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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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Google must now pay record €4.1 fine after losing 8-year EU antitrust legal battle
Google felt its latest European enforcement pain earlier today after the European Court of Justice rejected its final appeal against a €4.1 billion ($4.7 billion) antitrust penalty handed out by regulators on the old continent. Today’s ruling, which is coincidentally the largest antitrust fine in the EU’s history, ends an eight-year legal inquiry into allegations...
Thu, Jul 2
Standard Chartered partners with Circle to launch direct USDC minting
Standard Chartered has become the first globally systemically important bank to offer direct USDC minting and redemption. The bank announced Thursday it has partnered with Circle to allow institutional clients to mint and redeem USDC, without needing direct Circle accounts. Circle 🤝 Standard Chartered@StanChart has launched institutional USDC minting and redemption through DIFC, becoming the...
Thu, Jul 2
VARA Dubai emerges as UAE's most popular regulator with 50th VASP issued license
UAE now has 101 regulated Virtual Asset Service Providers, and more than 50% of the licensed VASPs are in VARA (Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority) in Dubai, UAE. The regulator issued its most recent and 50th licensed VASP to Tribe Tokenization FZE. On LinkedIn, Tribe wrote, “It’s been a long and challenging road, but today we...
Thu, Jul 2
Christoph Jentzsch proposes dissolving ENS DAO after founder blocks Security Council vote
Christoph Jentzsch, a veteran Ethereum developer with no formal ENS governance role, has proposed shutting down the ENS DAO entirely. The treasury would be better handled if it were in the hands of an outside steward, according to Jentzsch. This is the third competing idea for how the ENS should be run, with the two...
Thu, Jul 2
Analysts look for return signals as retail traders stay out of crypto markets
The activity of retail traders is at an all-time low on Binance. Retail in general is waiting in the sidelines, expecting to rejoin crypto if other markets offer lower returns.
Thu, Jul 2
Building an AI-Native Travel Ecosystem: Exclusive Interview With Staynex CEO Yuen Wong
The global travel industry has long been divided: consumer platforms focus on discovery, while corporate systems prioritize rigid compliance. For years, legacy infrastructure kept these worlds separate, but artificial intelligence is beginning to bridge that divide. Social travel platform Staynex is building an AI-native ecosystem designed to support both retail and corporate travel natively. Following...
Thu, Jul 2
Metaplanet adds 2,823 BTC to its treasury, lifting holdings to 43,000
Metaplanet has announced that it has purchased 2,823 Bitcoin, bringing its total corporate holdings to 43,000 BTC and placing the firm among the most active treasury buyers alongside Strategy and Strive. The Japanese company disclosed the purchase in a post on X on July 2, alongside a separate notice detailing the results of its Bitcoin...
Thu, Jul 2
Lummis defends CLARITY Act as Warren warns crypto bill could fuel illicit finance
Wyoming’s Senator Cynthia Lummis countered Senator Elizabeth Warren’s recent criticisms of the Clarity Act. She pointed to more than 16 statutory safeguards to refute claims that the bill creates loopholes for illicit finance. The latest clash comes as lawmakers continue negotiations on the Senate version of the crypto market structure bill, with supporters pushing to...
Thu, Jul 2
The new MiCA era
On July 1, 2024, MiCA came into force across the European Economic Area. It established a regulatory perimeter for digital asset custody, capital adequacy, and consumer protection. Within 24 hours, the market absorbed what this meant: the EEA would optimize for institutional accountability and consumer protection in digital asset services. Capital routes accordingly. But MiCA...
Thu, Jul 2
South Korea shuts down crypto treasury shortcut for listed firms
The Korea Exchange (KRX) announced on July 2nd that the KOSDAQ listing rules have been changed so that public companies cannot covertly change their original technology businesses to investing in cryptocurrencies. This rule, which restricts one of Asia’s largest equity markets and sends a clear message to the growing trend in companies around the world...
