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The partnership, announced on July 13, 2026 , pairs SBI Holdings, one of Japan's largest financial conglomerates, with the Solana Foundation to build an on-chain financial market targeting the Japanese market. For related coverage, see SBI VC Trade Launches Solana Trading, Custody, and Asset Management Services .

Empery Digital sold approximately 1,400 BTC for $87. 1 million, significantly reducing the company's Bitcoin treasury holdings in a transaction disclosed through a regulatory filing with the U.

In a recent video appearance , Garlinghouse described how the SEC's enforcement action pushed Ripple to the brink of closure. The claim frames the lawsuit not as a manageable legal dispute but as a direct threat to the company's survival.

The intervention motion, filed in New York County Supreme Court , would grant the policy-focused organization a formal role in the proceedings. In legal terms, intervention allows a non-party to join litigation when it can demonstrate a direct interest in the outcome that existing parties may not adequately represent.

The bill has already cleared a key procedural hurdle. The Senate Banking Committee advanced the Crypto Clarity Act in what the committee called a historic bipartisan vote , sending the legislation to the full Senate for consideration.

The move came shortly after Trump posted on Truth Social that talks with Iran over its nuclear program would proceed , walking back earlier suggestions that diplomacy had stalled.

The Solana Foundation has appointed Michael Coates as its first chief information security officer, installing a veteran cybersecurity executive in a newly created leadership role aimed at strengthening the ecosystem's security posture.

New Hampshire's proposed $100 million Bitcoin bond initiative failed its final vote this week, ending what had been one of the most closely watched state-level cryptocurrency finance experiments in the United States.

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.