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Strategy Sells $467M in MSTR With No Bitcoin Buy as Reserve Hits $3B

Strategy sold $467M in MSTR last week without buying bitcoin, lifting its USD reserve to $3B while its 843,775 BTC carries $10.7B in unrealised losses at current prices.

By Samson Mackeown • Jul 14, 2026 • 3 min

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Stablecoins Japan

SBI Launches Japan's First Yen Stablecoin Lending at 3% Yield

SBI VC Trade opens JPYSC lending at 3% annual yield on July 16, while SBI and the Solana Foundation announce a partnership to build Japan's onchain financial market.

By Shoaib Ali • Jul 13, 2026 • 4 min

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Tokenization UK

UK Plans to Capture £33B From Tokenized Finance by 2035

A UK government-backed task force of 50 firms has set a 12-month tokenization roadmap targeting a digital gilt by Q1 2027 and £33 billion in annual GDP uplift by 2035.

By Sonia Paganuzzi • Jul 13, 2026 • 4 min

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Ethereum DeFi RWAs

Robinhood Chain Bridges $70M ETH in Its First Week on Mainnet

Robinhood Chain attracted over $70M in bridged ETH and 194,000 daily active users in its first week, as analysts describe it as a new structural demand source for Ethereum.

By Matthew Curtis • Jul 11, 2026 • 4 min

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Bitcoin Market Analysis

Bitcoin's Long-Term MACD Flips Bullish: Key Levels to Watch

Bitcoin's longer-term MACD turned bullish as BTC rises 10% in July. Three resistance levels between $65,434 and $71,147 will now decide if the bounce becomes a full trend reversal.

By Soonhan Rani • Jul 10, 2026 • 3 min

DeFi Altcoins

Aave (AAVE) Network Growth Hits 5-Year High Amid V4 Launch

Aave added 1,806 new Ethereum wallets on June 30, its strongest single day since 2021, as V4 momentum draws fresh interest while most of the broader crypto market declines.

By Sonia Paganuzzi • Jul 01, 2026 • 3 min

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DeFi Markets

Nasdaq TotalView Data Goes Onchain via Pyth Network Analysis

Nasdaq will distribute its TotalView depth-of-book data through Pyth's Data Marketplace, the first time the flagship equity feed has reached onchain applications.

By Shoaib Ali • Jun 30, 2026 • 2 min

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Kalshi Prediction Markets

Michigan Becomes Second State to Block Kalshi Sports Bets

A Michigan judge issued a 14-day restraining order against Kalshi's sports contracts with a $120,000 daily fine, days after a federal court sent the case back to state jurisdiction.

By Afshan Rasheed • Jun 30, 2026 • 3 min

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Regulation Stablecoins

Germany Leads MiCA Licensing Race: 83% of Firms Fail July 1 Deadline

Germany holds 57 of 244 MiCA CASP licenses as the EU's July 1 deadline lands, with only 17% of pre-MiCA crypto firms converted and five member states having issued zero approvals.

By Soonhan Rani • Jun 29, 2026 • 3 min

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Kalshi Prediction Markets

Kalshi Scores World Cup Branding Deal as Weekly Volume Hits $14.5B

Kalshi partnered with ADI Predictstreet for World Cup stadium branding as weekly prediction market volumes hit a record $14.5 billion and DraftKings launched a competing exchange.

By Samson Mackeown • Jun 29, 2026 • 3 min

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Stablecoins

BIS 2026 Report: Why Stablecoins Function Like ETFs Not Money

The BIS 2026 annual report argues stablecoins are closer to ETFs than money and warns that dollar-pegged tokens are accelerating dollarization in emerging economies.

By Matthew Curtis • Jun 29, 2026 • 3 min

Bitcoin AI

How Claude AI Found $400K in Lost BTC: A Cautionary Crypto Tale

Claude found a forgotten wallet backup and fixed a recovery software bug to unlock $400,000 in bitcoin. The real lesson is not what most people took from the viral story.

By Soonhan Rani • Jun 28, 2026 • 4 min

AI Guides

AI Agents and Crypto Wallets: A Complete Guide to Agentic Finance in 2026

AI agents are beginning to connect with crypto wallets, enabling automated payments, portfolio monitoring and machine-to-machine commerce. Here is a complete guide to how it works.

By Sonia Paganuzzi • Jun 27, 2026 • 6 min

Bitcoin

Strategy STRC Eyes June 30 Dividend Reset With Shares at $73

Strategy's STRC preferred stock sits 27% below its $100 par as June 30 brings a rate reset that analysts expect will push the effective yield above 12%.

