Metaplanet is preparing to issue Bitcoin-backed bonds offering annual yields between 4% and 6%, leveraging its recent acquisition of Siiibo Securities to establish a regulated platform for corporate debt. The move signals a shift for the firm from a passive Bitcoin holder to a provider of specialized financial products.
Ondo Finance has officially abandoned its planned Ondo Chain in favor of the Ondo Network, a new execution layer designed to bridge the gap between decentralized self-custody and the high-speed, private performance of centralized trading platforms.
Tether Gold has officially secured Shariah compliance for its XAU₮ token, a move designed to integrate the gold-backed asset into Islamic financial markets. The certification, issued by Amanah Advisors, validates the token’s structure against principles prohibiting interest and speculative derivatives while ensuring direct ownership of physical bullion stored in Swiss vaults.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is pushing for a procedural vote on the Clarity Act before the August 7 recess, but the legislation faces a precarious path. With Republicans holding only 53 seats, the bill requires significant Democratic support to clear the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a filibuster.
The number of tokenized equity holders spiked 92% over the last month, reaching 752,000 across five major platforms. While Robinhood dominates the retail user base with a 44% market share, institutional giants like Ondo and xStocks continue to command the vast majority of total asset value.
Securitize Capital has officially secured investment adviser status with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, a move that subjects the firm to rigorous federal oversight. While the company expands its regulatory footprint, investors reacted with caution as SECZ stock dropped nearly 10% during Monday’s trading session.
With Minnesota’s criminal ban on prediction markets set to take effect August 1, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has petitioned a federal court for an urgent ruling. The regulator fears the state law will turn federally overseen trading platforms into criminal operations if the court does not intervene immediately.
Binance Futures has launched three new USDT-settled perpetual contracts tied to the ProShares Bitcoin ETF and two U.S. Treasury products, allowing traders to take leveraged positions on traditional financial assets around the clock without directly purchasing the underlying shares.
BitMine Immersion Technologies surged nearly 11% on Monday as Ethereum reclaimed the $1,900 mark, fueled by the company’s aggressive acquisition of 9,946 ETH last week. The move brings BitMine’s total treasury to 5.79 million ETH, pushing the firm closer to its stated goal of controlling 5% of the total supply.
The UK Supreme Court has handed Tesla a significant legal victory, overturning lower court decisions that previously barred the automaker from challenging 5G licensing terms. The ruling forces patent platform Avanci and patent holder InterDigital to face a judicial review regarding whether their $32-per-vehicle fee meets fair and non-discriminatory standards.
More than a dozen digital asset treasury companies are abandoning their core crypto-accumulation strategies in favor of artificial intelligence and data centers. As falling asset prices compress treasury premiums, these firms are attempting to reinvent themselves as operational businesses to win back skeptical investors, though early market results remain grim.
Circle Internet Group has secured over 680 IBM patent families, encompassing nearly 1,000 issued patents worldwide. This acquisition grants the stablecoin issuer a broad intellectual property base spanning blockchain infrastructure, secure cloud operations, and enterprise banking, positioning the company to bolster its USDC ecosystem and emerging agentic finance tools.
The Hyperliquid Policy Center and Multicoin Capital have formally backed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s proposed framework for event contracts. By advocating for standardized federal oversight, the firms aim to replace current regulatory ambiguity with a predictable, transparent process for reviewing derivatives tied to sensitive real-world events.
BitMine Immersion Technologies has pushed its Ethereum holdings to 5,787,414 tokens, capturing roughly 4.8% of the total circulating supply. Chairman Tom Lee continues to aggressivey execute the company's "Alchemy of 5%" strategy, pairing weekly asset accumulation with a significant $4 billion share repurchase program.
Strategy has expanded its U.S. dollar reserve to $3.75 billion, a move that provides roughly 2.1 years of coverage for preferred stock dividends. While the company bolstered its liquidity through $544.5 million in common stock sales, it maintained its Bitcoin holdings at 843,775 BTC, continuing a multi-week pause in accumulation.
