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The White House pushed back against Democrats’ criticism that the administration has declined to appoint commissioners to regulatory agencies.

OpenAI's GeneBench-Pro evaluates AI's ability to handle complex genomic and biological research tasks, with 129 synthetic problems testing real-world ...

OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Work, leveraging GPT-5.6 to tackle complex workflows for enterprises. Features include app integrations, scheduled tasks, an...

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol debuts in Harvey with improved benchmarks for legal workflows, spotlighting Solana's expanding ecosystem. (Read More)

OpenAI's new flagship model is out, after spending two weeks locked behind a government-approved preview. It lands the same week Fable 5 leaves Anthro...

As AI-driven mining stocks retreat, investors are examining executive stock sales, governance and shareholder alignment across leading Bitcoin miners,...

Labour lawmakers proposed a full moratorium on crypto donations in March, which some have sought be made permanent after millions of dollars in contri...

US 10-year Treasury yields nears dangerous level while major Deribit Bitcoin options expiry approaches.

The Bitcoin miner's shares climbed about 15% after announcing it's acquiring a Texas site with up to 2 GW of power capacity to expand its AI and digit...

Swift’s pilot allows 17 global banks to transfer tokenized deposits on weekends, but ultimate settlement still relies on legacy systems.

Ethereum Foundation runs AI agents on protocol code, uncovering critical bugs like CVE-2026-34219 in libp2p. Here's why this matters for Ethereum's fu...

The CFTC and Securities and Exchange Commission issued a Request for Information in mid-June on financial innovation.

Bitcoin gained new upside targets for the daily close and beyond after US president Donald Trump said that Iran "wants to make a deal."

Compass Point analysts Michael Donovan and Ed Engel said markets are giving little credit to future AI data center pipelines despite billions of dolla...

MARA Holdings has agreed to purchase a sizable plot of land in Texas to power its Bitcoin mining and growing AI compute ambitions.

JPMorgan says Strategy isn't bitcoin's main structural risk, but blockchain adoption that fails to benefit public blockchains and tokens.

A California man has been sentenced to prison for a nearly decade-long bank fraud scheme that defrauded seven financial institutions of nearly $39 mil...

Google hands over Open Health Stack to Linux Foundation, creating a community-led effort to advance open-source digital health solutions. (Read More)

The lawmakers have tabled amendments to make the current moratorium permanent, as the fallout over Reform UK's funding widens.

Manus launches 'Branch,' enabling parallel AI workflows without losing context. Explore how this innovation boosts productivity. (Read More)

Avalanche Treasury Company CEO Bart Smith explains his beliefs on the functions of treasury companies and his bull thesis for Avalanche.

In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re digging into Ethereum Institutional, a new nonprofit aimed at educating financial institution...

A recent Supreme Court ruling expanding President Trump's authority to remove leaders of many agencies could have broader implications.

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The deal isn't an upfront purchase, but is structured instead as up to $600 million in milestone-based payments

A Gallup survey reveals that millions of Americans were targeted by scammers last year, ultimately leading to tens of billions of dollars in losses. I...

NVIDIA launches RTX 5080-powered GeForce NOW server in Toronto, enhancing cloud gaming in Canada with 4K streaming and low-latency performance. (Read ...

Hong Kong SFC orders internet brokers, crypto platforms to replace OTP logins with passkeys within 12 months following 57% spoofing surge.

Anthropic introduces 'Reflection,' a dashboard for tracking and optimizing how users interact with Claude AI models, now in beta. (Read More)

The company said its stablecoin will now be issued natively on Polygon, in addition to becoming available through Polygon's Open Money Stack.

Chitra said he expects tokenization and vaults to grow the DeFi market faster than overall stablecoin growth over the next few years.

Cronos network data is now accessible on Dune, enabling real-time analysis of stablecoin flows, tokenized assets, and smart contract activity. (Read M...

Bitcoin long-term holder capitulation hit $280M/day, the highest since Dec 2022, a sign Glassnode says may flag a bottom forming.

