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Citadel Securities invests $400M in Crypto.com at $20B valuation 2026-07-17 at 02:47 By Cointelegraph by Felix Ng Crypto exchanges have increasingly positioned themselves as bridges between digital asset markets and traditional finance. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Polygon CEO announces job cuts amid Coinme acquisition 2026-07-17 at 01:05 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The round of layoffs was part of Polygon transitioning operations to payments following a $250 million deal to acquire Coinme and Sequence in January. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Trump teleprompter operator made $100K betting on Kalshi markets tied to speeches: ABC 2026-07-16 at 23:49 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar According to ABC News, federal regulators are investigating whether the longtime White House staffer used nonpublic information to profit from event contracts tied to President Donald Trump’s speeches. This article is an excerpt from […]

1inch co-founder says he was fired, announces new venture 2026-07-16 at 23:05 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Anton Bukov said that he no longer took an active role at 1inch and had been “fired” in 2025 after pushing for changes to the company’s management and operations. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View […]

Injective files for SEC transfer agent registration to bring securities ownership records onchain 2026-07-16 at 22:27 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The company said the filing would create a regulated pathway for maintaining ownership records for tokenized securities onchain. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

BitPay secures Dutch licensing under MiCA, plans to expand stablecoin payments 2026-07-16 at 21:45 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets approved BitPay’s application as a crypto-asset service provider under the Markets in Crypto-Assets requirements. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Ethics in crypto market structure ‘really not our concern,’ says Blockchain Association CEO 2026-07-16 at 20:07 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright A former CFTC commissioner urged lawmakers not to “kill all the hard work that we put in the rest of the bill” by making ethics a make-or-break issue on crypto market structure. This article […]

Morgan Stanley’s E*TRADE launches spot crypto trading through Zero Hash 2026-07-16 at 19:32 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Eligible E*TRADE retail clients can now buy, sell and hold Bitcoin, Ether and Solana through a partnership with crypto infrastructure provider Zero Hash. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Tradable’s $1B Stellar deal adds to institutional tokenization boom 2026-07-16 at 19:19 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Tradable will bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets to Stellar, extending the blockchain’s push into institutional finance and tokenized real-world assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Alpaca raises $135M to fund tokenized agent-first infrastructure 2026-07-16 at 16:34 By Cointelegraph by Robert Lakin The BNP-backed brokerage infrastructure provider is expanding into tokenized markets and AI-native financial services as both DeFi and TradFi companies pursue onchain business. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Prediction markets defy crypto downturn with record Q2 volume: CoinGecko 2026-07-16 at 16:05 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Prediction markets reached a record $113.8 billion in notional volume in Q2 as spot CEX trading, derivatives volume and stablecoin market cap declined. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

FATF urges faster crypto AML enforcement as stablecoin crime increases 2026-07-16 at 15:05 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun The global task force said criminal networks are using stablecoins and developing proprietary tokens to evade asset freezes as countries struggle to enforce crypto AML rules. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim 2026-07-16 at 14:35 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will increasingly rely on DeFi rails. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com […]

US Senate unanimously adopts resolution opposing clemency for SBF 2026-07-16 at 14:06 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz The Senate approved a resolution opposing clemency for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried as prediction markets put the odds of a Trump pardon by July 31 below 1%. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original […]

Autonomous AI agent economy faces infrastructure gaps: Visa, Artemis 2026-07-16 at 13:33 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Visa and Artemis found that infrastructure bottlenecks are preventing broader commercial adoption of the autonomous AI agent economy. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Tether invests $20M into Argentine neobank Ualá 2026-07-16 at 11:27 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Tether reportedly invested $20 million into Ualá, as part of the Argentine neobank’s $197 million funding round announced earlier in March. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Robinhood Chain memecoin launchpad Vlad.fun halts after ‘internal integrity’ issue 2026-07-16 at 10:43 By Cointelegraph Vlad.fun suspended its platform after discovering a “serious internal integrity issue” involving members of its team, without disclosing the nature of the alleged misconduct. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Hyperion DeFi to deploy 500K HYPE for Hyperliquid HIP-3 markets 2026-07-16 at 09:41 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun The deal gives Hyperion an equity stake in Skew and a share of listing-service revenue as it expands the utility of its HYPE treasury assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Trump to meet with senators over CLARITY Act on Thursday: Politico 2026-07-16 at 07:18 By Cointelegraph by Felix Ng US President Donald Trump is set to meet with several senators on Thursday as negotiators race to get the CLARITY Act across the line before the Senate’s August recess. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com […]

Base’s social bet left it trailing in prediction markets and perps: Pollak 2026-07-16 at 04:14 By Cointelegraph by Felix Ng Base creator Jesse Pollak is stepping back from leadership of the Base App after admitting he was “definitively wrong” to bet on social experiences driving crypto adoption. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News […]