Lawson will pilot yen-pegged JPYC payments in Tokyo in August while Netstars launches a USDC, USDT, and JPYC merchant service at physical stores across Japan.
Aave Labs launched Stable Vaults on July 9, 2026, converting variable DeFi rates into fixed stablecoin yields fintechs can embed via one integration, backed by $50B TVL.
Summer.fi's post-mortem confirms the July 6 attacker routed $1.35M in stolen DAI through Tornado Cash, signalling a voluntary return is increasingly unlikely.
Bank of Thailand orders source-of-funds checks on cash deposits above 5M baht and joins the SEC in auditing high-volume USDT transactions tied to scam centers.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $197.4M in net inflows last week, ending a record eight-week outflow streak — but analysts aren't calling a recovery with BTC at $62,888.
MARA Holdings shares surged ~15% after the Bitcoin miner agreed to acquire a 2 GW Texas site from HIF for ~$600M, paid partly in Bitcoin, nearly doubling its power capacity to 4.8 GW.
PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin is now issued natively on Polygon via Paxos, ditching bridged tokens and integrating into Polygon's Open Money Stack for cross-border dollar settlement.
Total crypto market cap rises 0.84% to $2.29T but Fear & Greed holds at 28. ETH gains 2.51%, Zcash surges 5.57%, while BTC holds $64,167 and alts bleed weekly.
Pakistan's crypto regulator PVARA pushes back on Mufti Taqi Usmani's ruling rejecting USDT and crypto payments, calling for separate technical and Shariah reviews.
The White House says it requested Democratic commissioner nominees for the SEC and CFTC but got nothing back, leaving both crypto regulators without minority-party representation.
