Bitcoin’s more than $10 billion corporate credit market is still attracting new entrants after a June selloff triggered margin calls and drove its leading preferred shares far below par. A new report from BitcoinTreasuries.net described the downturn as the sector’s first meaningful stress test, offering an early measure of whether companies can reliably build financing …
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AscendEX shut down on July 1, leaving some customers unsure whether they will recover their funds. The exchange said in a July 6 notice that it does not hold authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework. It also cited financial and operational pressures, including a failed strategic transaction expected to provide liquidity. Customers …
Hong Kong crypto platforms have until July 8, 2027, to ditch one-time passwords for client logins and device registration under new security rules. By then, licensed virtual asset service providers and internet brokers must use authentication that can resist phishing for client logins and the registration or binding of devices, according to a July 9 …
Terraform Labs’ bankruptcy court cleared the Plan Administrator to use Jump Trading documents in a lawsuit seeking at least $4 billion while rejecting four late crypto-loss claims. One order lets the administrator use Jump Trading documents in the $4 billion lawsuit. The other rejects four late claims, narrowing who may share in any recovery. Neither …
Regulators have until July 18, 2026, to turn the GENIUS Act from a statute into access rules for stablecoin issuers that want a clear regulatory path into the US. That date is the Act’s one-year rulemaking deadline, not a blanket cutoff for users or every restriction on issuers. Public Law 119-27 requires primary federal payment …
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Three SEC crypto proposals are now penciled in for July, covering token offerings, broker-dealer custody and trading venues. The agency could start writing the rules before the Senate even decides whether to take up the CLARITY Act. Earlier this week, SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the agency’s 2026 regulatory agenda aims to bring more crypto …
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More than 24 prediction market ETFs proposed by Roundhill, Bitwise, and GraniteShares remain in regulatory limbo, with the SEC yet to act despite the issuers filing their applications in February. The agency pushed back the expected launch timing to gain clarity on fund mechanics and investor disclosures, delaying products that would have reached the market …
Analysts warn that a reversal in the current conditions of the Japanese yen, as the Bank of Japan moves to protect its fiat currency, would lead investors to unwind risk positions globally, impacting tech stocks and bitcoin markets primarily. Yen Carry Trade Reversal Awakens Fears in Bitcoin Analysts One of the most relevant global liquidity …
With 426 votes in favor, the European Parliament has approved moving to the next stage to launch and implement the digital euro in the eurozone. Now, the parliament will have to negotiate with member states and agree on a common proposal for the unified digital currency. Digital Euro Advances To Negotiation Phase Europe is a …
The Ethereum Foundation’s protocol security team ran coordinated artificial intelligence (AI) agents against the code Ethereum depends on, surfacing at least one remotely exploitable bug along with a flood of convincing false positives that humans had to untangle. A Lot of Misdiagnosis The experiment was detailed in a blog post published July 9 by Nikos …
Bitcoin miner Cleanspark (Nasdaq: CLSK) purchased 454 BTC worth about $29 million on July 7, lifting its treasury to 13,924 BTC even as much of the mining industry sells coins to survive the bear market. Swimming Against The Tide The purchase was made at an average price of roughly $64,000 per coin, according to trackers, …
Bitcoin erased its mid-week, geopolitically driven losses on Friday, surging 2% to an intraday peak of $64,653 and lifting the total crypto market cap to $2.28 trillion. Bitcoin Erases Geopolitical Losses On Friday, bitcoin breached $64,000, entirely erasing the mid-week losses triggered by sudden geopolitical escalations in the Middle East. After trading just under $62,800 …
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Crypto ETF flows weakened on Thursday, July 9, as bitcoin ETFs posted a $95.30 million outflow and ether ETFs snapped a five-day inflow streak with a $52.08 million exit. Solana saw a small redemption, while HYPE and XRP ETFs recorded no trading activity. Japan Weighs Crypto ETFs as Bitcoin and Ether Funds Return to Outflows …
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Economist and longtime bitcoin critic Peter Schiff argued this week that BTC’s supposed correlation with gold “was never real,” while its historically tight relationship with the Nasdaq has now broken down. Schiff Continues With His Anti-Bitcoin Narrative The latest salvo was highlighted on X by numerous analysts, summarizing Schiff’s argument that bitcoin cannot claim to …
Circle has received approval from the OCC to establish Circle National Trust, a federally regulated national trust bank. The charter strengthens the infrastructure behind USDC and could eventually bring management of the stablecoin’s reserve under direct federal oversight. Jeremy Allaire Hails OCC Charter as Circle Expands USDC Circle Internet Group has received approval from the …
