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
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.
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.
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
Why Did Payward Sue Mazars? Payward, the parent company of Kraken, has secured a $22 million arbitration award against Mazars USA after the auditor abruptly abandoned a nearly completed audit of the crypto exchange during the height of Operation Choke Point 2.0. The company is now asking the Delaware Court of Chancery to enter final
Why Is BNB Chain Building Another Layer 1? BNB Chain is building a new Layer 1 blockchain designed for agentic trading, targeting a faster execution environment for automated strategies, onchain trading systems, and applications that need lower latency than the existing BNB stack can provide. The new chain will run alongside BNB Smart Chain, opBNB,
How Did the BonkDAO Attack Happen? BonkDAO was hit by a malicious governance proposal that appears to have drained approximately $20 million worth of BONK tokens from its treasury, according to Bonk Inu’s official X account. The attack targeted the DAO’s governance process rather than a simple wallet exploit. According to the project’s statement, the
Why Did The Court Revive The Fraud Claim? A federal judge revived a fraud claim against Barry Silbert, Digital Currency Group, and other defendants in an investor lawsuit tied to the failed Genesis Yield program, while leaving the case’s federal securities claims on track. The ruling, filed last Thursday in the U.S. District Court for
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