Bitcoin Taps $60K As Investors Grapple With Rate Hike, Record ETF Outflows

Key takeaways: Persistent spot Bitcoin ETF outflows and US dollar strength reduce the odds of a quick bounce to $65,000. Strong AI sector earnings momentum and higher fixed-income returns pull capital from Bitcoin and gold. Bitcoin (BTC) reacted positively to US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s remarks on stubborn inflation. Despite the gains on Wednesday, … Read more

Tradeweb Completes Tokenized US Treasury Trade on Canton

Tradeweb, an institutional electronic trading platform, has executed an onchain transaction involving tokenized US Treasuries, with Franklin Templeton transferring a tokenized Treasury security to Virtu Financial in exchange for tokenized cash over the Canton Network. Tradeweb provided execution and price discovery, while the Canton Network synchronized settlement between the tokenized Treasury and tokenized cash. The … Read more

Standard Chartered And LMAX Group Execute First Live Digital Asset Prime Brokerage Trades

Standard Chartered has executed its first digital asset prime brokerage trades with LMAX Group, a milestone in the build-out of institutional market infrastructure for crypto.  With this move, the bank became one of the first Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) to test a prime brokerage model for digital assets inside established risk, compliance and market … Read more

SEC’s Peirce Sees Clarity Act Passing This Summer As Crypto Rules Take Shape

America’s top securities regulators marked the nation’s 250th anniversary with a common theme: open markets, broader investor access, and a clear legal framework for digital assets. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, in an interview on the Searching for Mana podcast, said she expects the Clarity Act to pass this summer. The bill has cleared the House … Read more

Former Goliath CEO Pleads Guilty to Crypto Fraud, Money Laundering

Former Goliath Ventures CEO Christopher Alexander Delgado pleaded guilty to his role in a crypto investment scheme that prosecutors said raised at least $400 million from investors. On Tuesday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Goliath promised investors monthly returns generated through digital asset liquidity pools between January 2023 and January 2026. Prosecutors said … Read more

President Trump Discloses More Than $50 Million In Bitcoin

President Donald Trump holds more than $50 million in Bitcoin, stored in cold wallets, according to his 2025 annual financial disclosure released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. The filing is a detailed federal accounting of the president’s personal crypto position since he took office in January 2025. In total, Trump reported generating more … Read more

SEC Halts Major Crypto Exchange Over Alleged $2 Billion Money Laundering Scheme

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken drastic action today, July 1, 2026, shutting down the operations of “NovaEx,” a prominent cryptocurrency exchange. The agency alleges that NovaEx facilitated over $2 billion in illicit transactions, making it a critical node in a vast money laundering network. This unprecedented move has sent shockwaves through … Read more

1,700 UK Investors Sue Binance Over Derivatives Offerings

Almost 1,700 UK investors are reportedly suing Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao for 150 million British pounds ($200 million), alleging the crypto exchange offered and sold crypto derivatives without regulatory approval. The law firm representing the investors, KP Law, said Binance’s leverage tokens, futures contracts and options offerings breached the Financial Services and Markets … Read more