Tradable’s $1B Stellar deal adds to institutional tokenization boom
Tradable will bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets to Stellar, extending the blockchain’s push into institutional finance and tokenized real-world assets.
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Gambling on random Pokémon cards: Onchain gagcha hits record high as crypto sinks
Users spent a record $324 million on onchain gacha in June, even as Bitcoin hit a 21-month low. The thrill of scoring a top Pokemon card from a random pack is becoming big business
Galaxy targets institutional stablecoin yield with new DeFi vaults
Galaxy Digital (GLXY) has launched an institutional vault curation business on decentralized lending protocol Morpho, expanding its push into onchain finance with a product designed to help clients earn yield on idle st…
Bitcoin price dips on US stocks sell-off as Micron losses pass 30%
Bitcoin fell 1.5% from local highs amid a reversal in US stocks as markets moved from bullish US inflation cues to retail profit-taking.
Feds Arrest Florida Man Over Video Game Malware That Stole $220K in Crypto
Federal agents have arrested a Florida man they say helped run a scheme that smuggled crypto-stealing malware into video games, infecting thousands of devices and draining hundreds of thousands of dollars from victims' …
ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim
ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will increasingly rely on …
TikTok faces Ofcom investigation over child age checks
An investigation has been launched into whether TikTok is doing enough to keep children off its platform.
Prediction markets defy crypto downturn with record Q2 volume: CoinGecko
Prediction markets reached a record $113.8 billion in notional volume in Q2 as spot CEX trading, derivatives volume and stablecoin market cap declined.
MoonPay buys Glide to bolster crypto deposits infrastructure
MoonPay acquired Glide, a crypto infrastructure startup founded by former Robinhood Wallet engineers, to expand cross-chain crypto deposit infrastructure.
Morning Minute: Base Hands Its App Over to Cobie
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US Senate Unanimously Opposes Sam Bankman-Fried Pardon
The U.S. Senate has unanimously declared that Sam Bankman-Fried should never win clemency, passing a resolution on Wednesday that says the convicted FTX founder should "under no circumstances" receive a pardon or commut…
TikTok faces Ofcom investigation over child age checks
An investigation has been launched into whether TikTok is doing enough to keep children off its platform.
The most popular bitcoin call option has slipped by $10,000
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Bitcoin $107K buyers providing ‘early signals’ of 2026 bear-market bottom: Glassnode
Bitcoin realized losses appeared to be copying a reversal structure that marked previous bear-market bottoms, with $69,000 a new BTC price battleground.
Tokenized stocks market cap gains to record $2.3B
The market capitalization of tokenized stocks rose to a record $2.3 billion, as investors sought exposure to the growing list of tokenized equity products launched by cryptocurrency exchanges.
Tether invests $20M into Argentine neobank Ualá
Tether reportedly invested $20 million into Ualá, as part of the Argentine neobank’s $197 million funding round announced earlier in March.
FATF urges faster crypto AML enforcement as stablecoin crime increases
The global task force said criminal networks are using stablecoins and developing proprietary tokens to evade asset freezes as countries struggle to enforce crypto AML rules.
Celebrity influencers paid up to £1m to advertise deodorant on Instagram
The #ad posts on your feed may look relaxed, personal and spontaneous but behind many of them is a carefully planned campaign, a detailed contract and, in some cases, a seven-figure fee.
Chip giant TSMC pledges another $100bn to expand US production
Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC will invest another $100bn (£74bn) in Arizona as it expands its production in the US, a move the Commerce Department said will create tens of thousands of American jobs.
Trump to meet with senators over CLARITY Act on Thursday: Politico
US President Donald Trump is set to meet with several senators on Thursday as negotiators race to get the CLARITY Act across the line before the Senate’s August recess.
A bitcoin wallet dormant since the 2017 peak just moved $383 million
A bitcoin address that had not spent a coin in eight years moved 5,908 BTC worth about $383 million on Thursday, data shows.
US Senate unanimously adopts resolution opposing clemency for SBF
The Senate approved a resolution opposing clemency for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried as prediction markets put the odds of a Trump pardon by July 31 below 1%.
U.S. Senate unanimously opposes clemency for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried
The Senate agreed Wednesday that Sam Bankman-Fried should never receive clemency, passing a resolution that states the FTX founder should "under no circumstances" get a pardon or commutation.
Robinhood Chain memecoin launchpad Vlad.fun halts after ‘internal integrity’ issue
Vlad.fun suspended its platform after discovering a “serious internal integrity issue” involving members of its team, without disclosing the nature of the alleged misconduct.