Archives - July 2026 - Page 3

S&P Dow Jones Indices and Pantera Capital have introduced a new digital asset index that screens networks based on generated protocol revenue and verifiable cash flow.

Digital Asset has expanded its $355 million funding round, bringing in South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group and Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures to accelerate Canton's deployment across global capital markets.

Telegram is set to launch a fee-free, self-custody Gram wallet directly inside its messaging app. By connecting 1 billion users to native blockchain payments, the initiative represents one of the largest consumer crypto rollouts…

Digital asset manager Grayscale has officially applied to launch the first US spot Worldcoin ETF (GWLD).

Peter Brandt has pinpointed October 4, 2026, as the expected cycle low for Bitcoin. He envisions a capitulation flush into the $40,000 range while favoring BTC over overextended AI equities.

Vitalik Buterin highlights how machine capabilities are expanding horizontally across physical, cognitive, and strategic tasks, echoing historic technological shifts.

Financial regulators have officially passed the one-year statutory deadline set by the GENIUS Act without publishing finalized rules, creating operational compression for prospective digital asset issuers.

Institutional interest in spot Bitcoin ETFs shows signs of life with two consecutive weeks of positive net creation. However, a closer look at the capital volume highlights a steep imbalance between fresh inflows and…

France has escalated its enforcement tactics, ordering telecom networks to block domestic access to Polymarket entirely.

Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in Crypto.com at a $20 billion valuation, marking the exchange's first institutional funding round and accelerating its expansion into tokenized securities and derivatives.

ORANGE JUICE has raised $40 million to acquire profitable U.S. businesses, hold them permanently, and direct part of their cash flow into a Bitcoin treasury.

Ondo Finance and SBI Group have formed a strategic partnership to bring Japanese equities onchain, use the JPYSC stablecoin for settlement, and distribute tokenized assets through SBI's financial network.

Japan has passed legislation reclassifying cryptocurrencies as financial assets, bringing the market under stricter trading, disclosure, and enforcement rules.

DTCC has moved tokenization into a production environment, allowing selected stocks, ETFs, and U.S. Treasurys to be represented on blockchain while retaining full investor rights.

Coinbase says AI now helps produce between 95% and 100% of its code, with most engineers operating multiple agents as the exchange restructures around AI-native teams.