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Bitcoin’s price is surging today on the latest US-Iran drama reversal 🖤 after slipping to that multi-week low last night.
The crypto bounced by around 1500 dollars and now hovers near 63500 thanks to POTUS calling off the heat.

Trump Pauses The Chaos For A New Deal 🌑

US President Trump posted on Truth Social that his forces stay “locked and loaded” yet Iran plus neighbors asked for a pause so they can cook up a fresh agreement.

He added the deal would force the immediate complete and total opening of the Hormuz Strait plus an end to Iran’s nuclear threat.
“Based on this request I have agreed for the future benefit of the WORLD and likewise the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran to cancel the attack subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL. The Country of Israel joins me in this commitment. Get to work everybody and get it DONE.”

BTC Snaps Back From The 18-Day Low 🕸️

Bitcoin dipped to 62200 yesterday amid rising strikes and ETF outflows but the de-escalation news flipped the script instantly.

De-escalation always sparks fresh hope in the markets 🔮 and the real move often lands Monday morning like clockwork.

DeFi Eyes The Hormuz Ripple 💀

Traders in DeFi circles are already positioning for liquidity shifts once the strait talk solidifies.

The war tension had layered extra pressure on top of ETF flows and technical warnings yet every pause resets the board 🦇.

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The first half of 2026 smashed records for crypto exploits in the darkest way possible 🖤 Blockaid’s latest report reveals hackers snagged 1.1 billion across 212 separate hits 🌙

Shadows Claim Over 1.1 Billion from DeFi in Early 2026 🕸️

The findings point to four big breaches at KelpDAO, Drift, Resolv alongside CoW Swap that swallowed roughly 707 million of those totals 💀

KelpDAO took the hardest hit when attackers faked a cross-chain message and drained 292 million in Ethereum reserves from the protocol 🦇 Drift Protocol on Solana got wrecked for 285 million in just 12 minutes flat 🩸

Both traces back to TraderTraitor, the North Korean state-backed crew tied to Lazarus Group 🕯️ Humanity Protocol’s 32 million loss also links to the same cluster pushing total DPRK thefts to 609 million or 55 percent of everything stolen

Attack frequency spiked hard too jumping from 18 incidents in January straight to 57 by June

Fresh Nightmares Hit DeFi Protocols 🌑

April stung worst as the KelpDAO and Drift exploits together erased 577 million and drove that month’s losses to 635 million

Privileged key misuse caused the biggest damage racking up around 790 million or nearly three quarters of all funds lost with unbacked mints next at 80 million from the Resolve case

The report flags AI agents as juicy new targets after a prompt injection fooled Bankr’s agent into greenlighting an unauthorized 216000 transaction

Cross-chain bridges got hammered when forged proofs broke verification on KelpDAO and Taiko

Four EIP-7702 wallet delegation attacks surfaced as a fresh vector while legacy smart contract bugs kept popping up with five cases in May and June alone including Aztec and Raydium

On July 23 separate strikes on AFX Trade BSquaredNetwork and Verus drained over 35 million in one day

Recovery odds flip depending on the hack type since code flaws sometimes let teams freeze assets or cut deals but key thefts usually vanish through mixers and bridges

The first half of 2026 was the most active six months for crypto exploits on record.

This is according to a new report from Blockaid, which shows hackers stole $1.1 billion across 212 incidents.

— Blockaid (@blockaid_) link

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The escalating tension across the middle east is casting a dark shadow over crypto markets right now 🖤 with BTC slipping to 62000 after missing its 63000 support during the day.

XRP Slips Into The Shadow Zone 🌑

XRP wasn’t spared either as it dipped below 1.05 after getting rejected at 1.20 following those mid-July market moves. Now the asset clings to its final defense line before any bullish push toward the 1.00 zone must happen 💀.
Popular analyst EGRAG CRYPTO highlighted the 1.05 level as a true battlefield area 🕸️ noting earlier that it held for now yet the 4-hour chart shows mostly lower highs in a bearish setup.
A solid hold here could open the door to a bounce past 1.083 and back above 1.10 which flipped into resistance.

