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HashKey Holdings merged its regional exchanges into a single app covering Hong Kong, Singapore, the Middle East, and global markets under a "unified entry, localized compliance" model.
China revealed a US commitment to cap replacement tariffs at 20%, up from 12.5%. Crypto markets are calm but the November 2026 expiration and room to escalate pose risks, traders say.
Stand With Crypto will record each senator's vote on the crypto market structure bill, giving 3 million U.S. advocates a permanent midterm election scorecard.
Perpetual swaps handle up to $50 trillion in annual volume. Learn how the funding rate mechanism keeps the price anchored and why leveraged trading dominates crypto markets.
Blockworks Research tracked just 44 crypto deals in July, down from roughly 4 per day in Q1. Venture capital velocity has more than halved, with implications for the 2027-2028 pipeline.
Cantor Fitzgerald is advising FINMA-licensed AMINA Bank on a potential public listing, a person familiar said. AMINA reported 69% revenue growth in 2024 and holds a MiCA license covering 30 EU markets.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong argues AI agents need crypto because banks cannot serve software without legal identities or passports.
Swiss crypto bank AMINA, working with Cantor Fitzgerald, favors a reverse takeover over a SPAC as it seeks growth capital. The firm, overseen by FINMA, has raised $245M from investors including Julius Baer.
K Wave Media, Lixte Biotechnology, and Alpha Compute have seen double-digit share declines after pivoting from crypto treasuries to AI infrastructure. Bloomberg reports the shifts have not arrested the selloffs.
HashKey Holdings launched a unified crypto trading app on July 27, merging its Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, and global platforms with automatic compliance adjustments. The group holds licenses in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and Bermuda.
Magic Labs sells its embedded wallet unit to Payward (Kraken parent) and rebrands as Newton Labs, targeting institutional blockchain compliance. The deal adds 60 million wallets to Payward's infrastructure.
Hester Peirce's July 22 statement warns that human-controlled vaults may trigger investment-company rules. Morpho Vault V2's curator-allocator structure maps directly to her triggers.
Strategy sold 3,620 BTC while smaller firms like Satsuma liquidate all holdings. Over 840,000 Bitcoin on one balance sheet hangs over the market, and AI pivots have not convinced investors.
Thune says the CLARITY Act will start floor debate but likely won't pass before the August recess. Galaxy Research cut its 2026 passage odds, citing a narrowing calendar and competing priorities.
Oil options' Friday volatility discount is narrowing as crypto perps let traders hedge over weekends, with weekend perp volume growing 25%.
Securitize Capital registers as an SEC investment adviser, adding to existing broker-dealer and transfer agent licenses. The move positions the tokenization firm for institutional growth as regulators examine vaults and tokenized assets.
Houthi strikes on Saudi Aramco push Brent past $100 and drag Bitcoin into geopolitical risk. The 2019 Abqaiq attack barely moved crypto, today's deeper institutional ties change the equation.
Crypto market cap rises 1.07% to $2.23T as oil drops. FOMC meeting July 28-29 with 33% rate hike odds. Strategy buys back $25M STRC.
The SparkKitty spyware campaign, first disclosed in 2025, resurfaces in reports as it steals crypto wallet recovery phrases from phone photos. Kaspersky says the main goal is crypto assets.
Armstrong argues that AI agents will need crypto financial rails, and the two technologies are complementary layers. His tweet responds to a wave of crypto firms pivoting to AI.
Payward, parent of Kraken, buys Magic Labs' wallet SDK that powered 50M+ wallets. Magic Labs becomes Newton Labs, targeting chain unification and AI asset management.
EU's 21st Russia sanctions package names 14 crypto platforms across six jurisdictions and introduces a mechanism to ban entire third countries from European crypto services if they facilitate evasion.
KuCoin ambassador Tadej Pogačar won his fifth Tour de France title, a milestone the exchange celebrated as a shared value of endurance and long-term commitment.
Crypto markets face a packed week with the Fed rate decision, PCE data, Strategy earnings, and BitMEX settlements. Bitcoin holds near $65,500 as traders weigh macro risks.
Polymarket and Kalshi hit a record $44.8 billion in June volume on World Cup betting, while Bitcoin slid to $64,000. The CFTC comment period on a proposed rule closes July 27.
The seed round, led by Variant, comes five months after a pre-seed and targets the $200 trillion fixed-rate market with a Morpho-based platform on Base.
Connor Fitzgerald, who built Stripe's stablecoin card program from scratch, exits as the platform reaches 100+ markets. The departure removes the architect of the operational and regulatory backbone.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says AI agents will drive crypto adoption through autonomous payments on Base and USDC. He predicts machine transactions will surpass human ones.
BNY SA/NV receives MiCA authorisation for crypto custody and transfer as ESMA adds 15 providers to the register, bringing the total to 309. Three German banks and multiple payment firms also join the list after the July 1 transition deadline.
Russia's Sheskharis terminal resumed crude loadings after drone disruptions, but recurring Black Sea threats keep oil volatility in focus for crypto markets.