CoinDesk - 2026-07-20
17 items collected.
1. Inside Cardano's 'Van Rossum' hard fork, and what it means for users
Author: Shaurya Malwa
Published: 7/20/2026, 2:31:23 PM
Categories: Markets, Cardano, News
The Van Rossem hard fork moved Cardano to version 11 on Saturday. And for the first time, Cardano's community voted in the upgrade, not the company that built it.
2. Exodus to cut 25% of global workforce in payments shift
Author: Francisco Rodrigues
Published: 7/20/2026, 1:53:08 PM
Categories: Finance, Crypto News, News
This restructuring is part of a strategy to build a full-stack payments platform following the company's acquisitions of Monavate and Baanx.
3. AI compute stocks bounce as Hut 8, IREN land billions in new contracts
Author: Krisztian Sandor
Published: 7/20/2026, 1:49:24 PM
Categories: Finance, Artificial Intelligence, Bitcoin Mining, News
The deals sparked a rebound in AI compute stocks after investors questioned demand for new data center capacity.
4. Tom Lee's Bitmine slowed ether purchases as it bought back $86 million in stock
Author: Krisztian Sandor
Published: 7/20/2026, 12:55:36 PM
Categories: Finance, Ethereum News, Digital Asset Treasury, News
The company added just 7,430 ETH, worth about $14 million, last week as it nears its goal to corner 5% of Ethereum's supply.
5. Saylor's Strategy raises cash reserves to $3.2 billion, leaving bitcoin holdings unchanged
Author: Krisztian Sandor
Published: 7/20/2026, 12:35:02 PM
Categories: Finance, Bitcoin News, MicroStrategy, News
For the second consecutive week, the firm kept bitcoin holdings steady, choosing to use the raised capital to boost cash for paying dividends on its preferred stock.
6. Brazil’s securities regulator sets up task force with 60-day deadline for tokenization proposal
Author: Francisco Rodrigues
Published: 7/20/2026, 12:02:28 PM
Categories: Policy, Brazil, Regulation, News
The framework will address critical issues like official ownership records, private key custody, transaction reversibility and system liability.
7. A bitcoin 'volmageddon' may be brewing, key indicator suggests
Author: Omkar Godbole
Published: 7/20/2026, 11:15:57 AM
Categories: Crypto Daybook Americas, Crypto Daybook Americas, News
Your day-ahead look for July 20, 2026
8. Bank of Korea prepares for live CBDC transactions with 9 banks in September
Author: Olivier Acuna
Published: 7/20/2026, 11:10:07 AM
Categories: Finance, South Korea, CBDC, News
Major banking heavyweights join a massive blockchain network test that will allow retail consumers to trade tokenized won freely across commercial lines.
9. Crypto market slips even as equities advance. Pump surges on social-media chatter
Author: Oliver Knight,Omkar Godbole
Published: 7/20/2026, 10:33:14 AM
Categories: Markets, Crypto Markets Today, News
With a Fear and Greed index pointing solidly at "fear," crypto prices drifted lower even as stock index futures rose. PUMP's 20% surge was the only real headline in an otherwise quiet session.
10. Hyperliquid plans to add decentralized prediction markets in upgrade to HIP-4
Author: Jamie Crawley
Published: 7/20/2026, 10:04:25 AM
Categories: Finance, Prediction Markets, Hyperliquid, News
Permissionless prediction markets will become available first on testnet and later on mainnet, Hyperliquid said.
11. Cross-chain protocol Allbridge halts after $1.65 million flash loan exploit
Author: Francisco Rodrigues,AI Boost
Published: 7/20/2026, 9:31:22 AM
Categories: Finance, Web3, Solana News, News
The attacker used a $1.12 million flash loan from Kamino to manipulate pool ratios, enabling them to withdraw assets at favorable rates before bridging funds.
12. U.S. regulatory developments and earnings, ECB rate decision: Crypto Week Ahead
Author: Francisco Rodrigues
Published: 7/20/2026, 8:57:53 AM
Categories: Markets, week ahead, News
Your look at what's coming in the week starting July 20.
13. Amazon Japan supplier AZ-Com Maruwa to adopt yen stablecoin JPYC for payments
Author: Omkar Godbole
Published: 7/20/2026, 8:10:34 AM
Categories: Finance, Japan, Stablecoins, News
The Japanese logistics firm plans to pay 2,300 partners, including truck drivers, using JPYC in Japan’s first large-scale corporate stablecoin rollout.
14. Live updates: Bitcoin rises to one-month high of $65,700 before pulling back with stocks
Author: Shaurya Malwa,Helene Braun
Published: 7/20/2026, 7:15:47 AM
Categories: Tech, Live News, live_news
Equity markets await second-quarter earnings reports from key tech firms, which begin this week.
15. Moonshot AI IPO push follows Kimi, Alibaba AI releases that shook bitcoin
Author: Shaurya Malwa
Published: 7/20/2026, 7:08:07 AM
Categories: Tech, News
Days after Kimi K3 rattled chip stocks, Moonshot is moving toward a Hong Kong listing at a $30 billion-plus valuation while Alibaba's Qwen goes open-weight.
16. Bitcoin ETFs see new money again, but inflows remain ‘peanuts’ relative to the recent exodus
Author: Omkar Godbole
Published: 7/20/2026, 5:46:36 AM
Categories: Markets, Bitcoin News, ETFs, News
Bitcoin ETFs have attracted $273 million in new inflows in two weeks, but the total is barely enough to cover a single "slow" week of recent selling.
17. Bitcoin flat near $64,000 as oil hits a one-month high and Kimi AI selloff lingers
Author: Shaurya Malwa
Published: 7/20/2026, 5:31:43 AM
Categories: Markets, News
Brent jumped almost 4% on escalating U.S.-Iran strikes, while Asian chip stocks stayed under pressure from Friday's Chinese AI shock.