[PRESS RELEASE – Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 10th, 2026] NOWPayment believes the crypto industry has accepted unnecessary costs for too long – and that businesses no longer have to. For years, paying blockchain fees has been treated as the price of sending crypto. According to Kate Lifshits, CEO of NOWPayments, it’s time to challenge that assumption. […]

Europe’s stablecoin rulebook is becoming much more real. ESMA’s finalized MiCA guidelines add another layer of detail to how stablecoin issuers and service providers are expected to operate inside the bloc, especially where non-euro-denominated tokens are concerned. That matters because stablecoins are no longer a side issue in crypto regulation. They are one of the […]

TL;DR: The new draft law reduces the mandatory notification threshold to Rosfinmonitoring from 100,000 to 60,000 rubles for digital asset depositories and exchanges. Transactions linked to foreign trade will be subject to mandatory reporting starting from a limit set at 1,000,000 rubles. The proposed legislation establishes restrictions that limit banks’ direct exposure to cryptocurrencies to […]

Bitcoin Magazine U.S. Representatives Urge Senate to Vote on CLARITY Act in July, Address Ethics Concerns Rep. French Hill wants a deadline.  One year after the House passed the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, the Arkansas Republican who chairs the House Financial Services Committee used a Fox Business interview with anchor Maria Bartiromo to press […]

Key Takeaways: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has issued its final approval of a national trust bank founded by Circle. Circle can hold its stablecoins on the Federal Reserve’s books from now on. In the Federal Charter, the provision is added to the legal regulation of stablecoins, which puts the stablecoin […]

Crypto ETF flows weakened on Thursday, July 9, as bitcoin ETFs posted a $95.30 million outflow and ether ETFs snapped a five-day inflow streak with a $52.08 million exit. Solana saw a small redemption, while HYPE and XRP ETFs recorded no trading activity. Japan Weighs Crypto ETFs as Bitcoin and Ether Funds Return to Outflows […]

The redesigned app will use AI to recommend trades and tailor investing tools around users’ financial goals as Kraken expands into broader financial services.

Following Nakamoto’s lead, Empery Digital drops $87.1 million in BTC to join the AI race.

Kraken now supports deposits and withdrawals of USDT0 and USDC.e on the Tempo network, with native chain support. This makes Kraken the first U.S. centralized exchange to support Tempo, giving fintechs, neobanks, payment companies, and stablecoin issuers building on Tempo access to Kraken’s full stack. Clients can move stablecoins on Tempo with sub-second settlement and […]

Circle has received final approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national trust bank, allowing the USDC issuer to expand its regulated digital asset custody operations in the United States. The company announced today (Friday) that the new institution will operate as Circle National Trust, formally established as […]

… millions stolen from American fraud victims, has been charged with stealing $290000 in government-seized cryptocurrency.

Yield Guild Games launched vibecode.game on July 9, an editorial and discovery platform where any creator can publish vibe-coded browser games. A four-week game jam with Minds by Animoca Brands opens July 13 with US$2,500 in Minds platform credits and US$2,500 in YGG tokens, and winners named on August 10. The jam marks the public […]

Bitwise’s Q2 2026 crypto market review shows its 10 Large Cap Crypto Index dropped 15.4% last quarter, the third straight quarter in the red and the longest such stretch since 2022. However, the same report argued that even as prices fell, the crypto sector, including stablecoins, tokenized assets, and prediction markets, has been strengthening. Crypto […]

Aave’s V4 discussion is a useful reminder that DeFi’s next cycle will not be won only by bigger yields or louder token narratives. Cost still matters. If users have to think twice before every transaction, the product is not ready for the next wave of adoption. That is why the gas optimization side of Aave’s […]

TL;DR: The New Hampshire Executive Council rejected the plan with a 3-2 vote. The proposal envisioned the issuance of a $100 million municipal bond. The financial instrument projected a maturity period set at three years. The New Hampshire Executive Council rejected a regulatory proposal on Wednesday to authorize the issuance of Bitcoin-backed bonds worth $100 […]

