Decentralized hedge fund Numerai said it has completed its third strategic purchase of NMR, acquiring an additional $1.2 million worth of the token on the open market. The latest buy lifts Numerai’s cumulative NMR repurchases over the past year to $3.2 million. The firm said the repurchase is intended to support its staking system, where independent data scientists stake NMR on models and are rewarded with additional NMR if those models perform well on future market predictions, while poor performance leads to a loss of staked tokens. Numerai also said that since announcing its first strategic buyback in July 2025, the number of active accounts has more than doubled. Over the same period, it launched several pieces of infrastructure, including Numerai Skills, Numerai Model Context Protocol, and Atomic Blockchain Staking. The firm currently manages about $700 million in assets, up from roughly $560 million at the end of 2025. According to Numerai, Numeraire is a fixed-supply Ethereum token with a maximum supply of 11 million NMR, and the latest repurchase was executed over several weeks on the open market through Coinbase Institutional.

Global digital-asset policy and market developments accelerated between July 14 and July 15. The UK’s HM Revenue & Customs said certain crypto lending and automated market maker liquidity pool arrangements will receive “no gain, no loss” tax treatment from April 6, 2027, with capital gains tax deferred until a user makes a substantive economic disposal. In Europe, the European Central Bank selected 36 payment service providers for a digital euro pilot scheduled to begin in the second half of 2027 and run for 12 months across the ECB and 19 euro-area central banks. The U.S. and U.K. also issued a joint digital-asset roadmap backing regulated stablecoins, tokenized deposits, consumer protections, and work on cross-border financing options. Outside direct rulemaking, trading and infrastructure platforms rolled out new products and features. Interactive Brokers expanded crypto trading support by 12 tokens and enabled withdrawals of USDC, PYUSD, and RLUSD to external wallets. Binance Alpha Box launched an airdrop event featuring Orochi Network and Metaplex tokens. On-chain flows remained active as Grayscale moved 852.7 BTC to Coinbase Prime, while the U.S. government transferred additional assets tied to Bitfinex and FTX/Alameda seizures. Kalshi introduced an AI compute forward-pricing tool even as the CFTC moved to block Michigan from forcing cancellations of executed trades involving state residents. Broader corporate and stablecoin competition also stayed in focus, with new funding rounds, ETF filings, and fresh scrutiny on Circle’s economics.

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Bitmine (BNMR) acquired 60,999 ETH (~$210-230M) last week, raising its total holdings to 4.596M ETH. This institutional accumulation signals strong long-term conviction in Ethereum's staking yield and network utility, reducing exchange supply and reinforcing ETH's status as a core institutional asset.

Bitmine acquired 60,999 ETH last week, bringing total holdings to 4.596 million ETH (~$220M). The move underscores institutional faith in Ethereum's long-term value and network upgrades, reducing circulating supply and reinforcing ETH as a core institutional asset.

Bitmine purchased 60,999 ETH last week, bringing total holdings to 4.596 million ETH. The ~$210-230M acquisition signals institutional confidence in Ethereum's long-term value and staking yield.