CMC Crypto News

T. Rowe Price has launched TKNZ, an actively managed spot crypto ETF holding Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, XRP, SOL, and HYPE, with a 0.75% fee through May 2027.

MoonPay acquired crypto deposit infrastructure startup Glide, founded by ex-Robinhood Wallet engineers, in its 6th acquisition of 2026. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Tether has invested $20M in Argentine neobank Ualá as part of a $197M funding round led by Allianz X, pushing the fintech's post-money valuation to $3.2B.

Ledger launched Agent Stack, an open-source toolkit allowing AI agents to interact with crypto wallets while requiring human approval on hardware for every transaction.

The US Senate passed a unanimous resolution blocking clemency for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, as prediction markets price a Trump pardon below 1% by July 31.

: A Visa and Artemis report says stablecoins will power machine-native micropayments in the AI agentic economy, while card rails remain suited for consumer-scale purchases.

: Nasdaq-listed Hyperion DeFi has agreed to deploy 500K staked HYPE worth ~$33.6M to Skew Technologies to seed institutional perps markets on Hyperliquid's HIP-3.

Strategy CEO Phong Le says the company remains a long-term BTC buyer and sees no balance sheet risk unless Bitcoin falls to $8K-$10K, per a Bloomberg TV interview.

Trump will meet Republican senators and White House staff at 2:30 pm ET on Thursday to resolve the CLARITY Act's ethics provision before the Senate's August recess deadline.

Revolut has received in-principle approval from Dubai's VARA to offer crypto broker-dealer, exchange, and investment services in the UAE via its app and Revolut X.

CoinShares warns Open USD's yield-sharing model threatens Circle's USDC margins as supply falls to $73B. Mizuho cuts Circle's price target to $50 amid growing competition.

ParaFi-backed Tradable will move up to $1B in private credit to Stellar, expanding its tokenization infrastructure beyond ZKsync as institutional demand for on-chain assets grows.

Czech authorities added Polymarket to its gambling blacklist, giving ISPs 15 days to block access as EU and US regulators tighten rules on prediction markets.

Former Ethereum Foundation privacy team members launched EthSystems, backed by Joe Lubin, Bitmine, and SharpLink, to build confidential systems for institutional Ethereum use.

Ark Invest added ~$14M in Circle shares across 3 ETFs on July 14 while buying $1.5M in Block Inc and trimming $3.15M in Robinhood stock.

South Korea's Ministry of Finance and Economy plans a new National Asset Basic Act to bring virtual assets and IP under state property management for the first time.

Japan's JCB has signed an MOU with Circle to test USDC for cross-border treasury transfers and merchant payments, adding to a wave of stablecoin pilots in Japan.

The US and UK treasuries have issued joint recommendations on stablecoins and tokenized assets as the Fed races to meet a July 18 deadline on GENIUS Act rules.