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Kraken confirmed July 28: users saw €0 on Instant Buy screen. Funds safe. Bug isolated to EUR display; use website. No timeline.
Total crypto market cap fell 12.6% in Q2 as stablecoin outflows and declining spot volumes signaled capital leaving the ecosystem, CoinGecko data shows.
Franklin Templeton, with $1.79 trillion in assets, endorses the CLARITY Act. The bill faces a 60-vote Senate hurdle before the August recess, with Galaxy Research lowering odds to 30%.
Binance changed cooperation with law enforcement in many countries, frustrating investigators. Most foreign requests now routed through UAE, slowing response times.
BNY Mellon CFO: AI token costs 'modest within modest' as bank spends $3.8B on tech, expands Bitcoin and Ether custody for institutions.
Brazil's crypto-based cross-border flows now exceed traditional capital movements, the IMF found, while Argentine banking groups advance peso stablecoins through subsidiaries to bypass the central bank ban.
The CLARITY Act faces a tight Senate calendar as Thune prioritizes Russia sanctions and Clayton's confirmation, narrowing the window before August recess.
Senate delays push CLARITY Act vote to next week, leaving days before recess. Prediction market odds drop to 37% as ethics disputes and bank concerns mount.
EU mandates deepfake labeling under Article 50 from August 2026. Blockchain provenance projects are already lining up to fill the compliance gap.
Cross-border crypto transfers in Brazil outpace traditional capital flows, the IMF found, urging the central bank to close stablecoin oversight gaps.
Thailand's SEC filed a criminal complaint against Bitkub Online and two former directors, alleging the exchange hid a $53 million theft in daily net-capital reports to prevent a bank run.
Robinhood Chain's $600M deposits since July 1 include $433M in stablecoins and $451M in daily DEX volume, while 329K RWA holders make it the largest RWA community. Sustaining DeFi activity is the next test.
Myanmar's military-backed parliament passed a law Tuesday allowing the death penalty for forcing victims into scam labor, and life imprisonment for crypto fraud operations.
Upbit volumes crashed 80% as Korean retail rotated into Samsung and SK hynix. Bitcoin ETFs lost $2.7 billion in a single week. Liquidity is draining from the memecoin market.
Galaxy Research cut the CLARITY Act's 2026 passage probability to 30%. The prediction market now prices a 36.5% chance, down from 42% a week ago. The Senate floor vote remains unscheduled.
At the ASEAN Tech Summit, Binance co-founder CZ Zhao proposed license passporting across ASEAN to reduce duplication and lower compliance costs for crypto firms.
IMF says Brazil's stablecoin purchases are 2-3 times more sensitive to global shocks than traditional investment, urging stronger rules as cross-border crypto flows surge.
Bitcoin broke below $64K as ASML lithography news triggered a tech selloff that spilled into crypto. Add FOMC, CLARITY Act delay, yen risk, and ETF outflows. The next 7 days settle it.
Memecoin activity stays elevated in July 2026 with tokens like SAMO, FLOKI, PEPE, PENGU, SPX6900, BONK, MEW and APEMARS drawing trader attention across Solana, Ethereum and BNB Chain.
The Senate's August recess is two weeks away, and the floor is full of nominees and a Russia sanctions bill. A Clarity Act vote before September looks unlikely.
BIND Group and Petersen Group are developing peso-backed stablecoins via licensed VASPs, targeting corporate treasury and programmable payments, skirting Argentina's bank crypto ban.
BitMEX and BitMart are winding down, part of a wave of over 30 crypto project closures in 2026's bear market. Bitcoin's 49% drawdown and institutional tokenization reshape the industry.
Wealthy clients in Singapore and Malaysia are holding crypto. They are placing new money in gold, HSBC data shows, as CoinShares reports $4.2B in outflows.
Stablecoin market cap fell $7.7B in June, the first monthly drop in four years, while adjusted transaction volume surged to $1.79T, Forbes reports. USDC volume topped USDT, signaling real-world payment use.
USDC holds $73.1B in reserves across cash, T-bills and overnight Treasury repo via BlackRock's money market fund. The BIS warns that at trillion-dollar scale, stablecoin flows could ripple through front-end yields and repo markets.
Psalion's $50M blockchain fund, its largest, backs seed-stage startups and has already invested in collectibles platform Beezie. The vehicle signals sustained VC appetite for crypto infrastructure and applications.
Zimbabwe's central bank admitted seven fintech projects to a regulatory sandbox for testing digital financial services and blockchain solutions under supervision.
South Korean police searched the home of former Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok over allegations he omitted 21,000 crypto tokens from election disclosures. The investigation is ongoing.
Three investors lost $1.8M after downloading a fake Sparrow Bitcoin wallet from Apple's App Store. The lawsuit, filed July 24, claims Apple failed to warn users despite knowing about the scam, as crypto-related cyber losses hit $20B in 2025.
The Senate CLARITY Act draft runs 616 pages with a DOJ-enforced ethics division that sunsets in 2029. Thune said the bill likely will not clear before the August recess. Trump's $1.4B crypto income drove the ethics push.