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BDAX CEO Kim Sang-min won a national innovation award as the exchange’s RWA platform Bidan reports strong user growth and profitability gains.

Coinbase is facing fresh scrutiny after multiple users claimed they successfully completed identity verification using mainland Chinese identification, despite the exchange making no public announcement and its offici…

JPMorgan has lowered its earnings forecasts for Circle and Coinbase after the companies entered a new revenue-sharing agreement with Hyperliquid, warning that the deal could reshape the economics of the USDC stablecoi…

BitMine amassed 5.77 million ETH, approaching its 5% supply target while expanding institutional staking despite equity market pressure.

Binance.US is positioning itself for a major comeback in the U.S. cryptocurrency market after emerging from what CEO Stephen Gregory described as a two-year period of limited growth caused by regulatory challenges tie…

Crypto startups raised $456 million across 12 rounds in early July, with CryptoRank data showing a sharp decline in deal activity and investment compared to prior months.

IREN is pivoting from Bitcoin mining to AI cloud infrastructure through major deals with Microsoft and NVIDIA to build large-scale data center capacity.

WebX 2026 opened in Tokyo with participation from major institutions like BlackRock and JPMorgan, highlighting Japan’s growing role as a hub for Web3 policy, stablecoins, and institutional crypto adoption.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has revealed that the company seriously considered shutting down after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed its lawsuit against Ripple in 2020, citing the immense challe…

Crypto-linked payment cards surpassed $10.62 billion in volume as Paymentscan data shows accelerating stablecoin-driven adoption across global spending.

A long-running debate over Bitcoin governance has resurfaced after BTC Inc. CEO David Bailey accused Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr of secretly introducing Bitcoin address blacklists into a Gentoo Linux package in 2014…

Radical Numerics, ProBook, Traysa, Pie, and Nomera secured early-stage funding rounds as investors increasingly back vertical AI solutions targeting operational bottlenecks across industries.

Rising climate-driven coffee prices have led Busan Digital Asset Exchange to launch tokenized ‘eCoffee’, expanding retail access to commodity-backed digital assets.

Galactica, Kaia and Pinetree signed an MOU in Singapore to build a full-stack tokenized RWA platform starting with ship finance, signaling accelerating institutional adoption of blockchain-based capital markets.

COQUIZ introduces a limited-time ConutShop promotion offering up to 2,000 cookie rewards to boost user engagement and expand ConutCoin’s utility within its ecosystem.

Brazil's B3 stock exchange has expanded its regulated cryptocurrency derivatives lineup by launching options on bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and solana (SOL) futures, giving investors new tools to hedge digital asset ex…

Swift and a group of 17 major global banks are preparing to begin live testing of blockchain-based transactions through Swift’s new shared ledger platform, marking another step toward enabling 24/7 cross-border paymen…

More than $7.2 billion worth of cross-chain and wrapped digital assets have migrated from LayerZero to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) since May, with Mantle becoming the latest blockchain pro…

Artificial intelligence continues to dominate global investment trends, with a wave of massive AI-related initial public offerings (IPOs) attracting billions of dollars that might otherwise have flowed into cryptocurr…

TetherMax said its trust-focused rebranding emphasizes officially authorized exchange partnerships and verifiable trading cost data.

U.S. venture capital in Q2 concentrated heavily on AI startups, led by mega-rounds including Anthropic’s $50 billion raise and major investments from firms like Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst.

SpaceX has reignited speculation across the cryptocurrency market after moving Bitcoin (BTC) on-chain for the first time in six months. Blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence reported that the aerospace com…

Publicly listed crypto companies have struggled to maintain their market value, with most major crypto IPO stocks trading well below their opening prices as the prolonged digital asset market downturn continues to wei…

Kaia joins the Japan Security Token Association to deepen institutional partnerships and expand its real-world asset and stablecoin infrastructure in Japan.

Dunamu launches a pilot Upbit customer desk in Daegu to provide in-person support and improve onboarding for new crypto users.

Ctrl Wallet has confirmed it will permanently shut down on August 3, 2026, ending support for transfers, token swaps, and all in-app activity. The crypto wallet provider announced the decision on July 7 and removed th…

AngelList has announced that it will end its partnership with Rail, the stablecoin payment platform operated by Ripple, with the agreement officially concluding on July 31. The move also means crypto payment options o…

North American startups raised $392 billion in H1 2026 led by massive AI funding rounds from firms like Anthropic, reshaping venture markets toward concentrated mega-deals and record IPO activity.

TetherMax said its latest rebranding focuses on officially authorized exchange partnerships and cashback that users can verify using their own trading records.

Russia’s largest lender, Sberbank, is preparing to launch a cryptocurrency wallet and digital asset custody service by December, marking a major step toward integrating digital assets into the country’s regulated fina…

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) mistakenly sent users a “breaking news” notification announcing that Norway had defeated Brazil 3-2 in a FIFA World Cup knockout match before the game had even begun, sparking confusion and cri…

Circle stock fell sharply after the launch of consortium-backed Open USD, raising concerns about USDC’s revenue model and competitive position.

Coinbase is facing widespread criticism after an AI-generated notification on its prediction markets platform falsely reported that Norway defeated Brazil 3-2 in a FIFA World Cup match before the game had even begun. …

Binance recorded its largest weekly crypto outflows in nearly three years as investors withdrew billions of dollars in digital assets ahead of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) deadline. The surge i…

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) and Circle (NYSE: CRCL) remain two of the most closely watched crypto stocks as investors weigh different ways to gain exposure to the digital asset market. While Coinbase offers broad exposure…

The Official Trump (TRUMP) meme coin has left nearly one million investors with a combined $3.81 billion in unrealized losses, according to blockchain analytics firm Nansen. The token is currently trading about 98% be…

IREN has approved a long-term equity compensation package worth approximately $700 million for its co-founders and co-CEOs, Daniel and William Roberts, as the Bitcoin mining company continues its transition toward AI …

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson believes the upcoming Ouroboros Leios upgrade could dramatically boost the blockchain’s performance, increasing its transaction capacity by as much as 60 times while preserving its co…

New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM) believes the future of blockchain tokenization extends far beyond faster settlements and 24/7 trading, with the technology poised to revolutionize how customized investment …

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has sparked fresh debate across the cryptocurrency industry after suggesting that Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s estimated 1.1 million BTC—worth roughly $68 billion—could be fro…