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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.
Decentralized exchanges captured $12.8B of the $18.2B total. Binance's bStocks platform hit $500M in assets within seven weeks of launch.
Binance affiliates allege RedotPay breached a partnership by diverting over 470,000 users and $304M in funds. The lawsuit threatens RedotPay's planned $4B IPO.
Binance affiliates claim RedotPay diverted over 470,000 users from the Binance Card program, seeking $473M in damages. RedotPay says it will fight the allegations. A Singapore hearing is set for Friday.
Galaxy Digital's $85M Q2 loss halved from Q1 as Helios data center turned profitable with $20M gross profit. The CoreWeave lease drives revenue, yet tenant concentration and buildout costs pose risks.
Tokenized equities captured 2.3% of SPY's July volume, up from 0.4% in June, as Binance's bStocks hit $500M market cap and drew $300M in fresh capital.
Japan's FSA launches a dedicated crypto division Friday, consolidating oversight and raising the penalty for unregistered operators to 10 years in prison and fines of ¥10M.
Mastercard's Crypto Credential framework gets a cross-border upgrade through a new partnership with stablecoin infrastructure provider Borderless.xyz.
The senator says a UAE entity's $500 million stake in a Trump-linked crypto venture coincided with eased AI export controls, and wants Commerce officials to testify.
Self-custody wallets fail when the owner dies or is incapacitated. Multisig, social recovery, and legal wrappers are emerging to fix the inheritance gap.
Matt Hougan says the crypto industry will keep growing even if the CLARITY Act fails this week, pointing to SEC rulemaking and institutional momentum.
The expansion simplifies the Virtualization Strategy, enabling more efficient rebalancing across THORChain pools via 18 new RUNE and stablecoin pairs.
Crypto PAC Fairshake spent over $1.3 million on five primary winners in Michigan and Washington, advancing industry-friendly candidates in key races for the 2026 midterms.
Sending crypto to the right address on the wrong chain is a common, costly mistake. Recovery depends on custody and network compatibility. EVM chains offer a fix. Non-EVM transfers often end in total loss.
The exchange's H1 2026 report shows 121 tokenized stock perpetual contracts in three months, a 45% drop in BTC/ETH share, and a 300% jump in off-chain payments.
Sygnum Bank's CIO on why crypto still prices on headlines despite institutional infrastructure, and how funding rates and on-chain data reveal the real picture.
The merged unit, about 300 staff, gives European banks and asset managers a single regulated route into digital assets. Europe's rules are gaining clarity.
Luxembourg's FIU can now alert crypto exchanges to fraudulent accounts under Bill 8722, effective Aug. 8, following a $70M CEO fraud scheme targeting Caritas.
Galaxy Digital shares fell 5% after Q2 results beat earnings estimates but lacked a new data-center lease. The Helios campus began generating revenue, and total debt topped $6 billion.
Binance is suing RedotPay founders for $472.8 million, claiming 470,000 users shifted to RedotPay cards. A related Singapore hearing is set for Aug. 7, 2026.
Starting January 1, 2025, Coinbase and other custodial brokers must issue a new IRS form that will auto-flag crypto underreporting. Cost basis reporting arrives in 2027.
S&P's AAAm rating validates BRSRV's portfolio and controls, but the real test is whether stablecoin issuers adopt it as a reserve vehicle under the GENIUS Act.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says a clean failure of the CLARITY Act could remove the uncertainty keeping professional investors on the sidelines, setting up a crypto rally.
Yellow Card raised $40M to expand stablecoin payment infrastructure for banks, targeting Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Total funding tops $120M.
Japan's FSA launches a dedicated crypto division on August 7, giving banks a clear path for stablecoin issuance and tightening enforcement on offshore platforms.
Zero Hash becomes the settlement layer for Visa's 18B-endpoint network, enabling direct wallet transfers and cross-border payouts in stablecoins. The pilots target gig workers and creator remittances.