ESMA’s latest MiCA register shows 280 authorized crypto-asset service providers across the European Union, but no registered issuers of asset-referenced tokens yet, highlighting an uneven rollout of Europe’s new digital asset rulebook. The European Securities and Markets Authority published its latest interim Markets in Crypto-Assets register update on July 3, shortly after the end of
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing to propose sweeping crypto rule changes as soon as this month, setting up the agency’s first major crypto-specific rulemaking push under Chair Paul Atkins. The proposals are expected to cover a broad range of market participants, including crypto startups, token issuers, exchanges, alternative trading systems and broker-dealers.
Vanguard is hiring a head of digital assets, marking a notable shift for the $12 trillion asset manager after years of maintaining one of Wall Street’s most cautious public stances on crypto. The role, posted by Vanguard’s Personal Wealth division, calls for an executive to lead the firm’s digital asset strategy, roadmap and enterprise execution.
Lido price and broader liquid staking market surged after major infrastructure breakthroughs The cryptocurrency market witnessed significant liquid staking momentum on July 8, 2026, as digital assets decoupled from Bitcoin’s minor retracement The decentralized finance (DeFi) market experienced a powerful burst of momentum on July 8, 2026, as Lido DAO (LDO) surged by a staggering
Strategy has sold Bitcoin again, and the reason matters more than the size of the sale. According to Talos research, Strategy sold 3,588 BTC between June 29 and July 5 to pay preferred share dividends and rebuild its U.S. dollar reserves. The sale represents only 0.42% of Strategy’s total Bitcoin holdings, but it marks only
The U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is facing implementation delays as the Treasury and Commerce departments work to resolve which agency should oversee key parts of the program, creating a new obstacle for one of Washington’s most closely watched crypto policy initiatives. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March 2025 establishing the Strategic Bitcoin
Why Is The Bitcoin Reserve Plan Facing New Questions? President Donald Trump’s plan for a strategic bitcoin reserve is facing legal and jurisdictional questions, slowing one of the administration’s most visible crypto policy proposals. The reserve was laid out early in Trump’s presidency as part of a wider plan to make the US a more
BonkDAO has suffered a governance attack that drained approximately $20 million worth of BONK tokens from its treasury after an attacker reportedly spent about $4 million to acquire enough voting power to pass a malicious proposal. The attack was disclosed on July 6 by BonkDAO, the decentralized governance organization associated with the Solana-based memecoin BONK.
Bitcoin remained volatile on Tuesday as traders weighed renewed ETF demand against macroeconomic uncertainty, corporate treasury selling and fragile technical conditions after a difficult first half of 2026. The largest cryptocurrency traded near $63,200, with an intraday range between roughly $61,350 and $64,435. The move reflected continued instability after Bitcoin briefly reclaimed the $63,000 level
TeraWulf has signed a 20-year lease agreement with Anthropic for AI data center infrastructure expected to generate approximately $19 billion in contracted revenue, marking a major strategic shift for the bitcoin miner as it expands into high-performance computing. The agreement covers a purpose-built AI infrastructure campus at TeraWulf’s Justified Data site in Hawesville, Kentucky. According