Raw News Items
91 itemsJuly 15, 2026
- The Block
From Perpetual Swaps to Perpetual CFDs: The Regulated Evolution
The 24/7 Trading Imperative Fixed exchange sessions are a structural mismatch with the global retail base. The NYSE opens at 9:30 a.m. Eastern and closes at 4:00 p.m., a window designed for an era when the participant base was concentrated in a single geography and order flow was physically intermed...
- The BlockScore: 90
US Treasury freezes over $130 million tied to Iran-linked crypto wallets
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says OFAC sanctioned multiple Iran-linked crypto wallets, freezing over $130 million.
- DecryptScore: 90
BlackRock, Goldman, and JP Morgan Will Give Tokenized Stocks a Try
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation is working with nearly 40 financial firms in a pilot to test tokenized stocks and U.S. treasuries.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
US freezes $131M in Iran-linked crypto as Middle East tensions rise
“US Treasury is committed to disrupting and degrading Iran’s illicit financial activities, including its abuse of digital assets,” US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Bitcoin nears $65,000 as cooling U.S. inflation guts the Fed rate-hike trade
The June CPI print pulled hike odds from 43% to 13%, with analysts now watching the September FOMC meeting for further cues on positioning.
- The BlockScore: 85
South Korea to bring crypto under new state asset management law
The Ministry of Finance and Economy said it will establish the 'National Asset Basic Act' to update the government's asset management system.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Stripe, Advent offer $53B to acquire PayPal: Report
Stripe and Advent reportedly offered to buy PayPal for $53 billion, at a 28% premium compared to the company’s Tuesday closing price.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
US turns stablecoin issuer Tether into a financial weapon against Iran, freezing nearly $500 million
US authorities have used Tether's control over its dollar-linked stablecoin to freeze about $475 million connected to Iran in less than three months, extending Washington's sanctions reach beyond the traditional banking system. On July 14, the US government sanctioned four wallets on the Tron blockc...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Japan passes crypto overhaul to bring digital assets under financial rules
Japan’s revised Financial Instruments and Exchange Act introduces crypto insider trading rules, tougher penalties and new oversight requirements for crypto businesses.
- The BlockScore: 85
Circle suspended Tether-backed fund over market manipulation concerns, arbitration filings show
Circle suspended Heka Funds over suspected market manipulation after learning Tether had invested $800 million in the arbitrage fund.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Bitcoin hits $65.5K as more surprise US inflation data sparks three-week BTC price high
Bitcoin moved up to its highest levels since June 22 as US PPI inflation numbers provided the week’s second surprise macro data drop.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Ostium suffers $18 million exploit as oracle attack wave continues to hit DeFi
A hacker used Ostium's own price-reporting infrastructure against the protocol, submitting falsified future-dated oracle data to manufacture fake trading profits and trigger an $18 million payout.
- DecryptScore: 85
US Treasury Freezes $131 Million in Iran-Linked Crypto Wallets
OFAC sanctioned addresses tied to Iran's central bank and armed forces, with Tether locking four Tron wallets as Washington's financial campaign against Tehran accelerates.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Ostium pauses trading as security firms report multimillion-dollar oracle exploit
Ostium halted trading and advised revoking contract approvals after blockchain security firms reported an apparent oracle-related exploit of its OLP liquidity vault, with estimated losses ranging from $18 million to $22 million.
- DecryptScore: 85
Another DeFi Exploit: Perp DEX Ostium Loses $18 Million in Oracle Attack
Hackers manipulated Ostium's price feed by compromising an oracle signer key, allowing them to drain roughly $18 million from the Arbitrum-based perpetuals exchange.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
How Morgan Stanley plans to bring crypto custody, staking and lending support in-house
In June, Morgan Stanley received preliminary conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national trust bank for digital assets. The OCC decision opened a path for Morgan Stanley Digital Trust to bring custody, transaction administration, fiduciary staking,...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
US government sends $288M to Coinbase putting Bitcoin reserve rules into question
A $288 million Coinbase Prime transfer has put the U.S. government’s crypto rules under an early operational test. U.S. government-tagged wallets sent 3,941 BTC and 30,007 ETH to Coinbase Prime over roughly eight hours, according to Lookonchain. Arkham placed the combined value at about $288.33 mill...
