Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank has launched a proof-of-concept to tokenize money market funds on a public blockchain, targeting full digital securities issuance in fiscal 2026.
Bitcoin miner TeraWulf is pursuing $3.5B in leveraged loans and high-yield bonds led by Morgan Stanley to build a Kentucky AI campus under a 20-year Anthropic lease.
Adam Back's BSTR and Cantor Equity Partners have scrapped their original SPAC merger terms, leaving the $1.5B financing for a 30,021 BTC treasury void as renegotiations begin.
American Bitcoin executed a 1-for-15 reverse stock split on July 2, 2026, to avoid Nasdaq delisting after ABTC cratered ~95% — even as the company holds 8,000 BTC.
XRPL's stablecoin supply hit $889.58M, up 20.56% in 30 days. Ripple's RLUSD dominates at $844.58M, but Valtorum's USDV is the fastest-growing issuer at $39.3M.
Michael Saylor and Adam Back slam BIP-110, the proposed Bitcoin soft fork to ban Ordinals, warning protocol tinkering is Bitcoin's biggest internal risk.
Phantom wallet and the Hyperliquid Policy Center petitioned the CFTC on July 9 to open registered derivatives markets to non-custodial wallets, backed by $1.8B in perp volume.
SpaceX moved Bitcoin on-chain for the first time in six months as Gwynne Shotwell donated $325M in stock and Raymond James set an $800 price target.
Japanese lender CRYL Inc. launches regulated Bitcoin-backed loans from $6,200 to $6.2M at 3.5% APR, letting BTC holders access yen liquidity without selling.
DOJ charges convicted money launderer Rossen Iossifov with draining $290K in court-seized Kraken crypto from prison, exposing a US forfeiture custody gap.
