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Trump is expected to meet senators over CLARITY Act ethics provisions, a key hurdle before a targeted Senate vote ahead of the August recess.
DTCC has begun production tokenized securities trades with JPMorgan, BlackRock and Goldman Sachs, marking a reported move from pilot activity toward live institutional use.
Japan’s parliament passed a revised financial law classifying crypto as financial assets, with insider-trading rules, tougher penalties, and a path toward lower crypto tax rates.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a reported $197 million weekly net inflow across 13 products, ending an eight-week outflow streak. Analysts still caution that the data alone does not show a demand recovery.
Reported XRP futures unwinds and spot ETF outflows point to softer near-term demand, even as XRPL promotes an institutional pipeline estimated at about $4 billion.
A $407M tokenized Treasury fund is being presented as a sign that on-chain ownership and transfer rails may be becoming more usable for digital-market collateral.
American Bitcoin is reportedly pursuing a 1-for-15 reverse stock split to avoid Nasdaq delisting, highlighting renewed pressure on Bitcoin-treasury equity structures.
Pakistan’s virtual-assets regulator met Mufti Taqi Usmani after his ruling against crypto purchases, with dialogue continuing and no stated policy outcome.
Bitcoin traded near $63,800 after briefly falling below $63,000 in an Asian-session leverage flush, as coverage described crypto as relatively insulated from wider risk-off pressure.
An Interpol sweep reportedly tied one wallet to $122.5 million in Thailand fraud as authorities also target USDT and cash flows. The next signal is what Thailand discloses about enforcement.
SBI plans a JPYSC lending service with a stated 3% annual yield, while Lawson is piloting JPYC payments with KDDI and HashPort.
Strategy reportedly sold about $216 million in Bitcoin as its large holding sat below its reported average cost, putting renewed attention on treasury-company financing and disclosure.
Ripple’s CEO said the company once considered winding down and distributing XRP to shareholders. The account is retrospective and does not describe a current decision or pending action.
An AI system reportedly surfaced a bug that could take Ethereum validators offline, while human researchers were needed to confirm and demonstrate the exploit path.
BIP-110 is nearing its deadline with no reported miner signaling and public opposition from Michael Saylor and Adam Back, making activation appear unlikely.
Bitcoin and ether ETFs recorded $282 million in combined inflows after eight weeks of outflows, but the rebound recovered only about 3% of the earlier $9.46 billion drain.
An IMF working paper says dollar stablecoins may widen FX access but could also amplify coordinated exits from local currencies in severe exchange-rate stress.
Bonzo Lend was drained of roughly $9 million after inflated SAUCE collateral passed an on-chain oracle verifier, underscoring a live risk in DeFi lending.
EMURGO reportedly outlined a route to return about 16 million ADA taken in the SecondFi exploit, though evidence of completed restitution has not yet appeared on-chain.
Ouroboros Leios prototype 2026w28 fixes database, startup, and block re-application bugs on the devnet. It is a reliability update, not a mainnet release or performance claim.
Standard Chartered reaffirmed its $100,000 year-end Bitcoin target and characterized Strategy's STRC pivot as a communication challenge, not a solvency issue.
Robinhood Chain saw early on-chain activity, though the reported retail surge was led by CASHCAT rather than tokenized assets.
Bitcoin moved back toward $64,000 after buying linked to the Coinbase Premium, though cited analysts still characterize the move as a bear-market recovery.
Metaplanet’s study and CRYL’s loan facility point to early Bitcoin-backed credit activity in Japan, but the tokenized product remains unlaunched.
