Sony Bank Gains U.S. Approval for Stablecoin Trust Bank
Sony’s online banking arm has secured conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank subsidiary, positioning the Japanese entertainment and technology giant to issue and manage a dollar-denominated stablecoin…
Maczo Highlights Crypto-Ready Gaming for Digital Asset Users
Maczo is highlighting the growing role of digital asset payments in online gaming as more users look for faster, clearer, and more flexible ways to access entertainment platforms. The shift comes as crypto payments continue to move beyond trading and…
Zapper’s Seven-Year Run in DeFi Comes to a Close
Zapper, one of decentralized finance’s earliest and most recognizable portfolio dashboards, is shutting down for good. Co-founder and CEO Seb Audet announced on X that the platform will wind down completely on August 3, closing its website, mobile apps, and…
Paradigm Raises $1.2 Billion Fourth Fund, Expands Beyond Crypto Into AI and Robotics
Paradigm, one of crypto’s most influential venture capital firms, announced on July 8 that it has closed a $1.2 billion fourth fund. The vehicle marks a deliberate widening of the firm’s investment mandate beyond digital assets into artificial intelligence, robotics,…
Coinbase Wins UK License to Offer Equities and Derivatives
Coinbase has received a UK MiFID investment services license, paving the way for the company to expand its product suite beyond crypto into equities and derivatives. The announcement was made by Coinbase on July 7, after CB Payments, Ltd was…
Vanguard Seeks Digital Assets Chief After Years of Crypto Caution
Vanguard has opened its first-ever search for a Head of Digital Assets, a senior hire that would put a single executive in charge of the roughly $12 trillion asset manager’s strategy for cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based finance. The move signals a…
SEC Unveils 2026 Crypto Rulemaking Agenda, Targets Exchanges and Broker-Dealers
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has placed cryptocurrency regulation among its top priorities for 2026, releasing a regulatory agenda that lays out plans to rewrite key rules governing exchanges, broker-dealers, and digital asset custody. Agenda Signals Broad Shift in…
Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Plan Faces Legal and Agency Control Disputes
More than 16 months after President Donald Trump signed the executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, the initiative remains stalled, with two federal departments locked in an unresolved dispute over which one has the legal authority to manage it….
BONK DAO Loses $20 Million After Attacker Buys Governance Vote to Drain Treasury
A governance exploit has cost the BonkDAO treasury an estimated $20 million, after an attacker spent roughly $4.4 million acquiring enough BONK tokens to push through a malicious proposal that automatically transferred the funds to a wallet under their control….
Aave V4 Deposits Exceed $250M, Monad Market Surpasses $100M in 48 Hours
Aave, the largest decentralized lending protocol by total value locked, has notched two significant milestones within the same week. The protocol’s V4 deployment on Ethereum surpassed $250 million in deposits, while its newly launched lending market on the Monad blockchain…
