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On July 17, 2026, the Digital Assets Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held an in-person hearing at Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, themed “Building the Financial Future: How the CLARITY Act Will Unleash Innovation.” Federal Hall is only a few steps from the New York Stock Exchange—rather than meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, the committee moved the hearing to Wall Street, and that choice alone is a kind of statement. This is not routine policy discuss

Gate News: According to an official Gate announcement, Gate Launchpool will launch its 366th Launchpool: Solstice (SLX). Users can stake BTC, ETH, and SLX to freely share 2,000,000 SLX tokens, with airdrop rewards credited automatically every hour. The mining period runs from 2026-07-16 20:00 to 2026-08-06 20:00 (UTC+8), with 100% unlocked. This round of Launchpool includes three staking pools: staking BTC can earn 900,000 SLX, staking ETH can earn 700,000 SLX, and staking SLX can earn 400,000 S

Gate News: According to an official announcement from Gate, Gate has officially launched a new product—Event Contracts. Event Contracts are a trading product focused on price-direction predictions. Users only need to decide whether the price trend of assets such as BTC, ETH, and more will be bullish or bearish over timeframes like the next 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 1 hour, and 4 hours to complete a trade. Event Contracts feature a low-friction design. For each contract, the price range is 0.01 to 0

Bitcoin (BTC) gives back its overnight gains, trading around $64,440 as of July 16. Trump will attend a key meeting on Thursday at the White House regarding the ethics provisions of the “CLARITY Act,” aimed at addressing lawmakers’ concerns about Trump and his family’s crypto businesses. Japan’s parliament approved legislation that reclassifies Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as financial assets, marking a major regulatory shift. Macro Events & Crypto Market Hotspots 1、According to The Block,

Bitcoin (BTC) saw a slight pullback to $64,612 on July 16; meanwhile, the U.S.-Iran conflict and two major macro factors—Fed policy signals—moved market sentiment in tandem. The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. officials said Trump is leaning toward expanding military operations inside Iran, considering options including expanding airstrikes, dispatching ground forces to seize Khark Island, and bombing the “Hammer Mountain” underground tunnel facilities, but Trump has not yet made a final

On July 14, 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its June Consumer Price Index (CPI) report. The data showed that the U.S. June CPI fell 0.4% month over month, marking the first monthly negative growth since May 2020; the year-over-year increase dropped sharply from 4.2% in May to 3.5%, below the market’s 3.8% expectation. Core CPI was flat month over month and rose 2.6% year over year, also below expectations. This data triggered a rapid and widespread Chain Reaction in financial

Bitcoin (BTC) once again rebounded, temporarily around $64,707 on July 15. U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said he froze more than $130 million in Iranian digital assets. According to Reuters, the European Central Bank (ECB) has selected 36 banks and payments companies from 50 applicant institutions to take part in the digital euro pilot program. Macro Events & Crypto Hotspots U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said he froze more than $130 million in Iranian digital assets. According to on-chain an

Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded to around $64,800 on July 15, rising 2.3% that day. The catalyst was the June Consumer Price Index (CPI) released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: the month-over-month decline was 0.4%, better than market expectations; on an annualized basis, inflation slowed to 3.5%, the first drop in five months. As inflation cooled, the market believed near-term rate-hike pressure eased, benefiting both stocks and crypto assets in tandem. June CPI Data: Three Key Inflation Indic

Gate News, June 2026: According to an official announcement from Gate, the platform continued to expand its product offerings throughout June across TradFi, wealth management, derivative products, the on-chain ecosystem, and payment scenarios. The prediction market’s monthly trading volume reached $280 million, the Gate ETF’s monthly trading volume was close to $20 billion, CFD Copy Trading volume increased rapidly, and institutional spot trading volume grew month over month by 49.39%. In stock

Bitcoin (BTC) experiences extreme short-term volatility; as of July 13, it is temporarily trading around $63,780. The Bank of Thailand requires that personal cash deposits above 5 million Thai baht need proof of source, and it will strengthen monitoring of stablecoin transactions. Pakistan’s crypto-asset regulator has met with scholars who issued a ruling banning digital assets, and believes that stablecoins, tokenized assets, and unsecured tokens should be judged separately. Macroeconomic Event

