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New regulations for crypto trading, custody, and settlement in Russia take effect Sept. 1, with requirements for licensed intermediaries applying from July 2027.

The group allegedly breached Central Bank systems, converted crypto to cash via Chinese brokers, and used small transfers to evade detection.

Main Street, which faces the most significant climate-related financial risk, currently lacks an avenue to hedge weather-related risks, argues CoinDesk’s Omkar Godbole.

The chain built to put equities onchain has tripled in size since mid-July, and a dozen tokenized stocks are now each clearing $500,000 a day. Real-world assets are growing fast, though memecoins and stablecoins still dominate the chain.

U.S. Senate Democrats got President Donald Trump to accept potential limits on his lucrative crypto dealings, but they say the Clarity Act's restrictions aren't enough.

The project is moving away from basic network expansion to focus entirely on integrating its biometric screening devices across enterprise software suites

LMAX is working with Morgan Stanley and investment bank KBW to assess its options, which could lead to a sale or a public offering.

New framework gives common shareholders a clearer view of net bitcoin exposure after preferred stock and convertible debt obligations

AI-powered collars continuously track the health and location of the herd to guarantee loans and stop producers from double-pledging the same cattle.

The EU's new sanctions packages includes the possibility of introducing a ban that would enable the EU to ban any transaction between an EU crypto provider and Russia.

The SBI-owned crypto trading firm is said to have attracted takeover interest from several suitors over the past 18 months, but valuation has been a sticking point.

The day ahead in crypto: July 24, 2026

Bitcoin's options market has accumulated nearly $5 billion in open interest at the $70,000 and $72,000 strikes on Deribit, with several large deliberate trades driving the bullish concentration.

BTC held near $65,000 and crypto broadly rose on Friday despite Brent crude surging to $97.66, its highest since May, as the Iran conflict persists while traditional markets stay muted.

The Singapore-based company once controlled nearly a fifth of Bitcoin's global hashrate. Now it owes $173 million and is selling off what's left.

Falling share prices, debt obligations and difficult market conditions are forcing former bitcoin accumulators to sell their holdings and restructure operations.

The order targets Bitchat, an offline Bluetooth mesh app built to relay encrypted messages and bitcoin transactions, as 'Cockroach Janta Party' protesters in Delhi use mesh tools to communicate through internet shutdowns.

The complaint says BitMEX designed a system to retain customer collateral and alleges an internal desk accessed private user data during server freezes.

Dogecoin dropped 4.5% and ether 2.5%, leading a broad but shallow retreat across the majors, though most remain higher on the week ahead of next week's Fed meeting.

Ripple launched an institutional minting platform and added RLUSD to Notabene’s compliance network as holder growth rose but monthly transfer volume fell to $10.95 billion.

Mirae Asset, the $1 trillion South Korean financial giant, says its plans for newly acquired Korbit go far beyond capturing crypto market share — it wants to build an intelligent investment platform seamlessly connecting real-world assets, stablecoins and digital assets

The Magnificent Seven had their worst day since April 2025 after Alphabet and Tesla spooked investors on AI spending. Bitcoin fell less than 1%, and dogecoin led the majors lower.

In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at where privacy is headed in the Ethereum ecosystem

BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC are attracting the vast majority of new bitcoin ETF money, leaving smaller funds increasingly sidelined as institutional investors consolidate around the industry's largest players.