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Stanford study exposes Polymarket flaw that rewards Bitcoin manipulation

16 July 2026 at 01:42
A new academic study has found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction contracts have created incentives for sophisticated traders to manipulate spot prices and profit at the expense of ordinary participants. According to researchers from Stanford University and Singapore Management University,…

Dick Durbin accuses Todd Blanche of shielding Trump’s crypto empire

16 July 2026 at 01:23
Senate Democrats have intensified scrutiny of Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche during his confirmation hearing, accusing him of weakening crypto enforcement while President Donald Trump’s digital asset businesses have expanded. According to proceedings from the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing…

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Dick Durbin accused Todd Blanche of weakening DOJ crypto enforcement while Trump’s digital asset businesses expanded.

Jesse Pollak admits Base misstep, bets big on AI and trading

16 July 2026 at 00:56
Base creator Jesse Pollak has acknowledged that the network’s multi-year bet on onchain social products did not deliver the expected growth and has redirected Base toward trading, payments, and AI-powered financial infrastructure. Base returns to infrastructure after social experiment falls…

BlackRock scores major SEC win as IBIT options cap quadruples

16 July 2026 at 00:01
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust has secured a major regulatory win after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a fourfold increase in the ETF’s options position limit from 250,000 to 1 million contracts. According to a notice published by the…

Iran rejects Trump’s peace push as Bitcoin slips below $65K

15 July 2026 at 23:44
Bitcoin has slipped below $65,000 after Iran rejected renewed prospects for peace talks with the United States, adding fresh pressure to risk assets as military operations continue. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said there are currently no plans for negotiations with the…

Aave pushes beyond Ethereum with Avalanche RWA lending expansion

15 July 2026 at 23:12
Aave has expanded its V4 lending protocol beyond Ethereum for the first time by deploying it on Avalanche to support tokenized real-world asset lending and institutional credit markets. According to an announcement from Aave, the deployment brings the protocol’s latest…

XRP Ledger enters final countdown for key fixCleanup3_2_0 upgrade

15 July 2026 at 22:12
XRP Ledger has entered the final two-week activation countdown for its fixCleanup3_2_0 amendment after validator support exceeded the network’s required 80% approval threshold. According to XRP Ledger governance data, the bundled maintenance amendment currently has 85.71% validator support, with 30…

Bitcoin climbs above $65K as weak PPI rattles Fed hawks

15 July 2026 at 21:54
Bitcoin has climbed above $65,000 after softer-than-expected U.S. producer inflation reduced expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike later this month. According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, June’s Producer Price Index (PPI) added fresh momentum to…

BlackRock joins DTCC’s $114T tokenization push for stocks and Treasurys

15 July 2026 at 20:51
BlackRock has joined a Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation pilot that has begun tokenizing stocks and U.S. Treasuries within a market infrastructure that safeguards about $114 trillion in assets. According to a Wall Street Journal report, BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs,…

SBI taps Solana for world’s first tokenized Japan equity fund

15 July 2026 at 20:33
SBI Global Asset Management has launched the world’s first tokenized Japanese equity fund on the Solana blockchain through a partnership with DigiFT, bringing a high-dividend equity strategy on-chain for institutional and accredited investors. According to an announcement shared by SBI…

Chris Murphy brands CLARITY Act Trump’s crypto corruption shield

15 July 2026 at 20:06
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy has accused the CLARITY Act of protecting President Donald Trump’s crypto business interests, intensifying a Senate fight over the digital asset bill just as lawmakers prepare for a floor vote. According to statements made during a…

Binance unveils $800K XRP airdrop to accelerate RLUSD adoption

15 July 2026 at 19:24
Binance has unveiled an $800,000 XRP airdrop campaign for eligible Ripple USD holders, introducing weekly rewards designed to encourage activity around Ripple’s dollar-backed stablecoin. According to a July 15 announcement from Binance, users holding RLUSD in Binance Earn, Margin, or…

Circle wins legal fight over Heka’s USDC minting and redemption account

15 July 2026 at 18:35
Circle has secured a court-backed arbitration win after records made public in a Boston federal court detailed why the stablecoin issuer suspended Heka Funds’ USDC minting and redemption services over suspected market manipulation involving Tether. Court filings submitted by Circle…

Revolut receives VARA approval for UAE virtual asset services

15 July 2026 at 16:07
Revolut has secured in-principle approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority to expand its regulated crypto business in the United Arab Emirates, adding another regulatory milestone to its global digital asset strategy. According to a company announcement on Tuesday, the…

Will Ethereum price reclaim $2,000 next as CPI relief sparks breakout above $1,850?

15 July 2026 at 14:42
Ethereum price has reclaimed the $1,850 resistance after softer-than-expected U.S. inflation data triggered a sharp short squeeze, putting the $2,000 level back into focus for traders. The second-largest cryptocurrency climbed nearly 5% on July 15 after June’s Consumer Price Index…

Japan passes law recognizing crypto as financial products

15 July 2026 at 14:16
Japan has enacted sweeping amendments to its financial laws that classify cryptocurrencies as financial products, opening the door to lower crypto taxes, domestic exchange-traded funds and stricter market oversight. According to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, the House of Councillors approved…

South Korea moves to include crypto in state asset management law

15 July 2026 at 13:16
South Korea has unveiled plans for a new law that will bring cryptocurrencies and other digital assets into the country’s state asset management framework, expanding rules that have remained largely unchanged for more than seven decades. South Korea’s Ministry of…

Former Ethereum Foundation team launches EthSystems for institutional Ethereum

15 July 2026 at 11:17
Ethereum-backed EthSystems has launched with support from Bitmine, SharpLink and Consensys CEO Joe Lubin, adding another independent organization to Ethereum’s institutional development network after the Foundation cut 54 roles. According to an announcement from EthSystems on Tuesday, the for-profit company…

Ark Invest buys $13.9M in Circle shares while trimming Robinhood stake

15 July 2026 at 10:51
Ark Invest has expanded its exposure to Circle and Block while cutting its Robinhood position, adding nearly $15.4 million worth of shares across the three companies. According to Ark Invest’s latest daily trading disclosure, the investment firm purchased 220,012 shares…

JPMorgan warns Hyperliquid deal could squeeze Circle and Coinbase

15 July 2026 at 02:06
JPMorgan has lowered its earnings forecasts for Circle and Coinbase after a new USDC revenue-sharing agreement with Hyperliquid changed how income from the stablecoin’s reserves will be divided. According to a JPMorgan research note, the revised agreement could reduce the…

Avalanche lands $11B Bridgetower deal as RWA assets hit $2.1B

15 July 2026 at 01:49
Avalanche has reached $2.1 billion in distributed tokenized real-world asset value after a 60.47% monthly increase, supported by a newly announced $11 billion institutional tokenization deal with Bridgetower. According to data from RWA.xyz, Avalanche’s distributed tokenized asset value climbed to…

Trump backs UK stablecoin pact as CLARITY Act faces bank revolt

15 July 2026 at 01:24
President Donald Trump has strengthened support for a new UK-US stablecoin framework as the Senate races to advance the CLARITY Act despite growing opposition from banking groups over its stablecoin provisions. According to a joint statement released through the Transatlantic…

Chainlink price jumps 5% as Mantle’s $2.5B CCIP migration boosts LINK demand

15 July 2026 at 00:50
Chainlink price has jumped more than 5% after Mantle completed the migration of its $2.5 billion Super Portal to Chainlink’s cross-chain infrastructure, extending a crypto market rally driven by softer U.S. inflation data. According to data from crypto.news, Chainlink (LINK)…

Dogecoin price rallies against the trend as $1.2B exits Binance memecoins

15 July 2026 at 00:09
Dogecoin price has climbed more than 2% after softer US inflation boosted risk appetite, even as Binance traders have offloaded $1.2 billion in memecoins since October. According to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, traders have reduced memecoin exposure because they consider these…

Coinbase targets China users with easier signup as COIN stock gains

14 July 2026 at 23:31
Coinbase Global stock has climbed more than 2% after the crypto exchange reportedly simplified its account registration process for users in mainland China. According to a report shared by Wu Blockchain, Coinbase now allows users in mainland China to complete…

Thom Tillis revives stablecoin fight with new CLARITY Act proposal

14 July 2026 at 22:35
Senator Thom Tillis has proposed new CLARITY Act language that would allow federal banking regulators to intervene if stablecoin yields trigger systemwide deposit flight from US banks. According to a report from Punchbowl, the North Carolina Republican has suggested adding…

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Thom Tillis proposes new CLARITY Act language to address stablecoin deposit flight as the Senate prepares to release the crypto bill text.

