Japan's new #1 crypto exchange moves less than $50M a day
SBI's $289M Bitbank buyout creates Japan's largest crypto exchange with $6.8B AUC and 2.92M accounts.
$66M in DeFi TVL, 1B users incoming — GRAM's gap is the signal
Durov announces non-custodial Gram wallet for 1B Telegram users: zero fees, user-held private keys, GRAM network impact.
Morpho vaults power MetaMask's 4% yield — not mUSD itself
MetaMask Money Account on Monad: self-custodial mUSD earns up to 4% APY via Morpho vaults, with MetaMask Card spending.
From 75% to 50%: Galaxy just cut CLARITY Act passage odds
Galaxy cut CLARITY Act 2026 odds to 50% on Senate timing. August recess and midterm dynamics threaten 2026 passage.
CLARITY Act odds dropped to 43% as the August clock runs out
CLARITY Act odds fell from 74% to 43%. CFTC/SEC jurisdiction split, Senate cloture math, August recess deadline.
SEC's $75M crypto cap mirrors Reg A+ — and that's intentional
SEC proposes a $75M token fundraising cap mirroring Reg A+, a $5M startup exemption, and a decentralization off-ramp.
The IVV token lives on Ethereum. The actual shares don't.
Ondo tokenized BlackRock IVV on Ethereum: shares stay in U.S. custody, backed 1:1 via SEC-registered transfer agent.
Revolut auto-converts your USDT on August 31 — whether
Revolut removes USDT on Aug 31, 2026 under MiCA. Buy cutoff Jul 6, deposits blocked Jul 30, auto-conversion at market
No Circle account needed — Standard Chartered mints USDC
Standard Chartered and Circle launch the first G-SIB-integrated USDC minting in Dubai's DIFC — global expansion planned.
Crypto enforcement just became an election-cycle risk
Trump v. Slaughter overturns 91 years of regulator independence, making SEC and CFTC commissioners removable at will.
71% of SPAC shares stayed in — Securitize hits $400M heading to NYSE
Securitize Corp. clears its SPAC merger vote June 29, closes July 1, and trades as SECZ on NYSE July 2 — raising ~$400M with an oversubscribed PIPE and sub-30% redemption rate.
GENIUS is law. Now stablecoin reserves are split by continent.
GENIUS Act and MiCA are both law — but their reserve rules conflict, splitting the global stablecoin compliance map.