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The European Commission will open its MiCA 2.0 review later this year. At stake: how to handle $310B in dollar-backed stablecoins without ceding monetary control to the Fed. ECB officials have softened, but wholesale exclusions remain a sticking point.
TRM Labs reports hack frequency hit a record high in the first half of 2026. Total losses dropped below $1 billion, a sharp decline from prior periods.
Bending Spoons closed at $40.50, up 40% in its NASDAQ debut. Tokenized BSPx shares let crypto investors participate, but tracking and liquidity risks emerge as shares slip 6% pre-market.
Hull City's £3M goalkeeper swap with Rangers uses no fan tokens or blockchain rails. The club's crypto sponsorship history ended in scandal, mirroring the sector's retreat from football.
A 140-company alliance including Visa, Mastercard, BNY, and Coinbase is launching a dollar-pegged stablecoin for business payments. The move targets real-world use beyond crypto trading.
The EU is preparing MiCA 2.0, a review of stablecoin reserve rules, multi-issuance models, and supervisory power. Dollar-pegged tokens dominate $310B of the $311B market, and the ECB is watching closely.
A tokenized Google position on Edel Finance was valued at 78x the real share price. The attacker borrowed against air. The oracle was right. The wrapper was not.
Artemis estimates Robinhood's prediction-market revenue could hit $123M in Q2, nearing crypto's $134M. Event-contract growth challenges the retail-crypto proxy view, while the company builds its own blockchain and derivatives.
President Trump's 2025 financial disclosure shows over $2 billion in income, with crypto ventures accounting for $1.4 billion. World Liberty Financial alone generated $800 million.
Circle Internet Group (CRCL) faces a tough 2026 as stablecoin regulation stalls. The lack of clarity weighs on the stock. Alpha Score 28 signals weakness.
A Solana meme token and Coinbase prediction markets emerge after Balogun's suspension. The USMNT striker misses the Belgium knockout match under FIFA's automatic one-match ban.
Christopher Harborne's donations to Reform UK face a hard £100,000 limit under new UK legislation. The crypto billionaire's overseas residency makes him the prime target of the bill, which still needs parliamentary approval.
CLARITY Act passage odds slid from 64% to 40% on Polymarket. Lummis cites 16 safeguards; Warren warns of illicit finance loopholes. Window closes after August recess.
Bank of Russia targets Sept 1 for crypto law enactment, with a transition period through 2027. Bitcoin and Ether won't be legal tender. Exchanges have until 2027 to comply.
ONDO defends $0.26 support as LINK, XLM approach breakout trendlines. Weekly closes with above-average volume will decide whether accumulation holds or breaks.
The Philippine SEC approved BlockShoals' sandbox, clearing the path for Binance to resume operations after a 2024 ban. The six-month pilot tests crypto trading and custody under direct regulator supervision.
Trump's 2025 disclosure shows crypto income hit $1.4B, topping real estate. World Liberty Financial alone brought in nearly $800M from token sales and business interests.
Standard Chartered secured a MiCA license from Luxembourg's CSSF on June 29, allowing EU-wide digital asset custody and stablecoin services. The bank plans phased expansion from its Luxembourg hub.
The DOJ extradited a 19-year-old alleged Scattered Spider member from Finland in a $100M crypto extortion case. The case tests cross-border enforcement and highlights social engineering risks for crypto firms.
Binance's local partner BlockShoals gets final SEC approval for sandbox testing, but a separate central bank license remains unresolved.
KOSDAQ tech-exception firms pivoting to crypto face delisting review. Bitmax already below 20B won threshold. Watch-list designations could start in August.
France arrests 200 in crypto-related kidnappings after 77 cases since January. New police protocols force exchanges to raise security costs; 724 professionals now registered on identification platforms.
SBI Crypto will stop accepting mining shares on July 30, removing ~15 EH/s. Miners have one month to redirect hash rate to Braiins or Luxor Pool after a $21M hack and internal review.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp criticized OpenAI and Anthropic's token pricing, warned of Chinese AI progress, and outlined a nine-point AI sovereignty doctrine. The shift to open-weight models could reshape enterprise AI spending.
Bitcoin rose 2.4% to $60,086 as equities firmed and yields eased. Dominance at 55.7% signals rotation within majors. Fed data dependence keeps rate-cut odds fluid.
Tennessee banned crypto ATMs on July 1; Georgia imposed transaction limits and fraud warnings. FBI data shows $388.9M in losses from kiosk scams in 2025.
Theo moved $20M from thBILL into Fidelity International's tokenized fund, making it one of the few onchain Treasury products backed by both Fidelity and Wellington.
Binance adds cash dividend support for Micron (MU) tokenized shares on bStocks. Holders of MUB tokens receive distributions equivalent to the NASDAQ-listed stock's dividends.
Robinhood adds perpetual futures on gold, oil, silver, and euro-dollar for European clients with up to 10x leverage. The broker also pursues UK crypto registration.
Robinhood's L2 blockchain went live with tokenized equities and 7% DeFi lending. The stock jumped 5% but stays well off highs. July 29 earnings will test if new products can offset a halved crypto revenue line.