Larry Fink Comes out as Bullish, CFTC Intervenes With Kalshi, and More – Week in Review
This week’s crypto storylines mixed balance-sheet stress, regulation, venture hindsight, geopolitics, and macro sentiment. Michael Saylor built a $3 billion...
Tag: 18. Juli 2026
World Cup Betting Frenzy: $5.5B Wagers Back Spain to Crush Argentina
Two prediction market platforms are pricing the same outcome for Sunday’s World Cup final, with Polymarket and Kalshi bettors both...
Bitcoin Faces $65,500 Wall as Daily Chart Volume Cools After Mid-July Rebound
Bitcoin trades near $64,000 on July 18, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. EDT, holding inside a tight range after bouncing off...
Why Crypto Tokenization Fails—and the One Mistake Institutions Keep Making
Traditional wealth management is constrained by slow, expensive, siloed legacy settlement layers that rely on redundant manual compliance checks. Abdul...
Kaspersky identifies malware framework targeting crypto investors
Cybersecurity company Kaspersky said a newly identified malware framework is targeting cryptocurrency investors through social engineering tactics and trojanized GitHub...
French gambling regulator orders ISPs to block Polymarket
France’s gambling authority has ordered the country’s internet service providers to geoblock Polymarket, citing illegal gambling and market manipulation concerns.France’s...
Fhenix Upgrades Sedona With Confidential FHE to Keep Balances Hidden From AI Agents
Self-custodial trading platform Sedona has partnered with Fhenix to integrate confidential fully homomorphic encryption infrastructure into its system. Cryptographic Security...
SBI Holdings Acquires Coinhako Majority Stake, Deepens its Asia Crypto Footprint
SBI Holdings has acquired a majority stake in Singapore-based crypto exchange Coinhako after securing regulatory approval. The deal strengthens the...
‘Useless Plastic’: NSPK CEO Declares the End of Visa and Mastercard in Russia
Dmitry Dubynin, CEO of the National Payment Card System (NSPK), stressed that cards issued by Visa and Mastercard “don’t provide...
Ripple Commits $250,000 to 25 Veteran-Owned Businesses Through Hire Heroes USA
Ripple has committed $250,000 in RLUSD-funded grants to 25 veteran- and military spouse-owned businesses through a collaboration with Hire Heroes...
T. Rowe Price Launches Active Spot Crypto ETF With BTC, ETH, XRP Among Top Holdings
T. Rowe Price, which manages $1.89 trillion in client assets, has launched TKNZ, an actively managed multi-token spot exchange-traded fund...
Underdog Files First 7 Sports Contracts for Its Own Prediction Exchange
Underdog has filed the first seven sports event-contract templates for UDX, the federally regulated exchange it acquired in March. The...
Nigerian President Tinubu Signs Executive Order to Regulate Country’s Crypto Sector
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order on virtual assets to address a fragmented regulatory landscape and protect...
FTX to distribute $900M to creditors in fifth payment round
The FTX Recovery Trust and company have distributed about $10 billion since the exchange filed for bankruptcy in November 2022,...
Galaxy lands 15-year Texas Tech stadium naming rights deal
Galaxy Digital will rename Texas Tech’s football stadium under a 15-year agreement, expanding its West Texas presence as the state...
