From Ethereum’s Glamsterdam to Solana’s Alpenglow, 2026’s most important developments are protocol upgrades, not price charts. Most crypto investors still obsess over price charts. But in 2026, a growing share of attention is shifting back to improving the fundamentals of the protocols. Ethereum, Solana and Avalanche are preparing some of their largest protocol upgrades in …
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UK regulators published an update to a national retail payments blueprint, calling for infrastructure support for tokenization and interoperability with new forms of digital money. UK regulators are calling for tokenization and “new forms of digital money” to be part of the core infrastructure of the country’s future retail payment ecosystem. In a Thursday update …
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Aave launched its V3 lending protocol on Monad with 12 supported assets as the network commits $15 million in first-year incentives to build liquidity and adoption. Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Aave has deployed its V3 lending protocol on Monad, expanding the layer-1 blockchain’s lending ecosystem with support for 12 assets at launch. On Thursday, Aave …
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Clients at a billion-dollar lender may have had their personal information exposed after a cybersecurity incident. River Bank & Trust says in a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that a hacker gained access to its network on June 16th and deployed ransomware in its server. River says it discovered the …
Taiko restored bridge transfers after replenishing asset backing and completing security fixes following an 11-day network disruption. Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Taiko reopened its bridge and restored full operations after a June exploit drained up to $1.7 million. On Thursday, Taiko announced that users could once again move funds to and from the network after completing …
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Metaplanet bought 2,823 Bitcoin during the second quarter, reducing its average acquisition cost to $106,500 per BTC, and reported $10.9 million in revenue from its income generation strategy. Japanese investment company Metaplanet acquired 2,823 Bitcoin during the second quarter at a price below its average purchase price, as its holdings surpassed 43,000 BTC. The company …
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A man from Shasta County, California has admitted to orchestrating a financial scam using stolen identities and fake documents. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California says James Raymond Hanes obtained the personally identifiable information of certain individuals to produce at least 16 counterfeit driver’s licenses that bear his photo but use someone else’s …
The crypto protocol dYdX has rebranded as Arcus and is joining Robinhood’s new blockchain to bring perpetual and tokenized stock trading. The company behind the dYdX decentralized exchange (DEX) has partnered with Robinhood to rebrand and launch the protocol as Arcus on the Robinhood Chain. An X account for Arcus posted on Wednesday that “dYdX …
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OpenAI has reportedly discussed giving the US government a 5% equity stake in early Trump administration talks as Washington tightens AI model oversight. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has reportedly discussed giving the US government a 5% equity stake as artificial intelligence oversight in Washington intensifies. The company raised the idea in early discussions with …
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The funding round is Venice AI’s first external capital raise since it launched in May 2024. The Erik Voorhees-founded Venice AI has achieved unicorn status after raising $65 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation. Led by Dragonfly and with backing from Coinbase Ventures, F-Prime, North Island Ventures, Morgan Creek and others, …
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The Trump sons’ American Bitcoin hit a low on Wednesday ahead of the company’s reverse stock split, which aims to buoy shares and keep it on the Nasdaq.
July 1st, 2026 – Chicago, United States Liquid Mercury announced today that its MERC crypto-asset white paper was submitted to the Central Bank of Ireland and officially added to ESMA’s MiCA white paper register. MiCA, the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, is the EU framework for crypto-asset offers, admission to trading, disclosures, and market integrity. It …
July 1, 2026 – Tortola, British Virgin Islands VCT combines blockchain transparency, agribusiness intelligence, export-finance infrastructure and RWA (real-world asset) tokenization on BNB Smart Chain. Valle Capital Token (‘VCT’) today announced the development and expansion of its blockchain-powered ecosystem designed to connect global digital capital with Brazilian agribusiness operations and international commodity exports. Built on …
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Bitcoin rallied above $60,000 despite Federal Reserve rate hike fears and steady outflows from the BTC spot ETFs. Is the rally a bull trap? Key takeaways: Bitcoin (BTC) reacted positively to US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s remarks on stubborn inflation. Despite the gains on Wednesday, traders fear that incentives for fixed-income investments and strong …
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The company announced a suite of DeFi products, plans for launching crypto trading in the UK and its public mainnet after months of testing. Stock and cryptocurrency trading platform Robinhood announced the launch of its public mainnet about four months after it began testing the network. On Wednesday, the company said Robinhood Chain, a layer …
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