A persistent mobile malware campaign known as SparkKitty is back in the spotlight, reminding users that storing cryptocurrency recovery phrases in phone photo galleries invites immediate theft. While recent warnings have renewed alarm, security researchers confirm the threat traces back to a 2025 discovery rather than a fresh emergence.
Following the discovery of a critical vulnerability in the Orchard shielded pool, Zcash will trigger its NU6.3 Ironwood upgrade on July 28 at block height 3,428,143. The network shift forces a transition to a new shielded pool, introducing a turnstile mechanism designed to verify the total circulating supply of ZEC.
With over 2,000 proprietary trading firms currently active, retail traders face a complex landscape when seeking external capital. Choosing between multi-asset platforms, which integrate crypto into broader financial markets, and crypto-native firms, which provide specialized digital asset liquidity, requires balancing specific payout structures, drawdown rules, and leverage limits.
Artificial intelligence will not replace crypto, but rather trigger an explosion in its usage, according to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. By integrating the Base network with the x402 payment protocol, the firm is building an "Agentic Finance" stack designed to let software autonomously pay for digital services.
The European Securities and Markets Authority has expanded its interim registry for crypto-asset service providers to 309 distinct firms, following the approval of 15 new entities across eight jurisdictions. Among the latest entries is BNY SA/NV, the Belgian banking subsidiary of the U.S.-based financial giant BNY.
A central tension in modern digital finance pits the legal certainty of corporate equity against the often-vague economic promises of crypto tokens. Delphi Digital analysts argue that when projects operate both, token valuations frequently decouple from reality, ignoring the fact that actual business profits almost exclusively flow to shareholders.
A sweeping federal operation across four Brazilian states has dismantled a transnational drug trafficking network accused of funneling 6.5 tons of cocaine to Europe. By utilizing shell companies, luxury real estate, and specialized crypto brokers, the organization allegedly laundered R$1 billion in illicit proceeds before the crackdown triggered mass arrests.
President Lee Jae-myung has secured memorandums of understanding between the National Pension Service and six major Silicon Valley venture capital firms, including Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, to channel global capital into South Korea’s artificial intelligence and semiconductor sectors while bolstering its domestic startup ecosystem.
A contract trading at 70 cents suggests a 70% chance of success, but treating that figure as a literal oracle is a costly mistake. While prediction markets effectively aggregate information, they are constrained by capital costs, behavioral biases, and structural mechanics that systematically bend the mapping between price and reality.
South Korean trading giant POSCO International is moving commercial trade claims onto a blockchain, testing a system where real-world receivables are tokenized for settlement. Partnering with LG CNS and the Injective network, the company aims to replace fragmented invoice records with a single, shared ledger for its international subsidiaries.
Japan’s current 2x leverage cap on cryptocurrency trading is too restrictive, according to Seiji Kihara, a senior ruling party lawmaker. As the nation pivots toward treating digital assets as formal financial products, officials are debating whether relaxing these constraints is essential to improve liquidity and facilitate efficient price discovery.
KB Kookmin Bank is set to become the first South Korean institution to integrate J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys network for corporate trade settlements. Launching next month, the service will facilitate U.S. dollar cross-border transfers across 10 countries, marking a pivot toward programmable payments for the bank’s institutional clients.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a second warning this year to prediction-market operators, demanding an end to broad, template-style self-certifications for event contracts. Regulators argue these generic filings bypass essential compliance reviews and mask the specific risks inherent in rapidly expanding event-based betting markets.
Connor Fitzgerald, who spearheaded the development of Stripe’s global stablecoin card program, has officially left the company. His exit follows a tenure defined by the rapid scaling of blockchain-based payment infrastructure across more than 100 markets, marking a pivotal transition for the firm’s crypto-focused subsidiary, Bridge.
An attacker siphoned approximately $450,000 in USDT from Garden Finance after compromising the off-chain database of an independent network solver. While the protocol took its application offline to isolate the breach, officials confirmed that its core smart contracts and user-deposited funds remained secure throughout the incident.
