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Coinbase has reorganized leadership for its Base ecosystem after acknowledging that several early growth initiatives failed to deliver expected results. Jesse Pollak will step away from leading the Base app...

Aave has extended its V4 protocol to Avalanche, marking its first expansion beyond Ethereum and strengthening its push into tokenized finance. The deployment brings a redesigned lending framework that supports...

Japan’s Upper House committee has approved the bill reclassifying cryptocurrency as a financial instrument. It implies that the world’s fourth-largest economy has categorized crypto in the same way as stocks...

Futures trading now makes up about 80% of crypto volume on Indian exchanges, a big change from previous years when spot trading dominated the market. The change is primarily attributed...

The Digital Asset Market Structure Clarity Act (CLARITY Act) is facing renewed scrutiny as delays after its House passage raise questions over Congress’s commitment to digital asset regulation. Senator Cynthia...

Trade.xyz has launched Pre-Initial Public Offering (Pre-IPO) bets through a perpetual futures contract on the Hyperliquid blockchain tied to the expected share price of memory-chip maker ChangXin Memory Technologies Inc....

Japan’s upper house approved legislation on July 15 that moves cryptocurrency trading oversight from payment law into the securities regulatory framework. The measure amends the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act...

The U.S. government has moved another batch of seized cryptocurrency, emptying a wallet linked to the collapsed FTX exchange and Alameda Research just one day after transferring nearly $288.33 million...

DB Securities has partnered with the Optimism Foundation to develop tokenized securities (STOs) and real-world asset (RWA) projects centered on South Korea’s Jeju region. The South Korean brokerage announced on...

SBI Global Asset Management (SBI GAM) and regulated digital asset exchange DigiFT have launched the SBI Japan High Dividend Equity Strategy Token (JX Token) on the Solana blockchain.  The launch...

South Korea is moving ahead with preparations to introduce taxation on cryptocurrency income despite ongoing attempts to overturn the policy through legislation and a public petition. While the National Tax...

Circle has prevailed in an arbitration dispute brought by a Tether-backed investment fund after the stablecoin issuer defended its decision to remove the fund from its platform over trading concerns....

Strategy CEO Phong Le once again maintained the company’s long-term commitment to Bitcoin during an appearance on Bloomberg Markets: The Close, saying the company remains focused on expanding its digital...

Polygon has recorded its highest-ever monthly stablecoin card top-up volume, reaching $30.5 million just 13 days into July. The figure is already 122% higher than June’s total of $13.69 million,...

Payments giant Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have reportedly submitted a joint offer to acquire PayPal Holdings in a deal valued at more than $53 billion.  According to...

The world’s largest crypto exchange has a new identity it is building toward, and it has very little to do with crypto trading. Binance is slowly becoming something closer to...

Aave has formalized Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as the default infrastructure standard across its entire ecosystem, extending an existing security relationship that began five years ago with Chainlink’s price...

Artificial intelligence now assists in writing between 95% and 100% of Coinbase’s code, a figure that has more than doubled from the 40% the company reported in February, according to...

If you’ve ever placed a large trade and watched the price move against you before it even filled, you’ve felt the exact problem dark pools were built to solve. The...

A BBC investigation has raised fresh questions about the relationship between UK cryptocurrency policy discussions and political donations linked to Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin. The report...

The crypto landscape continues to evolve rapidly as DAOs, token projects, and blockchain communities prepare for key updates over the next 30 days. Governance, treasury management, and strategic partnerships are...

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says his company is leading a $7 million Series A financing round into Pact Labs, which confirms what their transaction data has shown for years. Ardoino...

Japan’s largest card network, JCB, has signed an agreement with Circle to explore using stablecoins for cross-border payments, merchant settlements and treasury operations. The companies will assess whether Circle’s payment...

Dubai-based Emirates NBD has started processing real-time cross-border U.S. dollar payments through the Partior blockchain network. The service is initially available to eligible corporate and institutional clients, marking the bank’s...

Global cryptocurrency regulations are evolving rapidly in 2026, with several countries introducing major changes to virtual asset frameworks. These adjustments are reshaping how businesses and retail users interact with digital...