Bitcoin rebounds towards $65K as cooling CPI slashes July Fed hike odds

14 July 2026 at 21:37
Bitcoin has climbed back toward the $65,000 level after softer-than-expected U.S. inflation data sharply reduced market expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike at the July policy meeting. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the consumer price index…

American retirees use ETH AI auto trading via MoneySimpler to earn $58,500 stable passive income monthly

14 July 2026 at 20:59
As interest in AI-driven investing grows, platforms like MoneySimpler are attracting retirees seeking automated digital asset management and trading tools. In the United States, many retirees are starting to look into digital asset investments, hoping to generate additional income beyond…

Cathie Wood defies AI bubble alarm with fresh SpaceX stock buy

14 July 2026 at 20:43
Cathie Wood has expanded ARK Invest’s position in SpaceX with a new $21.3 million purchase even as fresh warnings about a potential AI-driven market bubble have unsettled investor sentiment. According to data from Yahoo Finance, SpaceX stock continued its recent…

Circle stock tumbles as US banks challenge CLARITY Act loophole

14 July 2026 at 19:32
Circle Internet Group shares have dropped more than 2% in pre-market trading after US banking groups urged the Senate to tighten stablecoin provisions in the CLARITY Act, adding fresh pressure to the stock. According to a joint letter from several…

Bitcoin’s safety: $470 billion in assets may be a target of quantum hackers

14 July 2026 at 19:23
Quantum computing concerns are renewing focus on Bitcoin security as institutions research long-term cryptographic protections and network resilience. With the continued development of quantum computing technology, the future security of Bitcoin has once again become a focus of market attention.…

Ethereum faces decisive $1,850 test with $2,200 rally on the table

14 July 2026 at 16:30
Ethereum has remained below $1,800 as traders await U.S. inflation data despite growing expectations of a breakout above $1,850. The second-largest cryptocurrency traded around $1,780 after briefly slipping toward $1,770 following the latest geopolitical flare-up in the Middle East. Oil…

Bitcoin price stalls below $63K as rising oil and CPI cloud outlook

14 July 2026 at 15:40
Bitcoin price has stabilized near $62,500 after a weekend plunge below $62,000, while renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities and an oil surge have kept analysts cautious before U.S. inflation data. According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin (BTC) price traded at about $62,504…

Former LA deputy jailed for lying in Adam Iza crypto extortion case

14 July 2026 at 14:50
A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after admitting he lied to federal investigators about threats made by a cryptocurrency businessman during a 2021 extortion incident. The U.S. Attorney’s Office…

Confirmo launches stablecoin subscription payments for enterprise billing

14 July 2026 at 12:56
Confirmo has launched a stablecoin subscription payment service that supports automated recurring billing across more than 700 self-custody wallets and exchange accounts. According to a July 14 press release shared with crypto.news, Subscribe allows enterprise businesses such as SaaS providers,…

Cumberland secures Singapore MPI licence for crypto payment services

14 July 2026 at 11:40
Cumberland has secured a Major Payment Institution licence from Singapore’s central bank, allowing its local unit to offer regulated digital payment token and cross-border money transfer services. According to an announcement by cryptocurrency trading and liquidity provider Cumberland on X,…

Trump unveils declassified 2020 election files in primetime address

14 July 2026 at 02:20
President Donald Trump has confirmed that he will unveil newly declassified 2020 election intelligence during a Thursday night address alongside top U.S. national security officials. According to MS NOW, Trump is scheduled to speak to the nation on Thursday at…

Michael Saylor raises $467M while Strategy halts Bitcoin buying

14 July 2026 at 02:06
Strategy has raised $466.7 million through fresh MSTR stock sales while leaving its Bitcoin holdings unchanged at 843,775 BTC for the week ending July 12. According to a Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Michael…

Gondor unlocks leveraged Polymarket bets with portfolio-backed credit

14 July 2026 at 01:23
Gondor has introduced a portfolio-backed margin account that allows Polymarket traders to borrow against their entire prediction market holdings instead of individual positions. According to Gondor’s announcement on Monday, the new product, called V1, uses a cross-margin system that evaluates…

Bitcoin braces for Waller warning as US inflation test looms

14 July 2026 at 00:44
Bitcoin has entered a high-risk week as fresh inflation data and renewed Federal Reserve rate concerns have intensified pressure on crypto markets. According to Reuters, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller warned that the U.S. central bank could consider raising interest…

Coinbase Ventures defies crypto slump with 30 startup deals

14 July 2026 at 00:11
Coinbase Ventures has completed 30 startup investments during the first half of 2026, maintaining the industry’s most active venture pace despite a sharp slowdown in overall crypto fundraising. According to CryptoRank, the venture arm of Coinbase led all crypto-focused investors…

Aave adopts Chainlink CCIP as default engine for cross-chain actions

13 July 2026 at 23:44
Aave has expanded its use of Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), making it the default infrastructure for cross-chain activity across its ecosystem. According to an announcement from Aave, the protocol has selected Chainlink CCIP to power cross-chain functions across the…

Hyundai trials Tether-powered treasury payments across US and Mexico

13 July 2026 at 22:10
Hyundai Motor’s U.S. and Mexican operations have completed a pilot cross-border treasury payment using Tether’s USDT stablecoin, settling a $20,000 transfer in about seven minutes over the Avalanche blockchain. According to Tether, the proof-of-concept involved Hyundai Motor America converting U.S.…

Trump revives Hormuz blockade as Bitcoin slips towards $62K

13 July 2026 at 20:54
Bitcoin has slipped over 2% toward $62,000 after President Donald Trump reinstated an Iranian blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and announced new cargo fees for ships crossing the waterway. According to a July 13 Truth Social post by President…

Trump triggers $20B crypto wipeout with Strait of Hormuz takeover claim

13 July 2026 at 20:09
Bitcoin and the broader crypto market have lost more than $20 billion in value after President Donald Trump’s latest remarks on the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil prices higher and accelerated risk-off selling. Trump’s comments have intensified pressure across global…

Trump urges Senate to honor Graham by passing Clarity Act

13 July 2026 at 19:28
President Donald Trump has urged the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act in honor of the late Senator Lindsey Graham as lawmakers face a narrowing window before the August recess. Trump links crypto bill to Graham’s legacy In a Truth…

Tom Lee unveils Robinhood Chain as Bitmine buys 27,801 Ethereum

13 July 2026 at 19:02
Bitmine has expanded its Ethereum treasury by another 27,801 ETH, lifting its holdings above 5.77 million ETH, while Chairman Tom Lee has identified the Robinhood Chain as a fresh driver of Ethereum adoption. According to a press release from Bitmine,…

Dormant Bitcoin whale moves $188M after seven years of silence

13 July 2026 at 18:30
A Bitcoin wallet dormant since the cryptocurrency traded near $6,500 has transferred 2,931 BTC worth about $188 million, reviving onchain activity after seven years. Blockchain intelligence platform Arkham reported that the long-inactive holder moved the Bitcoin from wallet “356my” to…

Newly launched 2026 cloud mining app with smart AI, unaffected by market swings, earning up to $67,000 daily

13 July 2026 at 17:57
AI-powered cloud mining platforms are simplifying crypto participation by automating resource management, optimization, and daily operations for users. Over the past few years, cloud mining has undergone several technological iterations, but the barrier to entry remains a significant hurdle for…

Solana price forms a falling wedge, can it break past $80 psychological resistance?

