U.S. stocks ended mixed, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.51%, the S&P 500 edging up 0.02%, and the Nasdaq slipping 0.18%, according to Techub. For July, the Dow was down 0.18%, the S&P 500 fell 0.94%, and the Nasdaq dropped more than 4%. Precious metals shares outperformed on the day. CDE, or Coeur Mining, rose more than 1%, while GOLD, or Barrick Gold, jumped more than 4%. Crypto-related equities showed a sharp split. Mining names moved lower across the board, with Cipher Mining falling 6.48%, Hut 8 down 4.91%, CleanSpark off 3.41%, MARA Holdings losing 2.89%, Riot Platforms down 2.49%, and Bit Brother slipping 1.46%. At the same time, exchange and crypto-concept stocks posted strong gains. Circle rose 5.28%, Coinbase added 5.81%, Strategy climbed 7.61%, and Bitmine surged 13.36%.

A packed 24-hour news cycle brought fresh signals from crypto markets, policymakers, security researchers and public companies. CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler said Bitcoin’s rebound is still facing four pressures: compressed volatility, weak U.S. spot demand, thin buy-side liquidity and continued loss realization by investors. In Washington, Aave founder Stani said the CLARITY Act has entered the "last mile," arguing that even in imperfect form it could become the first U.S. law to directly address DeFi and give institutions, fintechs and banks a clearer legal path into on-chain finance. In Europe, attention is shifting from winning a MiCA license to paying the ongoing cost of compliance. Market participants cited in the report said that dynamic could push the sector toward consolidation, including mergers, joint ventures and bank partnerships, with the U.K. likely to follow a similarly strict path through its own framework. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, meanwhile, said acquisitions of smaller centralized exchanges remain possible, but post-deal security incidents are hard to attribute, making due diligence and risk controls much harder. Other major developments included updated figures on public-company Bitcoin holdings, Lido’s response to a stETH reward calculation issue, Cascade’s statement that funds tied to the CLS incident had been recovered, and new reports on wallet-targeting malware campaigns and U.S. crypto seizure actions.

Cascade said on X that the earlier incident involving funds being drained from CLS has been resolved, with the party involved cooperating to return all stolen funds. The platform said users who held funds in CLS will receive 100% reimbursement based on the value recorded at 21:08:00 UTC on July 15, 2025, and that claims will open in the coming days. Earlier, ChainCatcher had reported that MAX, a Discord administrator for multi-asset perpetuals platform Cascade, said the Cascade CLS vault was suspected to have suffered a security issue that led to losses of about $1.3 million. Following that incident, the platform halted all trading and withdrawals and brought in SEAL 911 and other third-party security teams to investigate and handle the matter.

U.S. stocks opened mixed on July 24 Eastern Time, according to Techub News. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.23%, while the S&P 500 gained 0.10%. The Nasdaq, by contrast, slipped 0.14% at the open. Crypto-related equities were broadly lower. CleanSpark (CLSK) fell more than 2%, and Bit Brother (BTBT) also dropped more than 2%. MARA Holdings (MARA), Coinbase (COIN), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Circle (CRCL), and Bitmine (BMNR) each declined more than 1%. Other names in the sector also traded in the red at the open. Hut 8 (HUT) was down 0.99%, Strategy (MSTR) lost 0.84%, and Cipher Mining (CIFR) dipped 0.19%. The moves came as the three major U.S. stock indexes showed a split start to the session.

Bitcoin slipped to $69,917, pushing the Fear and Greed Index to 11. Crypto assets and metals fell while U.S. equities held firm. MSTR dropped 5%, AI miners were mixed.

U.S. stocks ended the session lower, with all three major indexes in the red and the Nasdaq posting the sharpest decline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.97% and was down 1.13% for July, while the S&P 500 lost 1.21% on the day and 1.00% for the month. The Nasdaq dropped 2.15%, bringing its July decline to 3.47%. Gold- and silver-linked names also sold off broadly. First Majestic Silver (AG) fell 4.94%, Coeur Mining (CDE) lost 3.76%, the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) dropped 3.47%, VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) fell 2.19%, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) declined 2.00%, and Barrick Gold (GOLD) slipped 1.72%. Crypto-related stocks showed mixed performance. Hut 8 (HUT), Cipher Mining (CIFR), MARA Holdings (MARA), Riot Platforms (RIOT), and CleanSpark (CLSK) all advanced. On the losing side, Strategy (MSTR), Bitmine (BMNR), Circle (CRCL), Bit Brother (BTBT), and Coinbase (COIN) finished lower.

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