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Both US financial regulators are understaffed at the leadership level and lacking Democratic commissioners, with no announcement from President Donald Trump on filling the roles.

The companies urged the regulator to exempt blockchain developers and non-custodial wallet providers from rules designed for traditional financial intermediaries.

As AI-driven mining stocks retreat, investors are examining executive stock sales, governance and shareholder alignment across leading Bitcoin miners, according to Blocksbridge Consulting.

Labour lawmakers proposed a full moratorium on crypto donations in March, which some have sought be made permanent after millions of dollars in contributions were linked to Reform leader Nigel Farage.

US 10-year Treasury yields nears dangerous level while major Deribit Bitcoin options expiry approaches.

The Bitcoin miner's shares climbed about 15% after announcing it's acquiring a Texas site with up to 2 GW of power capacity to expand its AI and digital infrastructure strategy.

Bitcoin gained new upside targets for the daily close and beyond after US president Donald Trump said that Iran "wants to make a deal."

Dealing with large post quantum signatures slowing down Bitcoin can be solved with bigger blocks, or aggregating signatures using STARK proofs.

Hong Kong’s regulator has ordered crypto platforms and online brokers to meet newly issued phishing-resistant login requirements within the next 12 months.

Sony Bank received preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a US stablecoin issuance business, with $40 million in starting capital.

Interpol said a suspect's crypto wallet processed over $122.5 million in 10 months as authorities uncovered the scheme during a global anti-fraud operation that led to 5,811 arrests.

Revolut said USDT support remains unchanged outside EEA and Switzerland as it winds down the stablecoin offering in selected European markets.

Perpetual futures and Hyperliquid’s blockchain infrastructure are expanding into traditional asset classes with around-the-clock trading, according to Pantera Capital.

Bitcoin spot ETFs posted a fresh net outflow on Wednesday as analysis said that their "most overwhelming" outflow streak had ended without a clear demand recovery.

The Bank of Korea reiterated its call for bank-led won stablecoin issuance while advancing deposit token pilots, as issuer rules remain a sticking point in South Korea’s digital asset bill.

Swift launched its new blockchain ledger that will host a tokenized bank deposit pilot for 17 major banks seeking faster cross-border payments.

Binance is exploring new licensing paths into Europe while continuing to expand its regulatory footprint in Asia, says co-CEO Richard Teng.

Alfa-Bank is testing cryptocurrency trading for qualified investors as Russia moves toward regulating digital assets and banks prepare new crypto services.

Senator Ron Wyden has called on Senate leaders to ensure the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act remains in the CLARITY Act when it is brought to the floor.

Onchain scammers netted more than $14 billion last year, and approval phishing remains a primary attack vector.

Hackers have also been exploiting the codebases of defunct decentralized finance protocols, draining millions of dollars in customer funds.

Ongoing strong demand for AI infrastructure “would likely sustain upward pressure on prices for technology products and electricity,” Federal Reserve policymakers said.

Crypto venture firm Paradigm is widening its investment gaze toward AI and other frontier industries with its latest fund.

Zapper provided crypto market data to over 2 million monthly active users and oversaw more than $13 billion in processed transactions during its peak.

The brokerage's new blockchain is off to a fast start, with memecoin trading boosting activity and revenue flowing back to the Arbitrum ecosystem.

After a long stretch without breakthroughs in the crypto market structure bill, insiders say a new draft may emerge in a final push for late-July action — though it still lacks bipartisan buy-in.

Redemption requests in the $2 trillion private credit market surged to $15.6 billion in the second quarter, dwarfing bitcoin ETF outflows.

Compass Point analysts Michael Donovan and Ed Engel said markets are giving little credit to future AI data center pipelines despite billions of dollars in signed leases.

In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re digging into Ethereum Institutional, a new nonprofit aimed at educating financial institutions and banks about Ethereum.

Aave's new Stable Vaults product lets wallets, exchanges and payment apps offer yields on stablecoin deposits

KOSA and Chat Control both retreated on their most-criticized measures this week, but both kept mandatory age verification, the quiet mechanism that turns anonymous browsing into identified browsing for all of us, argues Billions CEO Evin McMullen.

Migrations to Chainlink CCIP so far include Kelp and Lombard, both of which brought over $1 billion, as well as Solv Protocol, Virtuals, Re and Kraken’s tokenized assets.

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HSBC, UBS, Wells Fargo and Citi are among the 17 banks now preparing to pilot live transactions using tokenized digital assets on Swift’s new blockchain payments platform.

These options settle into underlying futures contracts rather than spot cryptoassets, involving no custody, transfer, or administration of tokens.

ETFs face record outflows

BTC rose 1.2% to $63,000 and Nasdaq futures jumped 2.6% with markets seemingly unconcerned by U.S. airstrikes on Iran. Bitcoin is now up 9% since the end of June.

The $400 billion wealth fund plans to expand AI holdings to 15% of its portfolio by 2031 from the current 6%.

A trader on Ostium has held a $1.14 million long position in EUR/USD perpetual futures for 400 days, applying a bitcoin-style HODLing strategy to forex.

The New York-based subsidiary, fully owned by Sony Bank, will be capitalized with $40 million to support its upcoming stablecoin business operations.

A wave of blockbuster AI listings is drawing billions of dollars from global investors, reinforcing a rotation away from crypto.

