Former Ethereum Foundation privacy researchers launched EthSystems to build confidential stablecoin, bond and settlement systems for banks on Ethereum.
The U.S. and UK issued five digital-asset recommendations and a 10-point stablecoin statement, seeking cross-border rules for tokenized securities, collateral and private digital money.
Bitcoin rose past $64,000 after June U.S. CPI fell 0.4%, its largest monthly drop since April 2020, easing one inflation concern before the Fed's July meeting.
U.S. government-linked wallets moved roughly $288 million in seized Bitcoin and Ether to Coinbase Prime, stirring sale speculation but providing no evidence of a disposal.
Circle and JCB have signed an MOU to explore USDC settlement and merchant payments, putting a 72 million-merchant network at the center of the stablecoin adoption race.
SBI Holdings and the Solana Foundation will turn SBI R3 Japan into SBI Solana Global to support JPYSC, tokenized assets and cross-border settlement on Solana.
Thailand's central bank is working with the SEC to examine unusually large USDT trades after flagging flows that may bypass disclosure and remittance rules.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a $197.4 million weekly net inflow after eight losing weeks, led by $291.9 million into BlackRock's IBIT.
BNB Chain is developing a new layer 1 for high-frequency trading and AI agents, with a 100,000 TPS target and an early-2027 mainnet goal.
Empery Digital sold 1,400 BTC for $87.1 million, cutting debt and directing cash toward a $65 million Midwest AI data-center investment.