Market & Price Movements
- Bitcoin traders turn bullish ahead of Fed decision; long positions increase,
inflows to exchanges rise; resistance expected $75K–$85K.
- Crypto ETF adoption remains early; most demand comes from self-directed
investors, not advisors.
Corporate & Investment
- RedotPay plans to raise up to $150M and target a U.S. IPO potentially valuing
the company over $4B this year.
- Tally shuts down after 5+ years, serving 1M+ users and hundreds of
organizations.
- Messari CEO Eric Turner steps down; CTO Diran Li assumes role.
- Mastercard to acquire stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK for up to $1.8B.
- Robinhood fund invests ~$35M in Stripe and ElevenLabs; Stripe owns stablecoin
platform Bridge.
- Crypto.com partners with KG Inicis to enable crypto payments across South
Korea’s merchant network for foreign travelers.
Institutional & Treasury Moves
- Native USDC integration on Injective provides dollar-denominated collateral,
liquidity, and settlement for traders and DeFi apps.
Blockchain & Infrastructure
- Aster Chain is high-performance Layer 1: 50ms blocks, 100K TPS, zero gas fees,
cross-chain deposits.
- Stacks Labs implements SIP-034 upgrade, boosting DeFi capacity up to 30x by
changing transaction limit handling.
- World launches AgentKit for x402 protocol, allowing World-verified users to
delegate IDs to AI agents.
Regulation & Legal
- SEC Chair Atkins defines token taxonomy for stablecoins, digital commodities,
and "digital tools."
- TD Cowen: Crypto market structure bill could pass by August recess; delays may
push to 2027.
- CFTC classifies Phantom feature as passive software interface; trades occur
via regulated exchanges.
- Digital Chamber and Money20/20 partner to expand crypto policy discussions
with lawmakers.
- Stand With Crypto state leaders send letter to Senate Banking Committee on
stablecoin rewards and DeFi regulation.
- Vietnam drafts rules banning trading on overseas crypto platforms while
launching domestic licensing pilot; $200B traded locally in 12 months.
- Argentine court orders ISPs, Google, Apple to block Polymarket as unlicensed
betting platform.
Security & Market Activity
- Hyperliquid's HIP-3 markets reach $1.43B open interest; Trade.xyz dominates
90%; daily volume $22B.
- Bitrefill suffers hot wallet drain and 18,500 compromised purchase records via
employee laptop.
