Japan stablecoin payments advance with Lawson trial, Netstars launch
Lawson will test yen stablecoin payments in Tokyo as Netstars launches a merchant service supporting USDC, USDT and JPYC.
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AI microbusinesses could drive $262B in stablecoin volume by 2033: Swyftx
The AI-native cohort of the expanding gig economy could increasingly use stablecoins to avoid slow and expensive traditional payment rails, Australian crypto exchange Swyftx said.
Bitcoin holds near $63,800 as war-driven selloff hits everything but crypto
Bitcoin held near $63,800 on Monday while gold, oil, equities and government bonds all slumped on the U.S.'s fourth round of strikes on Iran in a week. The largest cryptocurrency was down 0.3% over 24 hours and up 2% on…
Bitcoin ETFs draw $197M, snap 8-week outflow streak
Analysts are not yet ready to call it a recovery in institutional demand for Bitcoin.
Robinhood L2 sparks ETH optimism, Saylor 'muddies waters.' Hodler's Digest, July 5-12, 2026
Even Ethereum's critics believe Robinhood Chain is bullish for ETH. Nigel Farage and Donald Trump become embroiled in crypto related scandals, and more.
Signs of life?: State of Crypto
Rumors of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act's demise have been greatly exaggerated. The crypto industry isn't out of the woods yet, however, for reasons we'll get into.
Strategy's Saylor needs clarity in BTC pivot message to convince investors: StanChart
Strategy founder and chairman Michael Saylor again took to social media on Sunday to offer his latest signal to investors as one analyst sees Saylor’s messaging as needing more clarity to help Bitcoin regain its momentu…
Stablecoin market cap has shrunk by $10 billion since May, but analyst sees no reason to panic
The stablecoin market posted its biggest retreat in years in June, a sign that onchain liquidity has dwindled as crypto markets continued to consolidate near 2026 lows.
Bitcoin is nearing a power law support line Fidelity has tracked since 2015
Jurrien Timmer, Fidelity's director of global macro, says bitcoin is drifting toward the bottom edge of the model he has used to track it for years.
How to Make Product Ads With AI for TikTok and YouTube—For (Almost) Free
TikTok Shop, the ecommerce platform that allows users to buy and sell things directly on TikTok, moved $64.3 billion in merchandise in 2025, nearly doubling from the year before. The U.S. alone accounted for $15.1 billi…
Pakistan crypto chief seeks dialogue after scholar rules against crypto payments
Pakistan’s virtual-assets regulator called for continued dialogue on the treatment of digital assets after meeting an Islamic scholar who backed a ruling against purchases made with crypto.
Ripple once weighed shutting down and handing XRP to shareholders, CEO says
Ripple came close to shutting down rather than fighting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Chief Executive Brad Garlinghouse said, describing a decision he and co-founder Chris Larsen faced after the agency su…
Cambridge study puts Ethereum near the lower end of PoS energy intensity
Cambridge estimated that Ethereum consumes 7.87 GWh annually and has the second-lowest market-value-adjusted energy intensity among the PoS networks studied.
Empery Digital shares rise after selling Bitcoin treasury to fund AI data center project
The sales come months after a major Empery shareholder demanded the firm ditch its Bitcoin treasury strategy and force the resignation of its CEO and board.
Bitcoin bulls Michael Saylor, Adam Back slam BIP-110 Ordinals proposal
Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor and Blockstream CEO Adam Back have doubled down on their opposition to BIP-110, a proposed temporary fork to limit non-monetary transactions on the Bitcoin network.
Crypto IPO market stalls as capital rotates to AI and macro uncertainty weighs
The market for crypto initial public offerings has slowed sharply as investors rotate capital into other sectors and growing macroeconomic uncertainty dampens appetite for risk assets, according to Christian Lopez, head…
Lending protocol Bonzo loses 77% of value locked as $9 million oracle exploit rattles Hedera
Bonzo Lend, a decentralized lending protocol on the Hedera network, suffered an estimated $9.05 million loss after an attacker exploited a verification flaw in a third-party Supra oracle contract, allowing them to borro…
What Is Robinhood Chain? The Ethereum Layer-2 Network for Tokenized Stocks
Robinhood Chain is a blockchain network developed by Robinhood, the financial services company behind the stock and crypto trading platform.
Ethereum climbs 3% on tokenization boom: Can bulls push ETH price past $1,800?
Despite strong tokenization gains and institutional accumulation, weak onchain and derivatives data leaves ETH vulnerable to a $1,700 retest.
AI found an Ethereum bug that could take validators offline, but humans had to prove it
Developers at the Ethereum Foundation recently set AI agents loose on the software Ethereum runs on, hoping to discover bugs in an ongoing effort to keep strengthening the largest blockchain by value locked.
Nano Banana 2 Lite vs. Nano Banana 2: When to Save Your Money and When to Upgrade
Google last week launched Nano Banana 2 Lite—officially gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image—as the entry point in its image generation stack, sitting below Nano Banana 2 and well below Nano Banana Pro. It delivers text-to-image…
The UK has finally shown it’s serious about crypto
Then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the UK’s ambitions to be a “global cryptoasset hub” all the way back in 2022. Since then, that goal has seemed more like a distant aspiration rather than actuality. But several …
Bitcoin nearing late stages of bear market: Jamie Coutts, Real Vision
Real Vision chief crypto analyst Jamie Coutts said it's far too early to call $1 million by 2030, but he's confident Bitcoin could climb up to $250,000 over the next couple of years.
Bonzo Lend loses $9M in oracle exploit on Hedera
An attacker inflated the value of SAUCE collateral and borrowed $9 million from Bonzo Lend through a flaw in Supra’s on-chain oracle verifier.