IMF says tokenization could transform settlement and financial stability
The global lender says blockchain-based finance could streamline markets but warns that fragmented standards and regulations may create new systemic...
Month: July 2026
Russia on track for digital ruble rollout on Sept. 1: Central bank governor
EU authorities already preemptively sanctioned Russia’s digital ruble in 2025 as part of measures in response to the country’s war...
Bitcoin price taps new July high above $62K on weak US jobs data
Bitcoin took daily gains to nearly 4% on the second day of "green July" as US labor-market signals supported an...
FBI director discloses Strategy holdings months after deadline: Report
Strategy is a registered US government contractor, though Kash Patel claimed that “no current conflict exists” with his $100,001 and...
Ondo expands tokenized equities with onchain shareholder voting
Ondo's latest partnership adds shareholder governance to tokenized stocks as competition in blockchain-based equity offerings accelerates.Ondo Finance is adding shareholder...
Bitcoin Core Developer Warns Users to Pause BTC Transfers When BIP-110 Deadline Nears
Bitcoin core developer Jon Atack is telling users to hold off on transactions during the second week of August 2026,...
Ondo Brings Blackrock IVV ETF and Micron Shares Onchain in US Regulatory First
Ondo Finance tokenized U.S. securities for the first time inside existing regulatory boundaries, using Blackrock’s Ishares Core S&P 500 exchange-traded...
Anchorage Digital Adds Lido Support, Opens Liquid Staking Access for Institutions
Anchorage Digital, the only federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, has integrated with Lido, the largest liquid staking...
Report: FBI Director Kash Patel Sat on $250K Strategy Stock Buy for 6 Months
FBI Director Kash Patel bought as much as $250,000 in Strategy stock last November and waited six months to tell...
UK payments blueprint outlines tokenized payments for ‘multi-money ecosystem’
UK regulators published an update to a national retail payments blueprint, calling for infrastructure support for tokenization and interoperability with...
The biggest blockchain upgrades still to come in 2026
From Ethereum’s Glamsterdam to Solana’s Alpenglow, 2026’s most important developments are protocol upgrades, not price charts.
Aave brings V3 lending and GHO stablecoin to Monad
Aave launched its V3 lending protocol on Monad with 12 supported assets as the network commits $15 million in first-year...
OFAC sanctions 134 ISIS-K crypto wallet addresses as Tether freezes funds
OFAC added 134 crypto wallet addresses linked to ISIS-K to its sanctions list, including 131 Tron addresses that received more...
Standard Chartered, Circle bring USDC minting onto banking rails
Standard Chartered and Circle launch bank-led USDC minting and redemption for institutions, starting in Dubai’s DIFC with planned global expansion.Standard...
Solana Foundation launches framework for protocol-level governance
The Solana Foundation launched a framework for protocol-level governance, enabling validators with at least 100,000 delegated SOL to publish new...
