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coindesk.com > business > 07/17/2026 > inside-robinhood-s-high-stakes-bet-to-onboard-10-million-casual-investors-onto-decentralized-finance

Inside Robinhood’s high-stakes bet to 'democratizing' its 10 million casual users onto blockchain finance

1+ hour, 35+ min ago  (651+ words) Robinhood Chain briefly climbed to No. 2 in decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume over the last weekend, prompting comparisons with some of crypto's largest networks. But Robinhood says those comparisons miss the point. The popular trading app argues that its opportunity…...

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coindesk.com > video > sen-hagerty-says-warren-tried-to-destroy-genius-warns-clarity-faces-political-headwinds

Sen. Hagerty says Warren tried to 'destroy' GENIUS, warns CLARITY faces political headwinds | CoinDesk Videos

2+ hour, 21+ min ago  (166+ words) CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol host Rebecca Rettig is joined by guest co-host Ryan VanGrack, Coinbase's newly appointed Vice Chairman, to unpack the week's biggest crypto policy developments. They begin with the escalating legal standoff between Kalshi, the state of Michigan…...

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coindesk.com > markets > 07/17/2026 > bitcoin-faces-fresh-headwinds-as-china-s-kimi-beats-claude-gpt-in-coding-benchmark

Bitcoin faces fresh headwinds as China’s Kimi beats Claude, GPT in coding benchmark

4+ hour, 26+ min ago  (563+ words) Bitcoin, ether and every other major cryptocurrency fell on Friday, with many pointing to a Beijing startup that gave away a model that beat Anthropic's best at writing code. Moonshot AI released Kimi K3 on Thursday, and by Friday morning, AI…...

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coindesk.com > markets > 07/17/2026 > this-usd28-million-ether-market-bet-aims-to-profit-from-pure-market-chaos

This $28 million ether 'straddle' bet aims to profit from pure market chaos

9+ hour, 44+ min ago  (465+ words) A massive bullish ether volatility bet hit the tape this week, designed to pay off handsomely from sharp price swings in either direction by July 24. The trade, a monstrous 15,000-contract "long straddle," involved the simultaneous purchase of 7,500 calls and 7,500 puts…...

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coindesk.com > web3 > 07/17/2026 > airbnb-ceo-says-x-account-was-hacked-attacker-posted-ai-slop-thread-on-tokenization

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky's X account hacked; attacker posted AI-slop on asset tokenization

8+ hour, 20+ min ago  (172+ words) Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said his X account was hacked, and the attacker posted a thread promoting tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) that was criticized as being heavily AI-assisted. The now-deleted posts argued that tokenization could make buildings, bonds and funds…...

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coindesk.com > markets > 07/17/2026 > ether-falls-twice-as-hard-as-bitcoin-and-hype-drops-10-as-the-chip-trade-unwinds

ETH, XRP, HYPE price news: Ether falls twice as hard as bitcoin and HYPE drops 10%

8+ hour, 50+ min ago  (438+ words) Ether (ETH) fell twice as hard as bitcoin on Friday and hyperliquid's HYPE fell more than five times as hard, as a selloff in Asian semiconductor shares dragged every major cryptocurrency lower. Ether dropped 4% to $1,850, though it remains up 4% over…...

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coindesk.com > tech > 07/17/2026 > bitcoin-s-anti-spam-fight-gets-a-dog-mode-reply

BTC news: Bitcoin’s anti-spam fight gets a 'DOG Mode' reply

11+ hour, 40+ min ago  (633+ words) Five days after CoinDesk reported that a proposal to purge non-financial data from Bitcoin was approaching deadline with effectively zero miner backing, some developers in the community have a different plan that skips the vote entirely. Leonidas, co-founder of the…...

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coindesk.com > video > inside-the-cashcat-bet-that-paid-12-million

Inside the CASHCAT bet that paid $1.2 million | CoinDesk Videos

22+ hour, 21+ min ago  (215+ words) CEO and Founder of Kaizen, Brian Jung joins Jennifer Sanasie on Markets Outlook. Discover how Jung turned an $80,000 bet on CASHCAT into a million-dollar trade by spotting the Robinhood Chain opportunity before the rest of the market. Plus, why he…...

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coindesk.com > markets > 07/16/2026 > usd1-9-trillion-asset-manager-t-rowe-price-bets-on-active-management-with-first-multi-token-crypto-etf

$1.9 trillion asset manager T. Rowe Price bets on active management with first multi-token crypto ETF

22+ hour, 34+ min ago  (398+ words) T. Rowe Price has brought what it said is the industry's first actively managed multi-token spot crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) to the market. The T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF (TKNZ) began trading on Thursday, giving investors exposure to a portfolio of…...

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coindesk.com > opinion > 07/16/2026 > the-clarity-act-is-the-most-important-consumer-protection-effort-in-years

The Clarity Act is the most important consumer protection effort in years

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (356+ words) The collapse of FTX nearly four years ago made it clear that the U.S. lacked a workable regulatory regime that properly protected digital asset investors and consumers. The Clarity Act will fix this lingering gap, but we haven’t spent enough time…...