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Founded in 2018, Cryptopolitan has grown from a popular blog into a trusted source of news and analysis for millions of readers worldwide. Over the years, we have expanded our coverage to include a wide range of topics, from market trends and technological innovations to regulatory changes and industry events.
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Circle secures win over Tether-backed Heka Funds in USDC manipulation lawsuit
An arbitrator has rejected a $49 million damages claim brought by Heka Funds, a Malta-based trading firm financially tied to Tether, over Circle’s decision to ban it from redeeming USDC. The filings became public in a Boston federal court on Tuesday, after Circle moved to confirm the private arbitration award. What did Circle accuse Heka...
Wed, Jul 15
ECB launches digital Euro pilot with 36 banks and industry partners
The European Central Bank (ECB) has chosen three dozen participants for a year-long digital euro pilot to test the new incarnation of the common currency.
Wed, Jul 15
DTCC completes tokenization trial on Canton Network and in-house private network
The leading securities custodian credited with managing over $114 trillion in securities, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has taken the first formal steps in its tokenization arc as the firm completed the conversion of stocks, ETFs and Treasuries into digital tokens on the Canton Network and its in-house Hyperledger Besu. Senior Bloomberg ETF analyst,...
Wed, Jul 15
Mistral debuts Robostral Navigate, a single-camera robot navigation model
The French AI giant, Mistral AI, released the 8-billion-parameter Robostral Navigate model on July 14, marking the debut physical AI launch by the largest AI player local to the European continent. With the launch, the Paris-based firm has expanded from the open-weight language model lane into producing systems that move robots through unfamiliar buildings using...
Wed, Jul 15
Japan passes crypto law, cutting tax to 20% and opening the door to ETFs
Japan’s House of Councillors have passed a law that reclassifies crypto as a financial product and replaces the high tax rate with a flat 20%. This law creates the legal groundwork for domestic crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Some Japanese retail traders, exchanges, and asset managers are already lining up to launch ETF products. What has...
Wed, Jul 15
What Is a Universal Exchange (UEX)? How One Account Can Trade Crypto, Stocks, and Gold Together
For most of financial history, trading different assets meant using different platforms: a brokerage for stocks, a bullion dealer or ETF for gold, a foreign-exchange service for currencies, and, more recently, a crypto exchange for digital assets. Each came with its own account, funding method, and fees. A newer model tries to collapse all of...
Wed, Jul 15
IBM endures record stock price crash as AI spending squeezes sectors
IBM (NYSE: IBM) lost about a quarter of its market value on Tuesday, July 14, after warning that corporate customers are pouring money into AI hardware and cybersecurity instead of the enterprise software and mainframes that anchor its business. The one-day drop erased about $70 billion and is the worst drop the company has experienced...
Wed, Jul 15
Czech Republic Orders ISPs to Block Polymarket as Europe’s Prediction-Market Wall Hardens
Polymarket has lost access to another European market this week with the Czech Finance Ministry adding the prediction market platform to its List of Unauthorized Internet Games. Internet service providers now have 15 days to block access to the platform. The country’s Institute for Gambling Regulation brought up the listing on July 14. This news...
Wed, Jul 15
South Korea bets on crypto as part of national wealth strategy
South Korea has begun incorporating virtual assets into its management of public wealth, a stride being made as lawmakers seek to step up their efforts to catch up with the United States, the EU and Japan in the arena of cryptocurrency rules and regulations. With approximately 20% of the population already involved in trading digital...
Wed, Jul 15
Hyperliquid prices China’s AI chip giant CXMT before IPO
ChangXin Memoru (CXMT) is the new actively traded pre-IPO contract on Hyperliquid. CXMT is expected to be the biggest IPO in Shanghai since 2011.
Wed, Jul 15
US, Tether freeze $131M in Iran-linked USDT on Tron
On Tuesday, the US Treasury, along with Tether, froze approximately $131 million in USDT funds linked to Iran’s central bank, demonstrating how the effective work of stablecoin infrastructure initially designed to facilitate instant and cost-efficient transfers is also exploited by the parties sanctioned by the US government. USDT (stablecoin pegged to US dollars by Tether)...
Wed, Jul 15
Cryptopolitan Report: Saylor Sold Bitcoin & A Third Of Our Readers Say Nothing Has Changed
Where This Actually Started Digital asset treasuries are a mainstay in the crypto space these days but long before this title was established, there was only one company doing it. Strategy, then called Microstrategy, made its first Bitcoin purchase in August 2020. Founder and chairman of Strategy, Michael Saylor, has since turned the mid-sized enterprise...
Wed, Jul 15
PayPal receives $53B takeover offer from Stripe, Advent: Report
Stripe and Advent reportedly made an offer to acquire PayPal for more than $53 billion, which may be regarded as one of the biggest acquisitions in the payment industry’s history. According to a report by Reuters, the proposal has set the value of PayPal at $60.50 per share, with about $50 billion to be covered...
Wed, Jul 15
Ark rebalances into Circle and Block, trims Robinhood in $14 million reshuffle
On Tuesday (July 14), Ark Invest, managed by Cathie Wood, invested around $13.9 million in Circle Internet Group and also acquired approximately $1.52 million in Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc., while decreasing its stake in Robinhood by about $3.15 million. For investors in Ark’s exchange-traded funds (ETFs), this decision is not seen as a call on...
Wed, Jul 15
Rising memory-chip prices reshape AI cloud economics, and CoreWeave leans on risk discipline
The climbing prices of memory chips are modifying the financial aspects of AI infrastructure and making cloud service providers reconsider their methods of managing one of their fastest-growing expenses. Companies, such as CoreWeave (Nasdaq: CRWV), now have to ensure that they get enough chips to meet their AI workload requirements as well as safeguard their...
Wed, Jul 15
Alaska pushes crypto kiosk victims toward Bitcoin Depot's bankruptcy claims deadline
Alaskans who were scammed by Bitcoin Depot kiosks have until July 21, 2026, to ask for a share of the company's bankruptcy estate.
Wed, Jul 15
US and UK set common stablecoin rules, opening a clearer cross-border lane for crypto issuers
The United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) are making progress on the regulation of stablecoins, marking attempts to facilitate stablecoin issuance and transfers across borders and still achieving consumer protection in the process. On July 14, the US Treasury and the UK’s HM Treasury made a joint statement regarding stablecoins, together with recommendations...
Wed, Jul 15
Anthropic's cemetery ad draws mockery from Altman and tech workers
Anthropic aired a commercial over the weekend that begins with a burning house. Later, the location resurfaces in a cemetery with numerous headstones.
Wed, Jul 15
Data center company Switch taps top banks for potential $10 billion IPO
Las Vegas data center operator Switch has engaged top banks Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase to help in the company’s preparations for an IPO listing that could value the company at approximately $80 billion. Switch raised $531 million in a debut public listing in October 2017, valuing the company at about $4.2 billion. The data...
Wed, Jul 15
Apple opens new Siri AI to public beta testers with iOS 27
Owners of iPhones can now test Apple's redesigned Siri without a developer account. On Monday, Apple released the public beta of iOS 27.
Wed, Jul 15
