Marcus Feld is CoinScoop's DeFi and on-chain analyst. He digs into L2 activity, stablecoin flows and protocol revenue, translating raw chain data into plain-English calls.
BitPay's European subsidiary BitPay B.V. has secured a MiCA CASP license from the Dutch AFM, unlocking regulated crypto and stablecoin payments across all 27 EU states.
Federal agencies missed the GENIUS Act's July 18, 2026 deadline to finalize stablecoin rules. Ten proposals exist, zero are binding — clarity now delayed to January 2027.
Ordinals dev Leonidas has proposed '$DOG Mode', a new Bitcoin client enforcing Ordinals-friendly rules — and Bitcoin's next governance war may be starting.
Injective has filed Form TA-1 with the SEC to register as a transfer agent, proposing blockchain tokens as the official record of securities ownership.
The US and UK jointly published a 10-point roadmap to harmonize stablecoin and tokenized-asset rules — covering a $257B market — but no binding law yet.
Circle secured an OCC federal trust bank charter on July 10, giving USDC federal oversight — as Standard Chartered warns stablecoins could drain $500B from US deposits by 2028.
OKX Europe has launched a one-way USDT-to-USDC conversion tool for EEA users, offering an 8% yield incentive as a July 2026 MiCA enforcement deadline approaches.
A Swedish Bitcoin treasury company couldn't sell nearly half its preferred shares despite a 10% annual yield, raising questions about the Bitcoin treasury model.
The attacker behind May's $5.87M TrustedVolumes DeFi exploit sent back 1,122.12 ETH (~$2.07M) on July 17 — roughly 35% of stolen funds — with no official statement from the protocol.
Input Output is transferring stewardship of Cardano's core infrastructure to external teams via the Proof of Provenance framework as a protocol upgrade lifts ADA.
