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Risk on assets get poised to take off, Robinhood memecoins continue to explode, and "Fake World Assets" draws attention on ETH mainnet.

July 27, 2026

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Top Stories

BTC $65,055 (1.3%) | ETH $1,957 (4.4%) | SOL $77 (2.0%)

  • Equity futures surge as US and Iran halt strikes — Brent crude falls 7%

  • Nvidia is in talks to guarantee $250B in financing for OpenAI's 10GW Ohio data center — Also discusses $350B more so OpenAI can buy its chips for the site

  • Storj Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after raising $35M

  • BitMart's $BMX collapses over 60% as the exchange shuts down all operations, the second crypto exchange to close in under a week

  • Zcash to activate Ironwood Upgrade tomorrow

  • Ethereum ETFs record $104M in weekly inflows, topping BTC ETFs and extending their 3 week inflow streak

  • Robinhood chain does 3.2X Base's 24H app revenue — PONS Robinhood token launchpad captures ~69% of daily token deployments and hits new ATH

  • Fake World Assets preps external buys and fee buybacks after its 15-day emission period as FWA hits local high of $38M — Jack Butcher drops "Wrappers" on the platform

  • Phantom ends support for Monad on August 12th

  • Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5 and says it nears Fable 5-level intelligence at half the price

  • X removes 42,000 accounts automating AI-driven replies

  • Elon Musk says "money won't matter" in 2036 because of AI and robots