A federal judge has temporarily blocked Minnesota's ban on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, pausing the state's enforcement push while a legal fight over who can regulate event contracts plays out in court.
The stablecoin market contracted by $7. 7 billion in June, according to a report tracking stablecoins and tokenized assets, putting on-chain dollar liquidity and market sentiment back in focus.
Tether Gold, the gold-backed digital asset also known as XAUT, has received Shariah certification, a milestone that positions the token for adoption among Islamic banks, institutions, and individual investors who require faith-aligned products.
ARK Invest has added more BitMine shares to its portfolio, extending Cathie Wood's firm's exposure to one of the crypto-linked equities it has been accumulating. The purchase, disclosed through ARK's daily trade notifications, marks the latest step in the asset manager's steady buying of BitMine stock.
Bitcoin is trading lower alongside a broad retreat in technology stocks, with the Nasdaq-100 slipping to an 11-week low and outflows from spot Bitcoin ETFs reinforcing a risk-off mood across markets.
The Korea Exchange briefly halted program selling on July 7 after the KOSPI plunged more than 5%, an intervention that underscored the severity of the sell-off gripping South Korea's benchmark index.
The SEC Coinbase settlement now being discussed traces back to Coinbase's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the agency, and the limited source set available for this draft shows only a narrow conclusion: the records dispute ended in a settlement after moving into court.
Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency has launched a dedicated digital asset unit, formalizing the country's approach to policing crypto-related activity through a specialized team within the national law enforcement body.
The London Stock Exchange intends to launch an overnight trading venue, with reporting pointing to a target of 2027 for the new service, according to the Financial Times . For related coverage, see Grayscale Plans Quarterly Cash Distributions for ETHE and GSOL .
Vietnam is moving to penalize retail crypto users, with reported fines reaching VND 50 million (roughly USD 1,900) for trading digital assets on unlicensed platforms, marking one of the country's first direct enforcement measures aimed at individual traders rather than at the market as a whole.
XAU₮ is Tether's tokenized gold asset, with each token designed to represent ownership of physical gold. Its recognition as an accepted spot commodity was announced by the company in Tether's official statement on the ADGM designation .
The probe covers 30 separate cases of alleged crypto market manipulation, marking one of the country's most significant coordinated enforcement efforts in the digital asset sector, according to reporting on the investigations . For related coverage, see BTSE launches BTSE Indonesia in regulated crypto market .