Standard Chartered becomes the first G-SIB to offer institutional USDC minting and redemption, launching in Dubai's DIFC with plans to expand globally.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev told CNBC on July 3 that tokenized RWAs are crypto's future, as BTC is down 30% YTD and the market has shed roughly $1T in cap.

Yield-bearing stablecoin supply dropped $3.5B+ in Q2 2026, ending nearly 3 years of growth, as crypto-native products fell and Treasury-backed tokens expanded.

Solana activated its first formal on-chain governance system, letting validators with 100K SOL staked submit proposals and giving delegators override voting power.

Metaplanet acquired 2,823 BTC in Q2 2026, bringing total holdings to 43,000 BTC worth $4.07B, as K Wave and Sequans exit Bitcoin treasury strategies.

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American Bitcoin set a 1-for-15 reverse stock split effective July 2, cutting shares from ~1.09B to ~73M as ABTC stock fell to a record low amid a crypto market decline.

Ethereum Institutional launched July 1 with backing from Joe Lubin, BitMine, and SharpLink, aiming to bridge the gap between financial institutions and the Ethereum ecosystem.

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Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Morpho with a $60 end-2030 target, projecting the DeFi lending protocol will outperform both BTC and ETH through 2030.

World, an on-chain prediction market on Solana, is now live inside Phantom with Chainlink oracle infrastructure and markets on crypto prices and the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Forward Industries added 500K+ SOL in fiscal Q3, lifting its total to 7.55M SOL worth ~$576M. FWDI shares surged 17% as Solana hit a one-month high above $77.

Trump's 2025 financial disclosure reveals over $1.2B in crypto earnings, with $635M from his meme coin, $588M from WLFI token sales, and $50M+ in BTC holdings.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs shed a record $4.5B in June 2026, with BlackRock's IBIT accounting for $3.55B of withdrawals as macro pressure and SpaceX's IPO pull capital away.

Taiwan's legislature passed the Virtual Asset Service Act, requiring VASPs and stablecoin issuers to get FSC approval, with prison terms up to 10 years for violations.

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