TL;DR: Paul Grewal formalized his departure from Coinbase through a Form 8-K regulatory notification filed with the SEC on July 8, 2026. Attorney Molly Abraham will assume the role of General Counsel after supporting the legal team in the platform’s litigation since March 2021. The outgoing executive will maintain a strategic advisory role for the […]

Bitcoin erased its mid-week, geopolitically driven losses on Friday, surging 2% to an intraday peak of $64,653 and lifting the total crypto market cap to $2.28 trillion. Bitcoin Erases Geopolitical Losses On Friday, bitcoin breached $64,000, entirely erasing the mid-week losses triggered by sudden geopolitical escalations in the Middle East. After trading just under $62,800 […]

The incident is significant for developers and applications that handle Injective wallet workflows, Socket researchers said.

Standard Chartered is standing firm on its bullish Bitcoin outlook, maintaining a year-end target of $100,000 for the flagship cryptocurrency.

TL;DR Kraken is completely rebuilding its app from the ground up to make crypto trading intuitive, not overwhelming. Most trading platforms leave users behind with complex tools and no guidance. Kraken’s redesign puts your financial goals first. The new app adapts to your objectives, works intelligently in the background, and keeps you in control with […]

Who Is Affected by the New Criminal Liability for Cryptocurrency. Criminal prosecution threatens organizers of illegal exchange schemes — not ordinary …

The layer-2 race is not only about speed and low fees anymore. It is also about how easily assets and messages can move between chains. Chainlink’s CCIP integration with zkSync Era lands directly in that part of the market. For developers, interoperability is not a luxury feature. It can determine whether an application is trapped […]

A former Nashville banker has been charged with multiple felonies after allegedly stealing more than $139,000 from two elderly customers. Karl Stephen Richardson was arrested Tuesday following a four-month probe by the Metro Nashville Police Department’s Fraud Unit, reports NewsChannel 5. He is charged with two counts each of financial exploitation of an elderly adult, […]

Swyftx’s fourth quarterly Industry Report, published July 8, found trading volumes across global exchanges at some of their lowest levels since 2023, with total crypto market capitalisation down 12% over the quarter. Hyperliquid rose 75% across Q2 according to the report, while tokenised private credit passed US$6 billion (AU$8.64 billion) on-chain and Coinbase launched its […]

XRP continues to display signs of weakening market conditions, as key indicators suggest that sellers remain in control, according to the latest analysis from CryptoQuant. The data show Open Interest has dropped to $350.6 million, one of its lowest levels in recent months, indicating that traders are closing futures positions and reducing leverage. Bearish Signals […]

Bitdeer has begun construction on a $36 million electronics manufacturing facility in Sparks, Nevada, its first U.S. assembly site for Sealminer machines. Bitdeer Targets 10,000 Monthly Sealminer Units With New $36 Million Nevada Factory Bitdeer is moving ahead with a major U.S. manufacturing push, breaking ground on a $36 million advanced electronics facility in Sparks, […]

Zcash’s next upgrade will replace the once-compromised Orchard pool and may offer clues about whether counterfeit tokens were created via a recent bug.

TL;DR:  Regulatory compliance: The crypto treasury firm AVAX One Technology has officially restored its compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).  Supply adjustment: The company executed a 1-for-12 reverse stock split to raise the trading price of its shares in the public market.  Assets under management: The firm holds approximately 14 million Avalanche (AVAX) tokens in […]

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) revealed that its coordinated artificial intelligence agents are successfully identifying real vulnerabilities in the network’s critical infrastructure. However, the Protocol Security team pointed out that the true challenge has not been finding the errors, but the immense amount of time required to filter real bugs from the flood of false positives […]

JPMorgan analysts believe that the flagship cryptocurrency could be threatened by tokenless, institutional blockchains.

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Crypto giant Circle is rebuffing efforts to help scam victims, law enforcement officials say. According to a report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the issuer of the USDC stablecoin is allegedly declining to cooperate in assisting scam victims recover their funds. The ICIJ report says some unnamed law enforcement officials are raising […]