BitPay secures Dutch licensing under MiCA, plans to expand stablecoin payments July 16, 2026, 2:45 pm
The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets approved BitPay’s application as a crypto-asset service provider under the Markets in Crypto-Assets requirements.
Bitcoin price dips on US stocks sell-off as Micron losses pass 30% July 16, 2026, 12:58 pm
Bitcoin fell 1.5% from local highs amid a reversal in US stocks as markets moved from bullish US inflation cues to retail profit-taking.
Ethics in crypto market structure ‘really not our concern,’ says Blockchain Association CEO July 16, 2026, 12:47 pm
A former CFTC commissioner urged lawmakers not to “kill all the hard work that we put in the rest of the bill” by making ethics a make-or-break issue on crypto market structure.
Morgan Stanley’s E*TRADE launches spot crypto trading through Zero Hash July 16, 2026, 12:32 pm
Eligible E*TRADE retail clients can now buy, sell and hold Bitcoin, Ether and Solana through a partnership with crypto infrastructure provider Zero Hash.
Tradable’s $1B Stellar deal adds to institutional tokenization boom July 16, 2026, 12:19 pm
Tradable will bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets to Stellar, extending the blockchain’s push into institutional finance and tokenized real-world assets.
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.