Happy Monday!
We’re kicking off another week with a quick catch-up on the weekend’s must-read headlines, a look at our top partner offers, and, as always, a quiz to test your market knowledge. Let’s go.
Geo: Europe (excluding restricted regions)
Dates: Ends July 12
Up for grabs: 5% cashback, a €25 BTC welcome bonus, and the chance to win 3 BTC
Bitpanda and BeInCrypto are giving eligible new users three ways to earn when they move their crypto to the platform using the code BITPANDAXBEINCRYPTO.
Users can receive 5% cashback in EURCV on a qualifying crypto transfer, plus a €25 welcome bonus paid in BTC after trading at least €100. Every euro of qualifying crypto transferred also counts as one entry into Bitpanda’s 3 BTC giveaway.
To take part, sign up as a new Bitpanda user, enter the promo code, make an eligible crypto transfer, and complete a trade worth at least €100 before the campaign closes. Rewards are limited to the first 500 new users.
Terms apply. Rewards are granted in BTC and reserved to the first 500 new users. Investing in crypto-assets involves risks, up to total loss. Regulated crypto-asset services are provided by Bitpanda GmbH, authorised by the FMA in accordance with MiCAR.
Geo: Global (excluding restricted regions)
Dates: Until July 20, 2026
Up for grabs: Points-store rewards including 1 BTC and World Cup Final tickets
BloFin’s World Cup Summer campaign is now in full swing, letting users trade, back their tournament picks and stack Points to redeem for prizes.
Users can earn Points through spot and futures trading, daily check-ins, social sharing, referrals, copy trading and holding eligible Earn products. Every 2,000 USDT in futures taker volume earns one Point, while every 500 USDT in spot taker volume earns one.
There is also a prediction game running until July 19. Users can vote on individual match results, the eventual World Cup winner and the Golden Boot race, with correct calls sharing the opposing side’s Points pool.
Rewards in the Points Store include token prizes, futures bonuses, fee rebate vouchers, plus bigger prizes including 1 BTC and World Cup Final tickets.
Coinbase is facing backlash after an AI-generated prediction-market alert reportedly declared Norway had beaten Brazil 3-2 before the World Cup match had even begun.
The notification named Erling Haaland as a two-goal scorer, despite Coinbase’s own market page showing the fixture had been delayed by weather. CEO Brian Armstrong said he was looking into the error with his team.
The blunder is especially awkward given Armstrong’s long-running pitch that prediction markets are a better way to find the truth. Instead, Coinbase’s automated system appears to have invented a result for millions of users.
Anthropic is facing a new $75 million lawsuit from authors who say the company used pirated books to train Claude without permission, licensing or payment.
The case turns on an important distinction in the AI copyright fight. A previous ruling found that training on legally acquired books could qualify as fair use, but downloading pirated copies was treated separately as infringement.
The plaintiffs opted out of Anthropic’s earlier $1.5 billion settlement, which covered an estimated 500,000 books, and are now pursuing their own claims for higher damages.
Wall Street’s record rally is being held up by a huge jump in profit forecasts, but strategists are starting to question whether those numbers can possibly deliver.
Analysts now expect S&P 500 earnings to grow 25% over the next year, with consensus estimates up nearly 20% in six months, the fastest pace since the post-COVID rebound.
GMO, UBS and Nordea all warn that AI-fuelled upgrades for chipmakers and hyperscalers are leaving little room for disappointment. With stocks trading near 20 times forward earnings and rate-cut bets fading, the coming earnings season could be a real test.
Michael Saylor thinks the Bitcoin halving is old news. So what does he reckon will run the next big BTC cycle?
A) Elon posting through it
B) Capital flooding in
C) A new meme coin
D) Moon phases
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