BNY Mellon unit joins MiCA register as ESMA adds 15 providers
BNY Mellon’s European subsidiary joined the MiCA register as ESMA added 15 CASPs, including banks and crypto platforms, in the third postdeadline update.…
Crypto steadies as Iran-U.S. pause sends oil tumbling, lifts risk assets
Brent crude plunged 7% after the U.S. and Iran paused Strait of Hormuz strikes, lifting equities and DeFi tokens while bitcoin held near $65,000 ahead of a…
Interest rates in U.S., U.K., Japan and Coinbase, Strategy earnings: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting July 27. Source:CoinDesk
Brazilian police bust cocaine traffickers in crypto-linked transnational probe
Brazilian police suspect the group of shipping around 6.5 metric tons of cocaine and laundering billions in Brazilian reals through cryptoenabled illicit money…
Cloud data firm Storj files for Chapter 11, extending a week of crypto failures. Token slides 16%
The decentralized data storage company says operations continue and proposes that token holders take equity in the restructured business — an unusual…
Coinbase CEO touts agentic finance as Base tops 100M AI payments
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says AI agents will expand crypto adoption, pointing to Base, USDC and x402 as key pieces of agentic finance. Source:Cointelegraph
Live updates: Ether leads crypto higher as bitcoin trades around $65,500
CoinEx's Jeff Ko sees bitcoin staying rangebound near $65,000 while retreating oil, a 4.7% 10year yield and a week of megacap earnings set the tone.…
Crypto is the canary in the coal mine for the quantum computing threat, experts say
As estimates for “QDay” move closer, experts warn that crypto’s slow governance, not its cryptography, may be the biggest obstacle to defending against quantum…
CLARITY hopes fade, BitMEX shuts as lawsuit looms: Hodler’s Digest, July 26
Despite support from Goldman Sachs, Fidelity and law enforcement bodies, the Clarity Act’s chances dim. BitMEX to close as crypto consolidates into five big…
2 weeks left for Clarity: State of Crypto
The Senate leaves town in two weeks. Here's what needs to happen for Clarity to advance before then. Source:CoinDesk
Russia’s Sberbank to launch crypto trading infrastructure this year
Russia’s biggest bank plans to create cryptocurrency trading infrastructure by Dec. 1 as the country is set to establish rules for market participants while…
Europe's high regulatory bar could spark new crypto industry M&A wave
As MiCA beds in and the U.K. finalizes its crypto framework, stringent regulation could spur mergers, acquisitions and closer ties with banks. Source:CoinDesk