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Fed Pause Expected as August Vol Approaching

Jul 24, 2026

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Fed Pause Expected as August Vol Approaching

BTC had its best month since January as ETH ETFs rallied this week.

HYPE Fades as World Cup Boom Reaches Pinnacle

Jul 17, 2026

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HYPE Fades as World Cup Boom Reaches Pinnacle

Digital assets dropped with HYPE leading the way as prediction markets brace for the final weekend of the FIFA World Cup

Jul 10, 2026

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Anatomy of a Governance 'Heist'

An attacker bought a DAO vote for $4.4mn and left with about $20mn, elsewhere the options market quickly shrugged off June's crash, despite price volatility.

Jul 3, 2026

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AI & Altcoins Push BTC to the Backseat

It's been a busy week for AI, memory stocks, and crypto as rotation picks up and Strategy gets tested.

Jun 26, 2026

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Crypto Crashes & World Cup Hysteria

BTC and broader crypto markets fell again this week as the FIFA world cup drove record volumes on Kalshi

Jun 19, 2026

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BTC Whipsaws on Fed Hawkishness

BTC volatility ticked higher this week as macro news dominated markets, and SpaceX's IPO broke records.

Meet the Author

Adam Morgan McCarthy

Adam is a researcher at LO:TECH. Previously he led the research team at Kaiko. His work powered insights for traders, funds, and regulators.

Adam has covered crypto markets since 2021. Before LO:TECH and Kaiko, he was Markets Correspondent at DeFiLlama's news arm, Markets Reporter at The Block, and Crypto Markets Fellow at Business Insider.

He has appeared on CNN, Bloomberg TV, FINTECH.TV from the NYSE floor, CoinDesk TV, and various podcasts — regularly covering topics from Bitcoin selloffs to the rise of perps in the US and more.