Analyst Eyes The 1.30 Reversal Prize 🔮

EGRAG sees an even brighter path ahead with the major price target at 1.30 if recovery builds momentum 🦇. But any clean break under 1.05 sends things straight toward that liquidity pocket near 1.00 he warned.

“warned” https://x.com/egragcrypto/status/2083431317702664510

Mikybull Crypto shares the view that XRP holds hidden strength for a sharp comeback 🌙 with the reversal setup still loading despite current gloom. His long term chart lines up today’s structure with the one from two years ago when price sat compressed near 0.60 before blasting to fresh highs in under a year.

“Before the last run, I screamed for you to buy at a crazy discount. The opportunity is presenting again,” https://x.com/MikybullCrypto/status/2083608670890291603

History offers little comfort though because August has brought pain for XRP in each of the last four years.

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It was precisely six years ago when a rather unknown company in the cryptocurrency industry at the time made a revolutionary change to its asset reserve strategy and adopted Bitcoin 🖤. The entity in question called Microstrategy back then started to accumulate BTC en masse and only accelerated its purchases after the 2024 presidential elections in the US 🌙.
The community became accustomed to hearing about new acquisitions made by the company some of which were worth billions of dollars. Its total stash grew exponentially and currently sits at 843775 units. Within this timeframe BTC bulls consistently heard that the company and its former CEO would never sell until they did. And then everything changed 🕷️.
During the most recent earnings call the company hinted that it has plans to sell up to 5 billion in bitcoin which is significantly higher than the previously claimed 1.25 billion 🦇.

The Fresh Pivot 🔮

Strategy as it is called now has gone five consecutive weeks without purchasing BTC marking its longest acquisition pause in years. Instead of deploying capital into BTC the firm has steadily increased its cash reserve through recent fundraising activities. Strategy has been rebuilding its USD position while continuing to explore financial options tied to its expanding portfolio of preferred stock offerings 👁️.
In the most recent official change CEO Phong Le took to X to announce the company’s new primary corporate objective which reads.
“Our corporate objective is for STRC to trade at 99-100 over time.”
In the earnings call he was more specific.
“Our intent is to sell bitcoin for three reasons when we think it’s appropriate for the company. One fund the US dollar reserve up to 1.25 billion. Additional reasons include funding dividend and interest payments of 1.76 billion a year and funding up to 2 billion in common and preferred stock repurchases” Le said according to a FactSet transcript 🥀.
The tweet and comments garnered immediate reactions from some well-known industry commentators as well as constant critic Peter Schiff who was quick to determine that “In other words common shareholders are screwed” here.
Crypto Kaleo though a popular analyst who recently argued that Strategy would have to sell at least 50000 BTC in the next couple of years to fund dividend payments wasn’t so kind. In one tweet he ironically asked whether the CEO remembers when the company’s primary corporate objective was to increase Bitcoin per share before adding “It was only two months ago so shouldn’t be difficult!” there.
In another post though he brought the bashing to a higher level claiming that Strategy is no longer a BTC company. Instead it operates as a credit company and its credit rating is “atrocious.”

Strategy went from having a primary objective of increasing Bitcoin per share to trying to make sure their preferred shares trade back to $100… in just two months.

They’re no longer a BTC company.

They’re a credit company.

And their credit rating is atrocious. https://t.co/fHoXr376QY

— K A L E O (@CryptoKaleo) July 31, 2026

The comments below his post were split. Some agreed that Strategy is increasingly resembling a leveraged financial organization rather than a straightforward BTC holding company. Others defended the firm’s approach noting that maintaining confidence in STRC is essential if Strategy wants to continue raising capital efficiently and safely for future crypto purchases 💉.

STRC Priorities Matter 🕸️

The Saylor-co-founded company launched STRC as part of its growing suite of preferred stock offerings designed to finance its long-term BTC accumulation strategy. However it needs to trade at its par price of 100 to function properly and it hasn’t been able to for months. It dumped below 75 at one point before the company shifted its focus to rebuilding its USD reserve. It has since recovered to almost 90.
As such some investors view Le’s comments as a tactical short-term objective rather than believing Strategy has abandoned its Bitcoin-focused vision. Still the timing has fueled questions about the firm’s evolving identity and strategy especially given the ongoing market uncertainty.

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