New Hampshire to vote on world’s first bitcoin-backed municipal bond

The financial regulator’s agenda included proposed rule changes related to crypto broker-dealers, digital assets on national securities exchanges and potential safe harbors.

The post Tim Draper Rejects Claims of Moving $62M Bitcoin as Transfer Report Surfaces appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key Insights: • Tim Draper denies moving Bitcoin after $62M transfer report.• He reaffirms $250K Bitcoin target within one year forecast.• Dave Portnoy said he is losing millions as Bitcoin falls. A report from blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain linked a wallet possibly tied to billionaire investor Tim Draper to a transfer of 1,000 Bitcoin (BTC) worth about $61.82 million to Coinbase Prime. The movement drew attention across the crypto market. However, Draper denied moving any Bitcoin and said he has not touched his holdings. The development comes as separate commentary from Dave Portnoy highlighted ongoing losses in Bitcoin trading activity. Tim Draper Moves Bitcoin | Source: Lookonchain, X Lookonchain Flags Large Bitcoin Transfer to Coinbase Prime The report from Lookonchain stated that a wallet possibly connected to Tim Draper sent 1,000 Bitcoin to Coinba

The post Vanguard Digital Assets Lead New Strategy Shift appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. For years, Vanguard was the firm that wouldn’t budge on crypto — the giant that blocked customers from buying spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs while rivals raced to launch their own. Now, the Vanguard digital assets story is moving in a very different direction. Key takeaways Vanguard is actively searching for a head of digital assets to build and lead its strategy on tokenization, stablecoins, blockchain infrastructure, and client-facing products. The new executive will develop a multi-year digital asset roadmap and represent Vanguard in regulatory and industry discussions. As recently as August 2024, CEO Salim Ramji stated Vanguard would not launch crypto ETFs, calling it a matter of not copying competitors. In December 2025, Vanguard quietly reversed course on access, allowing brokerage clients to trade crypto ETFs and mutual funds on its platform. Vanguard manages approximately $12.5 trillion i

The post MicroStrategy Stock Price Outlook for July 2026: Will MSTR Recover? appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. MicroStrategy stock (MSTR) has bounced about 29% off its late-June low, even shrugging off news that the company sold Bitcoin. Yet the rebound is running on fading volume and still-negative money flows. That gap between a rising price and cautious money is why this bounce looks fragile. The Bounce Looks Strong, But the Volume is Fading After sliding from about $197 in mid-May to roughly $82 by late June, MSTR has bounced about 29%. The stock even held firm after Strategy, the company formerly known as MicroStrategy, confirmed it sold roughly 3,588 Bitcoin, and it climbed alongside Bitcoin’s 7% rebound. That bounce is about four times the size of Bitcoin’s, an early sign that MSTR now swings much harder than the coin it is supposed to track. Want more insights like this? Sign up for Editor Harsh Notariya’s Daily Newsletter here. However, the buying is thinning out. Trading v

The post New Hampshire Lawmakers to Hold Hearing on $100M Bitcoin Bonds appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office announced that lawmakers would discuss issuing $100 million in bonds backed by Bitcoin (BTC) at a public hearing. In an update to the New Hampshire governor and executive council agenda, the state’s Business Finance Authority (BFA) has scheduled a meeting for Wednesday regarding the proposed issuance of $100 million in BTC-backed bonds. The BFA approved the bond in November 2025, saying that it planned to issue the vehicles upon approval from Governor Kelly Ayotte and the state’s five-member executive council. “This is an innovative way to bring more investment opportunities to our state and position us as a leader in digital finance without risking state funds or taxpayer dollars,” said Ayotte on the bonds, following the BFA approval.  The potential high-value Bitcoin-backed bonds signaled the US state’s move toward friendlier digit

The asset manager is hiring a head of digital assets to lead its strategy for tokenization, stablecoins, blockchain infrastructure and client-facing products.

The post Bitcoin Miners Drop 20% as Mining Stocks Trade Like Semiconductors appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitcoin News Publicly listed Bitcoin (BTC) mining equities tumbled roughly 20% this week, yet Bitcoin itself largely sidestepped the damage, according to a July 7 research note. The drop hit miners as investor appetite for artificial intelligence and semiconductor names cooled sharply, dragging down shares that markets have increasingly repriced as compute infrastructure. While Bitcoin held broadly flat over 24 hours, the miner cohort absorbed the full brunt of the rotation. The divergence underscores how equity exposure to ASIC mining operators no longer moves cleanly in lockstep with the underlying coin, a shift with direct consequences for investors who treated the stocks as leveraged Bitcoin bets. The core finding is that miners now trade as AI infrastructure companies rather than pure Bitcoin proxies. Their share prices respond to chip supply chains and data-center comp

The post ‘Semi-Shock’: Bloomberg Analyst Stunned by Vanguard’s Crypto Move appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Vanguard, the $10 trillion asset management behemoth, has shocked some analysts with its most cryptocurrency-related move.  According to a new executive job posting, the traditionally conservative firm is seeking its first-ever Head of Digital Assets for Personal Wealth.  The revelation caught the attention of prominent industry observers, including Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas. The latter claims that he experienced “semi-shock” after reading the news since he thought that the financial titan would stop with simply allowing cryptocurrency ETFs on its platform.  Ripple Exec: Washington Can’t Ignore Crypto Dogecoin (DOGE) Uptrend Attempt Is Fuelless, XRP Paints Severe RSI Divergence, Bitcoin (BTC) Recovery Rally Is Premature: Crypto Market Review The successful candidate will be responsible for developing a “multi-year digital assets roadmap” for the massive asse