Here’s what happened in crypto today July 15, 2026, 4:13 pm
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.
Stanford study says 5-minute Bitcoin prediction markets enable settlement manipulation July 15, 2026, 4:05 pm
Researchers found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets create incentives to manipulate spot prices around contract settlement, proposing longer settlement windows as a potential fix.
Revolut receives in-principle approval from UAE authorities for crypto services July 15, 2026, 3:34 pm
Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority approved the London-headquartered fintech company for broker-dealer, management and investment, and exchange services in the UAE.
US Senator blasts AG pick for ‘dismantling’ crypto unit, Trump’s CZ pardon July 15, 2026, 1:56 pm
President Donald Trump’s pick for US Attorney General faced criticism from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on his approach to crypto enforcement and the pardon of former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao.
Ostium pauses trading as security firms report multimillion-dollar oracle exploit July 15, 2026, 1:14 pm
Ostium halted trading and advised revoking contract approvals after blockchain security firms reported an apparent oracle-related exploit of its OLP liquidity vault, with estimated losses ranging from $18 million to $22 million.
Aave launches V4 on Avalanche, laying groundwork for tokenized credit markets July 15, 2026, 12:29 pm
The deployment marks Aave V4’s first expansion beyond Ethereum and introduces lending infrastructure designed to support future markets for tokenized real-world assets.
Securitize, Cantor target tokenized IPOs for public markets July 15, 2026, 11:59 am
Securitize and Cantor Fitzgerald are developing infrastructure for tokenized IPOs and secondary equity offerings within the existing US securities framework.
Bitcoin hits $65.5K as more surprise US inflation data sparks three-week BTC price high July 15, 2026, 10:45 am
Bitcoin moved up to its highest levels since June 22 as US PPI inflation numbers provided the week’s second surprise macro data drop.
Is Robinhood Chain’s success bullish or bearish for ETH the asset? July 15, 2026, 9:30 am
Surging volumes on Robinhood Chain could be very good for Ethereum, but only if the “ETH is money” crowd turn out to be right.
Crypto firms face AML risks during post-MiCA migration, says AMLA chair July 15, 2026, 9:08 am
AMLA is expanding its crypto oversight as firms complete the transition to the EU’s MiCA licensing regime.