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82 itemsJuly 13, 2026
- Cointelegraph
Bitcoin Covenants Part 4: OP_CHECKSIGFROMSTACK and OP_CAT
OP_CSFS authenticates signatures over arbitrary data. OP_CAT concatenates stack values into a single message. Together, they let Bitcoin scripts verify transaction structure at spend time, without pre-signed key management or new consensus rules beyond the two opcodes themselves.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Ripple CEO says SEC suit nearly pushed company to shut down
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he and co-founder Chris Larsen seriously considered shutting the company down after the SEC sued in 2020 and distributing Ripple's XRP holdings to shareholders. In a KU Hustle interview, Garlinghouse said they chose to fight instead because closing Ripple would have...
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Wall Street transfer agents lobby SEC, warning that third-party tokens pose risks to market integrity
The Securities Transfer Association, an industry group for transfer agents, said company-authorized tokenization should receive preferential treatment under future rules.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
How a zeroed oracle signature unlocked $9M from Hedera DeFi lender Bonzo Lend
Hedera-based lending protocol Bonzo Lend has locked withdrawals after an oracle verifier accepted a proof containing a zeroed signature and public key, allowing a wallet to borrow $9.05 million against 250 SAUCE. Bonzo Lend and Bonzo Points remained paused as of July 13, while the protocol’s officia...
- The BlockScore: 80
Bank of Thailand audits high-volume stablecoin trades to crack down on illicit finance: report
The central bank and the SEC have reportedly begun using data analytics tools to examine abnormal stablecoin trades, with a focus on USDT.
- DecryptScore: 80
Chinese Prosecutors Float Treating Crypto Mixer, Privacy Coin Use as Sign of Money Laundering
An article in the top prosecutors' paper urges new blockchain evidence rules, presumptions of intent, and a state platform to sell seized coins.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley join UK government's tokenization taskforce
The 54 firm-strong group, which is backed by the City of London Corporation, will spend the next year working on live tokenisation use cases across UK financial markets.
- DecryptScore: 80
Bank of Thailand Flags Abnormal Stablecoin Trades in 'Grey Economy' Crackdown
Data analytics flagged stablecoin transfers meant to evade scrutiny, the central bank says, handing the findings to the securities regulator.
- The BlockScore: 80
Japan’s largest security token platform moves nearly $3 billion to Avalanche blockchain
Progmat develops security token infrastructure that accounts for 64.6% of Japan’s security token market total issuance value.
- The BlockScore: 80
President Trump, White House press Senate to advance the Clarity Act while ethics fight looms
President Trump and other key administration officials and lawmakers are making a renewed push to pass cryptocurrency legislation into law.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Bolivia mulls recognizing USDT as payment currency amid dollar shortage
As foreign currency reserves remain under pressure, Bolivia is considering a framework to let the world’s largest stablecoin be used for payments, savings and trade.
- DecryptScore: 80
Bolivia Is Considering Adding Tether's USDT Stablecoin to National Payments System: Report
South American nation Bolivia is considering the use of the largest dollar-backed stablecoin, USDT, per a local report.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin ETFs draw $197M, snap 8-week outflow streak
Analysts are not yet ready to call it a recovery in institutional demand for Bitcoin.
- The BlockScore: 75
Bitcoin whale moves $188 million in BTC after seven-year dormancy: onchain data
The whale last moved bitcoin in 2018, when the cryptocurrency traded at roughly $6,475, reflecting nearly a tenfold gain since then.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
After MiCA deadline, majority of Binance users sent funds to self-custody not other compliant exchanges
Binance says users in the European Union sent up to 70% of the funds they withdrew after July 1 to wallets they controlled themselves. Only about 30% went to platforms regulated under the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, according to Binance co-CEO Richard Teng. The split was reported by the comp...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
UK tokenization push could add as much as $44B to annual output by 2035: Report
The government-backed roadmap calls for the UK’s first digital gilt by early 2027 and seeks to make tokenized bonds usable for trading and borrowing.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Robinhood Chain surges into top five by DEX volume: Bernstein
Robinhood's new blockchain quickly became a top-five network by DEX volume, signaling strong early demand for its tokenized asset platform, the broker said.