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Stripe mounts blockbuster $53 billion bid to buy PayPal
The bid, made together with Advent, follows an earlier expression of interest. PayPal has been reluctant to engage with the offer thus far.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Japan reclassifies crypto as a financial asset, paves way for tax cuts
Lawmakers said crypto has outgrown its role as a payment method and requires rules designed for investment products.
- The BlockScore: 80
DTCC begins first tokenized stock and Treasury production trades involving JPMorgan, BlackRock and Goldman: WSJ
JPMorgan will tokenize part of its Invesco QQQ Trust holdings held at DTCC, while Microsoft, Circle, and SPY shares will also be tokenized.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
South Korea to modify 76-year-old law to classify cryptocurrencies as national assets
The government also reaffirmed plans to pilot tokenized government bonds next year and explore tokenizing state-owned real estate.
- The BlockScore: 80
Ostium pauses trading after apparent $18 million vault exploit
Onchain data shows the Ostium attacker dispersing the stolen funds across multiple wallets after converting USDC into ETH.
- The BlockScore: 80
BlackRock outlines vision for crypto-TradFi convergence as product pipeline grows
The firm seeks to offer tokenized long-term investments like "Treasury funds, iShares ETFs, and even private markets."
- The BlockScore: 75
Japan passes key bill recognizing crypto as financial product, lowering tax rate
The amendments establish the basis for separate crypto taxation at a rate of approximately 20%, down from the current maximum 55% rate.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Kalshi says CFTC, Michigan orders leave it in ‘impossible position’
“We are disappointed by this decision and believe it is unfair to Kalshi,” the company’s legal counsel said on X.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Live markets: Bitcoin, ether ETFs draw inflows as majors rise as much as 5%
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in about $181 million on Tuesday, a day after shedding roughly $425 million, per SoSoValue data. Ether ETFs added about $58 million.
- DecryptScore: 75
UK Fraud Review Calls for Judge Training on Crypto Laundering, AI Scams
A government-backed review says magistrates and judges aren't ready for a coming surge in crypto money laundering and AI-enabled fraud cases.
- DecryptScore: 75
Team Behind Ethereum's Institutional Privacy Push Spins Out For-Profit Firm EthSystems
The startup's backers, including Bitmine and Joe Lubin, are betting institutions need a privacy layer before running money on a public chain.
- The BlockScore: 75
Tokenization startup Tradable plans to bring $1 billion worth of private credit assets to Stellar
Stellar has become a top choice for institutional tokenization, including from the likes of Franklin Templeton and WisdomTree.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Cantor and Securitize collaborate on blockchain-based IPOs
The move creates a pathway for public companies to raise capital onchain and issue tokenized securities.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Securitize, Cantor target tokenized IPOs for public markets
Securitize and Cantor Fitzgerald are developing infrastructure for tokenized IPOs and secondary equity offerings within the existing US securities framework.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Bitcoin miner AI pivot hits roadblock with New York 50 MW permit freeze
New York has become the first US state to impose a statewide moratorium on large new data centers, creating an early regulatory test for Bitcoin miners that are rebuilding their businesses around artificial intelligence. On July 14, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order directing state regulat...
- DecryptScore: 75
What Is BIP-110 and Why Is It Dividing the Bitcoin Community?
A proposal to restrict non-financial data on Bitcoin has split prominent developers, miners, and industry leaders ahead of a key activation deadline, reopening one of the network's biggest governance debates since the Blocksize Wars.
- The BlockScore: 75
‘Hugely positive’ meeting on Thursday with Trump to discuss ethics raises hopes for passage of sweeping crypto legislation
Ethics will be front and center Thursday at a meeting with President Donald Trump, a small group of lawmakers and White House staff.
- The BlockScore: 70
Ark Invest adds $14 million in Circle shares while selling Robinhood
Ark Invest bought $14 million worth of Circle and $1.5 million worth of Block Inc., while selling $3.2 million worth of Robinhood.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
UK plans first G7 digital sovereign bond by early 2027
The security will launch on HSBC’s Orion platform within the BoE and FCA’s Digital Securities Sandbox to test reduced settlement times and costs.
