News

Senate Won’t Vote on Crypto Clarity Act Before Summer Break

The Senate will not take up the Clarity Act before its summer recess, as first reported by CoinDesk . That removes a near-term catalyst crypto policy watchers had been tracking.

News

Wintermute Registers as SEC Broker-Dealer for Stocks, Options and Crypto ETFs

A broker-dealer is a regulated entity that buys and sells securities, either for its own account or on behalf of clients. Registering as one brings a firm under the oversight framework tied to U.

News

MARA, CleanSpark Revenue Falls as Bitcoin Miners Push AI Pivot

Bitcoin miners MARA and CleanSpark both reported double-digit revenue declines, underscoring pressure on traditional mining revenue models as the sector continues its pivot toward AI infrastructure and diversified compute.

News

Russia Signs Law Legalizing Crypto Trading While Crypto Payments Stay Banned

Russia has signed a law legalizing crypto trading while keeping crypto payments banned, marking a Russia crypto trading law that opens regulated access to digital assets as an investment without allowing them to be used as money.

News

Vangrid Raises $9M in Token Round for Physical AI Data Network

The $9 million round was structured as a token raise rather than a traditional equity round, according to reporting on the deal. For related coverage, see Tokenized RWA Deposits Reach $7.

DeFi

Tokenized RWA Deposits Reach $7.4B as DeFi Contracts 15%

Tokenized real-world-asset (RWA) deposits have climbed to $7. 4 billion even as the broader decentralized finance market contracted 15%, according to research from CoinShares, pointing to a defensive rotation of capital toward yield-bearing and lower-volatility onchain products.

News

Tether Expands Tokenization Into Saudi Arabia Real Estate

Tether framed the partnership as an operating model, not a one-off pilot. It said the same structure is intended to expand later into other real-world asset classes, including energy and infrastructure project finance.

News

Bernstein Says Circle’s Q2 Eases Competition and Reserve Income Concerns

Bernstein said Circle's Q2 results eased two of the market's biggest worries about the stablecoin issuer: competition and reserve income. The takeaway reframes a quarter that investors had approached with caution, positioning it as a rebuttal to the bearish case rather than a routine earnings recap.