- The BlockScore: 75
Robinhood Chain draws over $3 billion in weekly DEX volume to join top five chains: Bernstein
Robinhood Chain hit $3.1B in weekly DEX volume and 65K users since its July 1 launch, as the Layer 2 eyes tokenized markets, Bernstein said.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Tether’s $20 billion mountain of gold – equal to a national reserve – to be used for lending
Tether is already the world's largest stablecoin issuer, with approximately $141 billion in direct and indirect exposure to US Treasuries. It reported $15 billion in revenue in 2025 and $1.04 billion in net profit for the first quarter of 2026, mostly from that yield alone, making it one of the more...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Stablecoins are moving more money while crypto’s cash pile gets smaller
Adjusted stablecoin transaction volume reached a record $1.79 trillion in June, according to Visa Onchain Analytics, up 63% from May's $1.10 trillion and 125% higher than a year earlier. Across the same four weeks, the total pool of stablecoins in circulation shrank by $7.7 billion, the largest mont...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
DOJ moves to drop $722M BitClub case before trial as victims wait to learn what they will recover
The Justice Department plans to end its criminal case against Matthew Goettsche, who prosecutors accuse of helping run the BitClub Network fraud scheme, before an October trial. Bloomberg Law, citing two people familiar with the matter, said the deputy attorney general's office instructed prosecutor...
- The BlockScore: 75
UK lays out tokenized finance roadmap with projected £33 billion annual boost
Industry leaders say payment infrastructure must evolve alongside tokenized assets to enable real-time settlement.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Robinhood Chain tokens are reportedly vanishing from wallets causing buyers to lose funds
Cross-chain transaction protocol Relay has claimed that buyers on Robinhood Chain, Robinhood's permissionless Ethereum Layer 2, lost money after tokens they purchased disappeared from their wallets. Relay highlighted the issue and said the money was gone, without promoting the tokens or saying why t...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Crypto exchanges are becoming the new distribution channel for Wall Street assets
Crypto exchanges are increasingly becoming distribution platforms for Wall Street exposure as trading in tokenized stocks and real-world asset derivatives accelerates across crypto markets. Tokenized assets became the most-listed category across major centralized exchanges in the first half of 2026,...
- DecryptScore: 75
New Hampshire Follows Bitcoin Reserve With 'Blockchain Basic Laws' Signing
New Hampshire's newly-signed crypto law introduces protections for users, miners, and stakers within its boundaries.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Global law firm launches MiCA compliance tool as crypto companies navigate new EU rules
Reed Smith’s Aquarius platform automates regulatory filings and legal workflows as demand for MiCA compliance tools grows across Europe.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Bank of Thailand targets USDT and cash flows in gray money crackdown
Thailand has been plagued by Chinese-affiliated scam centers, with illicit gains flowing through a “gray money” economy.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin falls below $63,000 as markets give Hormuz traffic just 3% chance to normalize by August
Bitcoin slipped below $63,000 as renewed fighting between the United States and Iran pushed oil prices higher, drove bond yields up, and revived concern that an extended disruption in the Strait of Hormuz could keep inflation elevated. Data from CryptoSlate shows the largest cryptocurrency traded ne...
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Binance June futures volume at $1.6T defies crypto spot trading slump
Binance futures volume jumped 80% in June, to $1.61 trillion, outpacing rivals while broader crypto trading activity remained weak.
- The BlockScore: 70
Strategy sells $467 million in MSTR shares, makes no bitcoin purchases as USD reserve hits $3 billion
Strategy's total holdings remain at 843,775 BTC and account for around 4% of the 21 million bitcoin supply cap — worth roughly $53 billion.
- The BlockScore: 70
Tom Lee says users ‘starting to see Ethereum as money’ as Bitmine adds 27,801 ETH
Bitmine accumulates 5.77M ETH tokens, 4.8% of supply, as Tom Lee cites Robinhood Chain driving everyday user adoption.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Tom Lee's BitMine ether holdings rise to 5.77 million tokens, or 4.8% of total supply
The company expanded its ETH treasury while Chairman Tom Lee pointed to Robinhood Chain's rapid growth on Ethereum.
- DecryptScore: 70
BitMine Buys $49 Million in Ethereum as Tom Lee Hails Early Robinhood Chain Demand
According to BitMine Chairman Tom Lee, Ethereum is benefiting from the early success of the Robinhood Chain layer-2 network.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Donald Trump invokes US senator’s death to push crypto bill
With the death of Senator Lindsey Graham and another senator hospitalized, Republicans’ current majority in the chamber has been reduced to 51-47, likely requiring more Democratic support to pass crypto market structure.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Binance.US CEO says exchange is rebuilding, eyes return to 20% U.S. market share
Binance.US is betting ultra-low fees, new regulated products and deeper liquidity will help it regain customers after two years of regulatory setbacks.
- The BlockScore: 65
Japan’s Lawson convenience store pilots stablecoin payments with JPYC: report
This is part of a proof-of-concept involving telecommunications giant KDDI and crypto wallet firm HashPort.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Bitcoin holds near $63,800 as war-driven selloff hits everything but crypto
Gold, oil, stocks and bonds all moved sharply on the fourth round of U.S. strikes on Iran, but bitcoin is little-changed.
