South Korea should introduce interim stablecoin licensing guidance before lawmakers complete the wider Digital Asset Basic Act. Summary South Korea’s report urges stablecoin licensing guidance before lawmakers complete the Digital Asset Basic Act. Bank majority ownership could coexist with fintech management under a compromise discussed by lawmakers publicly. Ten pending proposals may be combined into
Robinhood Markets reported record second-quarter revenue on July 29, as growth in event contracts, options and equities offset another decline in cryptocurrency trading. Summary Robinhood’s Q2 revenue rose 32% to a record $1.31 billion, while net income climbed 48%. Event contract revenue reached $156 million, rising more than 10x and overtaking cryptocurrency transaction revenue. Crypto
In the first six months of 2026, the crypto industry lost $939.86 million across 135 verified security incidents. To anyone reading high-level headlines, the diagnosis seems obvious: projects are still shipping unvetted code to mainnet, leaving protocol treasuries exposed to textbook exploits. The data tells a far more troubling story. More than half of the
Every chain announcement leads with a transaction number. On a network charging $0.0002, 1 million transactions represents $200 of economic activity and a weekend of testing. The metric that headlines every milestone is the one that survives the least scrutiny, and the analytics platforms already know it. Summary Transaction counts are the most-cited blockchain metric
In Bitcoin news today, the price edged +1% higher to $64,250 on Wednesday morning, even as an AI-driven equity rout tore through Asian and semiconductor markets. Bitcoin is holding a level that growth stocks cannot, hours before the Federal Reserve delivers a rate decision that could entirely redraw the risk landscape. BTC USD is recovering
Is another leg down looming for BTC after the rejection at $67,000 last week? Bitcoin extended its positive run last week with a minor 1% weekly gain, marking its fourth straight weekly advance for the first time since April. Even so, the rally showed signs of losing momentum after a sharp midweek reversal weakened
Prediction market guides explain how contracts resolve and pay. Almost none explain what happens when a market never gets that far, because it was voided, suspended by a court, renamed mid-life, or pulled by the exchange. The answers live in rulebooks and incident history, and they differ enough to matter. Summary A prediction market can
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has formally charged Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, with facilitating terrorist activity and placed him on an international wanted list, a direct escalation of a criminal case that first surfaced in February 2026. The move adds a second major legal front for Durov, who simultaneously faces an ongoing criminal investigation
Bitcoin is nearing a market bottom, according to a key valuation metric called the Yardstick from Fidelity Digital Assets. “BTC’s Yardstick is hovering near historic lows, while several sentiment indicators are approaching capitulation territory,” stated Fidelity in its Q3 Signals Report on Tuesday. However, bitcoin is currently trading around 50% below its all-time high,
Freehand has raised $75 million to expand AI agents that handle invoices, supplier negotiations, payments, and other supply-chain tasks for large companies. Summary Battery Ventures and NewRoad Capital Partners co-led the $75 million funding round. Freehand says its agents are deployed at Meta, Unilever, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson. Customers recovered 5% to 10% of