BTC traded at $79,314, down 0.79% over 24 hours, with ETH at $2,495.82, down 0.44%. Gold at $4,429.94 and silver at $66.857; the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 fell 0.38% and rose 0.21% respectively, while WTI and Brent rose 1.13% and 0.16%.
1. Oil hits three-month high as Fed hike odds hold near 60%
Oil prices climbed to a three-month high, with WTI at $94.58 and Brent at $99.41, up 1.67% and 1.52% respectively over 24 hours. Markets held the odds of a Federal Reserve hike near 60%, the 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.786%, and the dollar index slipped to 98.75. The S&P 500 closed down 0.58% at 7,673.52 and the Nasdaq 100 down 0.12% at 29,507.70, while bitcoin held near $78,000.
Watch: OIL
2. Qualcomm issues $4 billion warrants to Amazon as AI infrastructure stocks rally
Qualcomm signed a custom AI chip deal with Amazon Web Services and issued warrants allowing Amazon to buy up to $4 billion worth of Qualcomm stock. AI infrastructure stocks rallied on the announcements.
Watch: QCOM AMZN
3. Strive buys $109 million in bitcoin as preferred stock nears $1 billion
Strive Asset Management bought $109 million in bitcoin, pushing its SATA preferred stock toward a $1 billion market cap. Strategy's STRC preferred continued to lag over the same period.
Watch: BTC
4. Visa taps onchain lending for stablecoin card business
Visa is combining VisaNet data with onchain lending to finance working capital for its stablecoin card programs, opening onchain credit lines to card issuers.
Watch: V
5. Circle to acquire cross-border payments firm Tazapay for $400 million
USDC issuer Circle agreed to acquire cross-border payments firm Tazapay for $400 million to expand USDC's use in cross-border payments.
Watch: CRCL
6. Robinhood takes stake in Crypto.com, enters prediction markets
Robinhood made an equity investment in Crypto.com and OG.com, and will use Crypto.com as the underlying exchange to power its prediction markets.
Watch: HOOD
7. Cronos rolls back two hours of transactions to recover $111 million
The Cronos network rolled back roughly two hours of on-chain transactions after the Tectonic exploit, recovering about $111 million in stolen funds, with about $9.2 million still unrecovered. The rollback reignited debate over chain immutability.
8. Bitmine adds 28,000 ETH as holdings reach 5.93 million
Tom Lee's Bitmine bought roughly 28,000 ETH worth about $70 million, lifting its holdings to 5.93 million ETH and completing 97% of its treasury accumulation goal.
Watch: ETH
9. Strategy skips bitcoin buy, repurchases $176 million of STRC preferred
Strategy ended a one-week return to bitcoin buying, instead repurchasing $176 million of its STRC preferred shares.
Watch: MSTR STRC
10. Bitcoin ETFs still $1 billion shy of breaking even in 2026
Data shows U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs remain roughly $1 billion below breaking even in 2026.
Watch: BTC
11. VVV rises 41% over 24 hours
Venice Token (VVV) rose 41.1% over 24 hours to $26.01, with a circulating market cap of about $1.25 billion and a market-cap rank of 68.
Watch: VVV
Market snapshot
BTC: $79,314 | ETH: $2,495.82
Gold: $4,429.94 | Silver: $66.857
WTI: $94.45 | Brent: $99.35
S&P 500: 7,673.52 | Nasdaq 100: 29,507.70