Crypto Pulse—Industry Perspectives

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The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has once again decided to keep interest rates unchanged at its latest FOMC meeting, in line with broad market expectations. While the decision itself came as no surprise, the signals delivered through the post-meeting statement and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's press conference carried far greater significance than the rate decision itself.The post-meeting statement was almost identical to the one released after the June 17 meeting, reflecting the Fed's consistent policy a

The Federal Reserve will announce its interest rate decision today at 2:00 PM ET, and crypto markets are holding their breath. The federal funds rate has sat at 3.50%–3.75% since December 2025, and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, now in only his second meeting at the helm, faces a genuinely uncertain call. Bitcoin is trading in the low $63,000s, down from a June high near $80,000, with sentiment firmly in “fear” territory. Markets are pricing roughly a 62-80% chance of a hold and a 20-38% chance of a 25-

Key takeawaysWall Street faces its most consequential five-day window of 2026 as roughly $725 billion in annual Big Tech AI capital expenditure meets a Federal Reserve decision, Q2 GDP, and Core PCE inflation across 96 hours. Crude oil has just retreated from above $100 to the high $80s after the US and Iran paused strikes over the Strait of Hormuz, pulling July rate-hike odds down to around 30% but leaving September firmly in play. Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and Amazon report into a market that ha

Key takeawaysZcash's Ironwood (NU6.3) hard fork activates at block 3,428,143 on July 28, 2026, permanently sealing the legacy Orchard shielded pool and routing roughly 3.76 million ZEC through a turnstile checkpoint that caps outflows at the amount that legitimately entered. The upgrade closes a verification gap left by a four-year-old circuit flaw found in May, which developers patched but could not prove was never exploited. Ordinary holders face no deadline and should enable Tor or Nym before

Key takeawaysOndo Finance has publicly launched Ondo Network, an execution layer that runs trade matching inside hardware-secured Trusted Execution Environments while settling assets non-custodially on Ethereum. CEO Ian De Bode describes it as the evolution of the abandoned Ondo Chain blockchain project, after engineers concluded that execution speed, was the real constraint on institutional trading. Ondo Perps, live since July 7 for non-US investors with up to 20x leverage on tokenized equities

Key TakeawaysHyperliquid (HYPE) trades in the low $60s at the time of writing, consolidating below its all time high near $76.70 as analysts debate whether a bounce back to $70 is in play.Decentralized perpetual exchanges now account for roughly 13.5% of total open interest, and Hyperliquid dominates the category with about two thirds of onchain perp volume and more than $4 billion in open interest of its own.The shutdowns of BitMEX and BitMart in the past week strengthen the migration narrative

Key TakeawaysThe Federal Reserve meets Tuesday and Wednesday, July 28 to 29, with the rate decision due at 2:00 p.m. ET Wednesday and Chair Kevin Warsh's press conference at 2:30 p.m.Markets price roughly 80% odds of a hold at 3.50% to 3.75%, but the June dot plot showed 9 of 18 officials projecting at least one hike this year, and odds of a move as soon as September have been climbing.Bitcoin (BTC) trades near $64,400 after rejecting $66,910 on July 21, with options positioning clustered around

Key TakeawaysBitMart announced on Sunday, July 26, 2026 that it will wind down its trading platform after nine years, with all trading ending August 26 and full closure on January 31, 2027. Its BMX token crashed nearly 60% within hours.The move came just three days after BitMEX, the exchange that invented the perpetual swap, said it will shut down on September 23 after an 11 year run, sending its BMEX token down roughly 90%.BitMart is the third centralized exchange to announce a closure this mon

Samsung has officially confirmed that Samsung Wallet will support stablecoins in the future, allowing users to manage digital assets alongside payment cards, digital IDs, event tickets, and other digital credentials within a single application. Although the company has yet to announce a launch date, the underlying blockchain, or its stablecoin partners, the inclusion of stablecoins in one of the world's most widely used digital wallets has attracted significant attention from both the technology