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stablecoin issuer Tether has announced a $20 million strategic investment in the Latin American on-chain financial services platform Mercado Bitcoin to support its growth in asset tokenization, payments, credit, capital markets, and compliant digital financial services.Founded in 2013, Mercado Bitcoin has evolved from a digital asset trading platform into a comprehensive on-chain financial infrastructure platform, covering services such as trading, tokenized investment products, lending, stablecoin payments, banking infrastructure, and cross-border financial services. This funding will primarily be used to expand payment infrastructure, scale tokenized products for institutional and retail investors, develop credit businesses, advance on-chain capital market construction, seek strategic partnership opportunities, and drive international expansion.
EDX Markets, an institutional digital asset trading platform, announced the completion of a $76 million Series C funding round, led by Japan's major financial group SBI Holdings. The company stated that the proceeds from this round will be used to upgrade its trading, clearing, and settlement infrastructure, accelerate product iteration, and promote the scaled rollout of global institutional services.Previously, EDX had launched EDX FlowConnect, empowering enterprises to compliantly launch digital asset trading services. Additionally, the platform has submitted an application to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish EDX Trust, aiming to build a federally regulated digital asset custody, clearing, settlement, and risk management system. (Prnewswire)
Odaily, on-chain security firm Specter has released preliminary findings on the BONK DAO governance attack. After tracing on-chain fund flows, significant suspicions have emerged: the Realms founder, an address associated with Crypto Notte, shows signs of capital flow interaction with the suspected attacker's wallet.According to the review, the attacker published a malicious governance proposal on June 30. The proposal required 1% of the total BONK circulating supply in voting power to pass. Between July 4 and 5, the attacker acquired sufficient voting weight by purchasing tokens through exchanges and borrowing from Marginfi, totaling approximately $4 million, thereby pushing forward and executing the governance attack.
According to the official announcement by Bitcoin Suisse AG, its Middle East subsidiary BTCS (Middle East) Ltd. has obtained the Financial Services Permission (FSP) issued by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), authorizing it to provide regulated digital asset financial services to qualified clients, covering services such as institutional-grade custody, spot trading, and derivatives hedging. With this, Bitcoin Suisse now holds compliant licenses in four jurisdictions: Switzerland, Bermuda, the European Economic Area (MiCAR), and Abu Dhabi, further advancing its global crypto wealth management strategic layout. Ceyda Majcen will serve as the Chief Executive Officer for the Middle East region.
According to The Block, South Korea's Upbit parent company Dunamu and Naver Financial announced that their stock swap transaction has been delayed again, with the latest deadline extended to December 31, 2026. This is the second delay for the transaction; previously, in March this year, it was postponed from June 30 to September 30. The two companies stated that the "Digital Asset Basic Act" currently being drafted in South Korea may affect the transaction's progress or even the final outcome. The bill contains controversial clauses proposing to cap the shareholding ratio of major shareholders in domestic crypto exchanges at 20%, which would directly impact Upbit's existing equity structure if implemented. Previously, the transaction plan involved Naver Financial issuing approximately 87.56 million new shares, with a total value of about 15.13 trillion Korean won (approximately 9.9 billion USD), to promote synergistic development between both parties in the fields of digital assets and the integration of AI and blockchain.
Odaily Odaily News: Coinbase has announced that it has obtained a UK investment services license (MiFID), and will offer traditional financial product trading services to UK users in the future. Institutional and professional traders can trade perpetual contracts for crypto, stocks, and commodities, while retail users will be able to trade stocks on the Coinbase platform for the first time.Coinbase stated that this license, together with its existing UK e-money license and crypto asset registration, forms its regulatory framework. It represents the company's most significant expansion of product capabilities since entering the UK market and will further advance its "Everything Exchange" strategy. The platform will also gradually support services such as stablecoin payments, savings, lending, and tokenized real-world assets (RWA) in the future.
BIT released a daily report stating that Bitcoin performed steadily in early July, continuing its historically relatively strong seasonal performance. US President Trump's statements, such as "the US is taking over cryptocurrency," boosted market sentiment, and investors' attention also turned to the CLARITY Act, which needs to make progress before the Senate enters summer recess on August 7.
