Cryptopolitan
33209 Articles
Founded in 2018, Cryptopolitan has grown from a popular blog into a trusted source of news and analysis for millions of readers worldwide. Over the years, we have expanded our coverage to include a wide range of topics, from market trends and technological innovations to regulatory changes and industry events.
Our team includes seasoned journalists, industry experts, and passionate crypto enthusiasts who are committed to delivering high-quality news.
Cryptopolitan is continuously expanding its network and offerings to reach a global audience across the cryptocurrency, AI, gaming, blockchain and web3 markets.
GameStop turns its eBay contracts into stock and gains voting power
GameStop (NYSE: GME) now owns almost one-tenth of eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) after turning a large set of financial contracts into actual stock. A filing released late Friday showed the retailer holds 43.39 million eBay shares, equal to 9.8% of the online marketplace. Ryan Cohen is still chasing a takeover even though eBay rejected his first...
Sat, Jul 18
Etched books $1 billion in orders, taking aim at Nvidia on AI inference
Etched, which is a four-year-old chip startup, claims to have received more than $1 billion worth of orders of hardware that is basically designed to run AI models after they have already been trained. The process of running AI models is known as inference and this has become one of the costliest operations for companies...
Sat, Jul 18
FTX schedules fifth wave of $900 million as Dotcom creditors near cumulative 105% recovery
The FTX Trading Ltd. company and the FTX Recovery Trust announced on Friday that about $900 million would be paid out to creditors on July 31. This is the fifth major payout made by the company since the Chapter 11 restructuring of the failed exchange commenced in early 2025. Creditors eligible for payment under the...
Sat, Jul 18
France orders ISPs to block Polymarket after payments ban fails
The president of France’s National Gambling Authority instructed the country’s internet service providers to block access to Polymarket on July 16, according to a statement issued by the authority on Friday. The order escalates France’s November 2024 action, when regulators barred financial transactions from French accounts to the site. Even that did not stop traffic....
Sat, Jul 18
Amazon's Zoox pulls all 105 robotaxis after one drove into a smoke-obscured fire scene
Amazon-owned Zoox issued a software recall on Friday for its entire fleet of 105 public-road robotaxis, after one of its vehicles drove into a smoke-obscured active fire scene on June 20, per the NHTSA recall document. The vehicle was carrying no passengers. It encountered heavy smoke that obscured an active emergency scene that had not...
Fri, Jul 17
Dutch court declares Knaken crypto exchange bankrupt
A Rotterdam court declared both Knaken Cryptohandel B.V. and its client-fund foundation bankrupt on July 16.
Fri, Jul 17
Anthropic in early talks to lease Meta compute in $10 million deal
Anthropic has asked to lease AI computing power from Meta in an arrangement that could reach $10 billion over two years, the New York Times reported on Friday, a sign that the Claude maker still cannot secure enough chips to keep up with compute demand. The Times, citing people familiar with the matter, said Anthropic...
Fri, Jul 17
US regional banks post strong Q2 2026 gains
Thanks to strong loan demand and an increase in dealmaking, U.S. banks have finished one of their best quarters in recent memory. Cross-border consolidation is still hampered by slow economic development and political opposition, making the environment for European banks weaker. The disparity is indicative of more general economic patterns. In 2026, the U.S. economy...
Fri, Jul 17
Galaxy Digital buys Texas Tech stadium naming rights in reported $75M deal
Under the terms of a 15-year deal reported at roughly $75 million, Galaxy Digital (NASDAQ: GLXY) has agreed to rename Texas Tech’s football stadium Galaxy Stadium. The agreement, starting with the 2026 season, ends the Jones AT&T Stadium name that the Red Raiders have called home for decades. Why is a data center company putting...
Fri, Jul 17
China's Moonshot AI releases AI model to compete with U.S. AI systems
Chinese startup Moonshot AI on Friday released Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-source model said to rival top US systems at a lower price, sending shares of Asian AI competitors into the red and reigniting the debate over who leads the global AI race. The Beijing-based company unveiled the model this week and called it the...
