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In Japan, logistics giant AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings committed ¥1 billion ($6.16 million) to deploy the regulated JPYC stablecoin for payments to around 2,300 subcontractors and independent drivers.  The investment roughly...

Hong Kong’s regulated stablecoin market is set to take another step forward, with market reports indicating that HKDAP, a Hong Kong dollar-pegged stablecoin developed by Anchorpoint Financial Technology and Standard...

KuCoin strengthened its position in the crypto exchange market during the second quarter of 2026. According to TokenInsight, the exchange was one of the few major platforms to gain ground...

Fresh U.S. inflation data briefly lifted sentiment across financial markets this week, but the optimism quickly faded in the cryptocurrency market. Although inflation came in below economists’ expectations, investors remained...

Franklin Templeton has expanded its $1.5 billion BENJI tokenized money market fund to BNB Chain, extending one of the world’s largest tokenized investment products to another public blockchain. Crypto analyst...

The official website of the Kenyan President William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto has been hacked, and its homepage defaced with a message targeting the President and demanding a ransom in...

SBI Holdings has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinhako, marking another move in the Japanese financial group’s expanding digital asset strategy across Asia. The...

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META), and Anthropic PBC are in preliminary discussions for a massive data center lease deal that could be worth up to $10 billion over two years....

France has intensified its enforcement against Polymarket after earlier transaction restrictions failed to prevent domestic users from reaching the prediction platform. On July 16, the National Gambling Authority ordered French...

Veteran trader Peter Brandt believes Bitcoin has yet to reach its bear market low. He predicts BTC could fall below $50,000, potentially into the high-$40,000 range before bottoming in October....

A newly discovered malware framework called OkoBot is targeting cryptocurrency users. According to cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, it can steal seed phrases, wallet credentials, browser data, and other sensitive information through...

Elon Musk’s net worth has dropped below $900 billion after a decline in SpaceX shares wiped out more than $500 billion from his fortune in less than a month. The...

Three men who impersonated police officers and built fake police websites to steal more than £4 million ($5.4 million) in cryptocurrency have been jailed following a major investigation by London’s...

India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has reportedly intensified its probe into an alleged $58 million (INR 500 crore) crypto scam. While this incident marks one of the largest crypto fraud cases...

China has moved its AI ambitions from rhetoric to institutional reality, with President Xi Jinping using the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai to announce a competing global governance framework...

The rapid rise and fall of the Base-based memecoin $BRIAN has stirred up debate over whether crypto traders are placing too much weight on social media activity from prominent industry...

Michael Saylor, founder of Strategy, has renewed his focus on the role of corporations in Bitcoin’s future, arguing that businesses provide the organizational structure needed to support the digital asset’s...

The United States Department of Defense is in active negotiations with SpaceX to purchase data center capacity for running artificial intelligence models, in a deal the Wall Street Journal reported...

India’s crypto market has been facing regulatory challenges as the authorities have focused solely on taxation. But now the situation is changing, with the government shifting attention towards broader issues...

The UK government has published draft tax rules covering crypto lending, liquidity pools, stablecoins, and HMRC information powers. The lending and stablecoin measures would take effect from April 2027. The...

Consensys, the blockchain firm behind the MetaMask crypto wallet, accidentally hired a software developer linked to North Korea who spent roughly a month contributing to core platform code before being...

India’s crypto market is moving toward futures as the 1% TDS limits capital available for spot trading. Reports indicate that derivatives now account for 80% or more of trading volume...

Global diesel markets are facing pronounced turbulence following Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russian refineries, which have hampered production and triggered export bans.  Notably, this disruption has translated into rising prices...

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse discussed XRP’s advantages over Bitcoin in a recent industry event, highlighting speed, cost-efficiency, and institutional adoption.  The session emphasized why XRP is designed for cross-border payments...

The U.S. House Subcommittee on Digital Assets convenes a field hearing on July 17, 2026, to review the CLARITY Act and the proposed Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Key witnesses from both...