July 10, 2026 @ 12:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Ethereum Foundation‘s Protocol Security team has shared insights from experiments using coordinated AI agents to scan critical components of the Ethereum ecosystem. These efforts demonstrate that AI tools can successfully identify genuine vulnerabilities in protocol-level code, including systems software, cryptographic implementations, and smart contracts… Read More

July 10, 2026 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Predictions markets platform Polymarket has taken formal steps to introduce margin trading under US regulatory oversight. This development could enable participants to engage in event-based contracts with reduced upfront capital requirements, potentially drawing in a broader range of institutional and experienced traders seeking more flexible… Read More

July 10, 2026 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

The CLARITY Act remains in legislative purgatory as elected officials haggle over the bill’s language. The crypto market infrastructure framework will determine the trajectory of the US market and could fuel digital asset innovation and US dominance in this sector of  Fintech. Yet an updated… Read More

July 10, 2026 @ 9:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Stablecoin issuer Circle (NYSE:CRCL) has shared that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted final approval to operate the First National Digital Currency Bank. The bank is a national trust entity. Circle submitted an application to the OCC on June 30,… Read More

July 10, 2026 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) announced a significant leadership transition in its legal department as Chief Legal Officer and Secretary Paul Grewal prepares to leave his executive role at the end of July 2026. Grewal, who joined the cryptocurrency exchange in 2020, has been instrumental in navigating the… Read More

July 10, 2026 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Asset manager Bitwise has underscored a notable resilience in Bitcoin’s market structure, pointing to an incrementally higher price floor even amid intense competition for investment dollars from the artificial intelligence sector and slow progress on comprehensive crypto rules in Washington. Senior Investment Strategist Juan Leon… Read More

July 10, 2026 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global mergers and acquisitions activity in the second quarter of 2026 reached an estimated $1.3 trillion, according to PitchBook’s latest research. This figure represented a solid 35.3% year-over-year increase from $965.7 billion in Q2 2025, yet it marked an 18.4% decline from the record $1.6… Read More

July 10, 2026 @ 6:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Block Inc. (NYSE: XYZ), the company behind the popular peer-to-peer payment platform Cash App, has agreed to pay $45 million and implement significant operational changes to resolve a multistate investigation. Attorneys general from 46 US states accused the firm of misleading consumers about… Read More

July 10, 2026 @ 3:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK organizations are integrating artificial intelligence into daily operations at a notable pace, according to research from KPMG. The latest Global AI Pulse survey reveals that 26% of UK companies now incorporate AI tools into routine workflows, up from 18% in the first quarter of… Read More

July 10, 2026 @ 1:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently released rules to oversee the digital assets market, a significant milestone in the country’s efforts to create a regulatory environment for crypto. The rules include regulations for trading platforms/intermediaries, custody, lending/borrowing, staking, and more. These measures, scheduled to… Read More

July 9, 2026 @ 5:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SpaceXAI has released Grok 4.5, its most capable AI model to date, purpose-built for coding, agentic workflows, and complex knowledge work. The launch marks the company’s first major model release following its public listing and the acquisition of the AI-powered code editor Cursor. Grok 4.5… Read More

July 9, 2026 @ 5:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dinari Inc. and tZERO Group, Inc. announced a strategic partnership on July 8, 2026. The collaboration aims to give broker-dealers a unified, regulated framework for offering tokenized U.S. equities through a single integration point. Dinari specializes in dShares, digital tokens that represent ownership in US… Read More

July 9, 2026 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The cryptocurrency exchange AscendEX has officially ceased its platform activities effective July 1, 2026, leaving users without any firm timeline or assurance that their deposited assets will be returned in full or on schedule. In a notice posted to its website on July 6, the… Read More

July 9, 2026 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Wallet users can now directly access institutional-quality yields through Plume Network’s nBASIS vault, a development that brings tokenized strategies from major asset managers Bitwise and Invesco into one of the largest self-custody wallet ecosystems. The integration marks a notable expansion of real-world asset (RWA)… Read More

July 9, 2026 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Global firm Swift says its blockchain based payments and transfers network is ready to go while announcing 17 banks* have signed up to help pilot the service. Swift states that it will now support 24/7 payments with tokenized deposits. The banks using the service are… Read More

July 9, 2026 @ 9:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Circle Ventures, part of stablecoin issuer Circle (NYSE:CRCL) has invested in Elliptic, a prominent digital asset intelligence firm. The terms of the investment were not immediately available. According to a public statement, Elliptic has joined Circle’s Agentic Design Partner Program, an initiative to shape compliance… Read More

July 9, 2026 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On June 25, 2026, Jet Bank officially began operations and released its mobile application, becoming Albania’s first fully digital-only bank. Licensed and supervised by the Bank of Albania, the institution was built from the ground up on Backbase’s AI-native Banking OS, marking a notable step… Read More

July 9, 2026 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The decentralized finance sector is losing one of its early consumer-facing tools as Zapper prepares to shut down. Co-founder and CEO Seb Audet announced on July 8, 2026, that the popular portfolio tracking platform will cease all services on August 3, 2026. Zapper originated as… Read More