Litecoin Plunges 6% to Fresh Monthly Lows on Halving Day

Historically, LTC tended to peak ahead of its halving event, when miner rewards are slashed.Source

Has the Bear Market Called Crypto’s Bluff?

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Why I Don’t Feel Bad for HEX Founder Richard Heart’s Victims

Maybe the SEC can finally convince Hex and PulseChain devotees that they’ve been cheated.Source

Binance Could Face U.S. Fraud Charges, but Prosecutors Worry About Risk of Bank Run: Semafor

The price of bitcoin (BTC) and Binance’s BNB token immediately fell following the report.Source

Bitcoin ETF Approval Odds Just Got Better: Bloomberg Analysts

“The odds of a spot Bitcoin ETF launching this year are up to 65%, in our eyes, after a flurry of developments,” analysts James Seyffart and Eric Balchunas wrote. They previously assigned a 50% probability.Source

Bitcoin Venture Capital Is Anything but Boring: Crypto Long & Short

The purposeful approach to Bitcoin Core development fuels the idea that “nothing is happening on Bitcoin,” but innovation is actually robust.Source

Crypto Hedge Funds Will Shake Up the Industry: Crypto Long & Short

There are hundreds of them already in crypto, and that’s likely to go up and catalyze the industry.Source

MakerDAO’s MKR, Ripple’s XRP and Stellar’s XLM Led Crypto Gainers in July

Cryptocurrency giants, bitcoin and ether, meanwhile, lost ground during the month.Source

MicroStrategy Takes $24M Q2 Charge on Multibillion-Dollar Bitcoin Haul

The software firm reported its second-quarter earnings after the close on Tuesday.Source

Why MiCA Is Overly Burdensome Regulation for Ukraine’s Crypto Industry

As a European Union’s candidate member, Ukraine is set to adopt the EU’s landmark Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA). But the law’s requirements may become too strict for the country’s blockchain future, says Ukraine’s deputy minister of digital transformation.Source