Olivia Stephanie

Ardoino described the quarterly wallet growth in public remarks about Tether's scale, pointing to it as evidence of how widely USDT is being used across the crypto economy. The figure was shared directly by the Tether chief on his X account .

SBI Group has partnered with Ondo Finance to expand tokenized finance, a move that pairs one of Japan's largest financial conglomerates with a leading real-world asset protocol. The partnership deepens SBI's push into blockchain-based markets and signals continued institutional interest in tokenized assets.

SBI's broader tokenization roadmap has been laid out in its own corporate materials, including SBI Group's investor presentation , which situates on-chain capital markets within the group's strategy. The launch follows SBI's earlier work to build an on-chain financial market in Japan with the Solana Foundation .

Telegram Wallet has reportedly begun offering tokenized SK Hynix shares to users through xStocks, expanding access to traditional equity exposure within a crypto-native messaging environment.

Robinhood has signaled that it is opening its platform to AI agents, sparking reports that US users may soon be able to trade crypto through automated, agent-driven tools on the app.

The launch was announced via Reserve Protocol's official X account , confirming the deployment of five new index DTFs focused on AI-related equities. DTFs, or Decentralized Token Funds, are Reserve Protocol's mechanism for creating tokenized baskets of assets that trade as a single on-chain token.

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood has raised doubts about the prospects of OUSD, a Ripple-backed stablecoin, suggesting it may struggle to compete with established market leaders USDT and USDC.

European Union officials are reportedly planning a revision to the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation that would extend its reach to stablecoin issuers based outside the bloc, a move that could reshape compliance requirements for global crypto firms serving European users.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a civil complaint on July 7, 2026, accusing a North Carolina fund manager of concealing more than $8. 6 million in crypto and futures trading losses by sending fabricated performance reports to investors who had entrusted him with at least $14.

Bitget has been named the best crypto exchange for institutions at the Web3 Innovation Awards 2026, an annual recognition program organized by CoinGape that highlights standout projects and platforms across the crypto industry.

Binance has completed the migration of its NFT services to Binance Wallet, finalizing a product consolidation that moves all NFT-related functionality away from the standalone Binance NFT marketplace and into the exchange's integrated wallet infrastructure.