Zimbabwe approves 7 fintech projects for sandbox
Zimbabwe’s securities regulator listed seven fintech projects as approved regulatory sandbox participants on July 24, with tokenization accounting for four of the projects. Summary Seven fint
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Senate shelves Clarity Act, leaving crypto’s yield truce with banks in limbo
The United States Senate has moved the crypto Clarity Act to the back of its schedule, and the slowdown has stalled an important agreement between the crypto industry and the banking lobby on
Police Raid Home of Ex-Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok Over Hidden Crypto Assets
BitcoinWorld Police Raid Home of Ex-Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok Over Hidden Crypto Assets South Korean police have escalated their investigation into former Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok, raidi
Circle (@Circle) is now the leading U.S. blockchain patent holder following its acquisition of fundamental assets from the @IBM Blockchain p...
Circle Internet Group (@Circle) has acquired a significant portion of @IBM's blockchain patent portfolio, a move that positions the stablecoin issuer as the largest blockchain patent holder i
MoonPay & Tempo are powering stablecoin payments
@MoonPay has partnered with @Tempo to deploy $USDC.e and $PathUSD through its Ramp and Virtual Account systems globally, making MoonPay the official fiat on-ramp for the Tempo ecosystem. The
US judge temporarily blocks Minnesota prediction market ban
A US federal judge has temporarily blocked Minnesota from enforcing its new prediction market ban against CFTC-regulated platforms Kalshi and Polymarket US. According to a July 27 court order
Court halts Minnesota’s prediction market ban before August 1 start
Kalshi and Polymarket obtained a temporary court order that is stopping Minnesota from applying its ban on prediction markets, enabling two of the fastest growing trading services to keep ope
Stablecoins lose $7.7B while volume reaches $1.79T
The stablecoin market contracted in June 2026 even as transaction activity reached a record. Summary $7.7 billion left stablecoins in June, cutting total market capitalization to approximatel
Hong Kong readies banks for quantum cybersecurity threats
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has introduced a new assessment framework aimed at helping banks prepare for the potential impact of quantum computing on the cryptography underpinning
El Salvador's Bitcoin reserve heads into an election
El Salvador is heading into a presidential election with roughly 7,730 $BTC on its government tracker, worth approximately $502 million at current prices. The vote, scheduled for February 202
Apple sued over a fake wallet that drained $1.8M in Bitcoin
Apple is facing a lawsuit from three customers who say a fraudulent Bitcoin wallet application on its App Store cost them a combined $1.8 million. The complaint, filed on July 24 in a Califor
MoonPay & Tempo are powering stablecoin payments
@MoonPay has partnered with @Tempo to deploy $USDC.e and $PathUSD through its Ramp and Virtual Account systems globally, making MoonPay the official fiat on-ramp for the Tempo ecosystem. The