Dealing with large post quantum signatures slowing down Bitcoin can be solved with bigger blocks, or aggregating signatures using STARK proofs.

Character.AI debuts (c.ai) series, original AI-driven microdramas integrated with interactive chat. A bold move in AI entertainment. (Read More)

Aave's new Stable Vaults product lets wallets, exchanges and payment apps offer yields on stablecoin deposits

MoonAgents lets users analyze markets and prepare crypto transactions through Telegram while keeping keys on their own devices.

KOSA and Chat Control both retreated on their most-criticized measures this week, but both kept mandatory age verification, the quiet mechanism that t...

Crypto hacks hit a record 207 incidents in H1 2026, but losses fell to $972M as DeFi exploit damage dropped 74% from 2022, per Immunefi.

Stable Vaults will continuously “optimize capital allocation” across DeFi yield strategies, like Aave V3 and V4 markets.

Hong Kong’s regulator has ordered crypto platforms and online brokers to meet newly issued phishing-resistant login requirements within the next 12 mo...

FullSend works by automatically routing every transaction signed in a Privy wallet directly to the current Solana block-building leader.

BNB Chain rebuilds itself for a world run by AI agents. BTC ETFs flows flip negative. And prediction markets face a new hurdle.

Trump's embrace of stablecoins is pushing Brussels to expand its crypto law to non-EU issuers and tokenized payments, EU diplomats say.

Migrations to Chainlink CCIP so far include Kelp and Lombard, both of which brought over $1 billion, as well as Solv Protocol, Virtuals, Re and Kraken...

AssuranceAmerica, an insurance-related company handling customer records, revealed a massive data incident involving millions of customer records. The...

CFTC Chair Michael Selig warned regulators may end up writing crypto rules if Congress fails to pass the Clarity Act.

Your day-ahead look for July 9, 2026

Sony Bank received preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a US stablecoin issuance business, with $40 mi...

Interpol said a suspect's crypto wallet processed over $122.5 million in 10 months as authorities uncovered the scheme during a global anti-fraud oper...

HSBC, UBS, Wells Fargo and Citi are among the 17 banks now preparing to pilot live transactions using tokenized digital assets on Swift’s new blockcha...

Some experts have argued the greater risks posed by quantum computing revolve around a failure to implement new technology.

The lender's new US subsidiary, Connectia Trust, would issue a dollar-pegged stablecoin once it clears the regulator's final conditions.

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe said single-digit bitcoin ownership levels make sense for large holders like Strategy after its $216 million sale.

AAVE is stalling at $88.24 with MACD momentum hitting a dead zero and price unable to reclaim its own 7-day average; either $90.95 gets cleared this w...

These options settle into underlying futures contracts rather than spot cryptoassets, involving no custody, transfer, or administration of tokens.

LDO has rallied to its Bollinger upper band with RSI pinned at 70 and MACD momentum completely exhausted at zero — the technical setup overwhelmingly ...

HBAR is pinned at $0.07 with volatility crushed to historic lows and retail sitting 56% short while smart money quietly flips net long — a short squee...

ETFs face record outflows

WIF is coiled at $0.16 in a near-zero-range compression while retail sits 56% short and taker buy pressure runs 22% hotter than sellers — a textbook s...

BTC rose 1.2% to $63,000 and Nasdaq futures jumped 2.6% with markets seemingly unconcerned by U.S. airstrikes on Iran. Bitcoin is now up 9% since the ...

PEPE's momentum indicators are sitting in a dead zone — RSI at 46, MACD histogram pinned flat — but the Stochastic is trying to curl bullish above 60...

ALGO is clinging to the $0.085–$0.09 zone with momentum flattening below neutral and price buried beneath both its 50- and 200-day moving averages. Wi...

Revolut said USDT support remains unchanged outside EEA and Switzerland as it winds down the stablecoin offering in selected European markets.

The $400 billion wealth fund plans to expand AI holdings to 15% of its portfolio by 2031 from the current 6%.

