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Key TakeawaysCNBC and Statista included Ripple among the world’s top fintech companies for 2026.Digital asset businesses accounted for 40 of the 500 companies selected.XRP is gaining additional institutional channels through regulated payments, European market access, and investment products. Blockchain Moves Beyond the Crypto Hype Digital assets are moving from speculative markets into the infrastructure used to issue assets, transfer money, and settle financial transactions, according to CNBC and Statista’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026, an annual survey of leading financial technology businesses across eight industry segments. Forty companies were recognized in the digital assets category, which highlights businesses developing blockchain…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Injective has filed Form TA-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to register as a transfer agent, a move aimed at supporting regulated real-world asset infrastructure on-chain. The filing is about recordkeeping for securities ownership. It is not a registration of the INJ token as a security, and it should not be read that way. If approved, the transfer agent role would allow Injective to support official ownership records for securities directly through blockchain infrastructure. That could matter for tokenized stocks, funds, credit products, and other…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure dYdX Chain’s v5.1 upgrade introduces smart contract capability and permissionless market listings, giving users a path to launch perpetual markets without relying on governance intervention. That is a major shift for a derivatives-focused chain. Perpetual exchanges depend on market coverage, liquidity, speed, and risk management. If users can create new markets more easily, dYdX may be able to support a broader range of assets and trading opportunities without waiting for every listing to move through governance. The caveat is that technical flexibility does not automatically create trading…

Joerg Hiller Jul 23, 2026 00:18 Israeli police said two suspects in Shuafat were arrested over an alleged plan to attack Jerusalem, alongside weapons finds in A-Ram and broader seizures in Beit Hanina. Polymarket boosts Eizenkot to 50% in Israel PM race after security headlines Polymarket Reprices Israel’s Next PM Market After Security-Cycle Catalyst Pushes Eizenkot Above 50% Polymarket traders have pushed Gadi Eizenkot to the top of the “next Prime Minister of Israel after the next election” market, with his implied probability up to 50.05% on $28,977,961 in volume. The repricing comes…

S&P Dow Jones Indices and Pantera Capital have launched an 18-asset crypto index that excludes Bitcoin and ranks eligible blockchain networks by the protocol revenue generated during the previous two quarters. Summary S&P and Pantera launched an 18-asset crypto index based on protocol revenue. Bitcoin and XRP failed to qualify under the benchmark’s revenue-focused selection rules. Ether, BNB, Solana, TRON and Hyperliquid hold the five largest positions. According to a joint announcement from the companies, the S&P Pantera Digital Asset Index is designed to measure established network activity instead of relying only on token prices or market capitalization. The benchmark…

Miami, United States, July 22nd, 2026, ChainwireUnserious today announced the acquisition of Creepz, one of the most recognizable NFT collections of the 2021-22 cycle. Backed by entrepreneur and investor Adam Weitsman, and with the support of the original founders, the deal places the lizard cult brand under a powerhouse new team.Most importantly, the acquisition marks a homecoming for Psychrome – the original mastermind and creative genius behind the Creepz lore. Returning to lead IP development, he also brings a resume as a globally exhibited artist whose commercial collaborations span Nike, Salomon, Sneaker Con, Staple, Disney, Warner Bros., and Rovio.Beyond this…

On July 22, Senator Cynthia Lummis unveiled the full text of the CLARITY Act in public. This final draft will help the bill move forward to a possible full Senate vote. In the official statement, Lummis said that the upcoming weeks are “likely the last real chance we will have for years to get this right.” She mentioned the urgency, as the legislative calendar has a small window before the August recess.  The 616-page bill is expected to create clear federal rules for digital assets by dividing oversight between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission…

Korea has a special place in my heart. Back in the early days of AirdropAlert, I visited South Korea while networking my way through the crypto scene, and Seoul had a lovely little Bitcoin hub at the time, full of builders and traders who were early to everything. Half of those deals and friendships were made hunched over a Korean barbecue grill, flipping pork belly with one hand and pouring soju with the other. If you have never closed out a night of crypto talk with too many soju shots, you have not really networked in Seoul. I also made…

Investment bank Benchmark has raised its price target on Bitcoin miner Hut 8 following news that the company had signed a second 15-year lease worth $9.8 billion for its AI data center. Equity research analyst Mark Palmer reiterated his “buy” rating on the Toronto- and Nasdaq-listed miner in a note Wednesday, raising its price target to $195, up from $165 — an 80% upside from Hut 8’s current share price of nearly $110 a pop.  Palmer argued that the deal validates Hut 8’s “power-first” approach to building out AI infrastructure.  Hut 8 announced Monday that it had signed a second…

Senate Republicans and the White House have officially released the latest update of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. The new version incorporates previous drafts from the Senate Banking and Agriculture committees, as well as negotiations between Republican lawmakers (Senators Cynthia Lummis and Bernie Moreno) and the White House. Within minutes of its release, the bill sparked varied reactions from both politicians and crypto leaders. Here is what it says and the different responses it drew.What does the new CLARITY Act text say?First, it addresses the ethics package the White House recently agreed to.Secondly, the new language includes a sunset clause…