Blockchain & Digital Assets

July 18, 2025 @ 7:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

President Donald Trump signed the GENIUS Act (S 1582) into law today in a landmark move that adds to the legitimacy of the crypto industry. In a grand ceremony today, President Trump declared the legislation Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire, Tether CEO Paulo Ardoino, Robinhood… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 7:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinList, a platform for cryptocurrency token sales and trading, has made strides this year, reinforcing its role as a gateway for early web3 and digital assets adopters. With a series of updates, including the launch of a mobile app, a return to the U.S. market,… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The cryptocurrency market staged an impressive recovery in the second quarter of 2025, rebounding from a challenging Q1 to showcase resilience and shifting dynamics, according to CoinGecko’s 2025 Q2 Crypto Industry Report. The total crypto market capitalization surged by 24.0%, recovering $663.6 billion to reach… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 1:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, several bills were approved in the House of Representatives that should dramatically change the landscape for the digital asset sector. The GENIUS Act is legislation that provides federal rules for the issuance and usage of payment stablecoins. This bill will soon be signed into… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Elon Musk’s vision to transform X, formerly Twitter, into an all-encompassing “super app” is taking a leap forward with the introduction of in-app trading and investment features. According to now former X CEO Linda Yaccarino, the platform is poised to integrate financial services seamlessly, allowing… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeff Ren, founder of OKX Ventures, noted that at digital assets firm OKX, they’ve always believed that “access, transparency, and freedom are the cornerstones of the future financial system.” OKX has reportedly joined the Global Dollar Network as a core partner, along with well-known names in… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 9:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has released its third progress report on the digital euro preparation phase, spanning November 2024 to April 2025, alongside a letter from ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone to Aurore Lalucq, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 7:17 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Core Foundation, the organization behind Core blockchain, an EVM-compatible BTC staking protocol, this week introduced Rev+, a protocol-level revenue-sharing program that directly rewards developers, stablecoin issuers, and DAOs for creating real user value. Instead of forcing builders to launch unnecessary tokens or structure governance… Read More

July 18, 2025 @ 1:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Suisse has been focused on its global expansion plans and various partnerships in the web3 and crypto space. Recent updates from the Zug-based crypto-financial service provider highlight its advancements in 2024 and plans for this year. At its Annual General Meeting in late June… Read More

July 17, 2025 @ 4:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Three key acts of crypto legislation have been approved in the House of Representatives today. As was recently reported, the GENIUS Act, payment stablecoin legislation, was approved in the House and is now on its way to the President’s desk to be signed into law…. Read More

July 17, 2025 @ 4:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

After a choppy week of political posturing, the GENIUS Act (S 1582), the legislation that provides federal rules for payment stablecoins, has been approved in the House of Representatives. This means the legislation will soon be presented to the President’s desk to be signed into… Read More

July 17, 2025 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken announced that its crypto platform is live and fully operational in the state of Washington. Kraken noted in a blog post that following a period of regulatory alignment and platform enhancement, residents of Washington can now access Kraken’s full suite of cryptocurrency services. According… Read More

July 17, 2025 @ 10:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group, Aberdeen Investments, and Archax announce a partnership to advance the use of blockchain technology, utilizing tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) as collateral for their trading businesses. In a UK-first initiative, tokenised “units of Aberdeen Investment’s money market fund (tMMF) and tokenised UK gilts… Read More

July 17, 2025 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

During a late-night session of the House of Representatives, HR 580 was approved by a majority of its members, thus allowing key crypto legislation to advance towards a floor vote. HR 580 is a procedural resolution that multiple Republicans were blocking. A vote earlier in… Read More

July 17, 2025 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Canton Network announces the addition of B2C2, Cumberland DRW, FalconX, and GSR, four digital asset liquidity providers, to its on-chain collateral initiative. This marks an expansion of the project, which began in January of this year. The new additions join Flowdesk and QCP as… Read More

July 16, 2025 @ 11:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Two Prime, an SEC-registered investment advisor and institutional lender with total assets under management of ~$1.75 billion, announced a $20 million equity investment led by MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA), deepening the companies’ existing relationship. The investment round, which includes additional participation from Susquehanna Crypto,… Read More

July 16, 2025 @ 10:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, a firm that provides digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, has today announced a partnership with Ctrl Alt, a tokenization infrastructure platform. The partnership sees Ctrl Alt using Ripple’s institutional-grade digital asset custody technology to “support the Dubai Land Department’s (DLD) Real Estate Tokenization… Read More

July 16, 2025 @ 4:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Welp, it seems like the votes weren’t there again. Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted on a procedural measure to advance crypto legislation. Embarrassingly, the vote failed. President Trump corralled the Representatives who voted against the measure and last night claimed on Truth Social –… Read More

July 16, 2025 @ 3:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

How times have changed. It was reported earlier today that Vanguard has emerged as the largest investor in Microstrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) [now called Strategy], the company that pretty much wrote the book on becoming a Bitcoin treasury play. The Street shares that according to new data… Read More

July 16, 2025 @ 2:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX is reporting that it has integrated PayPal as a payment method on its platform, making cryptocurrency access and payments more accessible to customers across Europe. Customers across the European Economic Area (EEA) can now purchase crypto on OKX directly “using any available funding source supported by PayPal,… Read More