Month: July 2026

BitPay secures Dutch licensing under MiCA, plans to expand stablecoin payments

The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets approved BitPay’s application as a crypto-asset service provider under the Markets in Crypto-Assets…

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Ethics in Crypto Market Structure ‘Really Not Our Concern,’ Says Blockchain Association CEO

Summer Mersinger, the CEO of the Blockchain Association and a former commissioner at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),…

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Bitcoin Gains Run Out of Steam as Traders Warn of Rejection Next

Bitcoin (BTC) cooled off with US stocks on Thursday as tech selling tempered gains from low inflation. Key points: Bitcoin…

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Crypto Slumps as Prediction Markets Reach Record Q2 Volume

Cryptocurrency markets struggled broadly in the second quarter of 2026, with declines across stablecoins, spot trading and derivatives, but prediction…

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Onchain Gagcha Hits Record Highs

June 2026 was brutal for the crypto market. Bitcoin (BTC) fell more than 20%, hitting a 21-month low, while spot…

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Alpaca raises $135M to fund tokenized agent-first infrastructure

The BNP-backed brokerage infrastructure provider is expanding into tokenized markets and AI-native financial services as both DeFi and TradFi companies…

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Tokenized Stocks Rise to $2.3B All-Time High

The global market capitalization of tokenized stocks rose to a record $2.3 billion on Wednesday, as more investors sought exposure…

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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…

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Autonomous AI Economy Faces Infrastructure Gaps: Visa, Artemis

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are posing a challenge to the incumbent global card payments infrastructure that is struggling to process…

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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…

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