Thu, Jul 2
Ethereum Foundation makes its biggest pitch to governments yet
The Ethereum Foundation released a policy guide, outlining that Ethereum is to be classified as a neutral public infrastructure where both governments and institutions can turn for their needs. This could affect how all regulators around the world may see and interact with all public blockchains in general, and particularly with the tokens that operate on...
Thu, Jul 2
OpenAI’s Sam Altman offers Trump admin a 5% equity worth $43 billion ahead of IPO to rival SpaceX
OpenAI has been discussing with the authorities in Washington DC about giving a 5 percent share of its company to the US Government, which will be valued at around $43 billion based on its estimated value of $852 billion, according to FT. The idea is tied to Sam Altman’s push to give Americans a direct...
Thu, Jul 2
K Wave Media sells all 88 Bitcoin to cover $6 million debt, ending its treasury experiment
According to data published by BitcoinTreasuries.NET on July 2, K Wave Media (KWM), a South Korean company listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol KWM, has sold off its entire Bitcoin holdings of 88 BTC to pay down approximately $6 million in debt, thus leaving K Wave Media with nothing else in cryptocurrency. This...
Thu, Jul 2
Meta shares jump over 8% on plans to sell AI compute, shaking up the cloud market
On July 1, shares of Meta jumped 8.81% to finish at an all-time high of $796.25 after the release of the news about the company’s plans to use its surplus AI computing power in its data centers for commercial purposes. This increase helped make Meta one of the best-performing stocks on Nasdaq, although the rest...
Thu, Jul 2
dYdX launches Arcus DEX on Robinhood Chain as DYDX token drops 23%
On July 1, dYdX launched Arcus on the Robinhood Chain. Arcus is a decentralized exchange that supports tokenized equities and perpetual futures. Following the reveal of Arcus, trading volume soared over 650%, and the price of DYDX dropped to $0.138, representing a 23% decrease in value during those 24 hours. The introduction of Arcus fundamentally...
Thu, Jul 2
Drift Protocol rebrands to Velocity DEX three months after $280 million exploit
Drift Protocol has announced that it is rebranding to Velocity DEX as part of its relaunch effort after the Solana-based perpetual futures exchange lost over $280 million in an April 1 exploit attributed to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. The company’s rebranding is backed by a $127.5 million credit line from Tether. As part of the...
Wed, Jul 1
Trump-led American Bitcoin resorts to reverse stock split to escape Nasdaq delisting
American Bitcoin Corp. (NASDAQ: ABTC) has announced it is conducting a reverse stock split, which will be effective July 2, 2026. The Trump-backed firm effectively entered crisis management mode to avoid getting delisted from Nasdaq after its shares fell below the admittance threshold. The firm joins a growing list of publicly traded Bitcoin treasury companies...
Wed, Jul 1
Forward Industries stock jumps 17% after adding 500,000 SOL to treasury
The Solana-focused treasury firm, Forward Industries (NASDAQ: FWDI), saw its shares climb roughly 17% after it disclosed its purchase of more than 500,000 SOL. The firm now holds a total of 7.55 million SOL tokens. It spent about $38 million on its most recent Solana purchase, paying an average price of $79 per token. Forward...
Wed, Jul 1
Ethereum Foundation alumni launch Ethereum Institutional to court banks and asset managers
A new non-profit group called Ethereum Institutional has officially launched today July 1, 2026. The company has a goal of becoming a dedicated point of contact for financial institutions that want to use Ethereum. The new non-profit is backed by Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR), SharpLink (NASDAQ: SBET), and Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin. What is...
Wed, Jul 1
Attackers deliver infostealer to Polymarket trading bot users, DeFi devs through npm packages
Hackers created a fake trading bot for Polymarket’s prediction markets on GitHub. The bot was used to spread malware that steals credentials like wallet keys and browser passwords. 30 malicious packages were found across several npm accounts, reportedly targeting developers and traders who use automated strategies. At least 53 developers fell for the trap before...
Wed, Jul 1
