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All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. Strike’s new volatility-proof Bitcoin loans shift price risk from borrowers onto the lender’s capital providers. Tether supplies the $2.1 billion credit facility behind the program and co-designed the loan structure itself. A proposed merger would fold Strike, Twenty One Capital, and miner Elektron Energy into one Tether-linked platform. The combined stack covers every core banking function except the safety net regulated banks carry. The headline this week belongs to Strike. On July 7 the company launched Bitcoin-backed loans with no margin calls and no price…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The XRP Ledger story is often swallowed by regulatory headlines, which means the actual product and protocol work can get overlooked. The latest AMM-related rippled release is a useful reminder that development on the network is still moving forward. That matters because long-term relevance is decided by more than courtrooms. For more details, visit the official GitHub platform. TL;DR XRPL developers rolled out mainnet AMM-related upgrades in the latest rippled release.The work is aimed at improving execution and resolving issues around pool behaviour.It shows the XRP Ledger…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called for an agency meeting this month to develop regulatory frameworks for the cryptocurrency industry.The meeting will be led by the SEC Chairman Paul Atkins, who concurrently released the “Statement on the 2026 Regulatory Agenda”. The latter affirms that the SEC is working with the current administration to make the US “the crypto capital of the world.”SEC crypto meeting agendaAs for the upcoming meeting, the agency notes that it will focus on three newly proposed rules:The first is exemptions and “safe harbors”, which will define legal pathways for companies to conduct cryptocurrency-based…

Joerg Hiller Jul 07, 2026 22:34 U.S. Central Command said Tuesday evening the U.S. launched powerful strikes on Iran after attacks on three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, helping lift WTI crude more than 2% above $72. Middle East tensions lift oil as Polymarket sees 82.5% odds Fed holds in July July 2026 Fed Rate Decision: Polymarket “No Change” Jumps to 82.5% as Oil Rallies and FOMC Minutes Loom U.S. stock-index futures were near flat as investors weighed rising Middle East tensions, higher oil prices and the upcoming release of Federal…

Kraken has secured a $22 million arbitration award against its former auditor Mazars USA, with co-CEO Arjun Sethi linking the dispute to what he described as Operation Chokepoint 2.0. Summary Kraken secured a $22 million arbitration award against former auditor Mazars over its withdrawn 2022 audit. Co-CEO Arjun Sethi linked the dispute to Operation Chokepoint 2.0 and called for passage of the CLARITY Act. The exchange continues expanding its product suite with tokenized stock collateral and institutional lending services. According to a letter published Tuesday by Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi, parent company Payward has asked the Delaware Court of Chancery…

Worldcoin pushes fresh WLD into circulation every day. That’s by design. The protocol hands out tokens to the folks operating Orbs and to verified users through grants. The question is whether the market can keep absorbing that drip while the broader AI token trade cools off.It’s not a simple yes or no. It comes down to how quickly supply actually hits exchanges, who’s buying on the other side, and whether Worldcoin’s identity utility starts to matter more than the AI narrative that drove early hype.If you want a clean read on it, break the problem into three buckets: the emission…

Polymarket, the crypto-native prediction market, has begun supporting instant Bitcoin deposits over the Lightning Network. The feature uses infrastructure from Spark, a Bitcoin protocol built for payments and stablecoins.  In a post on X, Spark told users they can deposit BTC to the platform with more speed and more privacy than the older method offered. The move extends a funding push that started in October 2025, when Polymarket switched on standard on-chain Bitcoin deposits. Those deposits carried a wait: most on-chain Bitcoin transactions need three to six confirmations, a window of 10 to 60 minutes, before a platform credits an…

Payward, the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has asked the Delaware Court of Chancery to enter a final judgment against its former auditor, Mazars USA, after an arbitrator awarded the firm $22 million.  The exchange disclosed the request on July 7 through an open letter from co-CEO Arjun Sethi and a series of posts from CEO Dave Ripley. The dispute traces to December 2023, when Mazars withdrew from Kraken’s 2022 audit days before its completion. Mazars had audited Kraken for three prior years and issued two clean opinions, according to the company.  In writing, Sethi said, the auditor…

Caroline Bishop Jul 07, 2026 18:10 Binance’s bStocks enable 24/7 trading of U.S. equities on blockchain, with $100M AUM two weeks post-launch. Binance’s recently launched bStocks—blockchain-based tokenized securities tied to U.S. equities—are quickly gaining traction, with $100 million in assets under management (AUM) achieved just two weeks after their debut, according to a July 1 report. Launched on June 12, 2026, bStocks offer crypto users economic exposure to select U.S.-listed stocks, combining the accessibility of cryptocurrency with traditional equity markets. Each bStock is backed 1:1 by underlying shares, held by BTech Holdings Limited…

Ondo Perps has announced its arrival, becoming the first platform to enable on-chain perpetual futures trading on tokenized U.S. stocks and commodities. Users will be able to trade perpetuals with up to 20x leverage. On Ondo Perps, users will be able to use their Ondo tokenized stock holdings directly as collateral, opening the door for efficient leveraged trading without selling their existing positions. On July 7, Ondo Finance officially announced the launch of Ondo Perps in public beta with an impressive leverage of 20x on equity perpetuals. The platform will open a door for non-U.S. users to trade perpetual futures…