Moonshot AI IPO push follows Kimi, Alibaba AI releases that shook bitcoin

Days after Kimi K3 rattled chip stocks, Moonshot is moving toward a Hong Kong listing at a $30 billion-plus valuation while Alibaba's Qwen goes open-weight.

source https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/07/20/moonshot-ai-ipo-push-follows-kimi-alibaba-ai-releases-that-shook-bitcoin

Bitcoin flat near $64,000 as oil hits a one-month high and Kimi AI selloff lingers

Brent jumped almost 4% on escalating U.S.-Iran strikes, while Asian chip stocks stayed under pressure from Friday's Chinese AI shock.

source https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/07/20/bitcoin-flat-near-usd64-000-as-oil-hits-a-one-month-high-and-kimi-ai-selloff-lingers

The GENIUS Act turns 1: State of Crypto

The stablecoin-focused GENIUS Act became a law a year ago.

source https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/07/19/the-genius-act-turns-1-state-of-crypto

Bitcoin’s quantum problem gets a recovery tool, but not for Satoshi’s 1.1 million coins

Project Eleven says it has funded a proof that lets a wallet's own key-derivation path stand in as ownership after quantum computers can forge its signatures. It runs in 243 milliseconds on a laptop.

source https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/07/19/bitcoin-s-quantum-problem-gets-a-recovery-tool-but-not-for-satoshi-s-1-1-million-coin

Inside Zcash's new node that targets Visa-scale privacy at 50,000 transactions per second

The new Zakura client is the first live piece of a plan to take Zcash from roughly one private transaction per second to payment-network scale.

source https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/07/16/inside-zcash-s-new-node-that-targets-visa-scale-privacy-at-50-000-transactions-per-second

France orders country's internet service providers to block Polymarket

The regulator cited concerns over addictive mechanics, a lack of self-exclusion tools, and a high volume of French users bypassing previous financial restrictions.

source https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/07/18/france-orders-country-s-internet-service-providers-to-block-polymarket

Crypto executives say digital native generations may never need a bank account

teakhouse Financial co-founder Adrian Cachinero says digital-native generations may rely less on banks, while Binance says younger users are already driving crypto adoption in emerging markets.

source https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/07/17/crypto-executives-say-digital-native-generations-may-never-need-a-bank-account