Monthly Archives: July 2026

The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets approved BitPay’s application as a crypto-asset service provider under the Markets in Crypto-Assets requirements. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitpay-licensing-mica-stablecoin-payments?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin fell 1.5% from local highs amid a reversal in US stocks as markets moved from bullish US inflation cues to retail profit-taking. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/markets/bitcoin-price-dips-with-us-stocks-as-tech-sell-off-as-micron-losses-pass-30?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

A former CFTC commissioner urged lawmakers not to “kill all the hard work that we put in the rest of the bill” by making ethics a make-or-break issue on crypto market structure. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethics-crypto-market-structure-concerns-blockchain-ceo?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Eligible E*TRADE retail clients can now buy, sell and hold Bitcoin, Ether and Solana through a partnership with crypto infrastructure provider Zero Hash. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/morgan-stanleys-etrade-rolls-out-spot-crypto-trading-for-retail-investors?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Tradable will bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets to Stellar, extending the blockchain’s push into institutional finance and tokenized real-world assets. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/tradables-1b-stellar-deal-adds-to-institutional-tokenization-boom?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The BNP-backed brokerage infrastructure provider is expanding into tokenized markets and AI-native financial services as both DeFi and TradFi companies pursue onchain business. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/alpaca-raises-135m-to-fund-tokenized-agent-first-infrastructure?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Users spent a record $324 million on onchain gacha in June, even as Bitcoin hit a 21-month low. The thrill of scoring a top Pokemon card from a random pack is becoming big business Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/features/pokemon-cards-as-rwas-gacha-spending-hits-records-as-crypto-sinks?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Prediction markets reached a record $113.8 billion in notional volume in Q2 as spot CEX trading, derivatives volume and stablecoin market cap declined. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-cool-q2-prediction-markets-hit-records-coingecko?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

MoonPay acquired Glide, a crypto infrastructure startup founded by former Robinhood Wallet engineers, to expand cross-chain crypto deposit infrastructure. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/moonpay-acquires-glide-strengthen-crypto-deposits?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The market capitalization of tokenized stocks rose to a record $2.3 billion, as investors sought exposure to the growing list of tokenized equity products launched by cryptocurrency exchanges. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/tokenized-stocks-rise-23b-all-time-high?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound