August 4, 2026
Bitcoin

Tokenized securities need competition, not gatekeepers

But familiar forms of market exposure, including brokerage-held securities, ETFs, depository receipts, structured notes, and other equity-linked instruments, are well-established parts of the market today. Tokenization alone does not make them more or less legitimate. Their economic and legal structures should dictate their regulatory treatment. The third model is issuer-sponsored tokenization. A company and its

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Fidelity Outlines 5 Factors That Could End The Bitcoin And Crypto Winter

Bitcoin is trading below $60,000 as of late June 2026, roughly 53% off its October 2025 all-time high above $126,200. A short-lived rally from March to May gave bulls a brief reason for optimism, but prices have since retreated.  According to a new report from Fidelity, the current downturn has the hallmarks of a crypto

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JPMorgan Urges Clear Rules as Crypto Goes Mainstream

JPMorgan says digital assets are moving toward core U.S. finance and calls for clear rules on stablecoins, AML, and tokenization. JPMorgan Chase said digital assets are moving toward the core of the U.S. financial system. The bank also backed a national crypto framework with stronger oversight. The bank said Bitcoin, stablecoins, tokenization, and programmable money

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Brad Garlinghouse Takes Aim at $16Tn Payment Flows: Is XRP Ripple Really Going to 100X?

XRP Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse told CNBC on June 26 that Ripple now processes approximately $16 trillion in annual payments and clearing activity across its acquired businesses, and that digital assets, including XRP, account for “close to zero percent” of that volume. That gap is either the most compelling institutional payments story in crypto or

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What next as Ripple-linked token holds $1 support

• The token traded in a $0.0435 range and continued to hold above the $1.00 psychological support level. • The main burst of activity came on June 29 at 17:00, when volume reached 86.5 million XRP, about 67% above the 24-hour average. • Price later consolidated between $1.03 and $1.06, leaving the market range-bound rather

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Strategy (MSTR) Surges 12% As Bitcoin Regains $60,000

Shares of Strategy Inc. climbed 14% at times on Monday to roughly $94, their best single-day gain in weeks, after the bitcoin treasury company unveiled a sweeping capital overhaul. The move marks a significant shift for the company once synonymous with an unrelenting bitcoin accumulation strategy. Strategy’s board approved a new Digital Credit Capital Framework

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Bitcoin’s Stablecoin Liquidity Is Draining and a Key Model Flashes Extreme Undervaluation

Binance stablecoin netflow turns negative while Bitcoin’s Stock-to-Flow reversion hits 1.1, signaling possible extreme undervaluation ahead. BTC price analysis. Stablecoins were supposed to be sitting on Binance, ready. That picture is changing. Netflow data for ERC-20 stablecoins on Binance has flipped negative across several recent sessions, according to CryptoQuant’s latest QuickTake analysis. The current reading

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BlackRock Bitcoin News: IBIT Suffers $1.3Bn Outflow as Iran Shakes Safe Money

In BlackRock Bitcoin news today, iShares Bitcoin Trust, better known as IBIT, shed $1.3Bn in net redemptions during the week of June 22–26, according to Farside Investors flow data. That single fund accounted for 72.9% of the $1.79Bn that left the entire US spot Bitcoin ETF complex that week, the clearest sign yet that the

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Bitcoin-backed lending is making a comeback, according to Silicon Valley Bank

The growth case rests on a simple dynamic: as bitcoin ownership broadens and prices rise, holders increasingly want to borrow against appreciated collateral for tax efficiency, working capital or lifestyle needs, while lenders gain comfort underwriting overcollateralized loans secured by a highly liquid asset. The bitcoin lending industry was reshaped by the failures of Celsius,

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JPMorgan Backs U.S. Crypto Bill, Senate Eyes August Deadline

JPMorgan threw its support behind federal digital asset legislation Monday, but the bank’s message to Congress was as much a caution as an endorsement: get the framework right, or risk recreating the financial vulnerabilities regulation was designed to prevent. In a joint op-ed, Umar Farooq, global co-head of JPMorgan Payments, and Peter Muriungi, CEO of

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