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The FCA set minimum capital and stress-testing standards for stablecoin issuers, with compliance starting October 2026. The final rules include a lower capital floor than early drafts.
The FCA cut stablecoin capital to 1%, half the EU's MiCA level, and the BoE dropped a £20k wallet cap. The UK positions itself as a more lenient crypto hub.
SEC secures $5.4M judgment against NanoBit for crypto fraud scheme that lured investors via WhatsApp and fake trading dashboard. Court imposes permanent injunctions.
UK FCA finalises crypto rulebook with risk-based capital, stablecoin trust, and pre-application meetings. Firms run own stress tests. Rules effective Oct 2027.
Theo deploys $20M into Fidelity's FILQ fund. Tokenized Treasuries have reached $15B onchain. The allocation is 9% of Theo's TVL, and the fund carries a Moody's AAA rating.
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Ostium offers equity perpetual futures using direct Nasdaq feeds, bypassing oracles and closing a trust gap. SEC approval lets tokenized shares trade alongside traditional ones on the same order book.
Webull Canada received CIRO approval to offer Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and other crypto trading. Beta access starts in the coming weeks with low, transparent pricing.
OKX launched beta of an AI marketplace where developers list agents and agents bid on tasks, with payments settled onchain via escrow or pay-per-call. Reputation tracks across transactions.
OKX's AI marketplace lets autonomous agents hire each other and settle in stablecoins. CEO Star Xu sees one-person companies generating $1M annually. Partners include Opentensor Foundation, CertiK, and GenLayer.
Compliance roles now account for 10.4% of crypto job postings, up from zero in 2023. Exchanges lead the hiring push at 16% of their openings. Gaming and NFT hiring collapsed to 2.4%.
RedotPay picks OpenPayd to handle treasury and cross-border payments using stablecoins. The partnership makes stablecoin rails a bridge between local fiat and digital currencies.
As MiCA's July 1 deadline nears, crypto firms are choosing Dubai's faster VARA license over the EU's 27-state passporting process, shifting liquidity and compliance hubs eastward.
SpaceX's $75B IPO pulls capital from crypto as BTC drops 37% from highs. Binance pre-IPO perpetuals fuel retail rotation. Arthur Hayes warns AI stocks are crowding out Bitcoin.
Bullish (BLSH) won Gibraltar regulatory approval to offer tokenized securities trading, placing it in a growing market alongside Securitize and Backed. No launch date set.
Mirae Asset launched MAPS in Hong Kong on June 27, letting retail investors trade stocks and crypto from one app. The firm plans to expand into the US, Japan, and Singapore. Execution across two regulatory regimes is the key risk to watch.
Binance listed tokenized Microsoft and Meta stocks as the RWA market hit $347B. The bStocks are depositary receipts with no shareholder rights.
Australia's Travel Rule takes effect July 1, requiring exchanges to collect sender and recipient data on crypto transfers above A$1,000. Here is what changes for traders.
Ark Invest bought $17M in Coinbase, Circle, Bullish, and Robinhood on Monday. All four stocks rose. Goldman Sachs raised HOOD's target to $121. Alpha Score data shows weak signals on three of the four names.
MemeCore lost 75% in 30 minutes. Ethena, Mantle, Worldcoin, and Cosmos also fell double digits as Bitcoin dominance topped 58% and capital fled altcoins.
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CryptoQuant analyst Darkfrost reports over 84% of altcoins are below their 200-day moving average, marking the longest depression streak since 2022. No recovery in sight.
JPMorgan's Umar Farooq and Peter Muriungi warned that stablecoins offering yield without deposit protections pose run risk. The Clarity Act's stablecoin provisions remain unresolved as Senate races August recess.
White House meets law enforcement Monday on Section 604 developer liability. With 4 weeks before recess, the Clarity Act's 60-vote math hinges on resolving law enforcement opposition.
The FCA cut stablecoin capital buffers to 1%, undercutting the EU's 2% MiCA requirement. The move follows the BOE's reversal of a £20,000 holding cap.
A federal judge ordered $5.5M in penalties against NanoBit and five defendants over a fake crypto platform that never executed trades. At least 18 investors lost nearly $1M.
CZ says Strategy's STRC product is too complex to fully understand, warning that black-box structures hide risks even from experienced investors.
ECB chief economist Philip Lane puts tokenization and AI at the center of central banking's future at the 2026 Sintra forum, with a dedicated session on unified ledgers and digital money.
The SEC won a default judgment against NanoBit and four other entities in a pig butchering scheme, ordering $5.52M in penalties. A federal judge said the scammers wired funds to Hong Kong.
Coinbase partners with Spiko Finance for instant stablecoin entry/exit in EU UCITS funds. COIN stock slips 1.67% as market digests MiCA license implications.