Weekly Digital Assets Market Situation Summary July 13 — 19, 2026

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Japan Elevates Crypto as a Financial Asset, Opens Tax Cuts and Spot Bitcoin ETF

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The Japanese parliament has approved a new law to classify crypto as a financial asset instead of viewing it as a means of payment. The new rules will come into effect in 2027, raising standards for disclosure, investor protection and insider trading controls for issuers of digital assets and trading platforms. The changes also reduce barriers. Den juridisk kostnader for udvikling av Spot Bitcoin ETFs, her çend regulatorên Japonî hîn jî bi fermî pejirandina hilberê ETF bikin.

One key takeaway is a plan to boost crypto revenue from original revenue by 55 percent, a fixed rate of 20 percent by 2028, dividend to 15 percent central and 5 percent local. Therefore, Japan also penalizes cryptocurrency providers, to the maximum sentence of 3 years to 10 years, and the greater end of 3 million yen to 10 million, the overall picture that Japan is more open to crypto, but is the suppression of digital seats in the financial system in a stricter and better regulatory framework.

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US Inflation Slows, Pushing Bitcoin Near $65,000

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Bitcoin rose about 3.6 percent to $64,800 after June's U.S. inflation slowed more than market expectations, with CPI falling from 4.2 percent to 3.5 percent, while Core CPI fell from 2.9 percent to 2.6 percent, leaving the likelihood of the U.S. central bank raising interest rates in the short term down from 43 percent. Only 13 percent and the year of U.S. government bonds has missed 0.06 percent.

The buying force also extended to other crypto assets, with Ether rising 5.3 percent to about $1,880, while HYPE rose 6.4 percent, XRP up 3.7 percent and Solana up 3.6 percent. Albeit, a 2.6 percent core inflation was still above the Fed's 2 percent target, easing downward pressure rather than confirming the start of a new uptrend with the market. The Fed meeting in September, the direction of the dollar and the continuation of the Bitcoin ETF inflow must be monitored.

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Top Net flows

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The seven-day net asset flow data across the bridge indicated that Hyperliquid had inflows of about $560 million, the highest on the market, followed by Ethereum at around $75 million and Robinhood Chain around $35 million. However, the inflow does not mean that the token price will rise immediately, with the July 17th HYPE dropping 10 percent within a single day. At $60, down 12 percent a week after a sell-off in the Asian semiconductor group surged into the crypto market, a picture reflected that liquidity is still opting into Hyperliquid's infrastructure and derivatives markets, even as short-term investors downplayed their risks. Tokens incorporados

The Ethereum side continued to be buoyed by the Spot Ethereum ETF fund with almost $97 million in inflows during the first 3 days of the week, while Robinhood Chain reported an asset value on the network of around $312 million, a volume of 3.6 million transactions per day, and an estimated $838 million in DEX trading volume in 24 hours. The way is for Arbitrum with almost $600 million in cash outflows, even Robinhood Chain. Et a été avec la technologie Arbitrum Orbit, qui vous que le liquidity est à la réseau général à un platform specializat avec une activité de trading claro, en lieu de réduction de l'interesse en technologie Arbitrum.

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Fear & Greed Index

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The Crypto Fear & Greed Index is one of the tools used to assess the outlook and sentiment of the crypto market, referring to scores ranging from 0 to 100 (0 stands for Extreme Fear or Extreme Fear and 100 stands for Extreme Greed).

The Crypto Fear and Greed index fell from about 27 points on July 13 to 21 points on July 14, 2026, with Bitcoin plunging from the $64,000 area to near $62,000, after the price of WTI oil jumped 8.5 percent to $77.50 a barrel and the yield on two-year U.S. government bonds rose to 4.27 percent. Amid tensions between the U.S. and Iran and signs of interest rate hikes from the Fed, however, markets rebounded strongly on July 15, after U.S. general inflation slowed from 4.2 percent to 3.5 percent, while core inflation fell from 2.9 percent. The percentage dropped to 2.6 percent, reducing the likelihood of a rate hike from 43 percent to 13 percent and bolstering Bitcoin back closer to $64,800.

Sentiment continued to recover until the index moved up to around 28 points on July 17, but still could not break out of the Fear zone clearly, as global chip stock sell-offs pressured Bitcoin back down near $63,000, before the index fell to around 24 points on July 18 and recovered near 29 points on the day. On July 19, with the price returning to the $64,500 area, the overall picture reflected that the market was responding better to inflation data, but sentiment continued to fluctuate based on factors such as interest rates, geopolitics and technology stocks, making the recovery in this round also a reduction in fear levels rather than a return to greed or confirmation. Fully bullish trend

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Bitcoin ETF Flow

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US Spot Bitcoin ETF Funds Have Total Net Cash Inflows 75.5 million dollarsBetween July 13 and 17, 2026, even opened the week with heavy cash outflows 424.7 million dollarsBut the reverse flow continued to flow. 4 giorniincluded 500.2 million dollarsBy BlackRock's IBIT Earn Maximum Net Money 204.1 million dollarsPark Way With Fidelity's FBTC Withdrawn Net $181.1 MillionThis picture reflects that institutional buying power is starting to return, but is still very concentrated in major funds, not happening in tandem with the entire market.

A key turning point came after U.S. inflation slowed to 3.5 percent in June, while core inflation fell to 2.6 percent, sending Bitcoin up about 3.6 percent, approaching $64,800, and the prospect of a short-term rate hike down from 43 percent to 13 percent, however, the Semicond Group's stock sell-off. Global investors on July 17 put pressure on Bitcoin to resume movement near the $63,000 level. Although the ETF has a net inflow of $132.3 million dollars, institutional investments also participate in the price base, while the path continues for a short time to take effect. From inflation, interest rates and stock market fluctuations

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Ethereum ETF Flow

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The U.S. A spot Ethereum ETF had a total net inflow of $105.5 million between July 13 and 17, 2026, starting the week with $15.4 million in outflows, before summarizing $58.3 million and $53.9 million in inflows on July 14 and 15, respectively. Despite July 16, there was another $28 million in outflows, but inflows. Recuperado a un positivo de $36.7 millones a los seguintes día, con más de la poder de comprar en la ETHA de Blackrock, que ha un total de 135.3 millones, y la FETH de Fidelidad ha un salida neto de $21,6 millones, a reflectando que la institução começando a ser Ether mais. Choose to invest with equity funds, where to distribute to other funds in the markets.

The midweek buying was in line with lower-than-expected U.S. inflation data on July 14, sending Ether up 5.4 percent to about $1,874. However, the price weakened 4 percent to near $1,850 on July 17, after a sell-off in Asian semiconductor stocks broke into the crypto market. Even if ETFs continue to flow in, the overall picture reflects that institutional investment is helping to build a foothold for Ethereum, but it is not yet strong enough to support a sell-off from all macro factors and the stock market.

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Important news:

Chance of passing Clarity Act slumps 32 percent after U.S. Senate talks stumble  

US government transfers $288 million in Bitcoin and Ether seized to Coinbase Prime  

Citadel Securities Invests $400 Million, Crypto.com Investment Pushes $20,000 Million in Value

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Source:

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/07/16/ether-outruns-bitcoin-as-etf-money-returns-almost-all-of-from-blackrock-s-fund

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/07/13/robinhood-built-a-blockchain-for-tokenized-stocks-memecoins-took-over

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Note: This analysis is provided every Monday, so some articles may have data discrepancies.

Note: Questo analisi è situato ogni monday, quindi alcuni parte del articolo possono contengono informazioni inaccurati

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J.P. Daniel