- DecryptScore: 70
US, UK Outline Recommendations to Align Stablecoin and Tokenization Rules
The joint recommendations back cross-border stablecoins and tokenized markets, setting a shared direction while avoiding binding rules.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
South Korea to bring digital assets under new state asset management system
South Korea’s Economy ministryplans to include digital assets and intellectual property under the country’s new state-asset management framework.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Near $65K, Bitcoin’s 2 year social media drop off is hiding a $4.3 billion whale exit and a new class of buyers
Crypto discussion across X, Reddit, Telegram, and other major social channels has fallen to its second-lowest daily level since October 2024, according to Santiment. Bitcoin holds near $64,609 through that same stretch, with an intraday high of $64,832 and a low of $61,823 in recent sessions. That c...
- CoinDeskScore: 70
BlackRock's crypto assets fall 39% despite $15 billion of net inflows
BlackRock's digital asset funds attracted $15 billion in net inflows over the past year, but falling crypto prices drove the value of those holdings sharply lower.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
How EU and UK crypto platforms are already building your 2027 tax report
If you use a crypto platform in the European Union or the United Kingdom, some of your 2026 activity may already be being recorded and will be used to feed tax-information reports in 2027. The EU's DAC8 rules and the UK's Cryptoasset Reporting Framework, known as CARF, both began applying on Jan. 1,...
- CoinDeskScore: 70
High-level White House meeting said to be planned to hash out Clarity Act ethics section
The most contentious piece of the crypto market structure bill is unresolved in the final weeks of Senate runway, and administration officials are expected to meet on it.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
BitMine made $46 million staking Ethereum then lost twice that betting on it
BitMine's push to turn one of the world's largest corporate Ethereum holdings into a source of recurring income generated nearly $46 million from staking last quarter. Yet a $92.1 million options loss overwhelmed those gains, while rising treasury costs and aggressive share issuance further weakened...
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin miner CleanSpark signed a $6.6B AI lease before securing the $2.1B required to build it
CleanSpark has signed a 20-year AI infrastructure lease, but still needs to finance an estimated $1.75 billion to $2.10 billion data center build. The Bitcoin miner and data center developer entered a 20-year triple-net lease for 175 megawatts of critical IT load at its Sandersville, Georgia, campus...
- CoinDeskScore: 70
DTCC moves tokenized securities into live trading, marking a milestone for Wall Street's blockchain push
DTCC's first live production trades using tokenized securities show how blockchain could reshape the infrastructure behind Wall Street.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
US Senator blasts AG pick for ‘dismantling’ crypto unit, Trump’s CZ pardon
President Donald Trump’s pick for US Attorney General faced criticism from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on his approach to crypto enforcement and the pardon of former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Revolut receives in-principle approval from UAE authorities for crypto services
Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority approved the London-headquartered fintech company for broker-dealer, management and investment, and exchange services in the UAE.
- The BlockScore: 70
Strategy CEO says company isn’t going anywhere as bitcoin buyer, sees debt concerns only below $10,000 BTC
Strategy would begin considering risks associated with its debt only if bitcoin falls to around $8,000-$10,000, CEO Phong Le said.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Bitmine generated $46M from Ethereum staking last quarter
Ethereum staking generated 98% of Bitmine’s revenue last quarter as the company’s pivot from Bitcoin mining gained momentum following its March validator launch.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Visa, Mastercard and Ripple back x402 as agent payments average 32 cents
Forty companies now govern x402, the protocol Coinbase built and handed away. It settled about $24 million last month across 75 million payments.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Crypto firms face AML risks during post-MiCA migration, says AMLA chair
AMLA is expanding its crypto oversight as firms complete the transition to the EU’s MiCA licensing regime.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Aave launches V4 on Avalanche, laying groundwork for tokenized credit markets
The deployment marks Aave V4’s first expansion beyond Ethereum and introduces lending infrastructure designed to support future markets for tokenized real-world assets.
- The BlockScore: 65
Stripe-PayPal deal could accelerate shift to blockchain-based money, Polygon exec says
"Within the next few years the majority of money will live and move on blockchain in one form or another," according to Polygon Labs.
- The BlockScore: 60
TeraWulf falls 7% after New York orders one-year pause on new data center permits
TeraWulf said that its data centers in New York remain operational and that its ongoing development plans are unaffected.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Cathie Wood’s ARK buys another 220K Circle shares despite sell-off
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest added $13.9 million worth of Circle shares on Tuesday, extending its July buying spree to 725,517 shares amid a steep stock decline.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
USDC’s 72% surge exposed the expensive truth behind Circle’s stablecoin dominance
Circle incurred $1.4 billion in distribution costs connected to Coinbase in 2025, up from $924.5 million the year before, according to the company's own 10-K filing. Those distribution costs equaled roughly 51% of its total 2025 revenue and reserve income. USDC circulation grew 72% year over year to...
