The United States has frozen more than $130 million in cryptocurrency held in wallets linked to the Central Bank of Iran, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Summary US authorities froze more than $130 million in crypto tied to Iran’s central bank wallets. On-chain data showed four Tron wallets holding about $131 million in USDT
This week we’re revising the Tech Tree to reflect some new major milestones to Ethereum 1.x R&D that are not quite a complete realization of Stateless Ethereum, but much more reasonably attainable in the mid-term. The most significant addition to the tech tree is Alexey’s reGenesis proposal. This is far from a well-specified upgrade, but
China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate has published a set of recommendations that would reshape how the country investigates and prosecutes cryptocurrency-related money laundering, including a proposal to treat the use of mixers and privacy coins as evidence of criminal intent. The article, released in the official Procuratorial Daily, was written by two prosecutors from Hunan Province’s
You press send on a crypto transaction and nothing happens. The wallet says pending. The block explorer shows your transaction floating in limbo, unconfirmed, with no clear indication of when, or whether, it will land. Most people meet the mempool for the first time in exactly this moment of mild panic, and most of the
Farmer minds his crops An optimistic outlook The fields are aflame tl;dr Medalla chugging along smoothly Client diversity is a must eth1+eth2 (Phase 1.5 aka The Merge) end-to-end demo Testing and audits continue as we approach Phase 0 launch Medalla looking good (after some fun) A quiet testnet is a suspicious testnet. If you’ve followed
ABU DHABI, UAE, July 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Aurra Markets, a global multi-asset CFD brokerage, concluded its diamond sponsorship and participation at Money Expo Abu Dhabi 2026. Held at the ADNEC Centre from the 8th to the 9th of July, the financial exhibition served as a primary platform for the broker to connect directly with retail traders,
President Donald Trump has strengthened support for a new UK-US stablecoin framework as the Senate races to advance the CLARITY Act despite growing opposition from banking groups over its stablecoin provisions. Summary UK and US have endorsed common stablecoin standards for cross-border finance and customer protection. Trump has continued pushing the Senate to pass the
Community and Education Akomba Education Initiative On-chain certification framework, and development of modular learning resources and accredited courses using this framework. akomba.com/ Community and Education Couger Educational initiative creating working groups and corporate meetups/workshops to discuss and develop open standards and proofs of concept. Community and Education FOSS Responders Event organized by Open Software Foundation
Galaxy’s GOFR gives institutions simplified access to DeFi credit through one managed lending platform. GOFR combines rates from Aave, Morpho, Spark, and Kamino into a single optimized borrowing rate. Galaxy backs GOFR with $100M capital protection and institutional risk management features. Galaxy has launched a new institutional lending program that gives professional investors access to
Avalanche has reached $2.1 billion in distributed tokenized real-world asset value after a 60.47% monthly increase, supported by a newly announced $11 billion institutional tokenization deal with Bridgetower. Summary Avalanche’s tokenized RWA value has climbed to $2.1 billion after a 60.47% monthly increase. Bridgetower’s $11 billion tokenization deal has pushed Avalanche into the top five