CRV is locked in a textbook Bollinger Band squeeze at $0.20 while top traders run nearly 60% net long in derivatives — the breakout is loading, and th...

FLOKI nudged 2.97% higher on July 9 but with Binance spot volume barely cracking $923K and momentum indicators sitting dead flat, that move is fragile...

At a NATO summit in Turkiye, a report says President Trump called the US–Iran ceasefire MOU “over,” after US strikes followed a promised pause tied to...

Perpetual futures and Hyperliquid’s blockchain infrastructure are expanding into traditional asset classes with around-the-clock trading, according to...

Bitcoin spot ETFs posted a fresh net outflow on Wednesday as analysis said that their "most overwhelming" outflow streak had ended without a clear dem...

TON is crawling at $1.60 with momentum flatlined and every meaningful moving average stacked overhead — the next 30 days are a binary bet on whether t...

Swift launched a blockchain-based ledger that enables 17 banks to pilot 24/7 cross-border payments using tokenized deposits.

A trader on Ostium has held a $1.14 million long position in EUR/USD perpetual futures for 400 days, applying a bitcoin-style HODLing strategy to fore...

SHIB is printing a 3.12% daily gain on suspiciously thin Binance spot volume of just $3.27M, while momentum indicators sit deep in bearish-leaning ter...

The New York-based subsidiary, fully owned by Sony Bank, will be capitalized with $40 million to support its upcoming stablecoin business operations.

WLD is posting a 3.81% intraday bounce from $0.37 support, but every single moving average sits above current price. Either bulls reclaim $0.41 in the...

The operation uncovered a crypto laundering network using cross-chain swaps to obscure funds, with one wallet processing $122.5M in 10 months.

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A wave of blockbuster AI listings is drawing billions of dollars from global investors, reinforcing a rotation away from crypto.

Optimism is teetering at the $0.10 pivot with smart money quietly leaning long while a dead MACD and a gauntlet of SMA resistance above $0.11 make ups...

ARB just ripped 12.42% off an intraday low of $0.0754 and is now pinned against its Bollinger Band ceiling at $0.09 with stochastics screaming overbou...

The two Thai arrests were part of Operation First Light, a 97-country sweep that logged 5,811 arrests and intercepted $293 million.

The Bank of Korea reiterated its call for bank-led won stablecoin issuance while advancing deposit token pilots, as issuer rules remain a sticking poi...

Cryptocurrency firms are developing plans to upgrade networks with quantum-resistant cryptography following advances suggesting quantum computers coul...

APT's $0.63 grip looks fragile — stochastic divergence, paper-thin volume, and a MACD flatlined in negative territory all point toward a retest of $0...

The move aligns with similar announcements from other major Russian banks, amid the development of the country's crypto law.

NEAR sits at $1.92 in a technical no-man's land — pinned below every key short-term moving average while smart money quietly stacks long exposure in f...

XLM is pinned at $0.18, structurally below every meaningful moving average with MACD momentum completely extinguished — yet top traders are net long a...

TRX is locked in a textbook volatility squeeze at $0.33 with every short-term moving average stacked on a single price point, an overbought Stochastic...

LTC is pinned at $44.08 with MACD momentum zeroing out in negative territory and daily volume barely cresting $10 million — a setup that historically ...

ATOM is sitting at $1.57, pinned below every major moving average with a dead MACD and net-short derivatives positioning that tells you exactly where ...

Santiment reported that bitcoin supply is at its lowest since 2017 and ether since 2015, adding that it doesn’t guarantee prices will move higher but ...

BCH is stalling at $239.60 with its MACD histogram flatlined to zero and Stochastic overheating near 83 — a rejection at $243.90 resistance carries 40...

UNI is trading at $3.36, literally kissing its upper Bollinger Band while MACD momentum flatlines dead and aggressive sellers are out-executing buyers...

Binance is exploring new licensing paths into Europe while continuing to expand its regulatory footprint in Asia, says co-CEO Richard Teng.

Alfa-Bank is testing cryptocurrency trading for qualified investors as Russia moves toward regulating digital assets and banks prepare new crypto serv...

