The long/short ratio for BTC perpetual futures across the three largest crypto futures exchanges by open interest stands at 51.4% long and 48.6% short. According to NS3.AI, this indicates a slight bullish bias among traders.

Kylian Mbappe said France fell short tactically and technically in their 0-2 World Cup semi-final loss to Spain, according to Yahoo Sports. The French captain admitted his side could not disrupt Spain's rhythm or execute their pressing plan, adding that Spain deserved to advance because they executed their game plan better.

Germany has ruled that Google AI Overviews and Perplexity AI must follow the country's media laws and are responsible for the content their AI systems produce.

Although Coinbase is fully compliant in the United States, it is not compliant in China. Therefore, if problems arise on the platform or Chinese users need to seek redress, it will still be very difficult.

President Donald Trump's suggestion that the United States could take control of the Strait of Hormuz has added another layer of geopolitical uncertainty for crypto markets, with Bitcoin hovering near a critical technical support zone as investors shift toward a risk-off stance.

According to the announcement from Binance, the exchange will open trading and enable Spot Algo Trading Bots services for ten bStocks tokenized securities pairs on Binance Spot. The new trading pairs include AAOIB/USDT, ARMB/USDT, AVGOB/USDT, BABAB/USDT, HOODB/USDT, IBMB/USDT, MRVLB/USDT, NOKB/USDT, RKLBB/USDT, and TSMB/USDT. Trading for these pairs is scheduled to begin at 2026-07-15 13:30 (UTC). To incentivize trading, Binance will offer zero maker fees for all ten bStocks trading pairs during a promotional period running from the listing time until 2026-08-31 23:59 (UTC). The bStocks represent tokenized versions of shares in companies including Applied Optoelectronics, Arm, Broadcom, Alibaba, Robinhood, IBM, Marvell Technology, Nokia, Rocket Lab, and TSMC. Each bStock is convertible 1:1 with its underlying stock, with zero conversion fees. Users can begin tokenizing their direct stock holdings into bStocks immediately in preparation for trading. Deposit and withdrawal services for AAOIB, ARMB, AVGOB, BABAB, HOODB, IBMB, MRVLB, NOKB, RKLBB, and TSMB will open at 2026-07-15 14:30 (UTC). The bStocks are issued by BTech Holdings Limited, a Binance group affiliate, and are classified as Certificates representing certain Financial Instruments under ADGM regulations. They are available to eligible users in certain jurisdictions on a secondary market basis only and are not offered in the United States or to U.S. persons.

An Iranian official reported that U.S. airstrikes on Iran have injured more than 260 people since July 7. According to Jin10, Hossein Kermanpour, head of public relations at Iran's Ministry of Health, stated on social media on July 15 that the U.S. airstrikes on Iran since July 7 have caused over 260 injuries.

Why tokenized stocks (rather than Meme coins) will help Robinhood achieve over $10 billion in revenue by 2030.

Anthropic is providing C$10 million (around US$7.3 million) in Claude AI credits to eight Canadian research institutions to support AI projects.

Robinhood can bring real stock market users onto the blockchain, which means real high-net-worth new users for Crypto.

OpenAI has quietly begun integrating Kalshi's prediction market data into ChatGPT, marking the AI company's first reported partnership with a prediction market platform as it expands the chatbot's real-time information capabilities.

AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery faster than enterprises can patch systems, driving adoption of virtual patching, continuous monitoring and zero trust security.

The crypto market has followed two diametrically opposed expansion paths: brokerages are investing in public blockchains, while leading crypto exchanges are shifting towards tokenized stocks and RWA assets. Both sides are entering the market from different angles, but are essentially vying for access to the next generation of asset trading platforms.

Even during a bear market, the usage, revenue, and adoption of cryptocurrencies continue to grow.