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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…

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…

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…

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…

Czech Republic orders ISPs to block Polymarket within 15 days

15 July 2026 at 12:21
Polymarket has been blocked in the Czech Republic after authorities classified the prediction market platform as an unlicensed gambling service, adding another European jurisdiction to the list of countries restricting its operations. The Czech Ministry of Finance has ordered internet…

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…

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…

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…

Ripple-backed Evernorth unveils $44M CEO award before XRP debut

14 July 2026 at 20:09
Ripple-backed Evernorth has unveiled a $44 million CEO equity package in a fresh SEC filing while advancing its merger to create a Nasdaq-listed XRP treasury company. According to Evernorth Holdings’ fourth amended Form S-4 registration statement filed with the U.S.…

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…

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…

South Korea renews blockchain push with stablecoin law and crypto ETF plans

14 July 2026 at 14:22
South Korea has reaffirmed plans to expand its blockchain and digital asset sector in the second half of 2026, pairing new blockchain initiatives with legislation for stablecoins, tokenized government bonds, and spot crypto ETFs. South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and…

Banks urge Senate to close stablecoin yield loopholes in CLARITY Act

14 July 2026 at 13:43
U.S. banking groups have urged the Senate to tighten the CLARITY Act’s stablecoin yield rules, warning that unclear language could encourage payment stablecoins to compete with traditional bank deposits. According to a joint letter sent Monday to Senate Majority Leader…

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…

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…

Tether pushes USDT toward national payment status in Bolivia

13 July 2026 at 23:07
Bolivia has moved closer to recognizing Tether’s USDT as an official payment option alongside the boliviano and the U.S. dollar as the country continues to grapple with a prolonged shortage of foreign currency. According to reports from Bolivia, government officials…

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 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 β€œ356my” to…

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…

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…

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…

DOJ abandons BitClub founder case despite $722M fraud claims

11 July 2026 at 10:16
The U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly moved to dismiss its criminal case against the founder of BitClub Network despite allegations that the crypto mining scheme defrauded investors of $722 million. According to a report by Bloomberg Law, citing two…

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…

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…

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…

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…

OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 Sol with four-agent reasoning system

10 July 2026 at 00:50
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.6 across ChatGPT, Codex, and its API, introducing GPT-5.6 Sol with a four-agent reasoning system and two lower-cost models as the rollout begins worldwide. According to OpenAI, the GPT-5.6 family introduces a new three-tier lineup consisting of…

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…

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…

SWIFT launches blockchain ledger pilot with 17 global banks

9 July 2026 at 14:11
SWIFT has moved its blockchain-based ledger into initial deployment, with 17 global banks preparing to test tokenized deposit payments for round-the-clock cross-border settlements. Announcing the development on July 9, SWIFT said HSBC, Citi, BNP Paribas, UBS, ANZ, DBS, and Standard…

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…

Andrew Bailey denies Farage swayed Bank of England CBDC stance

8 July 2026 at 18:50
The Bank of England has reaffirmed that its work on a potential digital pound has remained independent despite claims that political lobbying may have influenced its approach. Bailey says CBDC policy remained independent According to The Guardian, Bank of England…

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…

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…

Elon Musk unveils Grok 4.5 as OpenAI readies GPT-5.6 showdown

8 July 2026 at 22:05
Elon Musk has confirmed that SpaceXAI will release its Grok 4.5 artificial intelligence model to the public on Thursday after completing beta testing, setting up a direct contest with OpenAI’s upcoming GPT-5.6 launch. According to Elon Musk, the decision follows…

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 β€œfacilitate…

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…

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…

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…

Base activates B20 token standard for stablecoins and tokenized assets

8 July 2026 at 14:28
Base has activated its B20 token standard on the mainnet, allowing developers to issue native stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets, and other fungible tokens without deploying custom ERC-20 smart contracts. According to Base documentation, the B20 standard went live on the…

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 β€œchat 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,…

Morgan Stanley backs SpaceX as Wall Street sees massive upside ahead

7 July 2026 at 21:43
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has secured fresh buy ratings from several major Wall Street banks, with Morgan Stanley assigning a base-case price target of $300 as the stock prepares to join the Nasdaq-100 Index. According to research notes released by Morgan…

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…

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…

CertiK exposes hidden truth behind crypto’s 50% loss drop

6 July 2026 at 22:30
Crypto-related losses have fallen 46.8% year over year to $1.32 billion during the first half of 2026, but blockchain security firm CertiK has warned that the decline does not indicate a safer digital asset ecosystem. According to CertiK’s H1 2026…

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…

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…

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…

South Korea’s KT enters won stablecoin race with Token Factory initiative

6 July 2026 at 13:58
South Korea’s largest telecommunications company KT has announced plans to invest 18 trillion won ($13.2 billion) over the next three years, including 6 trillion won for AI infrastructure and 12 trillion won for networks, IT, and cybersecurity, while expanding into…

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…

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…

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 disclosureΒ 

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…

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…

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…

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…

Erebor Bank seeks $8B valuation as crypto banking bet pays off

3 July 2026 at 01:01
Digital-first Erebor Bank has entered fundraising talks that could value the lender at at least $8 billion, nearly doubling its $4.35 billion valuation from the end of last year. Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the discussions, reported that the proposed…

TradingView unlocks Hyperliquid markets with round-the-clock data

3 July 2026 at 00:44
TradingView has expanded its market coverage by adding real-time data for Hyperliquid and Trade[XYZ], giving users access to onchain perpetual and spot markets directly through its charting platform. According to TradingView, the new integration brings live pricing for Hyperliquid’s crypto…

Anchorage Digital unlocks Lido staking without leaving custody

3 July 2026 at 00:21
Anchorage Digital has integrated Lido into its institutional platform, allowing clients to access wrapped staked Ether (wstETH) while keeping assets inside its regulated custody environment. According to a July 2 announcement from Anchorage Digital, institutional clients can now connect directly…

Ripple-backed OUSD launch hit by fake issuer scam on XRP Ledger

2 July 2026 at 23:59
The launch of the Ripple-backed Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin has been overshadowed by a suspected fake issuer account that XRP Ledger validators have warned users not to trust. Validators say the listed OUSD issuer cannot be verified According to XRP…

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