By Shoaib Ali • Jun 26, 2026 • 3 min

Stablecoins Japan

Circle and Nomura Plan Stablecoin FX Settlement for Japanese Companies by 2027

Circle and Nomura plan USDC-based FX settlement for Japanese firms by 2027, joining a wave of stablecoin launches reshaping Japan's institutional payment infrastructure.

By Miracle Kyauta • Jun 25, 2026 • 3 min

Altcoins Markets

MemeCore's M Token Crashes 74% With No Catalyst as ZachXBT Presses Exchanges Over Listings

MemeCore's M token crashed 74% on Thursday with no confirmed catalyst, reigniting questions ZachXBT raised in April about insider supply concentration and exchange listing standards.

By Samson Mackeown • Jun 25, 2026 • 3 min

Bitcoin ETF

21Shares Mid-Year Report Sees Bitcoin Recovering to $100,000 as Post-Halving Pattern Holds

21Shares published its mid-year crypto report on June 24, setting a $100K year-end base case for bitcoin and auditing its 2026 forecasts across ETPs, DeFi and tokenization.

By Matthew Curtis • Jun 24, 2026 • 4 min

US Regulation Stablecoins

US Bans the Fed From Issuing a Digital Dollar Until 2030 as Housing Bill Heads to Trump

The US House voted 358-32 to pass a housing bill banning the Fed from issuing a CBDC until 2030, with Trump expected to sign it into law on Wednesday.

By Shoaib Ali • Jun 24, 2026 • 3 min

BNB Markets

YZi Labs & CEA Industries Settle Proxy War; BNC Stock Surges 20%

YZi Labs and BNB treasury company CEA Industries have settled a months-long proxy battle through a cooperation agreement that reshapes the board and triggers a CEO search.

By Soonhan Rani • Jun 24, 2026 • 2 min

XRP Regulation

Ripple Secures Luxembourg MiCA CASP License: 30-Country EEA Access

Ripple has received a preliminary CASP license from Luxembourg's CSSF, covering all 30 EEA countries and pairing with its existing EMI license for full MiCA compliance.

By Matthew Curtis • Jun 23, 2026 • 2 min

Bitcoin Ethereum Markets

Crypto Falls With Nasdaq as $717M in Liquidations Hit Market

Bitcoin fell 2.5% to $62,300 and ether dropped more than 4% to $1,650 on Tuesday as a Nasdaq tech selloff spilled into crypto and $717 million in leveraged positions were wiped out.

By Sonia Paganuzzi • Jun 23, 2026 • 4 min

Strategy Sells $467M in MSTR With No Bitcoin Buy as Reserve Hits $3B

Latest News

SBI Launches Japan's First Yen Stablecoin Lending at 3% Yield

UK Plans to Capture £33B From Tokenized Finance by 2035

Robinhood Chain Bridges $70M ETH in Its First Week on Mainnet

Bitcoin's Long-Term MACD Flips Bullish: Key Levels to Watch

Aave (AAVE) Network Growth Hits 5-Year High Amid V4 Launch

Nasdaq TotalView Data Goes Onchain via Pyth Network Analysis

Michigan Becomes Second State to Block Kalshi Sports Bets

Germany Leads MiCA Licensing Race: 83% of Firms Fail July 1 Deadline

Kalshi Scores World Cup Branding Deal as Weekly Volume Hits $14.5B

BIS 2026 Report: Why Stablecoins Function Like ETFs Not Money

How Claude AI Found $400K in Lost BTC: A Cautionary Crypto Tale

AI Agents and Crypto Wallets: A Complete Guide to Agentic Finance in 2026

Strategy STRC Eyes June 30 Dividend Reset With Shares at $73

Circle and Nomura Plan Stablecoin FX Settlement for Japanese Companies by 2027

MemeCore's M Token Crashes 74% With No Catalyst as ZachXBT Presses Exchanges Over Listings

21Shares Mid-Year Report Sees Bitcoin Recovering to $100,000 as Post-Halving Pattern Holds

US Bans the Fed From Issuing a Digital Dollar Until 2030 as Housing Bill Heads to Trump

YZi Labs & CEA Industries Settle Proxy War; BNC Stock Surges 20%

Ripple Secures Luxembourg MiCA CASP License: 30-Country EEA Access

Crypto Falls With Nasdaq as $717M in Liquidations Hit Market

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