Bitcoin experienced volatile fluctuations around $64,000 on July 13; according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a Bitcoin whale address that had been dormant for seven years moved 2,931 BTC (approximately $188 million) to a new address. The escalation of the Iran–U.S. conflict over the Strait of Hormuz continued on Sunday: Iran again announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, expanding the strike range to Qatar and the UAE, while the United States carried out a new round of airstrikes against Ira

On the early morning of July 9, 2026, Beijing time, the Federal Reserve released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting held on June 16–17. This first meeting record chaired by the new chair Kevin Warsh confirmed a unanimous decision to keep the federal funds rate target range unchanged at 3.50% to 3.75%, but the policy signals revealed in the minutes are far more complex than the rate decision itself—showing serious internal divisions, rising expectations of rate

Bitcoin (BTC) retraced its early-week gains, currently around $62,420 on July 9. EU officials plan to revise the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) to include non-EU stablecoin issuers. Russia proposes criminal penalties for illegal crypto exchanges, with a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment. Macro Events & Crypto Hotspots According to CoinTelegraph, EU officials are planning to amend the MiCA framework amid the US implementing stablecoin legislation. European news outlets repor

Bitcoin (BTC) fell back to around $62,000 on July 9. Earlier, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) released the minutes of the June 16-17 FOMC meeting. The 12 voting members voted 12-0 to keep the target range for the federal funds rate unchanged at 3.50%-3.75%, and formally removed “a dovish bias” from the statement, which immediately triggered a sell-off in U.S. stock equities. Key takeaways from the Fed’s June FOMC meeting minutes: Interest rate 3.50%-3.75%, removal of dovish bias (Source: Fed webs

On July 8, 2026, Strategy CEO Phong Le disclosed the company's Bitcoin reserve data as of July 6 on the X platform: over the past three months, Strategy's BTC holdings increased by 10%, reaching 843,775 coins; USD reserves grew by 13%, rising to $2.55 billion; the year-to-date BTC return increased from 3.7% to 7.8%, more than doubling. On the same day, according to Gate Market data, Bitcoin's price was $62,086.7, down 2.25% in 24 hours, with an intraday low of $61,744.1 and a high of $64,249.3.

On July 7, 2026, local time, U.S. Central Command announced the completion of a new large-scale military strike against Iran, hitting over 80 targets including Iran's air defense systems, command and control networks, coastal radar stations, and more than 60 small boats of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The U.S. Treasury simultaneously revoked the previous 60-day sanctions exemption on Iran's oil sales. Explosions were reported in multiple locations in southern Iran, including Qeshm Isla

July 7, 2026 — The Strait of Hormuz once again became the storm center of global financial markets. Citing two U.S. officials, Axios reported that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired at least two missiles at commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Two ships were hit and severely damaged. The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) later reported that a southbound oil tanker was struck by an unknown object on its port side about 8 nautical miles east of Lima, Oman, and ca

Bitcoin (BTC) makes a slight rebound in the short term, temporarily around $59,852 as of July 2. The EU’s MiCA regulations have fully taken effect, meaning crypto companies providing services to customers in the EU’s 27 member states must hold a license; otherwise, they will have to cease operations, splitting Europe’s crypto industry into winners and losers. American Bitcoin announced a reverse stock split; earlier, Nasdaq pressured it to delist. Macro Events & Crypto Market Hotspots According

Bitcoin (BTC) weakened further, briefly trading around $58,204 on July 1. Among approximately 3,000 crypto trading platforms in Europe that have not obtained MiCA licenses, about 80% face closure risks. After a court ruling, the Massachusetts Attorney General filed an amended lawsuit against Kalshi regarding sports betting. Macro Events & Crypto Highlights According to CoinDesk, the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulatory framework will officially take effect on July 1 local time, requir