Digital asset inflows peak at a six-week high as a Senate stablecoin deal stokes institutional appetite across Bitcoin and altcoins.
Circle's subsidiary, Circle Internet Trust Company LLC, has been granted a limited purpose trust charter by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), allowing it to offer fiduciary services in New York. This marks a significant regulatory clarity for the stablecoin issuer.
Wintermute's OTC report for H1 2026 reveals institutional investors are concentrating activity in fewer altcoins, generating 72% of spot flow. This suggests future altcoin seasons will produce fewer winners as liquidity clusters in favored assets, with retail activity remaining broader.
Aave risk service provider LlamaRisk proposed winding down V3 deployments on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos, affecting $4.1 million in debt. The plan aims to reduce support costs exceeding revenue, freezing reserves and adjusting interest rates to encourage withdrawals.
A new arXiv preprint analyzing seven major Bitcoin crashes found that warning signals shifted among price, leverage, and order flow from one event to the next, with no single reliable precursor for specific crashes, though taker order-flow variance tightened before six events.
Perpetual futures for tokenized stocks and commodities on Hyperliquid and Binance nearly matched Bitcoin's trading volume, reaching $61.7 billion last week. This growth, particularly in equities and commodities, signals a shift in crypto markets and draws attention from traditional finance leaders.
Trump joked about running for a fourth term while project-linked wallets moved 10.84 million TRUMP tokens worth about $16.91 million. The token has fallen sharply as the project expands liquidity programs and rewards for top holders.
