Alpaca raises $135M to fund tokenized agent-first infrastructure July 16, 2026, 9:34 am
The BNP-backed brokerage infrastructure provider is expanding into tokenized markets and AI-native financial services as both DeFi and TradFi companies pursue onchain business.
Gambling on random Pokémon cards: Onchain gagcha hits record high as crypto sinks July 16, 2026, 9:30 am
Users spent a record $324 million on onchain gacha in June, even as Bitcoin hit a 21-month low. The thrill of scoring a top Pokemon card from a random pack is becoming big business
Prediction markets defy crypto downturn with record Q2 volume: CoinGecko July 16, 2026, 9:05 am
Prediction markets reached a record $113.8 billion in notional volume in Q2 as spot CEX trading, derivatives volume and stablecoin market cap declined.
MoonPay buys Glide to bolster crypto deposits infrastructure July 16, 2026, 9:00 am
MoonPay acquired Glide, a crypto infrastructure startup founded by former Robinhood Wallet engineers, to expand cross-chain crypto deposit infrastructure.
Tokenized stocks market cap gains to record $2.3B July 16, 2026, 8:35 am
The market capitalization of tokenized stocks rose to a record $2.3 billion, as investors sought exposure to the growing list of tokenized equity products launched by cryptocurrency exchanges.
FATF urges faster crypto AML enforcement as stablecoin crime increases July 16, 2026, 8:05 am
The global task force said criminal networks are using stablecoins and developing proprietary tokens to evade asset freezes as countries struggle to enforce crypto AML rules.
ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim July 16, 2026, 7:35 am
ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will increasingly rely on DeFi rails.
Autonomous AI agent economy faces infrastructure gaps: Visa, Artemis July 16, 2026, 6:33 am
Visa and Artemis found that infrastructure bottlenecks are preventing broader commercial adoption of the autonomous AI agent economy.
US Senate unanimously adopts resolution opposing clemency for SBF July 16, 2026, 5:26 am
The Senate approved a resolution opposing clemency for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried as prediction markets put the odds of a Trump pardon by July 31 below 1%.
Tether invests $20M into Argentine neobank Ualá July 16, 2026, 4:27 am
Tether reportedly invested $20 million into Ualá, as part of the Argentine neobank’s $197 million funding round announced earlier in March.