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More than 2,000 institutions now hold Bitcoin through spot ETFs
Around 2,000 institutional investors reported Bitcoin holdings in their Q1 2026 filings, up from around 1,975 in the prior quarter. This change could indicate that two years into the launch of U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, they have established themselves as a popular option among professional investors looking to invest in the largest form of cryptocurrency....
Tue, Jul 14
Airbnb CEO Chesky says trust will decide which RWA projects survive
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky argued in a public thread on X that real-world asset (RWA) tokenization is coming, and that trust will separate the projects that last from those that fail. Chesky did not name any specific projects that he believes are building something of real value. He also didn’t drop any hints regarding Airbnb...
Tue, Jul 14
Cursor poaches Claude design lead as AI agent race intensifies
Jenny Wen, the designer involved in creating Anthropic’s Claude and the general-purpose AI agent Cowork, has joined Cursor as its new head of design. She will be leveraging her experience at one of the most established AI labs at a rapidly growing company that aims to develop more than coding tools. Wen disclosed the news...
Tue, Jul 14
Crypto Godfather's kidnapping empire crumbles as Sheriff’s deputy gets 18 months sentence
A federal judge has sentenced former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy Scott Allen Simpkins to 18 months in prison on Monday for lying to FBI agents about a $25,000 extortion he witnessed inside the Bel Air mansion of jailed crypto figure Adam Iza. The sentence is the latest in a corruption case that has...
Tue, Jul 14
Can sellers wipe out meme tokens?
Meme tokens still offer novelty and dramatic rallies. In the long term, the meme space has also faced significant selling pressure, making long-term gains impossible.
Tue, Jul 14
Nvidia cuts over half of its Asian AI chip customers in China export crackdown
Nvidia has cut its approved distributor list in Asia in half and is implementing strict new vetting requirements to keep its AI chips out of China. In Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia, the firm has been working on new compliance standards over the past few months, according to sources. The tougher vetting process has now locked...
Tue, Jul 14
10 Best Crypto Wallets : Why You Need One Now
Crypto wallets are used to store, buy, and sell digital currency. Wallets might be hardware, software, apps, or cloud-based. Many crypto users prefer non-custodial wallets because they allow them to manage their private data. With a non-custodial wallet, you don’t have to trust a third party with your private keys. The bankruptcies of crypto companies...
Tue, Jul 14
Sablier Labs halts development, enters maintenance mode until 2028
Paul Razvan Berg, co-founder and CEO of Sablier Labs, mentioned in a blog post dated July 13, that they have halted the development of their token-streaming protocol, although it will be kept in the maintenance mode until June 2028. All the existing flows will keep operating, and their core contracts are now available as open...
Tue, Jul 14
Telegram’s t.me suspension severs the on-ramp to its TON crypto ecosystem
On Monday (July 13), the t.me domain of Telegram was unexpectedly suspended at the registry level, blocking the short links used by millions of people to access its crypto services. The suspension impacted access to Telegram’s TON-based Wallet service, Mini Apps, and other services related to The Open Network (TON). According to Domain Name Wire,...
Tue, Jul 14
Circle mints $68.26B in USDC on Solana, feeding global dollar liquidity
Circle minted another roughly $750 million worth of USDC on Solana on July 13, pushing its cumulative issuance on the network this year to around $68.26 billion, according to blockchain tracker Onchain Lens. The action emphasizes Solana’s position as one of the major crypto platforms for dollar liquidity as the market participants continue to observe...
Tue, Jul 14
New Hampshire signs blockchain basic laws HB 639 after Bitcoin reserve bill
New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte has signed the HB 639, known as the Blockchain Basic Laws, giving New Hampshire crypto users, miners, and validators new legal protections, while also setting up a dedicated court docket for blockchain disputes. This new act signed into law automatically gives the state’s crypto industry a clearer legal footing than...
Tue, Jul 14
AI fake-citation cases in US courts near 1,700, up sevenfold in a year
A lawyer who has previously been sanctioned twice for misusing artificial intelligence has been rebuked again by a federal judge after including AI-fabricated quotations in a court filing against the entertainment company Roc Nation. A growing number of lawyers are facing serious penalties for using artificial intelligence to draft court papers without checking the work....
Mon, Jul 13
Judge throws out Trump's $10B IRS lawsuit, refers lawyer for disciplinary action
President Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS was dismissed by a federal judge on Monday. The judge ruled the case was not filed in good faith, as it served an “improper purpose.” The judge also referred one of Trump’s lawyers for disciplinary action. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an Obama appointee sitting in the...
Mon, Jul 13
Kraken launches debit card for UK and Europe users
Kraken has announced that it would start issuing its recently launched debit card to eligible customers in the UK and the EEA, letting them spend crypto and cash balances straight from their Kraken accounts and earn up to 2% cashback. The Kraken Card runs on Mastercard’s network, which Kraken says reaches more than 200 countries...
Mon, Jul 13
Bitmine hits 96% of its 5% ETH target as BMNR stock keeps sliding
Tom Lee’s Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) now controls 5.77 million Ether, which is about 4.8% of all Ether in circulation. The company is now 96% closer to its goal of owning 5% of all the ETH tokens in circulation. Despite these optimistic figures, the company’s stock BMNR is trading near the bottom of its...
Mon, Jul 13
Kalshi launches Kalshi Pro, a professional trading platform targeting high-volume traders.
There are two distinct paths that the prediction market sector is taking. Platforms are rapidly growing in the US to draw big investors and expert traders. Italy is the most recent nation to outlaw a significant prediction market platform, while other nations tighten laws. Kalshi builds a professional trading cockpit Kalshi has introduced Kalshi Pro,...
Mon, Jul 13
Meta expands Louisiana data center to 5 gigawatts, investment rises to $50 billion
Meta announced today that it will expand its Richland Parish, Louisiana data center to 5 gigawatts of computing power, and the tech giant has also raised its committed investment into the site past the $50 billion mark. The expansion of the planned data center, termed “Hyperion” by Meta, will support more than 1,000 jobs once...
Mon, Jul 13
Progmat completes move of ¥452 billion in tokenized securities to Avalanche
Progmat, a former Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking venture, announced the migration of all live projects to Avalanche Layer 1 without any disruption in the operations of the financial institutions using it. The company moved over ¥452 billion (over $3 billion) of regulated real estate and live bond tokens to public-chain rails. Japanese giant has...
Mon, Jul 13
Russia holds its first humanoid robot wedding in a Moscow library
Russia's first robot wedding was a staged demonstration intended to raise awareness of the nation's humanoid robotics efforts.
Mon, Jul 13
Tether's USDT to gain more prominence in Bolivia as government mulls recognition
Bolivia is considering adding Tether’s USDT stablecoin to its official payments system. Economy Minister José Gabriel Espinoza confirmed today that the government is looking into whether USDT could be approved as a payment option, along with the boliviano and the US dollar. Speaking at a recent press conference, Espinoza shared that the proposal covering banks,...
Mon, Jul 13
