Cardano’s Pogun initiative targets Bitcoin liquidity through a credit market, yield layer and trust-minimized bridge, but the project remains unfinished after its treasury request expired and its first deadline passed.
OKX Europe now lets eligible EEA users deposit USDT through a dedicated one-way flow and receive USDC, with network selection and transaction review remaining the most important checks before transfer.
Bitcoin’s market value is rising faster than visible network adoption, shifting attention toward corporate demand, AI-driven portfolio rotation and a macro backdrop shaped by cooler inflation and persistent fiscal deficits.
Hyperliquid has generated more than $1.2 billion in fees, while Grayscale’s HYPG ETF expands institutional exposure. Yet token burns, decentralization concerns and regulatory competition still shape HYPE’s long-term outlook ahead.
The European Central Bank is warning that stablecoins could become more than a competitor to cards and bank transfers. At sufficient scale, they could begin removing the retail deposits that European banks use to fund mortgages, business loans and other credit.
Bitcoin may already be pricing in another failure by Washington to deliver comprehensive crypto legislation, according to Galaxy founder and CEO Michael Novogratz.
Tokenized U.S. Treasury products reached approximately $16 billion on July 16, 2026, accounting for nearly 46% of the $34.8 billion in distributed real-world assets.
FTX will begin its fifth round of creditor distributions on July 31, 2026, releasing approximately $900 million through the collapsed exchange’s bankruptcy recovery process.
XRP is trading near $1.08 on July 17, compressed between the repeatedly defended support area at $1.03–$1.05 and a declining 50-day simple moving average at $1.13.
Ethereum was rejected near $1,930 and subsequently fell through the 0.382 Fibonacci retracement. The decline has returned ETH to the former resistance area that blocked buyers for almost 10 days before the breakout. That makes the current pullback a direct test of the new market structure.
The European Securities and Markets Authority added 14 firms to its central register of authorised crypto-asset service providers in the update published on July 16, bringing the listed total to 294.
ONDO rose from around $0.31 on July 14 to nearly $0.39 on July 16 as the DTCC and SBI announcements accelerated buying. The token had pulled back to approximately $0.36 at the time of writing on July 17, but it remained roughly 16% above its pre-rally level.
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