13 July 2026 at 15:30
Solana price has remained below the $80 psychological barrier after renewed macro pressure and weakening risk appetite pushed buyers into a wait-and-see mode despite an emerging bullish chart pattern. According to data from crypto.news, Solana (SOL) price traded near $76.3…

Webull wins MiCAR approval to launch crypto services across Europe

13 July 2026 at 14:53
Webull EU has secured MiCAR approval in the Netherlands, clearing the way to launch regulated crypto custody services for European clients later this year under the bloc’s digital asset rulebook. Webull EU announced on Monday that the approval from the…

Metaplanet completes Siiibo deal and launches securities subsidiary

13 July 2026 at 14:07
Metaplanet has officially launched Metaplanet Securities, turning its completed acquisition of Siiibo Securities into a regulated digital asset investment banking business built around Bitcoin-backed financial products. According to Metaplanet, the new subsidiary succeeds the Tokyo-based brokerage acquired for JPY 2.1…

Ethereum price slips under $1,800 but charts still point to $2,140 target

13 July 2026 at 14:02
Ethereum has slipped below the key $1,800 level after renewed U.S.-Iran military escalation pushed oil prices higher and sent investors out of risk assets, although buyers continue to defend support near $1,750. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) price…

Bank of Thailand targets stablecoin transactions in latest probe

13 July 2026 at 13:37
Thailand has begun auditing high-value stablecoin transactions after authorities flagged suspicious transfers that may have bypassed normal financial reporting systems. According to local news outlet Thansettakij, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) and the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have…

Turkey charges 504 suspects in crypto-linked $1bn money laundering case

13 July 2026 at 11:28
Turkish prosecutors have accused 504 people of operating an alleged money laundering network that moved nearly 40 billion Turkish liras through shell companies, jewellery stores, payment providers and cryptocurrency transactions. According to a 1,548-page indictment prepared by the Istanbul Chief…

China proposes new legal framework for virtual currency money laundering cases

13 July 2026 at 11:06
China has proposed a series of judicial and procedural reforms to strengthen investigations, evidence handling and asset recovery in virtual currency money laundering cases, as prosecutors seek to close gaps in the country’s criminal enforcement framework. According to an article…

Senate Democrats renew push for hearings into Trump’s crypto holdings

13 July 2026 at 10:43
Democratic senators have renewed calls for Senate hearings into President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency business interests after his latest financial disclosure reported about $1.4 billion in crypto-related income as lawmakers prepare to vote on the CLARITY Act. A notice released on…

The general leaves before the war ends: Paul Grewal exits Coinbase on the eve of CLARITY

12 July 2026 at 00:07
On July 8, Paul Grewal notified Coinbase that he was resigning as chief legal officer and corporate secretary, effective July 31. The company disclosed the departure in an 8-K filing the next day, and by Thursday evening the announcement had…

Ripple is regulated in Europe before it is classified in America: inside the Luxembourg license

11 July 2026 at 23:42
On July 6, Luxembourg’s financial regulator, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, upgraded Ripple’s preliminary Crypto-Asset Service Provider authorization into a full license under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework. The approval means Ripple can passport regulated crypto…

Three weeks to 2030: the seven-Democrat math that decides the CLARITY Act

11 July 2026 at 23:10
Sometime in the week of July 13, according to people briefed on the negotiations, Senate staff will release a unified draft of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, merging months of parallel work by the Banking and Agriculture Committees into…

Ripple’s best year is XRP’s worst: the disconnect between $3.5b in tokenized assets and a $1 token

11 July 2026 at 22:31
In the last week of June, XRP printed its weakest price since late 2024, briefly touching $1.01 before stabilizing in the $1.05 to $1.13 range where it has traded through early July. The token is down more than 25% for…

Robinhood Chain threatens Base as daily transactions surge to 7.6 million

11 July 2026 at 16:29
Robinhood Chain has processed 7.6 million daily transactions just 11 days after its mainnet launch, narrowing the gap with Coinbase’s Base and accelerating competition among Ethereum Layer 2 networks. According to on-chain data shared by MSBIntel and verified by Token…

Binance ignores summer slowdown as futures volume tops $1.6 trillion

11 July 2026 at 16:10
Binance’s monthly futures trading volume has climbed to about $1.63 trillion in June, reaching its highest level of 2026 despite cautious crypto market sentiment and the seasonal slowdown that usually weighs on trading activity. According to CryptoQuant analyst JA Maartun,…

Hong Kong Clearing exposes fake crypto wallet scam using cash rewards

11 July 2026 at 15:44
Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited has uncovered multiple counterfeit websites that use cash rewards and virtual wallet transactions to steal personal and banking information from users. According to a July 10 notice from Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited (HKICL), the…

Tom Lee predicts Ethereum will unite Wall Street and crypto

11 July 2026 at 15:19
Tom Lee has reaffirmed that Ethereum will play the central role as traditional finance and cryptocurrency converge into a single market. According to a post published by Bitmine chairman Tom Lee on X, he believes the line separating traditional financial…

Morgan Stanley buys another 1,000 Bitcoin as holdings top 5,700 BTC

11 July 2026 at 14:52
Morgan Stanley has increased its Bitcoin holdings by nearly 1,000 BTC over the past two weeks, lifting its tracked balance above 5,700 BTC, according to on-chain data. According to blockchain intelligence platform Arkham, the investment bank continued adding Bitcoin through…

Suspected Hedera exploit sends over $5.8M to Ethereum as HBAR slips

11 July 2026 at 13:37
Hedera’s native token HBAR has fallen more than 2% after blockchain security researchers reported that a suspected exploit had moved more than $5.8 million in assets from the Hedera network to Ethereum. According to blockchain security researcher Specter, the suspected…

Empery abandons part of Bitcoin treasury to tackle debt burden

11 July 2026 at 13:12
Empery has sold 1,400 Bitcoin for about $87.1 million since May, using the proceeds to reduce debt, fund acquisitions, cover legal costs, and strengthen its cash position while scaling back part of its Bitcoin treasury. Bitcoin sales have strengthened Empery’s…

Vitalik Buterin urges Elon Musk to remake X for AI governance

11 July 2026 at 12:34
Vitalik Buterin has called on Elon Musk to reshape X into a platform where ordinary users can help coordinate global AI governance instead of leaving key decisions to governments and large institutions. According to a July 11 thread published by…

ESMA targets MiCA crypto custodians with resilience review

11 July 2026 at 12:08
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a supervisory review of MiCA-authorized crypto custodians, moving its focus from licensing to testing how firms handle operational risks in practice. According to the European Securities and Markets Authority, the regulator…

Robinhood hands AI agents your crypto trades in major platform shift

11 July 2026 at 10:58
Robinhood has introduced plans to let eligible U.S. customers authorize AI agents to execute cryptocurrency trades on their behalf, extending automated investing beyond stocks and options. Robinhood said during a Friday presentation that the upcoming feature will allow eligible U.S.-based…

Backpack challenges Wall Street with 24/7 tokenized US stocks

11 July 2026 at 02:34
Backpack has launched 24/7 trading for tokenized U.S. stocks across more than 150 countries, giving eligible investors direct ownership of selected equities with instant settlement. Backpack announced on Thursday that users outside the United States can now trade a group…

Kraken launches AI investing assistant to challenge traditional advisors

11 July 2026 at 02:12
Kraken has launched an AI-powered investing assistant that delivers personalized portfolio recommendations and market insights while keeping final trading decisions in users’ hands. According to Kraken, the new mobile experience replaces a trading-first interface with a goal-based approach that asks…

South Korea tests blockchain stablecoin in first government pilot

11 July 2026 at 01:55
South Korea has launched its first government-backed blockchain stablecoin pilot after Gyeonggi Province confirmed an eight-month proof-of-concept program scheduled to begin in August. According to blockchain media outlet NexBlock, Gyeonggi Province, the country’s most populous province, will begin testing a…

OpenAI sold AI to Pentagon-blacklisted Chinese firms, raising alarms

11 July 2026 at 01:39
OpenAI has reportedly supplied AI technology to Chinese companies on the Pentagon’s military-linked blacklist, adding fresh scrutiny to U.S. controls over advanced artificial intelligence exports. According to the reported findings, OpenAI and Google provided access to their AI models to…

Pi Network price prediction July 2026: 103.7 million unlocks vs three new products

11 July 2026 at 01:03
Pi Network entered July 2026 at a fresh all-time low near $0.10, its most oversold reading since launch, facing a supply-and-demand collision the whole market is watching. On the supply side, 103.7 million tokens unlock this month. On the demand…

