US President Donald Trump declared the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding "over" on 8 July 2026, effectively terminating a diplomatic framework that had been in place for less than three weeks following its signing on 17 June 2026 during a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.
Russia's State Duma Financial Market Committee has approved a revised cryptocurrency bill that removes a requirement for users to disclose wallet addresses while advancing the legislation toward its second reading.
Strategy strengthened its financial position by selling US$216 million worth of Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC), according to a new report from Grayscale, which said the transaction reduced financing risk rather than signalling financial weakness.
Radar Chat has launched a messaging application that combines end-to-end encrypted conversations with self-custodial Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) payments over the Lightning Network, allowing users to send Bitcoin without leaving a chat.
StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson proposed replacing Bitcoin's (CRYPTO:BTC) fixed 21 million coin supply cap with a 4% annual issuance rate.
Swyftx has secured an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL), allowing the cryptocurrency exchange to offer derivatives and payment services as it expands beyond spot crypto trading.
Robinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev said the Robinhood Chain supports memecoin activity alongside its primary goal of enabling real-world asset tokenisation after the CASHCAT memecoin rose about 950% in 24 hours.
Binance announced it will temporarily suspend deposits and withdrawals for Metal (CRYPTO:MTL) from 3:00 p.m. UTC on July 8 to support a scheduled network upgrade and hard fork.
Secret Network (CRYPTO:SCRT) has proposed moving from the Cosmos blockchain to Ethereum layer-2 Arbitrum after citing growing security risks from ageing code and AI-assisted exploits following a US$4.7 million bridge exploit.
XRP (CRYPTO:XRP) is showing growth across tokenised assets, investment flows and user activity, with XRP treasury company Evernorth reporting about US$4 billion in tokenised real-world assets on the XRP Ledger.
Strike launched a Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC)-backed loan designed to eliminate margin calls and price-based liquidations, offering borrowers protection from market volatility in exchange for higher borrowing costs and a six-month loan term.
Galaxy Digital completed the first phase of its Helios data centre in Texas, delivering 133 megawatts of critical IT capacity to CoreWeave as part of a 15-year infrastructure agreement.
