner noted that it still derives revenue from earning crypto from the company’s own account and from crypto mining hosting services. However, it is in the process of repurposing its remaining facilities to support its high-density colocation services.

Core Scientific is just one of many Bitcoin miners pivoting to provide AI infrastructure. Bitcoin Miner MARA recently expanded its AI infrastructure with a Texas site acquisition. Meanwhile, TeraWulf signed a 20-year data center deal with Anthropic earlier this month.

CORZ Stock Drops At Market Open CORZ stock has dropped over 3% at the market open today amid the announcement of Core Scientific’s deal with AMD. The stock surged over 5% in premarket trading but has now slipped as the stock market sell-off deepens.

Core Scientific stock is also down over 12% over the past week. However, the stock is up over 40% year-to-date (YTD) amid the pivot from Bitcoin mining to providing AI infrastructure as AI demand increases.

Meanwhile, Core Scientific revealed that AMD will also receive market-priced warrants to purchase its common stock, subject to certain commercial conditions as part of the agreement.

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Uniswap (UNI) edges higher near an immediate resistance at $3.88 on Tuesday. The native decentralized exchange (DEX) token is defying a broader correction in the cryptocurrency market, even as Bitcoin (BTC) falls toward $63,000 from its July highs around $67,000.

Uniswap rises as retail buying absorbs selling pressureRetail appetite is gaining momentum across Uniswap derivatives, as evidenced by perpetual futures Open Interest (OI) rising to 65 million UNI on Tuesday, from approximately 63 million the day before. The rebound traces back to roughly 60 million in OI recorded on July 19, underscoring growing risk-on sentiment despite headwinds in the broader crypto market.

Uniswap Futures OI | Source: CoinGlassLooking back, Uniswap’s neutral-to-bullish outlook can also be attributed to strategic ecosystem growth, such as the network’s partnership with Securitize on permissioned pools. The new standard, announced last Tuesday, gives regulated assets access to automated market making (AMM) liquidity while preserving issuer-defined controls.

The protocol’s contribution to the real-world assets (RWAs) sector has also sustained impressive growth, with processed stock token volume on Robinhood Chain rising to $250 million.

Stock Token Volume on Uniswap | Source: RobinhoodPrice analysis: Uniswap upholds positive momentumUniswap trades at $3.86, maintaining a constructive near-term bullish bias as it holds above the SuperTrend line at $3.23 and the medium-term Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs), with the 50-day EMA at $3.40 and the 100-day EMA at $3.39. The spot price has also reclaimed the descending resistance trendline, now offering structural support near $3.52, while momentum remains positive but not overextended.

At the same time, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) around 62 on the daily chart hints at sustained buying interest despite a flattening Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) histogram just below the zero mark.

UNI/USDT daily chartImmediate resistance lies at the 200-day EMA at around $3.88. A sustained break above this barrier would strengthen the bullish case for further recovery. On the downside, initial support is aligned with the descending trendline area at $3.52, followed by the clustered 50-day and 100-day EMAs near $3.40. The SuperTrend base at $3.23 marks a deeper but still constructive demand zone as long as daily closes remain above it.

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Open Interest, funding rate FAQs Higher Open Interest is associated with higher liquidity and new capital inflow to the market. This is considered the equivalent of increase in efficiency and the ongoing trend continues. When Open Interest decreases, it is considered a sign of liquidation in the market, investors are leaving and the overall demand for an asset is on a decline, fueling a bearish sentiment among investors.

Funding fees bridge the difference between spot prices and prices of futures contracts of an asset by increasing liquidation risks faced by traders. A consistently high and positive funding rate implies there is a bullish sentiment among market participants and there is an expectation of a price hike. A consistently negative funding rate for an asset implies a bearish sentiment, indicating that traders expect the cryptocurrency’s price to fall and a bearish trend reversal is likely to occur.