Bitcoin price prediction July 2026: The Fed decides at month-end

10 July 2026 at 23:39
Bitcoin closed the worst half-year in its recent history near $60,000, down from $93,000 in January and fresh off a 21-month low, and almost none of the damage came from crypto itself. The Federal Reserve and record ETF outflows did…

Zcash price has climbed above $500 as Ironwood upgrade optimism lifts trader activity

10 July 2026 at 22:57
Zcash price has rallied past $500 after open interest jumped to $1.02 billion and traders accumulated positions ahead of the July 28 Ironwood upgrade. According to data from crypto.news, Zcash (ZEC) price has risen more than 7% over the past…

Trump signals new Iran talks as Bitcoin surges past $64K

10 July 2026 at 22:21
Bitcoin has climbed above the $64,000 level after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that the United States has agreed to continue talks with Iran following a new request from Tehran. According to a post by President Trump on Truth Social,…

Standard Chartered backs Bitcoin despite Strategy selloff fears

10 July 2026 at 20:34
Bitcoin has climbed back above $64,000 after Standard Chartered reaffirmed its $100,000 year-end 2026 price target and argued that recent selling linked to Strategy has not weakened Bitcoin’s long-term outlook. Standard Chartered said the recent decline in Bitcoin was driven…

Elizabeth Warren demands Trump crypto probe before CLARITY Act push

10 July 2026 at 20:11
Lawmakers have intensified calls for an investigation into President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency holdings as the Senate prepares to advance the CLARITY Act. According to a joint statement from Democratic senators, ranking members from five Senate committees have asked Congress to…

Bitcoin price challenges $65K after Trump signals possible Iran talks

10 July 2026 at 19:29
Bitcoin price has climbed toward the key $65,000 resistance zone after U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran had reached out to Washington to discuss a possible agreement, easing geopolitical concerns and lifting demand across risk assets. According to data from…

The SecondFi recovery: 16 million stolen ADA and crypto’s restitution experiment

10 July 2026 at 17:45
An exploit drained roughly 16 million ADA, about $2.4 million, from 374 Cardano wallets in late June. What happened next is the interesting part: EMURGO, one of Cardano’s founding entities, announced a recovery path to return the assets within two…

Ethereum price climbs toward $1,800 as short squeeze and risk-on rally gather pace

10 July 2026 at 14:48
Ethereum price has rebounded to nearly $1,800 after easing geopolitical tensions and an aggressive short squeeze across crypto derivatives restored appetite for risk assets, while traders now watch whether bulls can force a breakout above a key technical ceiling. The…

Robinhood Chain did $570M volume on $21M of liquidity. The launch-week autopsy

10 July 2026 at 13:38
Robinhood built a blockchain for tokenized stocks and institutional-grade real-world assets. In its first week, the chain did $570 million of volume against $21.68 million of liquidity, a 26-to-1 ratio that exists nowhere else in DeFi, and most of it…

HSBC completes first tokenized structured product pilot for institutional investors

10 July 2026 at 12:00
HSBC has completed its first blockchain-based issuance of a digitally native structured product, using tokenized U.S. dollar-denominated notes in a private placement for institutional investors in Hong Kong. According to HSBC, the pilot transaction involved U.S. dollar-denominated structured notes issued…

Goldman Sachs blocks staff from trading prediction markets tied to elections and finance

10 July 2026 at 11:04
Goldman Sachs has prohibited employees from trading prediction market contracts tied to the bank, elections, financial markets, macroeconomic data, and geopolitics as companies respond to growing insider trading risks on event-based platforms. CNBC reported that the investment bank introduced the…

Robinhood Chain surpasses $70M in bridged Ether after launch

10 July 2026 at 10:23
Robinhood Chain has attracted more than $70 million worth of bridged Ether within its first week, strengthening Ethereum’s role as the settlement layer behind the brokerage’s new tokenized finance network. Data from Token Terminal showed the Arbitrum-based layer-2 network crossed…

Polymarket files three NFA applications for US margin trading

10 July 2026 at 09:12
Polymarket has filed three registration applications with the National Futures Association as it seeks to introduce margin trading for U.S. users. According to the National Futures Association’s BASIC database, Polymarket affiliate Coming Home GBA LLC submitted the applications through PM…

Hyperliquid Policy Center and Phantom call for DeFi specific CFTC regulations

10 July 2026 at 08:45
Hyperliquid Policy Center and Phantom have urged the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to update its rulebook for onchain trading, arguing that existing regulations built for traditional financial markets do not fit decentralized infrastructure. According to a joint comment letter…

UK Labour MPs push for permanent crypto donation ban after Farage resignation

10 July 2026 at 08:35
UK Labour MPs have proposed making a temporary ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties permanent after Nigel Farage resigned amid investigations into multimillion-pound gifts linked to crypto industry figures. The Guardian reported on Thursday that members of the ruling…

Bitdeer unveils $36M Nevada factory to shake up Bitcoin mining

10 July 2026 at 02:27
Bitdeer Technologies has unveiled a $36 million manufacturing facility in Nevada, bringing production of its SEALMINER Bitcoin mining machines to the United States. According to Bitdeer, the new plant in Sparks, Nevada, will manufacture key components for the company’s SEALMINER…

Ethereum Foundation reveals why AI still fails at finding real bugs

10 July 2026 at 01:48
The Ethereum Foundation has revealed that the biggest challenge in AI-assisted security research has become proving which reported vulnerabilities are genuine rather than finding potential bugs. According to the Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol Security team, recent experiments with coordinated AI agents…

XRP price rises as SWIFT taps Ripple-linked banks for blockchain payments

9 July 2026 at 23:52
XRP price has climbed about 1.6% after SWIFT announced a blockchain payments pilot involving 17 banks, including several with Ripple ties. According to SWIFT, the pilot will evaluate whether distributed ledger technology can support international payments across participating financial institutions.…

Raymond James shocks Wall Street with $800 SpaceX stock target

9 July 2026 at 22:59
SpaceX shares have gained fresh momentum after Raymond James initiated coverage with an $800 price target, implying about 440% upside from current levels. According to Raymond James, the brokerage has started coverage of SpaceX with a Strong Buy rating and…

Trump White House rejects SEC snub claims before CLARITY showdown

9 July 2026 at 22:29
The Trump White House has rejected accusations that it is refusing to nominate Democratic commissioners to the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission as the Senate moves closer to debating the CLARITY Act. According to a letter…

Kalshi targets gold perpetuals as Robinhood rivalry heats up

9 July 2026 at 22:02
Kalshi has intensified its push into regulated perpetual futures by seeking approval to launch gold, foreign exchange, and energy contracts as competition with Robinhood expands beyond crypto. According to Reuters, the prediction markets platform is in advanced discussions with U.S.…

Hong Kong SFC forces crypto platforms to ditch SMS authentication

9 July 2026 at 21:41
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has ordered licensed crypto trading platforms and online brokers to replace SMS-based authentication with phishing-resistant login methods within the next 12 months. According to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), virtual…

Bank of Korea defends bank-first stablecoin plan amid bill deadlock

9 July 2026 at 20:39
The Bank of Korea has reaffirmed that won-denominated stablecoins should initially be issued through bank-led consortiums, reinforcing its position as South Korea’s digital asset legislation remains stalled. According to local reports from Digital Asset and EDaily, the Bank of Korea…

MARA bets big on Texas AI hub as shares outperform crypto peers

9 July 2026 at 20:12
MARA Holdings has expanded its AI and digital infrastructure footprint by acquiring a 1,200-acre powered land site in Texas, helping lift its shares more than 12% as the Bitcoin miner continues to outperform many publicly traded crypto companies. According to…

Wells Fargo loads up on Strategy while trimming BlackRock Bitcoin ETF

9 July 2026 at 19:19
Wells Fargo has expanded its exposure to Strategy while reducing part of its BlackRock Bitcoin ETF position, according to its latest regulatory filing that also shows larger investments across Ethereum and Solana-linked products. According to the bank’s latest filing with…

Robinhood Chain shocks DeFi as Uniswap volume hits $500M in 8 days

9 July 2026 at 18:55
Robinhood Chain has recorded $500 million in daily Uniswap trading volume within just eight days of launch, lifting total value locked above $106 million and pushing the Arbitrum-powered network into the top ranks of decentralized finance activity. DeFiLlama data shows…