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Crypto steadies as Middle East tensions counter U.S. inflation report boost
Bitcoin held steady at a three-week high as rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran reined in gains from Tuesday's softer-than-expected inflation numbers.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
The launchpad that fueled Robinhood Chain's memecoin boom just gave away all its revenue
Noxa, the launchpad behind CASHCAT's rise, racked up nearly $12 million in fees before going dark, giving away its revenue, and leaving Robinhood Chain's memecoin economy in freefall.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Sony’s stablecoin plan sends PlayStation crypto rumors racing ahead of the facts
According to online chatter, you'd be mistaken to think that Sony will soon let PlayStation users buy games using a Sony-issued cryptocurrency. However, the crypto community may be getting ahead of itself. On July 2, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted preliminary conditional appro...
- The BlockScore: 60
Stani Kulechov on Aave V4, Avalanche, and why RWAs will hit $100 billion this year
Aave Labs founder Stani Kulechov on V4's Avalanche debut, disrupting prime brokers, and why RWAs will double to $100 billion by December.
- The BlockScore: 60
Kraken Institutional taps Upshift to build vaults that earn yield on idle bitcoin, ETH and stablecoins
Upshift will build dedicated vaults tailored to each client’s specific investment strategy and risk considerations.
- DecryptScore: 60
Base Creator Jesse Pollak Steps Back From App Leadership After Admitting Social Bet 'Was Wrong'
Pollak said he is handing the Base App back to Coinbase to focus on building Base into "the blockchain for global finance" after conceding the network's push into on-chain social missed the mark.
- The BlockScore: 60
Benchmark says Securitize investors should ‘strip out the noise’ after post-SPAC selloff
Separately, Securitize announced a partnership with Cantor Fitzgerald to support blockchain-based IPOs and secondary offerings.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Stanford study says 5-minute Bitcoin prediction markets enable settlement manipulation
Researchers found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets create incentives to manipulate spot prices around contract settlement, proposing longer settlement windows as a potential fix.
- DecryptScore: 60
Why Analysts Aren’t Worried About Coinbase’s 30% Drop
William Blair slashed earnings estimates by 34% and held its Outperform call. But analysts think Bitcoin's chart may already be answering the bigger question.
- CointelegraphScore: 55
Czech Republic tells ISPs to block Polymarket after gambling blacklisting
The Czech Finance Ministry added Polymarket to its blacklist of unauthorized online gambling websites, requiring internet providers to block access within 15 days.
- The BlockScore: 55
Czech Republic moves to block Polymarket over unlicensed gambling
The Czech Republic moved to block Polymarket, joining other European jurisdictions targeting prediction markets over unlicensed gambling.
- The BlockScore: 55
Crypto clearinghouse Glacis Labs raises $6.8 million seed to expand ZeroDelta platform
Glacis aims to expand ZeroDelta, its multichain clearing platform for stablecoins, into tokenized securities and foreign exchange over time.
- The BlockScore: 50
How Asset Managers Are Investing in Crypto
Asset managers invest in crypto mainly through regulated products: spot ETFs, digital asset funds, tokenized funds, qualified custodians, and blockchain company equity. Most invest on behalf of clients rather than for their own accounts. Their aim is to deliver digital asset exposure inside the brok...
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bitcoin rally cools as investors digest inflation data, oil clouds outlook
Your day-ahead look for July 15, 2026
- The BlockScore: 50
Bitmine says ETH staking generated $45.7 million, accounting for 98% of quarterly revenue
Bitmine generated $45.7 million from Ethereum staking, which accounted for 98% of quarterly revenue as the company expanded MAVAN.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Open USD poses biggest threat yet to Circle's USDC, CoinShares says
The consortium-backed stablecoin would share reserve income with partners instead of the issuer, pressuring Circle's margins if it debuts in 2026.
- The BlockScore: 50
‘Bull markets everywhere’: Bitwise says crypto equities beat every major asset class but emerging markets in H1 2026
Crypto assets fell 36% while crypto equities gained 23% in the first half of the year, with tokenized RWAs hitting a record $33 billion in Q2.
