Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority Chairman Bilal bin Saqib has called for continued discussion on digital assets under Islamic law. His statement followed a meeting with scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani on July 11. Saqib said both sides shared one aim: protecting Pakistanis from fraud, exploitation, and financial harm. Summary Pakistan’s crypto chief seeks technical and…
Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor has renewed speculation about the company’s next Bitcoin transaction. In a July 12 post, he shared Strategy’s familiar acquisition chart and wrote, “Orange dots tell only part of the story.” The chart marks past Bitcoin purchases, but the message did not say whether Strategy had bought, sold, or taken no…
Saylor made a similar comment last week, and it turned out to be a big sale. There used to be a time when the cryptocurrency community became accustomed to receiving BTC hints from Michael Saylor on Sunday, only for him to announce a major bitcoin acquisition on Monday. Sometimes, those purchases were in the…
The stablecoin market has lost about $10 billion since reaching a record high in May 2026. Total supply fell by $7.7 billion during June to about $312 billion, marking the largest monthly decline in dollar terms since the TerraUSD collapse in May 2022. The decrease equaled roughly 2.4% for June and about 3% from the…
The XRP products continue to operate differently than those tracking BTC and ETH. For weeks and weeks, the spot Ripple ETFs, alongside HYPE and sometimes SOL, dominated all cryptocurrency-related exchange-traded funds, while the market leaders suffered. However, this trend has finally changed as the financial vehicles tracking the performance of the cross-border token turned…
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance has estimated Ethereum’s annual electricity consumption at 7.87 gigawatt-hours. That equals a continuous power demand of about 0.90 megawatts. The study places Ethereum near the lower end of energy intensity among major proof-of-stake blockchains when researchers adjust electricity use for market value. Cambridge also estimated annual emissions of about…
The Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act – the most consequential crypto market-structure bill currently moving through Congress may get its defining week starting July 13, when a merged Senate draft is expected to land. Senate floor action is then targeted for July 20, giving the industry a narrow four-week runway before lawmakers leave for the…
Is a new all-time high possible this year? Some AIs believe so. It’s that time of the week again, the weekend, in which the regular reader and investor might want to explore something lighter, fun, and more optimistic. In this article, we will review the price predictions for bitcoin in 2026 made by some…
Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor described Bitcoin as an “emergent network” shaped by three groups. In a post on X, he said wallets carry weight through the satoshis they hold. Nodes gain weight through the commerce they serve, while miners gain weight through the hashrate they provide. He added that capital, consensus, and security remain…
Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad has rejected claims that the CLARITY Act would weaken U.S. national security. In a July 11 post on X, he said unclear crypto rules give bad actors room to operate outside firm regulatory boundaries. Shirzad argued that the bill would move more digital asset activity into a federal compliance…
