Crypto market cap ticks back above $2.24T with a 1% gain, but Fear & Greed sits at 23 (Extreme Fear). Bitcoin leads at $63K with 56.2% dominance while ETH flatlines.
BitGo becomes the first major custodian to productize quantum-threat controls for institutional Bitcoin wallets, introducing a Quantum Risk Score and address remediation tools.
Ethereum Foundation deploys AI agents to hunt network vulnerabilities. Octane Security's AI already caught a high-severity Nethermind bug that could have frozen 38% of block production.
The Fed has named AI infrastructure spending as a persistent inflation driver. Nine of 18 members now project rate hikes by end-2026 — and crypto is feeling it.
Gauntlet closes a $125M Series C solely from Japan's SBI Holdings — its largest raise ever — signalling aggressive Japanese institutional capital deployment into U.S. DeFi infrastructure.
INTERPOL's Operation First Light 2026 netted 5,811 arrests across 97 countries and seized $293M in illicit assets, including intercepted crypto transfers — up 47% on 2024.
Labour MPs have tabled amendments to permanently ban crypto political donations in the UK, escalating a campaign amid the Reform UK funding row over Nigel Farage's Tether-linked gift.
SWIFT has launched a live blockchain-based shared ledger with 17 banks across six continents piloting tokenized deposit cross-border payments in real time.
Operation First Light, Interpol's 97-country sweep, netted 5,811 arrests and $293M — including a single Thai suspect's wallet that processed $123M in romance-scam proceeds.
Tokenized stock transfers surged 105% to $8.41B in 30 days, per RWA.xyz data, as Solana emerges as key infrastructure and TradFi institutions accelerate onchain equity.
