Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows are staging a clean comeback, and the world’s most influential asset manager just handed the crypto market a high-profile vote of confidence. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink told CNBC on July 15 that he is “very bullish” on the crypto market over the next 12 months, comments that landed on the same

Ledger said is bringing its hardware security model to the fast-growing world of AI agents with the launch of Ledger Agent Stack, an open-source toolkit that allows autonomous software to interact with crypto wallets without ever controlling private keys. The toolkit lets AI agents read wallet balances, analyze portfolios, prepare transactions and propose payments, but

President Donald Trump plans to meet with a group of senators at the White House on Thursday afternoon to address the last major obstacle to the crypto market structure bill, according to people familiar with the plans that spoke to Politico and lawmakers involved in the talks. The sticking point is the ethics section of

As demand for XRP yield solutions grows, LendProtocol is positioning itself as the institutional-grade lending layer for the XRP and RLUSD ecosystem — offering fixed 12% APR, 120% overcollateralization, and a risk model where the platform, not the depositor, absorbs lending exposure. The XRP Yield Gap Is Real LendProtocol XRP lending fills a gap the

This article was originally published in Alternative Investor. Private markets have long been the lifeblood of growth-stage and mid-size businesses looking to scale. Private equity alone saw $2.6 trillion in deal value globally in 2025, up by almost a fifth on the year before.  Yet while private markets are seeing a resurgence, their infrastructure still

The U.S. SEC Crypto Task Force held a formal meeting on July 14, 2026, with the Hyperliquid Policy Center, the operator of Trade.xyz, XYZ Ltd., and the elite law firm Sullivan & Cromwell to discuss digital asset regulation and on-chain derivatives markets. No enforcement action emerged, but the meeting, described in an SEC memorandum, documents

Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak said he is stepping back from leading the Base app after acknowledging that his bet on an onchain social economy failed to drive crypto adoption as he had expected. The Base creator said he had spent the last two years betting that builders and onchain-native social experiences, including Farcaster, Zora, mini apps

Bitcoin has underperformed compared to other “risk-on” assets this year — and if history’s anything to go by, its price could dip as low as $38,000 by October.  That’s according to a new report by NYDIG, which reveals that the asset’s current slump is down to supply mechanics rather than risk sentiment.  Bitcoin’s price has

Revolut wins VARA in-principle approval for regulated crypto services in the UAE. UAE users will access Revolut app and Revolut X after final regulatory approval. Approval supports Revolut’s global expansion across regulated digital asset markets. Revolut has received in-principle approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) to expand its cryptocurrency services in the United

The softest US inflation print since 2020 drove bitcoin to a $65,086 close on Tuesday, up 4.4 percent and its highest level since 22 June. A repricing of macroeconomic expectations powered the move. Spot Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) had shed $424.7 million on 13 July, reversing the gains of the prior week, itself the first