PayPal brings PYUSD stablecoin to Polygon’s Open Money Stack

9 July 2026 at 18:00
PayPal USD (PYUSD) has become natively available on Polygon through the Polygon Open Money Stack, giving businesses direct access to the regulated stablecoin across payment, compliance and fiat conversion services. According to a press release shared with crypto.news, Paxos-issued PYUSD…

What is a multisig wallet? How crypto’s biggest treasuries get secured, and robbed

9 July 2026 at 17:30
Multisignature wallets guard most of the serious money in crypto: DAO treasuries, exchange cold storage, protocol funds, and the savings of the security-conscious. They are also at the center of the industry’s biggest heists, from Bybit’s $1.5 billion to this…

XRP price prediction after breakout puts $1.14 and $1.18 back in focus

9 July 2026 at 15:30
XRP has recovered from this week’s sharp sell-off after defending the $1.07 support zone, with traders weighing an emerging bullish chart breakout against persistent geopolitical and regulatory risks that continue to cap upside. According to data from crypto.news, XRP (XRP)…

INTERPOL operation blocks illicit crypto transfers and leads to 5,811 arrests

9 July 2026 at 14:55
INTERPOL-led operation has resulted in 5,811 arrests, blocked more than 31,000 bank accounts, and intercepted $293 million in illicit assets across 97 countries and territories during a global crackdown on fraud and crypto-linked money laundering. According to an INTERPOL statement…

Ethereum price holds $1,750 as Middle East tensions and $1,800 wall cap recovery

9 July 2026 at 14:31
Ethereum price has remained pinned near $1,750 after renewed Middle East tensions triggered a risk-off mood across financial markets and sellers once again defended the $1,800 resistance zone. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) price traded around $1,756 on…

ChatGPT gave OpenAI a $1 trillion valuation, Stargate LLM shares that upside with users while Ethereum, ADA prices tumble

8 July 2026 at 21:00
Stargate LLM is gaining attention as investors compare crypto-native AI models with traditional AI platforms and explore community-focused alternatives. OpenAI loses roughly $1.22 for every $1 it earns, and internal projections point to $14 to $27 billion in losses this…

Hyundai Card uses USDT and Avalanche for first intercompany remittance trial

9 July 2026 at 11:38
Hyundai Card has completed its first stablecoin-based cross-border remittance test, settling a $20,000 payment between Hyundai Motor’s U.S. and Mexican entities in about seven minutes using USDT on Avalanche. According to a Hyundai Card press release, the proof-of-concept (PoC) involved…

AscendEX shuts down, says users may not recover full crypto balances

9 July 2026 at 10:54
AscendEX has shut down operations after citing regulatory requirements under the European Union’s MiCA framework and mounting financial difficulties, while warning that some customers may not recover their full crypto balances. According to a notice published by the cryptocurrency exchange…

Senator Ron Wyden urges Congress to keep developer protections in CLARITY Act

9 July 2026 at 10:35
Sen. Ron Wyden has urged Senate leaders to keep legal protections for non-custodial blockchain developers in the CLARITY Act as negotiations over the crypto market structure bill continue. In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate…

EU targets MiCA overhaul as US GENIUS Act reshapes stablecoin rules

9 July 2026 at 00:27
The European Union has begun preparing changes to its Markets in Crypto-Assets framework after the United States enacted the GENIUS Act, with regulators expected to review stablecoin rules and other digital asset provisions from 2027. According to a report published…

Fed flags AI inflation risk as rate hike odds climb above 59%

9 July 2026 at 00:03
The Federal Reserve has warned that strong artificial intelligence-related demand could keep inflation elevated, while market pricing for a U.S. interest rate hike this year has climbed above 59%. According to the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s June Federal Open…

Circle faces July 18 GENIUS Act test as CRCL stock risks fresh slide

8 July 2026 at 23:39
Circle stock has remained under pressure ahead of the July 18 deadline for U.S. regulators to publish implementation rules for the GENIUS Act, while technical indicators continue to point to downside risks for CRCL shares. According to the GENIUS Act…

Donald Trump vows fresh Iran strikes as $500B vanishes from markets

8 July 2026 at 23:08
More than $500 billion has been wiped from U.S. stock markets after President Donald Trump declared the U.S.-Iran ceasefire effectively over and warned that Washington could launch fresh military action against Iran. According to remarks Trump made to reporters, he…

XRP Ledger hits 1M AI payments as Ripple-backed t54.ai launches hub

8 July 2026 at 22:43
The XRP Ledger has surpassed 1 million AI-driven payments through the x402 protocol as Ripple-backed t54.ai has launched a dedicated AI Hub for developers, payment services, and autonomous agents building on the network. According to a post on X from…

Google bans Chrome prediction market extensions amid Kalshi battle

8 July 2026 at 21:41
Google has updated its Chrome Web Store rules to prohibit prediction market extensions that facilitate real-money transactions, with enforcement set to begin on Aug. 1, 2026. According to Google’s latest update to its Developer Program policies, browser extensions that “facilitate…

Donald Trump vows fresh Iran strikes as Bitcoin slips below $62K

8 July 2026 at 20:00
Bitcoin has dropped below the $62,000 mark after U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened another round of military strikes against Iran, raising concerns that the conflict could intensify further. According to President Trump, speaking at the NATO Summit in Ankara,…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX wallet stirs Bitcoin fears as SPCX sinks 25%

8 July 2026 at 19:00
SpaceX has transferred Bitcoin for the first time in six months, while its newly listed SPCX shares have fallen more than 25% from recent highs despite joining the Nasdaq-100. According to Arkham Intelligence, a wallet linked to Elon Musk’s SpaceX…

OpenAI lands GPT-5.6 approval as traders rush pre-IPO futures

8 July 2026 at 18:30
OpenAI has secured U.S. government clearance for its GPT-5.6 model, removing a key regulatory hurdle as traders turn their attention to the company’s pre-IPO perpetual futures market. Axios first reported that the U.S. Department of Commerce has granted general permission…

Stocks vs crypto: Comparing two popular investment options

8 July 2026 at 18:21
DOGEBALL is drawing interest from investors comparing traditional stocks with crypto presales as they seek higher-growth digital asset opportunities. Many retail investors stand at a financial crossroads trying to decide where to allocate capital. Traditional stock markets have offered stable,…

American CryptoFed presses SEC as Locke token nears key deadline

8 July 2026 at 18:00
American CryptoFed has urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to recognize its Locke governance token registration ahead of an Aug. 17 deadline that the organization says should take effect automatically under federal securities law. According to a memorandum published…

Zcash price rejected at $500 resistance, yet charts point to another rebound

8 July 2026 at 17:00
Zcash price has pulled back from the $500 resistance zone after a sharp rally driven by renewed optimism around the upcoming Ironwood upgrade, although technical indicators still favor another attempt higher if key support levels continue to hold. According to…

XRP price eyes drop to $1 as it loses a key support

8 July 2026 at 15:30
XRP has slipped below a key short-term support near $1.10, with sellers regaining control as traders lock in profits after Ripple’s latest European regulatory win and macro risk sentiment weakens across global markets. The token traded around $1.08 on Tuesday…

Upbit operator Dunamu wins bid for South Korea police crypto custody contract

8 July 2026 at 15:01
Dunamu, the operator of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, has been selected as the preferred bidder for the Korean National Police Agency’s one-year seized digital asset custody contract. Procurement records published by South Korea’s Public Procurement Service showed that Dunamu…

Ethereum price eyes drop to $1,650 as it forms bearish rounding top

8 July 2026 at 14:23
Ethereum has weakened for a second straight session as a bearish rounding-top pattern and renewed selling pressure threaten a move toward $1,650. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) was trading near $1,737 at press time, down nearly 2% over…

India’s RBI renews anti crypto stance as tax reporting concerns persist

8 July 2026 at 13:53
India’s central bank has renewed its recommendation for a cryptocurrency policy leaning toward prohibition, while tax authorities have warned that offshore trading continues to make crypto tax enforcement difficult. According to internal government documents reviewed by Reuters, the Reserve Bank…

Bitmine buys another $70M in ETH as treasury nears 5% of supply

8 July 2026 at 12:28
This article has been updated to include a chart showing Bitmine’s share price performance over the past day. Bitmine has increased its Ethereum treasury with another $70 million purchase, taking its holdings to nearly 5% of the token’s circulating supply.…

South Korean super app Toss partners with Optimism for won linked stablecoin trial

8 July 2026 at 12:05
South Korean financial super-app Toss has signed a strategic agreement with Optimism and Sunnyside Labs to test blockchain infrastructure for South Korean won-linked stablecoins through a three-month technology verification program. According to a press release shared with crypto.news, the financial…

EU lawmakers revisit Chat Control rules: what does it mean for crypto?

