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July 28, 2026

Coinbase and Robinhood are locked in a heated battle ahead of Q2 earnings—but only one is being called the industry’s ‘first hyperscaler’ — fortune.com

When Robinhood and Coinbase went public back in the first half of 2021, the companies occupied very different lanes. Today, the two founder-led firms are clashing on multiple fronts as Robinhood seeks to co-opt large portions of Coinbase’s crypto empire,

Founder of Crypto Fund Translunar Gets 37 Months in Tax Case — bloomberg.com

Justin Ryan Schmidt, a founder of a hedge fund focused on cryptocurrency investments, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for evading taxes after renouncing his US citizenship, US authorities said.

How close is the Trump administration to the toxic Tate brothers? Let’s ask the president’s son Barron … | Arwa Mahdawi — theguardian.com

The 20-year-old crypto bro likes to keep a low profile. He could still be forced to testify before the House oversight committee Unlike his garrulous father, Barron Trump seems to be a man of few words. The president’s youngest son has been busy flogging

Core Scientific pivots to AMD with 2.5GW AI data-centre pact months after CoreWeave deal collapsed — thenextweb.com

Nine months after its own shareholders torpedoed a roughly $9bn takeover by CoreWeave, Core Scientific has found a far larger partner in the chipmaker trying to loosen Nvidia’s grip on artificial intelligence. On Tuesday the former bitcoin miner said it

Cryptocurrency Exchange Luno to Cut 20% of Global Staff — bloomberg.com

Luno, a cryptocurrency exchange owned by Digital Currency Group, is cutting about 20% of its staff globally as it restructures, Chief Executive Officer James Lanigan said.

Police Say Binance Is Making It Harder to Fight Crime — nytimes.com

Investigators in Europe said that the cryptocurrency giant Binance had made it more difficult to track down scammers and solve other crimes.

Bitcoin Weakens in Asia Trading as Fed Rate Decision Looms — bloomberg.com

Bitcoin declined in early Asia trading on Tuesday as investors fretted about the prospect of higher interest rates.