According to TechFlow Research, minutes from Goldman Sachs' July 5 Circle management meeting indicate that stablecoin growth has decoupled from crypto market cycles, with use cases rapidly expanding towards cross-border payments, consumer e-commerce, capital market settlement, and AI agent payments. USDC accounts for approximately 99% of trading volume in the x402 agent payment protocol. Circle pointed out that the "digital dollarization" trend in emerging markets is accelerating, with USDC becoming a tool to replace local currencies and unreliable banking systems. If passed, Circle believes the CLARITY Act will be a catalyst rather than a headwind; the bill allows issuers to continue revenue sharing to incentivize distribution and encourages usage-based reward mechanisms rather than passive holding.
According to the introduction, the platform is built on open-source technology and W3C-standard compliant Verifiable Credentials, enabling citizens to securely prove and manage their own identities while upholding high standards of privacy, security, and data sovereignty. Regarding the division of responsibilities, SIGN Foundation will lead the platform's system design, solution architecture, and technical implementation; Bhutan NDI will contribute its experience in national digital identity architecture and provide a foundational open-source identity framework, drawing on the successful implementation experience of the Bhutan National Digital Identity project; MoCTI will provide strategic leadership, policy direction, and cross-government agency coordination to support nationwide implementation.
According to PRNewswire, Bitcoin mining company Canaan Inc. announced that its American Depositary Shares (ADS) have officially transferred from the Nasdaq Global Market to the Nasdaq Capital Market. The stock ticker CAN remains unchanged, and the transfer will not affect its normal trading.
据官方消息，BonkDAO 表示，其 DAO 金库 因一项恶意治理提案遭攻击，约价值 2000 万美元的 BONK 代币被盗。调查显示，相关地址曾在提案发起前通过交易所钱包购买 BONK。BonkDAO 正与交易所、跨链桥及 Solana 基金会合作处理此事，执法部门已获通知，后续将继续推进资金追回及责任追查。
Polymarket traders estimate a 23% probability that the U.S. government, through legislation, executive orders, export controls, or other formal actions taken before December 31, 2026, will prevent the American public from accessing major Chinese AI models. Multiple departments within the U.S. Department of Commerce have already banned employees from using Deepseek on work devices due to data security concerns, and Virginia, Texas, and New York have also imposed Deepseek device bans on state employees. (Bitcoin.com News).
Odaily A federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut has revived common law fraud claims in the Genesis Yield lawsuit against Digital Currency Group founder Barry Silbert, DCG, and other defendants, while allowing federal securities law claims in the case to proceed.The ruling amends a prior decision by the court from February of this year. The plaintiffs had argued that the court has jurisdiction to hear their state law claims under the Class Action Fairness Act. Judge Stefan Underhill accepted this argument and reopened the relevant state law claims.The case revolves around the defunct Genesis Yield lending program, which allowed users to deposit crypto assets and earn interest. Investors allege that Silbert, DCG, and other defendants misled customers about the company's financial health and risk controls before Genesis suspended withdrawals and filed for bankruptcy in early 2023.However, not all state law claims were revived. The court dismissed consumer protection claims from four states and stayed related claims from three others. Overall, the ruling re-centers the dispute regarding fraud liability for DCG and Silbert as a focal point of the case. (The Block)
tokenized sovereign debt startup M1X Global has completed a $5.5 million seed funding round, led by Paradigm, with participation from Breed VC and others.It is understood that M1X Global previously collaborated with the Republic of the Marshall Islands to assist in the issuance of the on-chain sovereign debt instrument USDM1. This product is a dollar-denominated tokenized sovereign debt instrument, 1:1 backed by U.S. Treasury bonds, and natively issued on a public blockchain by a sovereign nation. USDM1 was initially issued on Stellar and is now also available on Canton and Solana.Jordan Goldman, President and COO of M1X, stated that sovereign debt is one of the largest asset classes globally, but prior to USDM1, it did not exist in a native on-chain form. The company aims to establish USDM1 as on-chain sovereign collateral and expand its use within regulated financial markets.The initial application scenario for USDM1 is domestic government aid distribution. Citizens of the Marshall Islands can receive funds via the Lomalo wallet, with payments settling in seconds, bypassing the need for traditional correspondent banking networks. M1X also indicated that its recent integration with Bank of Guam, a U.S. FDIC-insured bank, further connects USDM1 to regulated banking infrastructure. (The Block)
Odaily报道 According to data from Visa's on-chain data platform, USDC has expanded its lead over USDT in stablecoin transaction volume during the first half of 2026. Data shows that the adjusted stablecoin transaction volume in June rose to $1.79 trillion, an increase of 63% month-over-month and 125% year-over-year from June 2025, setting a new all-time high. Visa's statistics have excluded non-genuine economic activities such as bot transactions and internal exchange transfers.The total stablecoin transaction volume for the first half of the year reached $8.82 trillion, surpassing the full-year 2024 level of $5.8 trillion, but still below the record $10.8 trillion set in 2025.Structurally, USDC accounted for approximately 70% of the volume in the first half of 2026, while USDT accounted for about 25%, indicating a significant shift in market share towards compliant stablecoins.Analysis points out that as banks and institutions increasingly use stablecoins for settlement and fund management—with institutions like Standard Chartered and BNY Mellon accelerating integration into the USDC ecosystem—stablecoin infrastructure is entering a phase of institutional expansion. (CoinDesk)
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller has proposed "two thoughts" on the transmission mechanism of monetary policy, emphasizing that policy effectiveness depends on initial conditions and the manner in which forward guidance is used. The first point is that "initial conditions matter," meaning policy evaluation should be based on the current state of the economy rather than historical averages. The second point concerns the role of "forward guidance." Waller believes that forward guidance can, in some cases, accelerate policy transmission by influencing market expectations to alter financial conditions in advance. However, if it is too rigid or lacks flexibility, it may instead undermine policy effectiveness or even delay necessary policy adjustments.Waller emphasized that when multiple economic scenarios exist, the "average path" cannot simply be used as the basis for policy guidance. Policymaking must maintain adaptability and flexibility to respond to different situations.