8 July 2026 at 11:34
EU lawmakers have reopened a vote on extending the bloc’s temporary “chat control” framework, setting up a decision that could allow online platforms to continue scanning private messages for child sexual abuse material until 2028. According to Euronews, the European…

Russia advances crypto bill after dropping wallet address disclosure rule

8 July 2026 at 11:08
Russia’s State Duma committee has approved a revised cryptocurrency regulation bill for its second reading, removing a proposed requirement to declare crypto wallet addresses while adding provisions for crypto-funded investments and new transfer controls. According to a statement shared through…

Gemini launches commission free U.S. stock trading in super app push

8 July 2026 at 10:38
Gemini has launched commission-free stock trading for customers across most U.S. states, adding thousands of exchange-listed securities to its app as it expands beyond cryptocurrency services. According to Gemini’s announcement on Tuesday, eligible customers can now buy and sell thousands…

Nigel Farage resigns as MP amid crypto donor gifts controversy

8 July 2026 at 00:51
Nigel Farage has resigned as a Member of Parliament after confirming he will seek re-election in a by-election while facing scrutiny over multimillion-dollar gifts from figures linked to the crypto industry. According to statements Farage made during an X livestream…

Bitcoin Suisse lands Abu Dhabi license to unlock UAE crypto expansion

8 July 2026 at 00:13
Bitcoin Suisse has secured full regulatory approval in Abu Dhabi, allowing the Swiss crypto firm to expand its regulated digital asset business across the United Arab Emirates. ADGM approval opens regulated crypto services across the UAE According to a July…

SEC targets crypto market overhaul with three major rule proposals

7 July 2026 at 23:34
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has added three major crypto-related rule proposals to its 2026 regulatory agenda, expanding its work on digital asset regulation while Congress continues to debate the CLARITY Act. According to the SEC’s Agency Rule List,…

Grayscale defends Strategy’s Bitcoin sale with unexpected bullish case

7 July 2026 at 20:41
Grayscale Research has argued that Strategy’s recent $216 million Bitcoin sale has improved the company’s financial position while helping create conditions for a more stable Bitcoin price. According to a July 6 report from Grayscale Research, the market reaction to…

BlackRock breaks ETF drought as Bitcoin flashes fresh rally signal

7 July 2026 at 20:23
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust has recorded its strongest inflow in weeks, helping lift total U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF demand to $265.7 million and adding fresh support to Bitcoin’s latest recovery. According to data from Farside Investors, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust…

Tether backs Mercado Bitcoin with $20M to expand blockchain finance

7 July 2026 at 20:02
Tether has invested $20 million in Mercado Bitcoin to support the Brazilian company’s expansion across tokenized assets, blockchain payments, lending, and on-chain capital markets. According to a July 7 announcement from Tether on Tuesday, the investment forms part of a…

EU Parliament targets DeFi and NFTs in post-MiCA crypto push

7 July 2026 at 19:45
EU lawmakers have approved a policy position calling for a review of whether decentralized finance, staking, crypto lending, borrowing and NFTs should be brought more clearly under the European Union’s crypto rulebook after MiCA’s rollout. According to the European Parliament,…

AEREDIUM collaborates with Alba Bay’s $5.4 billion development to explore the future of RWA payment infrastructure

7 July 2026 at 17:37
AEREDIUM has joined the Lava Tokenization Sandbox with Lava Foundation and BHL to explore future infrastructure models for tokenized assets. AEREDIUM, the blockchain infrastructure company building the security and settlement layer for tokenized assets, today announced that it has joined…

Free cloud mining platforms of 2026: EX DeFi makes earning BTC and XRP easy for everyone

7 July 2026 at 17:00
EX DeFi is gaining attention as an AI-powered cloud mining platform, offering users access to BTC, DOGE, and LTC mining without owning hardware. As we enter 2026, mainstream digital assets such as Bitcoin (BTC), Dogecoin (DOGE), and Litecoin (LTC) continue…

Solana price prediction as tokenized assets drive network activity to record highs

7 July 2026 at 17:00
Solana has extended its July rally after record on-chain activity, tokenized stock issuance, and steady ETF inflows revived bullish sentiment. According to data from crypto.news, Solana (SOL) extended its recovery this week, gaining roughly 11% over several sessions to trade…

Fed rate cuts or higher rates: How to choose between oil, gold, and real estate investments in 2026

7 July 2026 at 16:17
XRPPower integrates AI analysis, automated management, and risk monitoring as investors explore new digital finance solutions amid global market uncertainty. Entering 2026, global financial markets remain highly focused on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy. In recent years, the Fed…

Bitcoin price stalls below $64K as Fed hopes meet oil risks and bearish divergence

7 July 2026 at 15:48
Bitcoin has held above $63,000 after last week’s macro-driven rebound, but traders are now weighing expectations of Federal Reserve rate cuts against rising geopolitical tensions and mounting technical resistance. According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin (BTC) price traded around $63,100…

Coinbase wins UK approval to expand into equities and derivatives

7 July 2026 at 14:31
Coinbase has secured UK regulatory approval to expand beyond crypto, clearing the way to offer derivatives and equities through its platform under a single account. According to a July 7 announcement, the company has received UK authorisation to provide investment…

Digital Chamber files amicus brief in New York dormant Bitcoin ownership case

7 July 2026 at 14:05
Blockchain trade group the Digital Chamber has filed an amicus brief opposing a New York lawsuit that seeks ownership of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallet addresses holding an estimated 3.7 million BTC. In a court filing submitted on Monday, the Digital…

$2M Ether swap ends in $14K after low liquidity routing mistake

7 July 2026 at 10:48
A trader has lost nearly $2 million in an Ether swap after a decentralized exchange router sent the transaction through a low-liquidity pool, allowing a same-block arbitrage trade to capture almost the entire value. According to blockchain security firm GoPlus…

President Trump says China and politics shaped his pro-crypto pivot

7 July 2026 at 09:17
President Trump said politics helped push him toward crypto, while citing China, Bitcoin, family ventures and U.S. crypto policy in office again.

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President Trump said politics helped push him toward crypto, while citing China, Bitcoin, family ventures and U.S. crypto policy in office again.

BonkDAO reveals $20M treasury raid after malicious governance attack

7 July 2026 at 08:23
BonkDAO has disclosed that attackers have drained roughly $20 million worth of BONK tokens from its treasury after exploiting a malicious governance proposal. According to a statement published by BonkDAO on X, the unauthorized proposal allowed an unknown entity to…

UNDP expands Stellar blockchain after pilots slash aid payment costs

7 July 2026 at 08:02
The United Nations Development Programme has expanded its partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation after blockchain payment pilots cut aid distribution costs from 10% to 2% and kept payments running during network outages. The United Nations Development Programme announced Monday…

Polymarket is under scrutiny in South Korea, here’s why

7 July 2026 at 00:00
South Korea has given Polymarket an opportunity to defend its operations before regulators decide whether to seek corrective action over concerns that the prediction market platform may violate the country’s gambling laws. The Broadcasting, Media and Communications Review Committee said…

Belgium regulator drops warning against six crypto platforms

6 July 2026 at 23:30
Belgium’s financial markets regulator has added six crypto platforms to its warning list after finding they are operating in the country without the authorization required under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets MiCA framework. According to Belgium’s Financial Services and…

FCA unveils AI roadmap that could reshape the future of digital money

6 July 2026 at 23:00
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has published a 147-page roadmap warning that autonomous AI systems could transform retail financial services while increasing the need for programmable digital payment infrastructure. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has released a detailed review outlining…

