Daniel Brooks

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ORANGE JUICE Raises $40M to Acquire Businesses and Build Bitcoin Treasury

By Daniel Brooks July 16th, 2026

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.

Markets & Trading, News, Technology & Security, Tokenization & RWA

DTCC Begins Production Tokenization of Stocks, ETFs and U.S. Treasurys

By Daniel Brooks July 15th, 2026

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.

DeFi & FinTech, Ethereum, News, Tokenization & RWA

Robinhood Chain Surpasses $70M in Bridged Ether During Debut Week

By Daniel Brooks July 10th, 2026

Robinhood’s newly launched corporate Layer-2 network has quickly converted institutional interest into rapid liquidity, securing millions in active Ether deposits to anchor its digital stock ecosystem.

DeFi & FinTech, News, Technology & Security, Tokenization & RWA

AI Hallucination in Order Book: Coinbase Faces Backlash After Push Notification Predicts World Cup Score Before Kickoff

By Daniel Brooks July 6th, 2026

Coinbase found itself in damage-control mode after its AI-driven news engine published a highly specific, fictionalized World Cup scoreline hours before kickoff, raising serious cross-market questions about the reliability of automated financial insights.

Altcoins, DeFi & FinTech, News

Ripple Enters Post-Transitional MiCA Era with Full CASP License via Luxembourg

By Daniel Brooks July 6th, 2026

Following the hard cutoff of the European Union’s MiCA transitional window, Ripple has finalized its continental regulatory architecture.

Altcoins, Bitcoin, DeFi & FinTech, News, Regulation & Policy

Dubai Hits 50-Firm Licensing Milestone, Taiwan Passes Crypto Law, SBI Shuts Top-12 Mining Pool

By Daniel Brooks July 6th, 2026

While Dubai cements its position as a leading global hub by hitting a milestone 50 licensed crypto firms, Taiwan’s legislature has passed its first major framework to regulate stablecoins and virtual assets.

DeFi & FinTech, Markets & Trading, News, Tokenization & RWA

Securitize Pops 4.4% on NYSE Debut, Launching On-Chain Shares via Solana and Avalanche

By Daniel Brooks July 3rd, 2026

Securitize has executed a simultaneous New York Stock Exchange listing and dual-blockchain stock issuance.

Altcoins, Bitcoin, DeFi & FinTech, News

Trump’s Massive Crypto Windfall Eclipses His Global Real Estate Empire

By Daniel Brooks July 1st, 2026

According to official federal ethics filings, a surge in memecoin royalties and decentralized token distributions pushed Donald Trump’s crypto earnings past $1.4 billion last year, vastly outearning his commercial real estate empire.

Markets & Trading, News, Technology & Security

Celsius Spin-Off Ionic Digital Files for Nasdaq Direct Listing

By Daniel Brooks June 30th, 2026

Ionic Digital, the Bitcoin miner formed from Celsius’s bankruptcy assets, has filed for a Nasdaq direct listing under the ticker IOND, fueled by a multi-billion-dollar AI pivot.

DeFi & FinTech, Ethereum, News

Ethereum Pioneer Loopring Sunsets DEX, Signaling Project Closure

By Daniel Brooks June 29th, 2026

Loopring has announced the immediate shutdown of its native decentralized exchange and relayer infrastructure, mapping out a direct-to-wallet refund process to wind down the project with dignity.

DeFi & FinTech, News, Tokenization & RWA

Musk’s ‘Everything App’ Steps Forward: X Money Begins Phased US Expansion After Delays

By Daniel Brooks June 26th, 2026

Elon Musk’s long-delayed financial ecosystem is finally going live for a broader group of premium subscribers in the United States.

Altcoins, DeFi & FinTech, News

Tether Flips Ether by Market Cap as ETH Routs to $1,510

By Daniel Brooks June 26th, 2026

Ether slid to a yearly low of $1,510. The crash pushed ETH’s market cap below USDt’s steady $186 billion pool, highlighting an aggressive shift toward capital preservation.