Bitcoin News Roundup for July 20, 2020
With bitcoin's trading range getting even tighter, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back for your bitcoin news roundup.

With bitcoin's trading range getting even tighter, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back for your bitcoin news roundup.
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Today's Bitcoin News:
First Mover: Bitcoin Miners Find Upgrade Financing Aplenty, Even as Prices Languish
Big-money players are extending financing to bitcoin miners for equipment upgrades, even though prices are still torpid two months after the halving.
PayPal Picks Paxos to Supply Crypto for New Service, Sources Say
PayPal has chosen Paxos to handle the new service’s supply of digital assets, according to two people familiar with the matter.
This New Coding Language Could Help Unlock Bitcoin's Smart Contract Potential
With the introduction of Sapio, Jeremy Rubin hopes to expand Bitcoin's smart contract use cases and increase the "financial self-sovereignty" of its users.
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Protocol Research: GoPlus Security

What to know:
- As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M.
- GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
- Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.
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BNB tops $870, outperforming crypto majors as volume surges

Market participants are watching whether BNB can hold above $870 and challenge resistance at $880, with a break higher potentially targeting $900.
What to know:
- BNB rose 2.5% to $872, outperforming the broader market which gained 1.4%.
- The token's action showed higher lows and sustained gains, and increased trading volume.
- Market participants are watching whether BNB can hold above $870 and challenge resistance at $880, with a break higher potentially targeting $900.











