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Fireblocks Wallet Pools route around stuck Ethereum nonce lanes while Transaction Timeout and Account Traffic Control round out the reliability stack.
Community banks say reserve-account providers shouldn't police wallet transfers; issuers should. The FDIC's final rule will settle who's accountable.
PayPal creates dedicated crypto division with revenue targets as Q2 results beat estimates. CEO Lores sets unit-level goals for PYUSD and Braintree.
Sen. Josh Hawley opposes the CLARITY Act over stablecoin yield rules he says threaten community banks. His defection tightens a 53-seat GOP majority that needs 60 votes to pass the crypto bill before the August recess.
Germany's Bundesbank says a €3,000 holding cap on the digital euro would cause only minimal damage to bank funding, protecting lending capacity while limiting deposit outflows.
Galaxy Digital shares fell 13% after an $85M Q2 net deficit. The data center division posted its first profit. The company expects $80M quarterly lease revenue from CoreWeave starting next quarter.
Hougan says SEC's Atkins offers a regulatory bridge if the bill fails. He warns prolonged limbo could stall the 2026 bull run. Thune expects a vote this week.
Russia legalizes crypto investment from September 2026 but bans payments; unqualified investors face a 300,000 ruble annual cap and a mandatory knowledge test.
Eliza Labs founder Shaw Walters declared the AI16Z token dead after settling a class-action lawsuit, handing the remaining treasury to plaintiffs.
Thune filed cloture on a college sports bill instead of the crypto market structure act. Kalshi odds fell to 27% for passage before July 2027.
Mastercard tests a single-audit compliance model for stablecoin payments with Borderless.xyz, applying correspondent banking logic to digital asset networks. Borderless.xyz CEO Kevin Lehtiniitty says the pilot solves the scaling problem of re-verifying counterparties at every step.
Western Union's Stablecard, live in 37 markets, lets users hold and spend USDPT stablecoin via Visa. It targets remittance recipients in high-inflation countries with plans to expand to 60+ markets by year-end.
Senate recess Friday leaves two days for CLARITY vote. Armstrong says 1 in 4 Americans hold crypto. Lummis says vote will happen despite Democratic opposition. Thune to hold vote before recess.
Sen. Lummis warns Democrats may kill the Clarity Act despite ethics concessions from Trump. A vote is scheduled before Senate recess, with institutional support from BlackRock and Fidelity.
Four French crypto firms join 321 authorized MiCA providers as three German cooperative banks signal traditional finance adoption. The register also grows its non-compliant list.
Galaxy Digital fell 13% after Q2 net loss of $85M missed revenue estimates. Helios data center posted first revenue; Galaxy sees $80M quarterly leasing from phase one CoreWeave lease starting Q3.
Three crypto general counsels say product-liability law may not cover a firmware flaw, leaving $100M Coldcard hack victims few options as law develops.
Taiwan's FSC will require crypto platforms to transmit customer data on every domestic transfer starting Oct. 2026. The FATF Travel Rule applies with no minimum threshold.
Event-driven markets now fuel more of Robinhood's fee revenue than crypto does. The shift is quiet, structural, and tied to calendarized engagement across elections, sports, and macro prints.
Mastercard and Borderless.xyz are testing shared identity checks for cross-border stablecoin payments. Infinia, Walapay, and Koywe evaluate single-audit compliance at network scale.
USDC circulation rose 19% but 95% of Circle’s revenue still comes from reserve interest. AI agent payments and the Arc token launch are bets on a new model.
Galaxy Digital missed Q2 revenue estimates at $8.711B, down 15% from Q1. Net loss narrowed to $85M. Data center leasing from the Helios-CoreWeave partnership starts Q3.
Kalshi odds for the CLARITY Act taking effect before July 2027 dropped to 41% after Senate leaders failed to file cloture. The Aug. 5 deadline for a pre-recess vote has passed.
Senator Lummis expects a CLARITY Act vote before recess. Prediction market odds tell a different story: they tumbled to 15.5%, down from 26%. Legislative path unclear.
Binance affiliates seek $473M from RedotPay, alleging 470,000 users diverted. RedotPay denies while it weighs $1B+ IPO, discloses $180M revenue.
Shopify beat Q2 estimates with $3.58B in revenue and guided Q3 growth above consensus. The company's USDC payment integration through Coinbase and Stripe treats stablecoins like credit cards.
Senate faces August 5 deadline on crypto bill. Hougan says industry momentum outweighs legislative risk. Passage odds fell to 23% from 82%.
Bitcoin whale holdings rose to 3.06M BTC from 2.87M in Dec 2025, with accumulation accelerating after BTC dropped below $60k. Ethereum and XRP followed similar patterns, CryptoQuant said.
Fraud alerts now reach banks and crypto exchanges simultaneously under Bill 8722, closing the window for moving stolen funds into digital assets.
Kalshi contracts for CLARITY Act passage before July 2027 fell 8 points to 41% after Thune skipped cloture. $5.42M in volume traded. Senate recess looms.