Swift announced on July 9 that its blockchain-based ledger is ready for initial use, with 17 banks from six continents preparing to pilot live cross-border payments using tokenised deposits.
XRP traded near $1.095 on July 9 while open interest in its Binance futures fell to roughly 397 million XRP, the lowest level in more than three months.
Russia’s Alfa-Bank plans to launch a digital custody service for cryptocurrencies once new rules are in place.
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig used a Fox Business appearance to say the Trump administration will not allow a U.S. central bank digital currency, framing the position as part of a broader digital-asset agenda built around federal crypto rules, private-sector innovation, and regulated market oversight.
ESMA launched a coordinated EU-wide review of crypto custody operations on July 8, 2026, moving MiCA supervision from the licensing question to the harder question of whether crypto firms can actually protect client assets under stress.
BNB Chain published its H2 2026 technical roadmap on July 8, targeting another doubling of mainnet throughput even as BSC DEX volume cooled 9.18% week-over-week to $4.35 billion.
Hyperliquid's HYPE trades at $67.89, down 1.8% on the day, as risk assets sell off after US President Donald Trump told reporters in Ankara he thinks the Iran memorandum of understanding is "over."
Bitcoin fell to $62,000 on Bitstamp within minutes of US President Donald Trump telling reporters at the NATO summit in Ankara that he thinks the Iran memorandum of understanding is "over."
Ethereum trades at $1,750 after rejecting a $1,787 confluence of the 50 SMA, horizontal resistance, and 0.236 Fibonacci retracement, while today's daily close might be set to frame the next directional move.
Strategy sold Bitcoin last week to fund preferred stock distributions, but the sale did not reduce the company’s $1.25 billion reserve-building capacity.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has designated its "Regulation Crypto" proposal economically significant and targeted a July 2026 release, according to the 2026 Regulatory Agenda published July 7.
Tether Treasury burned $2.5 billion worth of USDT on Ethereum on July 7, while Binance’s Tron-based USDT reserve fell below $1 billion and total stablecoin market capitalization continued to contract.