- The BlockScore: 65
Japan’s SBI Group to launch JPYSC stablecoin lending service this month
The SBI's service would offer users a 3% annual yield for deposited JPYSC stablecoins, according to Nikkei.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Bitcoin’s $60K price floor is back in play as Hormuz oil shock returns
Bitcoin fell below $63,000 on Monday as oil rose and equity futures retreated after another round of U.S. strikes against Iran. The strikes and Bitcoin's drop coincided, but it is not the full story. Thin weekend trading, fund flows, and crypto-specific selling were also part of the mix. CryptoSlate...
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Profit-taking, MidEast hostilities drag crypto lower after bullish week
Crypto's weekend gains gave way to a Monday selloff as Middle East tensions resurfaced, South Korea's Kospi lost 9.2% and $253 million in leveraged positions were wiped out.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Bitcoin whale moves $188M for first time in 7 years
A dormant whale transferred BTC worth $188 million after seven years of holding, adding to the growing ratio of whale transfers to cryptocurrency exchanges.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Michael Saylor’s Strategy added $467 million in cash, made no changes to bitcoin holdings
The company raised the fresh cash via sales of common stock; its USD Reserve now stands at $3 billion.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Strategy sells $467M in MSTR shares, leaves 843,775 BTC stack untouched
Strategy boosted its US dollar reserve to $3 billion after selling $466.7 million in MSTR shares, while keeping its 843,775 Bitcoin holdings unchanged.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
UK Treasury report on tokenization cites Ripple as convergence model
A Treasury-backed report targets putting repo, gilts and funds onchain within two years, and warms to permissionless networks that firms like Ripple have been building on.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Robinhood built a blockchain for tokenized stocks. Memecoins took over
Robinhood Chain has pulled in $135 million of value and 800,000 addresses since July 1. Almost none of it is doing what the chain was built for.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Mizuho says Circle bank approval doesn't solve USDC growth, stablecoin competition risks
Japanese investment bank Mizuho reiterated its neutral rating on Circle, saying OCC approval for a national trust bank doesn't address slowing USDC growth or rising competition.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Trump's crypto riches loom over Clarity Act talks to ban conflicts for U.S. officials
Discussion among Democrats have fixed on the president's personal gains when hashing out the crypto market structure bill's ethics provision.
- DecryptScore: 65
Democratic Opposition to Clarity Act Grows in Crypto Bill's Do-or-Die Final Weeks
Democrats are mounting a final case against the Clarity Act centered on its lack of language restricting Trump's sprawling crypto fortune.
- The BlockScore: 60
The Funding: Why Japan’s SBI Holdings is investing big in crypto
The Japanese financial giant's recent crypto deals offer insights into how traditional finance is approaching digital assets.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Japan stablecoin payments advance with Lawson trial, Netstars launch
Lawson will test yen stablecoin payments in Tokyo as Netstars launches a merchant service supporting USDC, USDT and JPYC.
- The BlockScore: 60
SBI Holdings, Solana Foundation partner to build Japan-based onchain financial market
SBI and the Solana Foundation are collaborating to build an onchain financial market with SBI R3 rebranding to SBI Solana Global.
- DecryptScore: 60
Morning Minute: BTC and ETH ETFs Flip Green After Lengthy Outflow Stretch
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs closed their first positive week since May, but a big week ahead will likely determine crypto's near-term fate.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Coinbase Ventures tops crypto VC list for H1 2026
Coinbase’s venture capital arm leads 2026 crypto investing even as funding withered and unique investors shied away amid the bear market.
- The BlockScore: 60
Chinese prosecutors call for more proactive approach to investigating crypto money laundering
For the most part, China prohibits crypto trading and services while authorities actively investigate and prosecute crimes.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bitcoin threatens $62K in risk-asset rout as Donald Trump says US will 'run' closed Hormuz Strait
Bitcoin bulls faced an uphill struggle to preserve $62,000 as stocks opened down on Strait of Hormuz rhetoric between the US and Iran.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Hyundai completes USDT treasury settlement pilot between US and Mexico
Hyundai completed a proof-of-concept using Tether's USDT to settle a cross-border treasury transfer between its US and Mexican subsidiaries, highlighting growing enterprise interest in stablecoin-based payments.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
TeraWulf CEO: 'Not All Megawatts Are Created Equally' in AI Race
TeraWulf says its $19 billion AI hosting agreement with Anthropic underscores its transformation from a Bitcoin miner into an AI infrastructure company.
- The BlockScore: 60
Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 markets surge to nearly 50% of perp volume as onchain stock trading grows
HIP-3's share of total Hyperliquid perp volume has climbed from roughly 2% at the start of the year to around 50% now.
