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The SEC's Crypto Task Force held a direct meeting with representatives from the Hyperliquid Policy Center, trade.xyz (XYZ Ltd.), and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP to discuss regulatory approaches for crypto assets and decentralized perpetual markets. The session was requested in a formal letter signed

Japan's largest domestic payment network JCB signed a memorandum of understanding with Circle to explore the use of USDC for cross-border payments and merchant transactions. The agreement allows JCB to test whether stablecoins can reduce friction in international settlement and support payment use c

Strategy, the largest institutional Bitcoin investor, sold $466 million worth of MSTR shares last week and paused additional Bitcoin purchases, maintaining its holdings at 843,775 BTC. The company instead increased its USD reserves by $450 million, raising total reserves to $3.0 billion. Wall

Weather data firm Kweather and blockchain network Flare signed a Letter of Intent on Tuesday to launch a pilot project publishing verified meteorological data on-chain and developing blockchain-based weather finance products. The partnership will feed temperature, rainfall, and climate variables

Coinbase Institutional analysts suggested Bitcoin may have entered a bottoming phase after the cryptocurrency fell below $58,000 in June and subsequently traded sideways between $62,000 and $64,000. The analysis highlighted Bitcoin's resilient performance, noting the asset declined

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and HM Treasury released a joint statement and recommendations on Tuesday as part of the Transatlantic Taskforce for the Markets of the Future, focusing on digital asset cooperation and stablecoin regulation. The two governments stated that regulated stablecoins h

The US military conducted its first combat operation using explosive drone boats on the night of July 12, striking an Iranian midget submarine and ship maintenance facility at Iran's Bandar Abbas Naval Base. US Central Command described the deployment of three "one-way attack surface drones" as the

Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices stocks rose in morning trade on Monday after Reuters reported that three Chinese companies received U.S. approval to purchase advanced AI chips. ZTE Kangxun Telecom and server maker Maginfra were permitted to buy Nvidia's H200 processors, while Zhuhai Hengqin

David Pakman, managing partner at crypto venture capital firm CoinFund, stated Tuesday during an appearance on The Block's The Starting Block podcast that the crypto industry has not solved a core tokenomics challenge: creating native tokens whose value correlates with the long-term success of

Mizuho downgraded Circle (CRCL) to Underperform from Neutral and cut its price target to $50 from $85, while JPMorgan lowered earnings estimates for both Circle and Coinbase on the same day. Both firms cited mounting pressure on the economics underpinning USDC, Circle's dollar-backed stablecoin, as

Cryptocurrency analytics platform Santiment issued a warning as XRP and Ethereum recorded their highest fear of missing out (FOMO) levels in the last five weeks. The analysis revealed XRP reached a ratio of 3.02 bullish comments for every bearish comment, while Ethereum hit 2.31, during a period

A solo Bitcoin miner earned a 3.1382 BTC block reward worth approximately $200,000 by solving block 957,382 using a Bitaxe Gamma device that costs as little as $150. The miner ran the palm-sized open-source device for about eight hours through Public Pool, a solo mining pool allowing participants

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the 14th (local time), declaring the Fed an independent central bank whose independence was granted by Congress. Responding to a direct question about working for President Donald Trump, Warsh emphasized the

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh told Congress on July 14, 2026 the Federal Reserve will not bail out cryptocurrency or stablecoin markets if they face stress. Rep. Brad Sherman pressed Warsh during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on whether the Fed would extend support to digital asset markets

Moniepoint Inc has appointed Rose Muturi as chief executive for Kenya operations, the Nigerian fintech unicorn confirmed on Tuesday. Muturi, who joined in June according to her LinkedIn profile, previously served as CEO of Branch Kenya for more than four years. The appointment follows Moniepoint's a

Apple is in talks with PrismML, a Khosla Ventures-backed startup, to evaluate AI model compression technology that could enable powerful AI models to run directly on iPhones, PrismML CEO Babak Hassibi told CNBC. PrismML publicly released compressed versions of Alibaba's Qwen model on Tuesday,

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he has replaced the proposed 20% toll on cargo flowing through the Strait of Hormuz with investment deals with Gulf states. Trump said the decision followed highly productive conversations with Middle Eastern leadership. The move comes amid ongoing

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh testified before the House Financial Services Committee on May 14 (local time), stating that the Federal Reserve must clearly separate balance sheet policy from fiscal policy. Warsh emphasized that any changes to balance sheet policy would be announced and explained in

A U.S. trade official testified on Tuesday that very few of Nvidia's H200 artificial intelligence chips have been shipped to China and Hong Kong. Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Jeffery Kessler stated at a congressional hearing that 'very few shipments against licenses for H200

North Carolina enacted the Virtual Currency Kiosk Consumer Protection Act, establishing consumer protections for crypto ATM users. The legislation addresses fraud concerns after the FBI reported over $12 million in losses from cryptocurrency kiosk scams in North Carolina. Governor Josh Stein