AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoBitcoin Price Action: BTC is stuck under $65,000 after the Fed held rates, with traders saying the move was already priced in and policy uncertainty kept risk appetite muted. Exchange Earnings Watch: Coinbase posted a Q2 net loss as transaction and subscription revenue missed forecasts, even as trading market share hit a record 10.3%, while Strategy booked an $8.2B Q2 loss tied to fair-value Bitcoin accounting. Institutional Flows: BlackRock clients bought $183M of Bitcoin via IBIT, reinforcing steady ETF-driven demand. Regulation Push (US): CLARITY Act talks continue as revised Senate ethics language would let state authorities enforce limits on federal officials’ crypto token activity, while tech groups urge a Senate vote before the August recess. Security & Risk: Blockaid says H1 2026 crypto hacks topped $1B across 212 incidents, with social-engineering and state-linked actors increasingly prominent. Prediction Markets Go Mainstream: Chainalysis reports World Cup on-chain prediction-market volume reached $20B, with $5.4M traced to sanctioned sources. Ethereum Governance: Ethereum Foundation adds privacy researcher pcaversaccio to its board amid restructuring.
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