DTCC runs first live tokenised trades with 30+ Wall Street firms
DTCC processed its first live tokenised equity, Treasury and repo trades with BlackRock, JPMorgan and 30+ firms. Volume, not architecture, is now the open question.
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July 2026
Australia ends the 50% crypto CGT discount from July 2027
Australia replaces its 50% CGT discount with indexation and a 30% floor from July 2027, forcing dual-basis tracking as Japan cuts crypto tax to 20%.
SBI closes Coinhako deal as JPYSC stays locked to one venue
SBI completed its Coinhako majority buy after MAS approval. But its own spokesperson says JPYSC cannot yet leave SBI's exchange - so what did SBI buy?
Allbridge loses $1.65m to the same flaw that hit it in 2023
Allbridge Core lost $1.65m to flash-loan pool manipulation, the same vector as 2023. Why cheap, repeat bridge exploits are the hardest class to close.
Bitcoin to $58,000 by Q3 2026: the ETF flow-gap case
Bitcoin to $58,000 by September 30, 2026. Spot ETFs snapped an eight-week outflow streak with $197m — just 2.4% of the $8.26bn that left.
Swift ledger goes live with 17 banks on tokenised deposits
Swift's blockchain ledger is live with 17 banks across six continents. The design choice matters: it orchestrates tokenised deposits rather than settling them.
HSBC clears Gate 2 to run live UK digital gilt rails
HSBC Orion is the first firm approved by the Bank of England to run a live digital securities depository, covering DIGIT — the UK's planned digital gilt.
Galaxy curates Morpho vaults for 2,400 Fireblocks clients
Galaxy Curator brings institutional vaults to Morpho via Fireblocks Earn. The curator picks the risk; the depositor still holds it at protocol level.
Marex clears first USDC-margined US derivatives trade
Marex enabled USDC as initial margin for US derivatives clearing. The CFTC letter also allows BTC and ETH - haircut maths explains why neither was used.
Citadel doubles down: $400m Crypto.com stake at $20bn
Citadel Securities invested $400m in Crypto.com at a $20bn valuation — double its November Kraken cheque, and a bet on tokenised securities and derivatives.
Venezuela USDT volume hits 75% of oil exports at $1.39bn
Binance P2P traded 1.39bn USDT in Venezuela in a month - 75% of oil export value and 64% of central-bank dollar supply. The stablecoin state within a state.
Visa launches stablecoin platform for 15,000 banks, fintechs
Visa's new Stablecoin Platform lets banks mint, move and manage stablecoins across nine chains - supporting Open USD, USDC and USDG. Why it's a land grab.
Japan folds crypto into securities law, cuts tax to 20%
Japan's Diet passes FIEA amendments reclassifying crypto as financial products — insider-trading rules, a spot-ETF path, and a 55%-to-20% tax cut from 2028.
Velocity raises $38m to push stablecoins into treasury ops
Velocity's $38m Series A puts Capital One, Coinbase, Wintermute and Ripple on one cap table — a bet that post-July 18 rules make stablecoin treasury enterprise-ready.
US stablecoin yield ban pushes idle USDC into DeFi rewards
US stablecoin rules barring issuer-paid yield finalise around July 18, 2026. Coinbase and others are routing idle USDC into activity-based and DeFi rewards instead.
Attacker spends $4.4m to drain $20m from BonkDAO treasury
A BonkDAO attacker spent about $4.4 million to buy a voting majority and pass a proposal draining $20 million in BONK — governance, not code, was the flaw.
XRP, HYPE ETFs draw inflows as $2.7bn exits BTC, ETH funds
Institutions pulled roughly $2.7 billion from spot bitcoin and ether ETFs in two weeks while rotating into XRP, Hyperliquid and Solana funds — rotation, not retreat.
UK targets live tokenised repo in 12 months in £33bn plan
A UK Treasury-backed report puts repo and gilts onchain in 12 months with Ripple and BlackRock - while admitting public chains can reverse settled trades.
Solana targets 100ms finality as four chains ship H2 upgrades
Solana's Alpenglow targets 100ms finality vs 12.8s today. With Ethereum, Base and Avalanche also shipping, the upgrade race is now about settlement, not speed.
Coinbase’s 3.5% USDC reward survives the July 18 yield ban
The US stablecoin yield ban lands July 18, 2026 — but it binds issuers, not exchanges. Coinbase's 3.5% USDC reward is untouched, and that relocates the economics.