According to CNBC, Swedish payment giant Klarna has submitted an application to U.S. federal and state regulators to establish an FDIC-insured bank subsidiary "Klarna Bank USA" in Utah, enabling Klarna to conduct loans, deposits, and broader financial services through its own banking system. Klarna launched the stablecoin KlarnaUSD at the end of last year and is reportedly collaborating with Privy, a wallet infrastructure platform under Stripe, to co-develop a crypto wallet aimed at mainstream users.
the Bank of Korea has disclosed in a written document submitted to the National Assembly that the rapid expansion of single-stock leveraged ETFs targeting Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix may be amplifying structural "herding" and volatility risks in the Korean stock market. The combined market capitalization and trading volume share of these two companies in the Korean stock market have risen sharply, with the market cap share increasing from approximately 36.1% at the end of last year to over 55% recently, and the trading volume share jumping from 27.9% to 63.5%.South Korea's financial regulatory authorities have also expressed similar concerns, emphasizing the need for continuous monitoring of the potential impact of these products on market stability and systemic risk. Under changing market sentiment, single-stock leveraged ETFs may exacerbate unidirectional capital flows. If market trends reverse, combined with intraday rebalancing and derivative hedging mechanisms, this could further amplify price volatility. (Etoday)
Odaily, July 5th - The cryptocurrency market continued its stabilization trend, with Bitcoin rising nearly 7% in the week ending July 5th, recording its strongest weekly performance since March. This rally was primarily fueled by declining inflation expectations. The breakeven inflation rate, a measure of market inflation expectations, has dropped notably recently. The two-year indicator has fallen below 2%, approaching the Federal Reserve's inflation target level, while long-term inflation expectations have also weakened. Meanwhile, WTI crude oil prices have fallen in tandem with inflation expectations, returning to levels close to those seen before the geopolitical conflicts in February, prompting the market to reassess inflation pressures, interest rate cut expectations, and the dollar's trajectory.Some analysts suggest that if the US Dollar Index (DXY) weakens, it could further lower resistance for Bitcoin’s upward movement, as the two typically exhibit a negative correlation. However, other viewpoints caution that services inflation remains sticky, and falling oil prices do not necessarily imply a reversal of the overall inflation trend. Monetary policy may continue to maintain a "higher for longer" stance.The next key milestone for the market is the US June CPI data due on July 14th, which could serve as a crucial catalyst for determining the inflation path and the direction of risk assets. (CoinDesk)
Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, plans to launch a cryptocurrency wallet and digital custody services, with the earliest launch expected in December. The services will be integrated into the "Sberbank Online" and "SberInvestments" platforms, pending the official implementation of Russia's forthcoming "Digital Currency and Digital Rights Law" in September.The bill is expected to establish a licensing framework for transactions, custody, fiat exchange, and cross-border settlements involving crypto assets, while also allowing eligible investors to participate in trading within set limits.Sberbank stated that users will be able to access authorized crypto assets directly within the bank's application, and a digital asset custody system will also be launched for token storage and ledger management.Against the backdrop of advancing regulations, financial institutions including the Moscow Exchange and VTB are also accelerating their deployment in digital asset-related businesses, as Russia's financial system gradually opens up to the compliant crypto market. (CoinDesk)