- DecryptScore: 50
Bitcoin Breaks Heavy Resistance—But Death Cross Looms: Analysis
BTC cleared a key resistance level Tuesday, giving bulls hope. Prediction market traders aren't convinced.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Coinbase's Jesse Pollak steps back from Base app leadership after admitting his crypto social strategy failed
Pollak said that Jordan Fish, also known on X as 'Cobie,' will lead the Base app team.
- CoinDeskScore: 45
A timeline of the Ethereum Foundation's ongoing shakeup
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re unpacking the timeline of all the changes at the Ethereum Foundation this year.
- The BlockScore: 40
Bitcoin vs Gold as a Reserve Asset
A reserve asset is something an institution or government holds to preserve value, provide liquidity, and act as a store of wealth outside its day-to-day operating currency. Bitcoin and gold are both treated as reserve assets because each is scarce, hard to counterfeit, and independent of any single...
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Bitcoin gets new $80K August target: Watch these BTC price levels next
BTC price upside predictions include $68,000 within two weeks and up to $80,000 next month, contrasting warnings of a 2022 bear-market rerun for the rest of 2026.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Strategy feels 'very secure' until bitcoin reaches $8,000-$10,000, says CEO
Le highlighted increasing the U.S.-dollar reserve as an important lever in preferred stock STRC’s recovery back to around $90 having fallen below $75 last month.
- The BlockScore: 40
How Crypto Venues Are Building Financial Operating Systems: Binance as a Super App
From Trading Venue to Financial Operating System Across crypto’s largest venues, the fundamentals of execution, including pricing, depth, latency, and fees, are converging. These remain critical to the business and a precondition for competing at scale, but as they standardize across the top p...
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Is Robinhood Chain’s success bullish or bearish for ETH the asset?
Surging volumes on Robinhood Chain could be very good for Ethereum, but only if the “ETH is money” crowd turn out to be right.
- The BlockScore: 40
William Blair cuts Coinbase forecasts but says crypto downturn nearing a bottom
William Blair expects Coinbase's earnings to bottom in the second half of 2026 before rebounding next year.
- The BlockScore: 40
Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak hands Base app leadership to Cobie after admitting social bets fell short
Coinbase executive Jesse Pollak will focus on Base blockchain's infrastructure, prioritizing trading, stablecoin payments, and AI agents.
- DecryptScore: 40
Meet Bonsai: The First 27B AI Model That Fits on Your Phone
PrismML's Bonsai 27B runs full reasoning AI on an iPhone for free. We tested it, and it's as impressive as it sounds.
- DecryptScore: 40
OpenAI Uses AI Red Team to Strengthen GPT-5.6 Against Prompt Injection Attacks
OpenAI said its new automated red-teaming model, GPT-Red, uncovered vulnerabilities that were used to make GPT-5.6 more resistant to prompt injection attacks.
- The BlockScore: 40
Public Hyperliquid treasury firm Hyperion enters into new 500k HYPE bond agreement with Skew
Hyperion will deploy 500,000 tokens to Skew through a HYPE Asset Use Service (HAUS) agreement in exchange for equity and revenue share.
- DecryptScore: 30
Morning Minute: Crypto Rips on Cool CPI
Circle has a rough day. Pump.fun pumps on first major unlock. And Robinhood Chain sees its first big rotation.
- The BlockScore: 30
Core Scientific’s 75% return on AI deal isn’t the template for bitcoin miners, Bernstein says
Bernstein pegs TeraWulf at 5% and Cipher at 4% stabilized ROA, calling Core Scientific's 75% figure a capex-advantaged outlier.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
The privacy paradox of protecting kids online
We don’t need to imagine the privacy pitfalls of age verification. They’ve been happening for years, argues Cardano Foundation CEO Frederik Gregaard.
- DecryptScore: 30
Bitcoin Giant Strategy Isn't Panicking—Unless BTC Crashes to $10K: CEO
The Bitcoin treasury giant will issue fresh preferred stock and resume buying once its Stretch shares climb back to par, CEO Phong Le said.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Crypto Long & Short: To ETH or not to ETH — is SOL the better diversifier?
In this week's, Morgan Stanley’s Denny Galindo writes that as the crypto market expands, solana has historically been a better portfolio diversifier than ether, despite being more volatile.