Sony Bank has received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to open a national trust bank built for a stablecoin business. The company disclosed the approval on July 7, 2026, one day after its board signed off on the plan. The new subsidiary, Connectia Trust, National Association, will […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman9 Jul
San Francisco, California, July 9, 2026 — Eco, a leading provider of programmable cross-chain stablecoin liquidity, today integrates the TRON network. Through this integration, TRON becomes part of Eco’s unified stablecoin network, allowing users to deposit stablecoins directly into TRON applications in seconds. As one of the world’s leading blockchains for stablecoin payments, TRON processed […]
Bitcoin.com News•Media9 Jul
This week, Strategy founder and bitcoin bull Michael Saylor turned to X to argue that Bitcoin has “no spam problem,” pointing to persistently low network fees as evidence for his position. Saylor’s remarks arrive amid an increasingly heated debate within the Bitcoin community over BIP-110, a proposed soft fork designed to limit non-monetary data recorded […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman9 Jul
XRP is flashing several warning signs as key market indicators continue to weaken. Market signals suggest deeper changes in momentum and liquidity. The full picture reveals why this moment could be important. Why Are XRP Traders Stepping Back From the Market? Cryptoquant shared two analyses on July 9 that point to continued selling pressure, with […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms9 Jul
Bitcoin traded near $62,743 on Thursday morning at 8 a.m. EDT, up 1.0% over the past 24 hours as the asset consolidated inside a $61,507 to $63,116 range. Short-term technical readings point to consolidation, while longer-term moving averages continue to signal a corrective phase across the one-hour, four-hour, and daily charts. Hourly Chart Shows Tight, […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman9 Jul
Hyundai Motor America converted $20,000 into stablecoins and transferred them to Hyundai Motor Mexico, where they were exchanged back into U.S. dollars. Shaving Hours off Transaction Times Hyundai Card successfully tested stablecoin-based cross-border payments between Hyundai Motor Group subsidiaries in North America, slashing transaction times from hours to minutes, the card issuer recently disclosed. The […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara9 Jul
Crypto ETF flows split sharply on Wed., July 8, as bitcoin ETFs returned to outflows with an $84.9 million exit. Ether ETFs remained the clear bright spot, drawing $70.5 million for a fifth straight day of inflows, while HYPE stayed positive and both solana and XRP funds moved lower. Grayscale’s GBTC Leads $84.9 Million Bitcoin […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa9 Jul
$MSTR just sold 3,588 BTC and many are calling it the top. But this only represents 0.42% of their total Bitcoin holdings, while the remaining stack is still worth about 179% of the company’s market cap. Panic selling or smart capital management? The following guest post comes from Ziven.io, a public markets intelligence platform delivering […]
Bitcoin.com News•Guest Author9 Jul
Moneygram has deployed an active Solana validator node and joined the Solana Developer Platform. Rather than an immediate integration with its retail remittance engine, this serves as an infrastructure staging ground to master public-node challenges before exposing its core settlement ledger. Moneygram’s Strategic Infrastructure Staging Ground Global remittance giants have traditionally operated as consumers of […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara9 Jul
A fast-growing Solana-based crypto platform is advertising a New York director of legal affairs role paying $1 million to $5 million a year, even as the market remains weak and Bitcoin is down about 50% since October. The company launched in 2024, says it processes more than $300 million in daily transactions, and is facing […]
Bitcoin.com News•Guest Author9 Jul
Payward, Kraken’s parent company, has asked the Delaware Court of Chancery to enter final judgment against Mazars USA after winning a $22 million arbitration award. Co-CEO Arjun Sethi framed the case as part of a broader fight over debanking, regulatory pressure and the need for clear U.S. crypto market rules. Kraken Asks Delaware Court to […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa9 Jul
As the Esports World Cup opens in Paris with the largest prize pool in the sport’s history, France’s national gambling authority has reminded fans that wagering on any of it is illegal. No licensed operator may take an esports bet in the country, and every site that offers one is unlawful – a stance the […]
Bitcoin.com News•Luci Kelemen9 Jul
Flexa has expanded its regulated payments platform across Europe, allowing merchants, institutions, and developers throughout the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) to accept crypto payments and process payouts. The expansion adds 37 countries and territories with euro settlement through SEPA. How Does Flexa’s European Expansion Change Digital Asset Payments? Flexa’s European expansion, announced July 8, […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms9 Jul
A federal court has allowed Tennessee’s ban on cryptocurrency ATMs to take effect while a constitutional lawsuit continues, giving the state an early legal win in its anti-fraud push. Why Did Tennessee’s Cryptocurrency ATM Ban Survive Its First Legal Test? A federal court declined to halt Tennessee’s cryptocurrency ATM ban before it took effect, Attorney […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms9 Jul
Coinbase said it has obtained UK authorization to provide investment services, allowing the crypto exchange to offer equities and derivatives alongside crypto through a single platform and login. Why Coinbase’s UK License Changes the Platform Crypto exchange Coinbase’s UK authorization follows its receipt of UK investment services authorization under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms9 Jul
XRP will be featured on Jayhawk athletic uniforms following a partnership announcement between the University of Kansas and Ripple. The agreement marks what Ripple describes as the first cryptocurrency sponsorship to appear on the jersey of a major college athletics program. Why Is the Ripple-Kansas Partnership Drawing Attention? Kansas Athletics, the athletic department of the […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms8 Jul
LAB Trade’s native token collapses 90% in 48 hours, wiping out billions in market cap amid insider control and manipulation allegations. LAB Trade Blames ‘Large Market Participants’ LAB, the native token of the multi-chain trading platform LAB Trade, suffered a catastrophic collapse this week, plunging from just over $7 to $1.25 on Wednesday—a staggering 80% […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara8 Jul
Trust Wallet has integrated Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum-compatible Layer-2 network, into its mobile app and browser extension. Expanding Self-Custody Access Trust Wallet has integrated Robinhood Chain into its mobile application and browser extension, enabling users to manage assets on the network within a self-custody framework. According to a company announcement, the integration allows users to […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara8 Jul
Europe’s top securities regulator has clarified that many prediction-market event contracts already fall under the EU’s existing retail ban on binary options – meaning the restriction is live law, not a proposed rule – while contracts issued as blockchain tokens may instead be caught by the bloc’s crypto framework. The statement leaves platforms such as […]
Bitcoin.com News•Luci Kelemen8 Jul
The United States has lost 10,763 crypto automated teller machines (ATMs) since the network stood at 38,708 machines 68 days ago on May 1, and coinatmradar.com data shows the decline accelerated once state regulators started shutting kiosks down for good. Bitcoin ATM installations growth data from coinatmradar.com shows steady expansion from 2020 through 2022, when […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman8 Jul