SpaceX eyes $180 as Nasdaq-100 entry sparks $4.3B buying rush

6 July 2026 at 21:50
SpaceX shares have remained under pressure ahead of their Nasdaq-100 debut, even as the upcoming index inclusion is expected to trigger roughly $4.3 billion in passive fund buying. According to Nasdaq, SpaceX will officially join the Nasdaq-100 before the opening…

TeraWulf jumps as $19B Anthropic lease accelerates AI data center expansion

6 July 2026 at 21:35
TeraWulf has secured a 20-year lease with Anthropic expected to generate nearly $19 billion in contracted revenue, sending the Bitcoin miner’s stock sharply higher despite weakness across crypto-related equities. AI infrastructure becomes TeraWulf’s biggest growth driver According to a press…

Solana price remains on recovery path as on-chain activity reaches new high

6 July 2026 at 21:24
Solana price has held above key technical support even after slipping 1.7%, while U.S.-listed spot Solana ETFs have continued attracting fresh inflows as Bitcoin and Ethereum funds recorded weekly withdrawals. After climbing more than 15% last week, Solana (SOL) price…

Bitmine defies Strategy selloff as Ethereum bet lifts BMNR stock

6 July 2026 at 21:06
Bitmine Immersion Technologies’ stock has climbed more than 4% after the company expanded its Ethereum treasury with another 42,197 ETH, even as Strategy shares slipped following a Bitcoin sale. According to Bitmine, the company purchased 42,197 ETH between June 29…

While ADA, ETH sink to multi-year lows, money is rotating into AI, Stargate LLM leads the charge with 50x potential

6 July 2026 at 21:00
As Ethereum and Cardano face steep declines, investors are increasingly exploring AI-focused blockchain projects such as Stargate LLM. Ethereum spent 2025 in the room with the majors, trading near $5,000 and trading places with Bitcoin as the asset every altcoin…

Robinhood bucks crypto selloff as Trump launches child accounts

6 July 2026 at 20:40
Robinhood shares have climbed more than 2% after the Trump administration officially launched the Trump Accounts savings program, even as the broader crypto market turned lower. The White House officially launched the Trump Accounts initiative on Monday with a ceremony…

SpaceX set to unlock $4.3B in forced buying with Nasdaq-100 entry

6 July 2026 at 20:22
SpaceX has been scheduled to enter the Nasdaq-100 Index on July 7, a move that JPMorgan estimates could generate about $4.3 billion in automatic buying from passive investment funds. According to a Nasdaq announcement, SpaceX will join the Nasdaq-100 before…

Binance lists Strategy’s STRC stock as company expands Bitcoin funding

6 July 2026 at 20:07
Binance has added spot trading for Strategy’s STRC perpetual preferred stock after the Bitcoin treasury firm sold 3,588 BTC for $216 million and increased its USD reserves to $2.55 billion. According to an official announcement published on July 6, Binance…

Vitalik Buterin unveils Ethereum’s biggest overhaul since The Merge

6 July 2026 at 19:07
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has unveiled a multi-year roadmap that places native privacy, quantum resistance, and protocol simplification at the center of Ethereum’s next major upgrade, describing it as the network’s largest transformation since The Merge. According to a roadmap…

Sberbank prepares crypto wallet as Russia’s digital asset law nears rollout

6 July 2026 at 18:10
Russia’s largest lender, Sberbank, has confirmed plans to launch a cryptocurrency wallet and digital asset depository within months after the country’s proposed digital asset law takes effect on Sept. 1. According to local news outlet RBC, Sberbank expects to integrate…

Two giants, same model: What Garlinghouse’s attack on Saylor reveals about Ripple

6 July 2026 at 17:20
Brad Garlinghouse called Strategy’s sliding preferred shares a damning indictment of financial engineering. Traders answered with an uncomfortable observation: Ripple also funds itself from the asset it champions, one billion escrowed XRP at a time. The feud between crypto’s two…

Ethereum price holds above $1,750 after 12% rally as bulls battle key resistance

6 July 2026 at 15:56
Ethereum has climbed about 12% since July 1 as weaker-than-expected U.S. employment data and renewed institutional inflows pushed buyers back into the market, although the asset now faces heavy resistance near the $1,800 level. Ethereum’s rally gathered pace after the…

Yim Leak seeks US discovery under 28 U.S.C. 1782 as social media data shows coordinated activity around Thailand’s largest asset freeze

6 July 2026 at 15:41
Thailand’s Anti-Money Laundering Office has frozen over $600 million in assets linked to Cambodian businessman Yim Leak under civil forfeiture laws. Thailand’s Anti-Money Laundering Office has frozen more than 20 billion baht, more than $600 million, in assets belonging to…

Bitcoin rallies toward $64K as ETF buyers return after June selloff

6 July 2026 at 15:10
Bitcoin has rebounded nearly 10% from its July 1 low as weak U.S. jobs data, lower oil prices, and a weekend short squeeze pushed traders back toward risk assets. According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin (BTC) price traded near $62,990…

South Korea opens hearing process in Polymarket gambling review

6 July 2026 at 14:47
South Korea has delayed any enforcement decision against Polymarket after giving the prediction market platform a chance to respond to concerns that its service may violate the country’s gambling laws. According to the Broadcasting, Media and Communications Review Committee, it…

Hong Kong crypto industry wins SFC backing for CVAP exam changes

6 July 2026 at 12:39
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has committed to separating the Certified Virtual Asset Platform practitioner exam from its mandatory course, reducing assessment fees, and improving study materials following talks with industry representatives. According to local media, the commitments were…

South Korean consortium completes won based digital currency pilot on Kaia

6 July 2026 at 12:07
South Korean blockchain consortium has completed a proof of concept showing a blockchain-based digital local currency processing payments and settlements in under one second with a reported 100% transaction success rate. According to South Korean news outlet Newsis, the K-STAR…

Nigel Farage denies wrongdoing over gifts linked to crypto fraudster

6 July 2026 at 11:11
Nigel Farage has faced fresh questions over undisclosed gifts after reports claimed he accepted support from a crypto entrepreneur with a US fraud conviction while serving as Reform UK leader. According to The Sunday Times, Farage received staff, security, transport…

European central bank leaders call for AI guardrails to protect markets

6 July 2026 at 10:52
European regulators have warned that rapid advances in agentic artificial intelligence have outpaced existing rulemaking, with central banks and financial authorities calling for new safeguards to reduce risks to financial markets. According to remarks made during the European Central Bank’s…

The corporate chain land grab: Base, Tempo, and now Robinhood Chain

4 July 2026 at 20:11
On July 1, Robinhood launched its own blockchain, joining Coinbase, Stripe, Circle, and Tether in the fastest-moving infrastructure race in crypto: giant consumer companies building their own rails instead of renting someone else’s. The land grab has a clear logic,…

French police bust $1.8M crypto villa scam targeting wealthy couple

4 July 2026 at 16:14
French police have arrested two suspected fraudsters accused of stealing about $1.8 million in cryptoassets from a wealthy couple during a fake villa sale after a year-long investigation. According to French newspaper Var-Matin, French police from the Gassin–Saint-Tropez gendarmerie arrested…

Trump’s Official Trump memecoin earned him $636M as buyers lost $3.8B

4 July 2026 at 15:24
President Donald Trump’s memecoin has generated a reported $636 million payout for him while nearly 1 million buyers have collectively lost $3.81 billion, according to newly analyzed blockchain data and financial disclosures. According to a report by The New York…

India probes Myanmar camps over alleged forced crypto scams

4 July 2026 at 14:56
India has opened an investigation after reports alleged that Indian nationals were trafficked into Myanmar and forced to carry out crypto fraud operations inside cyber scam compounds. According to police in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, authorities have registered…

DZ Bank brings crypto trading to millions through German banks

4 July 2026 at 14:12
Germany’s cooperative banking network has begun offering cryptocurrency trading through DZ Bank, opening digital asset access to millions of retail customers across the country. According to a Bloomberg report, the rollout gives customers of participating cooperative banks the ability to…

Bitcoin loss metric reaches rare level linked to past market bottoms

4 July 2026 at 12:57
CryptoQuant has reported that Bitcoin’s realized profit and loss ratio has dropped to a 43-month low of -0.35, a level that has historically appeared near major market bottoms. According to blockchain analytics platform CryptoQuant, Bitcoin’s realized profit and loss ratio…

