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South Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit said in a June 2026 notice that it pushed for broader virtual-asset Travel Rule coverage during FATF discussions. The proposal puts smaller crypto transfers i
Securitize preemptively sues tZERO over tokenization patents in Delaware. The outcome could set a precedent for IP disputes in the real-world asset tokenization market.
Crypto-backed PACs disclosed spending over $8 million on media for primaries in three states. Maryland Democrats push back against 'outside spending from crypto billionaires.'
The $1.78T asset manager launches Franklin Crypto after acquiring 250 Digital. The division runs active strategies on XRP, Stellar, Polygon, and Aptos. Its XRP ETF saw $6.7M inflows last week.
fomo raised $75M in Series B led by Index Ventures with Union Square Ventures and Benchmark. The on-chain trading platform plans to expand access to crypto markets.
The Bank of England published draft stablecoin rules with a £40 billion issuance guardrail. Coinbase's chief legal officer called the update clear and workable.
Questerre's Preferred Shares, tracking its Quebec Utica gas discovery, list on Euronext Growth Oslo with two payout paths: development or compensation.
A wallet linked to the $577M HashFlare crypto Ponzi scheme transferred 10,600 ETH. Prosecutors are appealing the founders' sentence as too lenient.
Nura Bio Completes $73.8M Series B Back to Home SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Nura Bio, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing neuroprotective small ...
Applied Digital raised $1.59 billion in 7% notes to fund 150 MW of AI data center load at its Polaris Forge 1 campus, replacing a Goldman Sachs bridge loan.
An explosion at Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG plant killed 13 workers and injured dozens. The energy minister said exports will not be affected as the plant was restarting after a war-related shutdown.
Anchorage Digital launches tokenized deposits for regulated banks, enabling 24/7 settlement without tech stack upgrades. The blockchain-based service goes live in weeks, but banks face a trade-off between float revenue and instant access.
Independent Film Company rereleases Boyhood July 31 with a recorded Q&A, testing a low-cost strategy for generating revenue from its 12-year catalog library of films.
KuCoin Pay links to Argentina's Transferencias 3.0 and Peru's Yape/Plin. The backend converts crypto to fiat at checkout, bypassing merchant infrastructure.
Nvidia's B200 compute-per-hour price fell 31% from its May peak to $4.22. Kalshi traders bet it won't recover. The stock has lost 3% in a month while SMH gained 15%.
Three crypto trade groups warned the House Ways and Means Committee not to revise a bill deferring tax on mining and staking rewards until sale. A clean bill has a path; a rewrite kills it, they said.
Uber's 24% stake in Lime is worth $360-374 million at the IPO price range. The company is interested in buying more shares, signaling confidence in scooter unit economics as regulators tighten rules.
The Trump administration issued a temporary license allowing Iran to sell energy exports through August 21. Brent crude traded at $77 as the waiver reverses the sanctions pressure campaign, Obsidian Risk Advisors said.
Bullish listed SoFiUSD on June 22, the first centralized exchange to carry the bank-issued stablecoin. The move opens institutional access to a U.S. national bank token.
Anchorage Digital's new platform lets banks issue tokenized deposits on blockchain. JPMorgan and Bank of America plan a joint network by 2027, targeting 24/7 settlement.
Best Buy picks 27-year insider Jason Bonfig as CEO starting Oct. 31, continuing its internal succession pattern amid softer demand.
First-year data from Binance Alpha Booster shows 19 projects split between high user growth and pre-launch product focus. Top campaign: 120,000+ deposit users.
Franklin Templeton closes 250 Digital acquisition, launches Franklin Crypto unit for pensions and sovereign wealth funds. Deal settled partly with BENJI tokenized fund shares.
Phillips 66 scored 52 on AlphaScala's Alpha Score, the highest among S&P 500 energy stocks. Valero scored 40, Williams 51. Earnings season will test the rankings.
ICE and OKX launch 50/50 JV for tokenized NYSE shares and futures. The deal gives both sides a distribution channel neither had before. First products expected H2.
BoE caps sterling stablecoin supply at £40B, drops user holding limits, and raises reserve bond allocation to 70%. Applications could launch in 2027.
SanDisk's $4.55B in operating cash flow and zero-debt balance sheet earned it the top slot in GFLW. CEO David Goeckeler cited free cash flow and buybacks as catalysts for shareholder returns.
SEC proposes scrapping trade-through rule that forces best-price routing. Canada delays its inter-listed changes and weighs response. 60-day comment period open.
Bitcoin recovers from weekly lows near $62,300 as ETF outflows and a hawkish Fed clash with continued buying from MicroStrategy and Strive. Next catalyst: Wednesday's Fed minutes.
Ron Johnson’s hearing on the mRNA-Cancer link featured an oncologist reporting six relapses. The session adds to a legislative record that vaccine manufacturers may face in future proceedings.