Key Takeaways Blackrock’s Q2 2026 revenue hit $7.1 billion as Fink filed new SEC papers for tokenized funds. Ishares products crossed $6 trillion in assets while Blackrock’s digital currency and tokenized exchange-traded fund (ETF) business held near $110 billion. Blackrock raised its 2026 buyback plan to $2 billion as Fink pointed to accelerating momentum ahead.
Key Takeaways The Sensex fell 2.15% on July 8 before recovering as Indian mutual funds bought the dip. UPI processed 241.6 billion transactions in FY 2025-26, per NPCI, cementing India’s payments lead. The RBI continues urging banks to avoid crypto exposure even as 39 million Indians hold digital assets. A Sharp Drop, a Fast Recovery
Key Takeaways Bitmine reported $45.7 million in Q3 2026 staking revenue, ending a focus on bitcoin mining. The firm is the largest ETH treasury by number of ether held on its balance sheet. The company now holds 5.4 million ether valued at $10.85 billion to fuel MAVAN staking nodes. In June 2026, Bitmine raised $273.8
Key Takeaways Coinbase’s Rob Witoff said 95–100% of the company’s code is now written by or with AI, up from 40% in February. Most Coinbase engineers run 5 to 10 AI agents at once, together matching the output of about 1,200 workers. Witoff projects Coinbase’s AI agents could do the equivalent work of 100,000 employees
Key Takeaways Hyperliquid’s top traders show the highest sustained BTC long positioning on record, per Glassnode. Current long exposure exceeds levels seen during bitcoin’s last run to around $83,000. Analysts warn one-sided positioning raises squeeze risk if bitcoin fails to hold the $65,000 level. A New Record Onchain analytics firm Glassnode revealed on Wednesday that
Key Takeaways Stripe and Advent bid $60.50 a share for Paypal per Bloomberg, valuing the fintech above $53 billion. The offer is backed by roughly $50 billion in committed bank financing, with the pair holding equal stakes. A deal would put Paypal’s PYUSD stablecoin under the roof of Stripe, owner of the Tempo blockchain. A
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Enterprise payments platform SwiftPay has highlighted growing operational inefficiencies and manual reconciliation challenges faced by Philippine enterprises despite the rapid rise of consumer digital transactions. According to data cited by the company from the Bangko
Key Takeaways Bitcoin touched $65,005 on July 15, its first visit to the level since sliding to $61,750 on July 13. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong noted buyers stepped in on July 15 even as market sentiment stayed negative. Analysts flag $65,000 as the rally’s first real ceiling; holding it would extend the 15% July advance.
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary for E-Government David Almirol announced the first eGovHackathon scheduled for July 21 to 22, 2026, at the SMX Convention Center Aura in Taguig City. Almirol referred to
Key Takeaways XRP institutional finance in Japan is set to expand through a new partnership between Doppler Finance and SBI Digital Finance. The companies cited Japan’s regulatory clarity, institutional participation and large XRP community as key factors supporting the initiative. The partnership outlines infrastructure goals for institutional XRP adoption, although product launches and implementation timelines