Chainlink is coiling at $7.75 with smart money loaded 74.6% long and open interest quietly expanding — a confirmed daily close above $7.95 targets $8...

AVAX is trading at $6.73 with its MACD histogram zeroed out and smart money positioned 65.9% long — this is a binary setup. Either buyers clear $7.09 ...

DOT is grinding at $0.83 with every major moving average stacked above it, MACD momentum flatlining at dead zero, and spot volume running at comatose ...

Attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz are testing a fragile Iran–US ceasefire extension amid renewed strikes and missile/drone exchanges. (Read M...

MATIC is flatlined at $0.38 with volume so thin it barely registers — a 60% probability short-term relief bounce toward $0.43 exists, but every major ...

The trust bank subsidiary, Connectia Trust, is expected to issue and manage a dollar-backed stablecoin, pending final approval.

DOGE is compressing along $0.072 with momentum flatling near oversold territory while derivatives show whales quietly stacking longs — but every major...

SOL is coiling at $78.20 directly beneath a resistance cluster at $79.26–$80.31 with momentum fully exhausted — break above on volume and $85–$92 open...

ADA is suffocating in a zero-momentum compression at $0.168, pinned 35% below its 200-day moving average with dead MACD and volume barely breathing — ...

XRP is locked in a volatility compression at $1.10 with momentum flatlined, every major moving average overhead acting as resistance, and a derivative...

BNB is trapped in a technical no-man's land at $574, with momentum indicators at a genuine inflection point after weeks of negative readings. A volume...

ETH is grinding at $1,753 with momentum indicators converged to dead zero and a stacked moving average ceiling sitting just overhead — a clean break a...

Bitcoin is grinding in a tight decision zone around $63,000 with momentum completely flatlined and a macro structure that still points down. Either th...

A Spotsylvania, Virginia, resident says hackers initiated an unauthorized wire transfer to steal nearly $10,000 from his retirement savings held at We...

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs lost a net $84 million on Wednesday, ending a three-day inflow run that had pulled in roughly $509 million

Former BOJ official issues interest-rate warning as yen continues to slide against the dollar.

Robinhood's blockchain went live on July 1 to move stocks onchain. Its first breakout hit is a memecoin named after the mascot the company abandoned.

Markets turned risk-off after Donald Trump said a ceasefire with Iran was “over,” following U.S. strikes tied to attacks on three ships in the Strait ...

Senator Ron Wyden has called on Senate leaders to ensure the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act remains in the CLARITY Act when it is brought to the ...

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Onchain scammers netted more than $14 billion last year, and approval phishing remains a primary attack vector.

Hackers have also been exploiting the codebases of defunct decentralized finance protocols, draining millions of dollars in customer funds.

XRP defended the $1.00-$1.05 support zone, but the near-term chart remains capped below resistance as analysts track larger wedge and channel patterns...

Oil climbed for a third day and gold fell for a fourth while bitcoin is up 1.6% on the week.

Ongoing strong demand for AI infrastructure “would likely sustain upward pressure on prices for technology products and electricity,” Federal Reserve ...

Crypto venture firm Paradigm is widening its investment gaze toward AI and other frontier industries with its latest fund.

Zapper provided crypto market data to over 2 million monthly active users and oversaw more than $13 billion in processed transactions during its peak.

The size and scope of the US stock market “gives policymakers a strong incentive to backstop major drawdowns,” said Bitget Wallet COO, Alvin Kan.

SpaceXAI's new coding model is cheaper and faster than Anthropic and OpenAI's flagships—and by Musk's own account, at least one generation behind them...

Bitcoin faces renewed sell pressure amid an oil price surge, Japan economic contagion risks and a fresh round of selling from Strategy.

The investment firm said its fourth fund will back AI, robotics, and crypto startups as it broadens beyond digital assets.

Industry data shows trading activity and market value accelerating as crypto companies and traditional financial institutions expand tokenized equity ...

Bitcoin is looking slightly more optimistic but failed the breakout everyone was watching. Meanwhile, ETH just printed a weekly death cross for the fi...

