The CFTC appointed Donald Battle, an expert in blockchain forensics and AI, as its new Chief Data Innovation Officer. This move signals a stronger regulatory focus on crypto and digital assets, coinciding with congressional efforts to reform digital asset market structure.
Blockchain-based exchanges like Hyperliquid and Binance offered perpetual futures on SpaceX ahead of its IPO, providing early price discovery. These 'perps' traded volumes exceeding $1.2 billion on Hyperliquid, closely mirroring the stock's eventual market performance and highlighting the evolution of investment products.
Blockchain exchanges like Hyperliquid and Binance offered perpetual futures on SpaceX before its IPO, providing early price discovery that closely matched the stock's market debut. Over $1.2 billion in SpaceX perps traded on Hyperliquid, highlighting the growing influence of decentralized finance.
The SEC's draft 5-year plan (2026-2030) signals a policy shift towards blockchain and digital assets, focusing on regulatory architecture and market modernization rather than enforcement. This change aims to build institutional confidence and facilitate compliant capital formation within a stable legal framework.
Criadores de conteúdo relatam que avatares de IA estão usando seus vídeos e cenários de casa para vender produtos sem autorização em plataformas como o TikTok Shop, levantando questões legais e éticas.
Crypto exchange Bybit is expanding into real-world assets by offering tokenized bond funds from PIMCO and China Merchants Bank International. The new RWA Earn platform will feature funds tokenized by DigiFT, using Plume's onchain infrastructure, allowing users to subscribe with USDC.
The SEC is proposing to rescind Rule 611 of Regulation NMS, the trade-through rule, which has governed Wall Street for 20 years. This move is seen by crypto firms as a significant step towards enabling blockchain-based stock trading by removing a major structural barrier.
Google removed 8.3B ads in 2025, flagging AI's critical role in combating escalating fraud. New blockchain-based verification models from Hakuhodo/LG and Coinbase/Spindl aim to ensure ads reach real humans and drive genuine actions, addressing billions in projected ad fraud losses.
Stablecoin liquidity on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) has nearly doubled in a month, approaching $1 billion, largely due to Ripple's RLUSD. This surge supports Ripple's strategy to position XRPL as a payment rail for AI agents, enabling automated, fast, and rule-enforced transactions, a market projected to reach $183 billion by 2033.
LG Electronics is developing a new digital advertising platform using its own layer-2 blockchain network in collaboration with Arbitrum. The platform aims to streamline ad placement, buying, and selling by removing intermediaries. LG completed a pilot and is considering a market launch later this year.
Coinbase's Quantum Computing Advisory Board has released a report urging the crypto community to prepare for the threat of quantum computers breaking blockchain cryptography. Researchers estimate a quantum machine capable of cracking ECDSA, the standard protecting Bitcoin transactions, could emerge by 2030, potentially jeopardizing millions in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
US Senate lawmakers and law enforcement are in talks over the CLARITY Act's provision on "non-controlling developers." Law enforcement fears it will hinder investigations into illicit finance, while the industry argues it's crucial for innovation. The bill's passage hinges on finding a balance before the August recess.
LG Electronics collaborates with Ethereum layer-2 network Arbitrum to develop a blockchain-based advertising platform, aiming to increase efficiency and transparency in digital ad transactions by eliminating intermediaries.
Avalanche Treasury Company (AVAT) debuted on Nasdaq with a 16% drop in shares to $1.85, despite a $675 million merger with Mountain Lake Acquisition, aiming to offer institutional exposure to the Avalanche blockchain without holding the cryptocurrency.
Coinbase's quantum advisory council advises blockchain developers to prepare for a post-quantum future, addressing the risk of quantum computers breaking current blockchain cryptography, potentially affecting millions of vulnerable coins.
Citigroup introduces a blockchain platform for tokenized shares of pre-IPO companies, targeting wealthy and institutional investors, with initial access for foreign investors and later expansion to the US.
Citigroup prépare une plateforme blockchain pour tokeniser les actions d'entreprises non cotées, visant sa clientèle fortunée et institutionnelle. Ce projet s'appuie sur la blockchain réglementée de SDX (SIX Digital Exchange) en Suisse et vise à améliorer la liquidité de ces actifs.
Digital Asset Holdings secured $355 million in a new funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz's crypto arm, valuing the company at $2 billion. The capital will scale the Canton Network, designed for financial institutions to tokenize and settle securities privately.
Trad.Fi and W3 are launching an experiment in U.S. equipment financing, using AI to compress loan reviews to one day and blockchain for capital workflows. Targeting a $650M pipeline, the initiative aims to test tokenized private credit's move from portfolio wrappers to direct business lending, focusing on AI's impact on underwriting quality and investor liquidity.
Trad.Fi and W3 aim to move $650M in U.S. equipment financing onto blockchain rails over four years. The project uses AI for risk assessment and aims to compress loan processes from months to a day, testing blockchain's utility for real-world assets beyond tokenized funds.
US lawmakers introduce legislation to create a DOJ-led task force coordinating federal, state, and local investigations into cryptocurrency theft, scams, and digital asset crimes, amid over $11 billion in reported crypto-related losses in 2025.
O MOBI Festival 2026, maior evento de inovação, criatividade e sustentabilidade da região de Sorocaba (SP), começa nesta quinta-feira (11). O festival, que acontece na Uniso, espera receber 20 mil participantes e contará com mais de 160 atividades gratuitas.
Blockchain.com now offers 24/7 perpetual trading for institutional clients, including a SpaceX-linked contract, expanding beyond crypto into stocks, commodities, and forex.
Over 200 companies urge Senate leaders to vote on the CLARITY Act, citing competitiveness and consumer protection concerns, as market predictions diverge on its passage amidst legislative bottlenecks.
