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DeFi tokens have shown unusual resilience, outperforming Bitcoin in a downturn. Bitwise notes this is rare, as DeFi typically sees more extreme price swings. The sector's stability suggests a potential re-rating in its value.
Robinhood's new blockchain platform has already moved over $70 million in Ethereum (ETH) in its first week of operation. This highlights the growing interest in tokenized assets and Ethereum's role as a settlement layer.
CRYL, a Japanese financial services firm, is now offering loans backed by Bitcoin, allowing individuals and businesses to borrow up to $6.2 million. This marks a significant step in integrating Bitcoin into traditional lending markets in Japan.
Metaplanet is teaming up with JPYC and Progmat to create bitcoin-backed digital credit products, aiming to establish efficient, 24/7 credit markets in Japan. This could make borrowing and lending more accessible and faster for consumers and businesses.
Polymarket has applied to offer margin trading to U.S. customers, following a similar approval granted to Kalshi in March. This could expand trading options but also introduces higher risks for users.
Bull Bitcoin has filed a landmark legal challenge to annul France’s DAC8 crypto data surveillance rules, arguing that forced data collection undermines privacy and could push users to unregulated alternatives. This is the first major legal challenge to DAC8 in the EU.
Circle, the issuer of the stablecoin USDC, has received approval to operate as a trust bank in the U.S., adding to a growing list of crypto firms seeking federal banking licenses as the industry moves into the regulated financial system.
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Paradigm, a major crypto investment firm, has launched a $1.2 billion fund to support AI, robotics, and crypto startups. This marks a significant shift from its traditional focus on digital assets.
MARA Holdings has agreed to purchase a sizable plot of land in Texas to power its Bitcoin mining and growing AI compute ambitions.
A new nonprofit called Ethereum Institutional is launching to educate financial institutions about Ethereum, aiming to serve as Wall Street's guide to crypto.
JPMorgan says Strategy's Bitcoin sales are a short-term concern, but the bigger long-term risk is that banks and institutions adopt private blockchains over public networks, reducing activity and capital flows across the broader crypto ecosystem.
Arbitrum's token jumped 19% after Robinhood's new blockchain platform generated $568 million in onchain trading activity, driven largely by memecoin trading. The surge highlights how retail trading can drive ecosystem growth and revenue.
Latin America's largest stock exchange, B3, now offers options on futures contracts for bitcoin, ether, and solana. These options do not involve direct custody of the underlying tokens, settling instead into futures contracts.
The Ethereum Foundation's Protocol Security team is using AI agents to review the blockchain's code. This approach helps identify vulnerabilities and improve security across different Ethereum clients.
Ethereum researchers are using AI agents to hunt for vulnerabilities, shifting security work from finding bugs to proving which ones are real.
Over $7.2 billion in assets have moved from LayerZero to Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), with Mantle being the latest to join. Major projects like Kelp and Lombard each brought over $1 billion, while Solv Protocol, Virtuals, Re, and Kraken's tokenized assets have also migrated.
Aave has introduced Stable Vaults, allowing fintech companies to offer yield on stablecoin deposits. This move aims to attract financial services like wallets and payment apps to the DeFi ecosystem.
A new blockchain called Glyph repurposes mining power to run AI inference tasks instead of solving meaningless math problems. The project is live on GitHub and invites developers to test and attack its claims.
CFTC Chair Michael Selig warned that regulators may end up writing all the rules for crypto if Congress fails to pass the Clarity Act, potentially leading to a patchwork of inconsistent regulations across different agencies.
Crypto hacks hit a record 207 incidents in the first half of 2026, but total losses fell to $972 million, a significant drop from previous years. DeFi exploits, in particular, saw a 74% decrease in damage compared to 2022, according to Immunefi.
Interpol discovered a crypto wallet handling $122.5 million over 10 months tied to romance scams. The operation also led to 5,811 arrests worldwide. This highlights the growing use of cryptocurrency in large-scale fraud schemes.
HSBC, UBS, Wells Fargo and Citi are among the 17 banks now preparing to pilot live transactions using tokenized digital assets on Swift’s new blockchain payments platform.
AscendEX announced on July 6 that it has ceased operations effective July 1, citing regulatory, financial, and operational challenges. The exchange has not guaranteed that users will receive their funds, leaving many in limbo.