Cointelegraph - 2026-07-20
16 items collected.
1. Democrats added certain consumer protection rules to CLARITY: Coinbase exec
Author: Cointelegraph by Turner Wright
Published: 7/20/2026, 9:41:23 PM
Categories: Latest News
Coinbase vice chair Ryan VanGrack said that Democratic lawmakers had added provisions on customer protection to a digital asset market structure bill under consideration in the US Senate.
2. Tether Gold recognized as Accepted Spot Commodity in Abu Dhabi financial center
Author: Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar
Published: 7/20/2026, 9:21:54 PM
Categories: Latest News
The recognition allows regulated firms in Abu Dhabi Global Market to offer services involving Tether Gold as tokenized commodities gain broader adoption.
3. Bitcoin defies recent tech stocks sell-off: Are bulls eyeing $70K rally?
Author: Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman
Published: 7/20/2026, 9:20:09 PM
Categories: Markets
Despite muted derivatives sentiment, Bitcoin’s decoupling and Strategy’s cash raise set the stage for a potential rally to $70,000.
4. SEC sues Mining Automatic and founder over alleged $22M crypto mining scheme
Author: Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar
Published: 7/20/2026, 8:27:54 PM
Categories: Latest News
The SEC alleges Mining Automatic and its founder raised $22 million from investors by promising guaranteed crypto mining returns while spending only a fraction of the funds on mining operations.
5. Exodus to cut 25% of staff in company reorganization
Author: Cointelegraph by Turner Wright
Published: 7/20/2026, 7:29:11 PM
Categories: Latest News
The wallet company said it expected the layoffs to generate between $10 million and $13 million in savings as part of its strategy to build a full-stack card issuance and payments platform.
6. Hut 8, IREN deals lift AI-focused Bitcoin mining stocks
Author: Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi
Published: 7/20/2026, 5:27:31 PM
Categories: Latest News
Bitcoin miners rallied as investors cheered multi-billion-dollar AI infrastructure contracts, underscoring the sector’s accelerating shift toward data centers and cloud computing.
7. Nigerian president signs order on approach to crypto regulation, taxes
Author: Cointelegraph by Turner Wright
Published: 7/20/2026, 4:59:50 PM
Categories: Latest News
The West African country’s executive order established a virtual asset council and addressed the fragmentation of crypto regulation for oversight and enforcement.
8. Bernstein raises Robinhood price target, cites tokenization and prediction markets
Author: Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi
Published: 7/20/2026, 4:53:25 PM
Categories: Latest News
The brokerage’s blockchain strategy, including tokenized equities and its Arbitrum-based Robinhood Chain, could reduce its reliance on traditional crypto trading, analysts said.
9. Bitcoin price hits $65K wall as stocks battle ‘record’ institutional tech sell-off
Author: Cointelegraph by William Suberg
Published: 7/20/2026, 3:47:00 PM
Categories: Markets
Bitcoin faced troublesome resistance at $65,000 while traders still saw a potential BTC price breakout into a “bullish market structure.”
10. IREN jumps 16% after raising AI cloud revenue target above $4B
Author: Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar
Published: 7/20/2026, 3:20:25 PM
Categories: Latest News
The Bitcoin miner raised its year-end AI cloud revenue target to more than $4 billion after signing $2.8 billion in new contracts with AI developers.
11. Peter Brandt predicts the exact day Bitcoin’s bear market will be over
Author: Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons
Published: 7/20/2026, 1:30:00 PM
Categories: Magazine
Renowned trading analyst Peter Brandt says investing in Bitcoin today, will pay off much better in two to three years than buying AI stocks at current prices.
12. Strategy raises $263.5M through MSTR sales, holds 843,775 Bitcoin
Author: Cointelegraph by Helen Partz
Published: 7/20/2026, 12:39:49 PM
Categories: Latest News
Strategy boosted its cash reserve to $3.225 billion after selling MSTR shares, while investors weighed the value of its STRC preferred stock.
13. Hyperliquid sets 500,000 HYPE stake for permissionless prediction market deployers
Author: Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
Published: 7/20/2026, 12:20:23 PM
Categories: Latest News
Hyperliquid plans to require developers to stake 500,000 HYPE, worth about $30.4 million, to deploy permissionless prediction markets under HIP-4.
14. Vietnam sets fines for unlicensed crypto trading ahead of regulation rollout
Author: Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun
Published: 7/20/2026, 12:04:06 PM
Categories: Latest News
The new rules establish penalties as much as $1,900 for crypto violations, including unlicensed trading and AML breaches, ahead of Vietnam’s regulated crypto market launch.
15. Zilliqa asks exchanges to pause ZIL transfers after suspected cold wallet theft
Author: Cointelegraph by Helen Partz
Published: 7/20/2026, 12:03:35 PM
Categories: Latest News
Zilliqa said exchanges paused ZIL deposits and withdrawals after an exchange partner’s cold wallet was compromised, with the amount stolen still undisclosed.
16. Capital B approves 10-for-1 reverse stock split to broaden investor base
Author: Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun
Published: 7/20/2026, 10:54:00 AM
Categories: Latest News
Europe’s second-biggest Bitcoin treasury company said the September reverse stock split should attract more institutional investors to the French company.