Revolut drops Tether USDT as MiCA rules force major crypto shift

4 July 2026 at 12:35
Revolut has confirmed it will remove Tether’s USDT from eligible European accounts after new European Union crypto rules took effect under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. According to an email sent by Revolut to affected customers, the fintech company…

Bitcoin ETFs end 10-day outflow streak as weak jobs data lifts market sentiment

4 July 2026 at 12:15
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have recorded $221.7 million in net inflows, ending a 10-day withdrawal streak as softer U.S. economic data and easing Federal Reserve rate concerns helped Bitcoin recover from this week’s lows. According to data from SoSoValue,…

Nigel Farage faces watchdog probe over alleged Tether lobbying

4 July 2026 at 11:34
Nigel Farage has been reported to the UK Parliament’s standards watchdog over allegations that he lobbied the Bank of England on cryptocurrency policy in ways that could benefit one of his largest political backers, a major investor in stablecoin issuer…

Dave Portnoy vows to hold Bitcoin even if it crashes to zero

4 July 2026 at 10:58
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has vowed to hold his Bitcoin investment even if it falls to zero after revealing he is down millions on a position bought near $100,000. According to an interview with Fox Business host Stuart Varney,…

Major County Sheriffs abandon DeFi objection in CLARITY Act shift

4 July 2026 at 09:52
The Major County Sheriffs of America has withdrawn its opposition to the decentralized finance provision in the CLARITY Act, easing one of the main law enforcement concerns surrounding the proposed U.S. crypto market structure bill. According to a letter sent…

Trump taps Robinhood for new child investment account rollout

4 July 2026 at 02:06
Robinhood has emerged as a key platform in the rollout of the Trump Accounts program, with U.S. Treasury-backed child investment accounts scheduled to begin transfers ahead of the initiative’s July 4 launch. According to information surrounding the program, Robinhood is…

Upbit rejects Open USD role after stablecoin partner claims

4 July 2026 at 01:47
South Korean crypto exchange Upbit has rejected claims that it is participating in the issuance of Open USD after being listed among more than 140 organizations associated with the proposed stablecoin. According to a statement issued by Upbit, the exchange…

Gillibrand pushes crypto ethics ban after Trump’s $1.4b memecoin disclosure 

4 July 2026 at 00:59
President Donald Trump’s crypto income disclosure has intensified Senate ethics demands as lawmakers debate the CLARITY Act. In a Friday notice, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand reiterated her call for a ban on members of Congress and their spouses issuing or promoting…

Standard Chartered wins MiCA passport as EU approves 57 firms

4 July 2026 at 00:24
Standard Chartered has secured a MiCA passport as the European Securities and Markets Authority has added 57 newly authorized crypto firms to its register following the end of the EU’s transition period. According to the European Securities and Markets Authority…

ESMA warns Polymarket over EU rules that could trigger retail ban

3 July 2026 at 23:44
Europe’s securities regulator has warned that prediction market contracts offered in the European Union could already fall under existing financial rules, potentially triggering a long-standing retail ban on binary options. According to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), firms…

Bill Hagerty revives CLARITY Act hopes with new Senate roadmap

3 July 2026 at 23:15
The CLARITY Act has regained momentum after Senator Bill Hagerty outlined a revised Senate timeline that points to floor action after lawmakers return from the July recess. According to reports citing Senator Bill Hagerty, the U.S. Senate is expected to…

Coinbase defies Wall Street selloff as BofA flags investor exodus

3 July 2026 at 22:33
Coinbase stock has climbed nearly 19% in the past five trading sessions even as Bank of America says investors are pulling money out of U.S. equities at the fastest pace since March. According to a Bloomberg report, Bank of America…

Donald Trump denies knowing about $1.4B crypto windfall

3 July 2026 at 22:11
President Donald Trump has denied knowing about the at least $1.4 billion in crypto income disclosed in his latest financial filing, while defending both his personal gains and his family’s involvement in the digital asset industry. According to a CNBC…

Spotify demands Kalshi remove its logo after streaming market scandal

3 July 2026 at 21:41
Spotify has demanded that Kalshi remove its logo from the prediction market platform after manipulated streams influenced the settlement of a Spotify-based betting market. According to a Bloomberg report, Spotify has asked both Kalshi and Polymarket to remove its branding…

NEAR price breaks out after Bitwise revamps ETF filing with staking

3 July 2026 at 20:19
Bitwise has strengthened its proposed spot NEAR ETF with a staking feature in a new SEC filing, helping drive NEAR nearly 12% higher as the token broke above a multi-week downtrend. According to a revised S-1 registration statement submitted to…

Samsung distances itself from OUSD stablecoin founding consortium

3 July 2026 at 19:46
Samsung has distanced itself from the founding consortium behind the proposed OUSD stablecoin after being named among more than 140 partners announced for the project. According to a report by Chosun, several South Korean companies listed as founding members of…

Earn $5,000 daily: BM Blockchain helps users participate in Bitcoin mining without purchasing hardware

3 July 2026 at 19:37
BM Blockchain is promoting cloud mining as a simpler alternative to traditional Bitcoin mining by removing hardware and maintenance requirements. Bitcoin mining has long been viewed as a technical and capital-intensive activity. For many individuals, the biggest barriers are clear:…

SpaceX stock jumps after Donald Trump floats Elon Musk donation idea

3 July 2026 at 19:19
SpaceX stock has climbed after President Donald Trump said he believes Elon Musk may contribute SpaceX shares to the Trump Accounts program, adding to optimism ahead of the company’s expected Nasdaq-100 inclusion. According to market data, SpaceX ticker SPCX rose…

Cathie Wood snaps up $38m Tesla dip after Musk stock rout

3 July 2026 at 18:44
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has purchased nearly $38.1 million worth of Tesla shares after the electric vehicle maker suffered its sharpest one-day decline in weeks. According to ARK Invest’s latest daily trading disclosure, the investment firm bought 96,935 shares of…

Forget Bitcoin; XRP holders could earn up to $7,000 per day after ETF inflows

3 July 2026 at 15:09
Growing optimism around XRP ETF developments is driving interest in early-yield strategies, with EX DeFi gaining attention alongside cloud mining infrastructure. The optimism surrounding XRP ETF inflows is driving investors towards early-yield strategies, and the potential opportunities presented by cloud…

Worldcoin price breaks bearish channel with bulls targeting 50-day EMA

3 July 2026 at 14:47
Worldcoin has broken out of a short-term bearish channel after institutional accumulation and an upcoming reduction in token emissions triggered renewed buying interest, lifting WLD more than 16% from its July 2 low. According to data from crypto.news, Worldcoin (WLD)…

Brazil tightens crypto oversight with new capital rules for exchanges

3 July 2026 at 13:36
Brazil has approved new prudential rules that will require virtual asset service providers to meet capital, risk management, and disclosure standards from 2027. According to a local media report, Brazil’s Central Bank has approved a new set of prudential requirements…

Perceptron is turning idle bandwidth into AI training data

3 July 2026 at 12:51
The artificial intelligence sector is currently dealing with a severe training data bottleneck, especially as centralized technology monopolies are locking out early stage developers from high-quality information pipelines. Decentralized data infrastructure platform Perceptron is trying to address this structural bottleneck…

Stripe’s Bridge secures MiCA and EMI licenses to expand across EU

3 July 2026 at 12:05
Bridge has secured both a Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) crypto-asset service provider authorization and an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license in Luxembourg, giving it a regulated framework to offer services across all 27 European Union member states. According to Bridge,…

Humanity Protocol pivots to enterprise AI after $36 million hack

3 July 2026 at 11:28
Humanity Protocol has confirmed it is repositioning toward enterprise artificial intelligence products after a $36 million exploit accelerated an internal strategic overhaul that had already been under discussion for months. During a recent interview, Humanity Protocol founder Terence Kwok said…

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Humanity Protocol says a $36 million hack accelerated its move toward enterprise AI as the project continues token migration and recovery efforts.

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen invests in startup tied to senator Gillibrand’s son

3 July 2026 at 11:04
Chris Larsen has reportedly backed a derivatives startup founded by the son of US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand as lawmakers continue negotiating the CLARITY Act, a crypto market structure bill expected to shape the industry’s regulatory framework. According to a Thursday…

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