EU officials reportedly plan to consider changes to the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, dubbed by some as “MiCA 2.0,” in response to a US stableco...

Bitcoin hovered around the $62,000 mark following a spike in oil prices, escalating hot war in Iran and traders’ move to cut risk ahead of a Federal R...

Investors had backed away from Bitcoin since mid-May.

The Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company and Cantor Equity Partners I announced that they were looking into amending the terms of a 2025 merger deal that...

A new Binance Research report said stablecoins are fast becoming a preferred settlement layer for tokenized TradFi markets while gaining traction in p...

The meme coin CashCat on Robinhood Chain is the latest flavor of the hour, and one trader has turned a mini-investment into a small fortune in less th...

The network’s 2026 roadmap targets faster transactions, AI-powered apps, and infrastructure aimed at competing with traditional financial systems, whi...

Ripple and XRP become the latest crypto brands to enter the sports marketing space.

The prediction market's head of U.S. operations says the business is taking steps to legitimize itself after years of legal scrutiny.

More than 3,000 raids since 2022 have led to 629 arrests, as authorities target miners siphoning electricity from the national grid.

In this week's Crypto Long & Short, FalconX’s Gaspar Martin writes that BTC is reaching a market bottom and is poised for a turnaround.

The firm's latest fund backs AI and robotics startups but leadership says it remains committed to crypto investing.

The crypto exchange says an arbitrator sided with it after accounting firm Mazars walked away from a nearly finished audit.

The move comes as firms race to build the infrastructure for blockchain-based stocks and debate how tokenized stocks should work.

A Rosemead resident is now in custody after allegedly posing as a McAfee Security representative to steal tens of thousands of dollars in cash from a ...

Crypto majors fall as the U.S. strikes Iran, ending the ceasefire. Vanguard opens its doors. And a meme coin frenzy erupts on Robinhood chain.

The report, filed in May 2024, invited the National Crime Agency to determine whether there were grounds for further investigation.

First Financial Security is preparing to pay affected individuals a total of $1.2 million in cash and credit monitoring services in a class action set...

The Management Association (MRA) is preparing to pay class members hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of a class action settlement over data bre...

The company says the tool was designed to stop abuse and AI model extraction, but critics questioned the use of undisclosed monitoring.

The SEC updated its agenda to indicate that a key crypto rulemaking is slated to be released for public comment in July.

Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin has raised $20 million in fresh investment from USDT stablecoin issuer Tether.

A University of Manchester researcher says schools should move beyond AI cheating concerns and prepare graduates for workplaces increasingly shaped by...

Investors who purchased BIG3 NFTs expected the perks of team ownership, but allege "deceptive, fraudulent" marketing was at play.

China is reportedly building the same power to cut off its AI that the US deployed against Anthropic in June.

Built on Signal’s open-source technology, Radar Chat combines encrypted messaging with self-custodial Bitcoin payments via Lightning Network.

The Capital Markets Authority wants to monitor over 20 blockchains for fraud, laundering, and sanctions evasion under Kenya's new crypto law.

Market maker Wintermute remains cautious, suggesting that recent Bitcoin action is a relief rally rather than a fundamental market change.

The FCA authorization lets the exchange offer equities and derivatives to UK users, a step toward its "everything exchange" ambitions.

Michael Saylor becomes a major Bitcoin seller. A memecoin gets "exploited" via governance. And Bernstein doubles down on a $150k BTC call.

The plaintiffs say Polymarket added a rule after the fact, turning their winning "Yes" bet on Strategy's Bitcoin sale into a loss.

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Beijing's first rules targeting emotional AI are forcing the country's biggest apps to shut down custom agents.

Yvette Cooper said governments must agree on AI safeguards before frontier systems transform warfare, crime, and society.

The Bonk DAO wallet was exploited for roughly $20 million worth of the prominent dog-themed meme coin on Solana.

António Guterres borrowed a Silicon Valley meme to make the starkest case yet for global AI oversight—then called for an international ban on killer r...