Tuesday July 21, 2026
Today’s top stories across the world of crypto, AI, gaming and space.
◾ White House accepts DOJ-enforced ethics provision in Clarity Act (X)
◾ London Stock Exchange plans 24/7 trading in 2027 (FT)
◾ SpaceX $SPCX sets Q2’26 earnings for Aug 4; first 20% insider share tranche unlocks Aug 6 (SpaceX IR)
Government & NGO Actions
◾ Vietnam to fine crypto investors $1,900 for trading via unlicensed exchanges (VietnamPlus)
◾ US Center for AI Standards head resigns after 3 months (CNBC)
◾ China weighs tighter export controls on AI models, chips (FT)
◾ Russian Duma to pass crypto market bill July 21, setting annual investment limits (RBC)
◾ UK parliamentary group opens inquiry into bank restrictions on crypto firms (CryptoUK)
◾ Brazil crafting framework for tokenized securities (CVM)
◾ Abu Dhabi recognizes Tether Gold under spot commodities framework (Gulf Business)
◾ California wins temporary restraining order delaying Paramount purchase of Warner Bros (CNBC)
◾ SEC sues Mining Automatic for misappropriating, misusing investor funds (SEC)
Financial Notices & Public Company Releases
◾ Operation updates:
Bitmine Immersion $BTMR +7,430 ETH | Total ETH holdings 5,777,468 ETH (PR Newswire)
◾ $IREN raises year-end AI-cloud ARR target to $4B+ (GlobeNewswire)
◾ Hut 8 $HUT commercializes 352 MW via 15-year $9.8B Texas lease (PR Newswire)
◾ Strategy $MSTR raises $265M through ATM sale (SEC)
◾ Capital B announces 10-for-1 reverse split (Capital B)
◾ Samsung to launch first US credit card (PR Newswire)
◾ VCI Global $VCIG regains Nasdaq compliance (GlobeNewswire)
◾ CoinShares $CSHR unveils new UCITS platform (GlobeNewswire)
◾ Greenidge Generation $GREE announces $15M PIPE (Greenidge IR)
Restructuring, Hacks, Losses & Legal Updates
◾ Washington judge blocks Kalshi markets statewide (Law360)
◾ Celsius co-founders Daniel Leon, “Nuke” Goldstein to pay $6M+ settling FTC misrepresentation charges (Cointelegraph)
◾ France orders liquidation of Midgar Studio (LinkedIn)
◾ Exodus $EXOD cutting 25% of workforce (SEC)
Crypto Protocols, Applications & Business News
◾ Forward Industries $FWDI says no intention to bid for Brera Holdings (GlobeNewswire)
◾ Grayscale files S-1 for Worldcoin ETF (SEC)
AI Models, Applications & Developments
◾ Tencent Cloud $TCEHY launches enterprise-grade AgentOps platform (PR Newswire)
◾ Nvidia $NVDA discloses 9.3% stake in Nebius neocloud (CNBC)
◾ Grok introduces Excel extension (X)
◾ Musk denies reports of $52B Foxconn server order with Nvidia $NVDA (DigiTimes)
◾ Alibaba $BABA says new AI model ranks second only to Anthropic’s Fable 5 (WSJ)
◾ Reports suggest OpenAI missing sales goals (Futurism)
◾ $GOOGL planning new ‘frozen’ chip to run AI models more efficiently (The Information)
◾ AMD launches AI rack system rivaling Nvidia $NVDA (CNBC)
The Attention Economy, Gaming & Interactive Shifts
◾ Kalshi assisted FBI in 2024 raid on Polymarket CEO (NY Post)
Space Systems, Satellites & Cosmic Activity
◾ Starship 13 relaunch moved to Thursday July 23 (SpaceX)
◾ FAA looks to finalize two supersonic rules by 2027 (Reuters)
◾ SpaceX $SPCX suffers first Falcon 9 abort in 25 months (Spaceflight Now)