Santiment reported that bitcoin supply is at its lowest since 2017 and ether since 2015, adding that it doesn’t guarantee prices will move higher but helps set up crypto’s next bull cycle.

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs lost a net $84 million on Wednesday, ending a three-day inflow run that had pulled in roughly $509 million

Former BOJ official issues interest-rate warning as yen continues to slide against the dollar.

OpenAI's new flagship model is out, after spending two weeks locked behind a government-approved preview. It lands the same week Fable 5 leaves Anthropic's subscription plans.

Swift’s pilot allows 17 global banks to transfer tokenized deposits on weekends, but ultimate settlement still relies on legacy systems.

MARA Holdings has agreed to purchase a sizable plot of land in Texas to power its Bitcoin mining and growing AI compute ambitions.

The lawmakers have tabled amendments to make the current moratorium permanent, as the fallout over Reform UK's funding widens.

MoonAgents lets users analyze markets and prepare crypto transactions through Telegram while keeping keys on their own devices.

BNB Chain rebuilds itself for a world run by AI agents. BTC ETFs flows flip negative. And prediction markets face a new hurdle.

Trump's embrace of stablecoins is pushing Brussels to expand its crypto law to non-EU issuers and tokenized payments, EU diplomats say.

The lender's new US subsidiary, Connectia Trust, would issue a dollar-pegged stablecoin once it clears the regulator's final conditions.

The two Thai arrests were part of Operation First Light, a 97-country sweep that logged 5,811 arrests and intercepted $293 million.

SpaceXAI's new coding model is cheaper and faster than Anthropic and OpenAI's flagships—and by Musk's own account, at least one generation behind them.

The investment firm said its fourth fund will back AI, robotics, and crypto startups as it broadens beyond digital assets.

Bitcoin is looking slightly more optimistic but failed the breakout everyone was watching. Meanwhile, ETH just printed a weekly death cross for the first time in years.

Investors had backed away from Bitcoin since mid-May.

The meme coin CashCat on Robinhood Chain is the latest flavor of the hour, and one trader has turned a mini-investment into a small fortune in less than three weeks.

The network’s 2026 roadmap targets faster transactions, AI-powered apps, and infrastructure aimed at competing with traditional financial systems, while preparing for a quantum future.

Ripple and XRP become the latest crypto brands to enter the sports marketing space.

More than 3,000 raids since 2022 have led to 629 arrests, as authorities target miners siphoning electricity from the national grid.

The crypto exchange says an arbitrator sided with it after accounting firm Mazars walked away from a nearly finished audit.

Crypto majors fall as the U.S. strikes Iran, ending the ceasefire. Vanguard opens its doors. And a meme coin frenzy erupts on Robinhood chain.

The report, filed in May 2024, invited the National Crime Agency to determine whether there were grounds for further investigation.

The company says the tool was designed to stop abuse and AI model extraction, but critics questioned the use of undisclosed monitoring.

The SEC updated its agenda to indicate that a key crypto rulemaking is slated to be released for public comment in July.

Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin has raised $20 million in fresh investment from USDT stablecoin issuer Tether.

A University of Manchester researcher says schools should move beyond AI cheating concerns and prepare graduates for workplaces increasingly shaped by automation.

Investors who purchased BIG3 NFTs expected the perks of team ownership, but allege "deceptive, fraudulent" marketing was at play.

China is reportedly building the same power to cut off its AI that the US deployed against Anthropic in June.

Built on Signal’s open-source technology, Radar Chat combines encrypted messaging with self-custodial Bitcoin payments via Lightning Network.

The Capital Markets Authority wants to monitor over 20 blockchains for fraud, laundering, and sanctions evasion under Kenya's new crypto law.

Market maker Wintermute remains cautious, suggesting that recent Bitcoin action is a relief rally rather than a fundamental market change.

The FCA authorization lets the exchange offer equities and derivatives to UK users, a step toward its "everything exchange" ambitions.

Michael Saylor becomes a major Bitcoin seller. A memecoin gets "exploited" via governance. And Bernstein doubles down on a $150k BTC call.

The plaintiffs say Polymarket added a rule after the fact, turning their winning "Yes" bet on Strategy's Bitcoin sale into a loss.

ApeCoin broke out of a tight range, surging to a monthly high of $0.168.

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Despite regulatory pressure, Binance is slowly becoming a financial super-app.

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Sky Protocol could clear June's losses if bulls hold firm.

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Stablecoin outflow from exchanges could leave crypto vulnerable to sudden bouts of volatility.

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Ethereum bulls face a crucial battle as a massive short position, Vitalik’s ETH transfer, and rising macro risks threaten key support.

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Circle says it complied with a warrant to freeze stolen USDC but cannot invalidate or reissue tokens held in third-party wallets.

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Tokenization is shifting from rapid growth to real utility, strengthening its role in modern financial markets.

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BRCA creates a safe harbor for non-custodial developers, and Senator Wyden wrote that a common-sense provision for punishing those using funds from illicit activities.

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Here's why crypto kiosk crackdown may not affect crypto adoption in the U.S.

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Solana's ecosystem remains active, yet Pump.fun's latest SOL sale has triggered fresh market backlash.

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Swift has moved its blockchain-based ledger into live pilots, set to test 24/7 cross-border payments using tokenized deposits

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