Fri, Jul 17
Bitmine's Tom Lee tips Ethereum to win as chip selloff deepens
Fundstrat’s Tom Lee has stated that Ethereum is set to benefit from the artificial intelligence boom, publishing his case on Friday, July 17, the same day a global rout in chip stocks erased over $3.3 trillion in market value and pushed semiconductors to the edge of a bear market. Lee, who founded the Ether treasury...
Fri, Jul 17
Apple overtakes Nvidia to become the world's most valuable public company
Apple officially reclaimed the title of the world’s most valuable public company on Friday, edging past Nvidia as its market value reached about $4.88 trillion compared to the chipmaker’s $4.86 trillion. Nvidia shares saw a drop of almost 3.5% while Apple’s numbers held steady. However, the difference between both companies’ valuations remains very slim, while...
Fri, Jul 17
CLARITY Act odds continue to fall despite Republican optimism
Bettors have given the CLARITY ACT a below-even chance of becoming law this year, despite consistent efforts by Republicans on the Hill for a vote. Democrats continue to stonewall over reservations about the bill’s ability to restrain President Trump from making crypto profits. According to Polymarket, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633) has...
Fri, Jul 17
Dash puts Zcash's Orchard privacy live on its mainnet
Dash, the decade-old payments coin, announced today that it activated a new privacy system called Orchard. The system uses Zcash’s zero-knowledge proof technology to hide transaction details. The launch comes at a difficult time for Zcash, which created the Orchard technology. The project is in the middle of fixing a serious bug that could have...
Fri, Jul 17
SBI Holdings completes acquisition of Singapore crypto firm CoinHako
Japan’s SBI Holdings announced that it has completed its purchase of a majority stake in Coinhako on Thursday, after clearing regulatory review. The acquisition hands the Japanese financial institution a licensed base to platform digital asset services across Southeast Asia. The transaction was done via SBI Ventures Asset Pte. Ltd., which put fresh capital into...
Fri, Jul 17
Dubai vs Hong Kong: Why Tax Rates Are Only Half the Crypto Hub Story
In the first part of this column, I looked at the operational side of the Dubai-versus-Hong Kong choice like licensing, regulatory models, banking access, and the difference between fast market entry and institutional depth. Drawing on ChangeNOW’s own research and hands-on experience operating across these markets, this second part continues that analysis by looking beyond...
Fri, Jul 17
Public comments pushback on SEC plan to relax quarterly earning requirement
Most of the public feedback filed on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal to let companies report earnings twice a year instead of four times is not in support of the change. There is also a dispute over a mistyped email address that now threatens the process the agency must follow before it can finalize...
Fri, Jul 17
ECB's Cipollone cites retail deposit loss in latest rejection of euro stablecoins
At a gathering of Italian cooperative bankers on Friday, July 17, European Central Bank (ECB) board member Piero Cipollone reiterated a long-held anti-stablecoin sentiment position at Europe’s apex bank. This time, Cipollone’s argument against allowing euro stablecoins to circulate freely across the Old Continent was that such a scenario would thin out the retail deposits...
Fri, Jul 17
Crypto payment processor BitPay clears MiCA hurdle to service EU market
Leading cryptocurrency payment processor BitPay has been authorized to provide its services across the European Union. The license, issued under the bloc’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) law, has been granted by regulators in the Netherlands. BitPay to offer licensed services in the EU One of the world’s largest crypto payment platforms, BitPay, will be...
Fri, Jul 17
Judge freezes $LIBRA-linked accounts, orders for owners identity, transaction history
A federal judge in Argentina has issued an order to freeze 25 crypto accounts involved with the country’s investigation into the infamous $LIBRA token. The investigation was triggered after a crash that left users counting losses estimated between $100 million and $250 million after the $LIBRA token’s market capitalization crashed 89% within three hours of...
Fri, Jul 17