- The BlockScore: 60
Bitcoin and Ethereum tweet volume falls to 12-month lows despite institutional crypto boom
Retail attention via social chatter is back to 2020 levels even as institutional involvement has moved in the opposite direction.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
SBI Holdings' blockchain initiative pivots to Solana for tokenization, stablecoin issuance
The SBI Solana Global joint venture now includes the Solana Foundation, the Swiss organization that oversees the layer-1 network.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Bolivia weighs adding Tether's USDT to its national payments system
Crypto usage has spiked in the country, with transaction volumes hitting $430 million in the year after the central bank removed restrictions in mid-2024.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Strategy pauses its Bitcoin buying spree to hoard a massive $3 billion cash cushion
Strategy now has more than 20 months of coverage for preferred-stock dividends and debt interest.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Japan’s SBI to launch yen stablecoin lending with 3% yield
SBI VC Trade will open JPYSC lending applications on July 16, offering an initial 3% annual rate for a 12-week term without deposit insurance.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Resurgent U.S.-Iran hostilities send bitcoin lower even as ETF flows show demand
Your day-ahead look for July 13, 2026
- DecryptScore: 50
Strategy Pads Cash Reserves to $3 Billion, Skipping Bitcoin Buy for Third Week
Strategy went another week without buying Bitcoin, focusing instead on lifting its cash reserves to $3 billion via common stock proceeds.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bitcoin panic-selling may be ending as sellers' profit margins disappear
Analysts point to bitcoin’s resilience amid fresh U.S.-Iran escalation and renewed spot ETF inflows as the clearest signs yet that the marginal seller has stepped away.
- The BlockScore: 50
Onchain Pokémon cards come to Solana-based DEX Jupiter
While tokenized Pokémon cards aren’t new, having Jupiter enter the space could give the whole category a legitimacy boost.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
AI microbusinesses could drive $262B in stablecoin volume by 2033: Swyftx
The AI-native cohort of the expanding gig economy could increasingly use stablecoins to avoid slow and expensive traditional payment rails, Australian crypto exchange Swyftx said.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
U.S. inflation, second-quarter earnings reports: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting July 13.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Paradigm shifts vs bubbles: AI chips and bitcoin show powerful trends can still produce severe corrections
Structural change can create lasting opportunities, but explosive rallies in semiconductors, metals and bitcoin show how quickly strong narratives can become speculative excess.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
BTC price bull market to begin in September? Five things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin price analysis called for the end of the bear market within three months as the US-Iran war sent BTC lower from strengthening $64,000 resistance.
- The BlockScore: 40
Stablecoin FX priced below interbank rates in Q2, with routing now the biggest cost lever: Borderless
Stablecoin payments were priced 3.2 bps below interbank FX rates across 260 corridors in Q2, per Borderless.xyz's benchmark.
- DecryptScore: 40
Robinhood Chain's Early Momentum Is Being Driven By Meme Coins, Not Tokenized Stocks
Robinhood Chain traders are reaching for Tendies over Apple.
- The BlockScore: 40
Strategy’s no-bitcoin-buy week shows ‘greater balance-sheet discipline,’ analysts say
Analysts from Benchmark and TD Cowen maintained Buy ratings and price targets of $570 and $260, respectively.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Bitcoin slips below $63,000 in an Asian-session leverage flush
The liquidations were minor, running at about a sixth of what the market saw at its worst over the past 30 days, per CoinGlass.
- DecryptScore: 30
This Is How Much Your Boyfriend Is Spending on AI Girlfriends
Romantic AI companion apps have brought in nearly half a billion dollars as users pay for virtual partners, flirting, and digital intimacy.
- The BlockScore: 30
Gondor v1 to let users borrow against their entire Polymarket portfolio
Expected to launch in September, v1 will enable users to margin their entire Polymarket portfolios to place additional leveraged bets.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Franklin Crypto CIO says crypto prices are disconnected from fundamentals
Institutional adoption of crypto is accelerating even as digital asset prices fail to reflect the industry's strongest fundamentals in years, Seth Ginns said.
- DecryptScore: 20
'The Odyssey' Director Chris Nolan: Young Audiences are Rejecting 'AI Slop'
The younger generation's judgment of AI has been “immediate and harsh,” according to the Oscar-winning director.
- DecryptScore: 20
Claude's Personality Changes Depending on the Model—And the Language You Speak
According to new Anthropic research, Claude consistently expresses different values across models and languages.
- DecryptScore: 20
Protesters March on OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind Demanding AI Development Pause
About 200 protesters marched through San Francisco on Saturday, calling on leading AI companies to halt development of more powerful models over concerns about AI safety, jobs, and the environment.
- DecryptScore: 15
Stop Over-Prompting: OpenAI’s New GPT-5.6 Guidelines Change Everything
Forget the XML blocks and persistence scripts. OpenAI’s new prompting guide says define the destination, set the stopping conditions, and get out of the way.