Top cryptocurrency news on July 26: Bitcoin surges more than 20% in a week and other major stories

Cryptocurrency prices continue to be mostly in green on July 26. The global cryptocurrency market cap is $1.52 trillion, a 9.81 percent increase over the last day while the total crypto market volume over the last 24 hours is $83.97 billion, which makes a 19.32 percent increase. Read more here.

Amazon is looking for a "Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead" if a new job posting on the company's website is anything to go by. The description states that the team is, "seeking an experienced product leader to develop Amazon’s Digital Currency and Blockchain strategy and product roadmap."

Crypto broker CoinBurp has no authorisation for a planned launch of its $BURP token and initial exchange offering on Monday, July 26, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on July 25 in the latest crack down on crypto trading. CoinBurp said it had raised $6 million last week to build a platform for buying and selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Read more here.

What started out as annoying cryptocurrency coin miners have now evolved into something far more dangerous. LemonDuck and LemonCat have moved beyond their mining botnet origins into something far more sinister. Today, LemonDuck is an actively updated malware that mines coins but also steals your credentials.