Aug 10, 20265m 16s
Mastercard Buys Stablecoin Firm BVNK for $1.8 Billion
Mastercard acquired stablecoin payments company BVNK for $1.8 billion, moving to own the settlement rails instead of routing around them. What the deal signals.
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Aug 10, 20265m 13s
UK FCA Prepares Rules for Tokenized Gold to Defend London Bullion
The UK's FCA is drafting a regulatory framework for tokenized gold to protect London's bullion trade as China's onchain gold market expands, per FT reporting.
Aug 10, 20264m 29s
Spot ETF Inflows Top $1.3B in a Week as BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP All Gain
US spot crypto ETFs pulled in over $1.3B last week, led by $853.54M into Bitcoin and $244.94M into Ether, with Solana and XRP funds also net positive.
Aug 10, 20264m 41s
NYSE Is Building an Onchain Settlement Platform for Tokenized Securities
NYSE President Lynn Martin says the exchange is developing native onchain settlement for tokenized securities, a structural shift for how US markets clear trades.
Aug 10, 20264m 13s
Esper Calls the CLARITY Act a National Security Priority
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says passing the CLARITY Act is a national security matter, reframing US crypto rules as a contest over dollar stablecoins.
Aug 10, 20265m 03s
World Liberty Financial Took $100M From a Money-Laundering Suspect
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial received $100M from Guren 'Bobby' Zhou, a businessman under money-laundering investigation, per a New York Times report.
Aug 10, 20265m 10s
Community Bankers, Not Crypto Lobby, Stall the CLARITY Act
The CLARITY Act has stalled again in the Senate, and the resistance is coming from community bankers worried about deposits, not the usual crypto skeptics.
Aug 10, 20264m 17s
Grayscale Pulls Cardano, Hedera and Polkadot ETF Filings
Grayscale withdrew S-1 registrations for its Cardano, Hedera and Polkadot spot ETFs on August 7, 2026, filing all three Form RW requests within minutes.
Aug 9, 20265m 22s
Russia's Cold Wallet Rush: Hardware Sales Jump 107% Before Putin's Crypto Law
Hardware wallet sales in Russia jumped 107% as users move to self-custody ahead of a new crypto law, per Cointelegraph. Regulation is pushing coins off exchanges.
Aug 9, 20264m 42s
Wall Street's $7B in Tokenized Funds Sends Under 1% Into DeFi
BlackRock, Circle, and Franklin Templeton hold $7.23B in tokenized funds, but only $49.7M (0.69%) has reached DeFi. Q2 2026's record 99 hacks help explain why.