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Solflare's Aurora Intents integration replaces dApp-heavy bridges with reusable deposit addresses for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more. First month fees waived.
Bolivia is set to receive up to $2.8B from the IMF by September, while virtual asset transactions hit $294M in H1 2025, a 530% year-on-year increase.
Binance launched gold and silver options after futures volumes hit $7.77B daily. The European-style USDT-settled options are open to retail buyers but not sellers.
Brale's ION Protocol uses a burn-and-mint model to shift stablecoin supply between blockchains, avoiding locked liquidity pools. The infrastructure launch targets interoperability for payments and settlement.
SoFi's Q2 crypto transaction revenue rose 10% to $134M. The neobank launched a regulated stablecoin and enterprise banking with Mastercard and BitGo. Crypto now accounts for 11% of revenue.
ABA CEO Rob Nichols says the banking lobby wants the Clarity Act to pass but needs small edits on stablecoin yield and local lending. Coinbase pulled support in January over the same issue.
North Korean hackers responsible for two-thirds of losses; KelpDAO and Drift Protocol breaches account for $577M. Regulatory pressure likely to intensify.
Brale's new Tokenization API lets stablecoin issuers manage custom tokens across nearly 30 chains through a single integration. The 45-state license network creates a barrier competitors will struggle to replicate quickly.
Brale's ION Protocol uses burn-and-mint to move stablecoins across blockchains without pre-funded liquidity pools, targeting the scaling bottleneck for hundreds of custom tokens.
Operational failures, stolen keys, governance attacks, now drive the biggest crypto losses. Immunefi CEO says audits alone aren't enough.
The CLARITY Act stalls in the Senate as seven Democrats block it over ethics and stablecoin rules. Industry giants BlackRock, Goldman, Fidelity urge passage. Vote may slip to 2026.
BNY puts $8.6 trillion in fund ownership records on a shared blockchain ledger. Baillie Gifford will use the platform to launch the UK's first fully native regulated tokenized fund.
Portugal's first MiCA-licensed bank can offer crypto services across the EU. Its stablecoin launch and plans for tokenized real-world assets target institutional clients waiting for regulatory certainty.
Binance's Android app is unavailable on Google Play in Spain and Latvia, as MiCA compliance and policy changes create uncertainty. The exchange is working with Google to restore access, but no timeline has been given.
Coinbase, Strategy and Circle report earnings as the Fed delivers its rate decision. Results will test whether crypto's rally translated into revenue growth.
Crypto giant DCG warned the US is "ceding ground at an alarming pace" to Singapore and the UAE, urging the Senate to pass the Clarity Act before the August recess.
Barron Trump subpoena threat meets a CLARITY Act stuck at 38% Polymarket odds. Thune says the bill will miss its August 7 window.
Dragonfly Capital moved $2M in APEX tokens to Bybit just two weeks after unlocking them. The transfer puts the VC firm’s intentions under scrutiny.
The July 1 MiCA cutoff and the SEC's review of novel fund structures are redrawing the risk map for crypto wrappers. The SEC comment period closes at the end of August.
Ben Delo invented the perpetual swap on a Hong Kong hike in 2015. The product now does $40-50 trillion in annual turnover and has been copied by every major crypto exchange. Regulators are taking notice.
BNY is launching a blockchain-based transfer agency platform, moving $8.6 trillion in fund ownership records onchain. Early users include Baillie Gifford, BlackRock, and BNY Dreyfus.
Rob Nichols endorsed the CLARITY Act while seeking 'tiny, surgical' changes to protect community banks from stablecoin deposit flight. The bill cleared the Senate 15-9.
ARK Invest's Lorenzo Valente says Hyperliquid, Pump.fun, and Ethena account for nearly 80% of crypto app-layer revenue, signaling a widening concentration trend as consolidation accelerates.
Emirates now accepts crypto for flight bookings via Crypto.com Pay, limited to UAE residents and AED transactions. The move supports Dubai's D33 cashless target.
Emirates launches Crypto.com Pay for UAE residents, converting crypto to AED. The service supports mobile and web payments, backing Dubai's 90% digital transaction target by 2026.
SK Hynix token SKHY fell 15% after earnings beat but missed whisper numbers. Tokenized stock risks include counterparty exposure and liquidity. Alpha Score 70 on NVDA.
BlackRock's $100M liquidity facility and DTCC's production trades show how tokenized Treasury yield moves from bills to wallets. $17B in tokenized Treasuries as of June 2026.
Hungary scrapped its crypto transaction validation system, aligning with EU MiCA rules. CoinCash, which suspended services in December, has now received a MiCA license from the central bank.
BNY Mellon is migrating fund recordkeeping for its $8.6 trillion business to blockchain. The back-office shift targets the authoritative register of ownership, not a tokenized fund launch.
Americans filed 181,565 crypto fraud complaints in 2025 with $11.4B in reported losses. Seniors lost $4.4B, up 57%. The $81B estimate includes unreported cases.