Jul 18, 20264m 44s
Citadel's $600M Crypto Bet Now Spans Two Rival Exchanges
With $400M into Crypto.com and $200M already in Kraken, Citadel Securities holds stakes in two $20B rivals chasing the same tokenized-securities market.
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Narrated analysis on crypto policy, stablecoins, payments, and market structure.
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Jul 17, 20264m 30s
Ripple Payments Europe Wins MiCA License as EU Register Hits 294
Ripple Payments Europe joined ESMA's MiCA register alongside 13 other crypto firms on July 17, 2026, lifting the EU's total licensed providers to 294.
Jul 17, 20264m 53s
Crypto.com Hits $20B Valuation on Citadel Securities' $400M Bet
Citadel Securities invested $400M in Crypto.com, lifting the exchange to a $20B valuation in its first institutional funding round as Wall Street market makers move deeper into crypto.
Jul 17, 20265m 04s
Argentina Judge Freezes 25 Crypto Accounts, Orders Exchanges to Name Users
An Argentine judge froze 25 crypto accounts and ordered six exchanges to identify the holders, a sharp escalation in how the country polices onchain money.
Jul 17, 20265m 01s
Injective Files for SEC Transfer Agent Registration
Injective has filed for SEC transfer agent registration, aiming to keep securities ownership records for tokenized assets and RWAs directly onchain.
Jul 17, 20264m 50s
Tradable Brings Up to $1B in Private Credit Assets to Stellar
Fintech platform Tradable plans to tokenize up to $1 billion in private credit assets on Stellar, one of the larger single commitments of real-world credit to a public chain.
Jul 17, 20264m 15s
T. Rowe Price Launches TKNZ, Its First Active Multi-Token Crypto Fund
T. Rowe Price debuts TKNZ, an actively managed multi-token crypto fund, marking the $1.6T asset manager's first hands-on crypto product as of July 2026.
Jul 17, 20265m 37s
Venezuela's USDT Trading Now Rivals Its Oil Export Value
A WuBlockchain report says stablecoin trading in Venezuela over a month rivaled the value of the nation's oil exports, a sign of dollar demand in a broken economy.
Jul 17, 20264m 55s
Robinhood Chain Targets Real-World Assets, Says Vlad Tenev
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says the firm's new Robinhood Chain exists to make real-world assets programmable, globally portable, and always available. Here is what it means.
Jul 17, 20264m 32s
SBI and Ondo Finance Team Up to Tokenize Japanese Equities
SBI Holdings is partnering with Ondo Finance to tokenize Japanese equities on Ondo Global Markets, using SBI's JPYSC stablecoin for settlement and collateral.