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Main news and articles about Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain.
The Divergence That Defines Mid-2026
On July 10, 2026, the CoinDesk 20 Index closed its third straight quarter of losses—the longest losing streak since the 2022 bear market. Bitcoin ETFs posted their largest quarterly outflow on record at $4.67 billion. BTC sat near $63,000, roughly 48% below its October 2025 peak. Capital rotated aggressively into AI equities while crypto prices corrected.
Yet in the same window, tokenized real-world...
The Rise of Yield-Bearing and Bank-Led Stablecoins: 414% Inflow Surges, OCC Approvals, and the New Programmable Payment Rails
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A $1.7 Billion Signal in One Week
Last week, while Washington continued wrestling with how — or whether — digital dollars should generate yield, stablecoin markets delivered a concrete verdict. Net inflows exploded 414% to $1.7 billion, according to Messari data, a report from Alexander Beaudry and Austin Freimuth. This wasn’t scattered retail speculation. It reflected institutions and sophisticated users actively allocating capital into...
Robinhood Chain Mainnet: How a Major Retail Brokerage Is Bringing Tokenized Stocks and DeFi to Millions
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On July 1, 2026, at its “The World is Flat” keynote in London, Robinhood opened the public mainnet of Robinhood Chain — an Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 built on Arbitrum technology. With approximately 27.6 million funded accounts at the time, the brokerage connected its vast retail user base to a permissionless network where tokenized versions of Nvidia (NVDA), Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG), and other equities can interact directly with...
Exit Strategy: What Strategy (MSTR) Stock’s Two-Year Low Reveals About Bitcoin Conviction and Risk Management
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On Wednesday morning, Strategy’s MSTR stock dropped to a two-year low under $100 as the price of Bitcoin sank to lows of $60,200. The move was swift and painful for shareholders who had ridden the name higher on the back of aggressive Bitcoin accumulation. Yet the event was not an anomaly — it was the latest chapter in a story that has repeated across crypto cycles: conviction without a plan eventually collides with volatility.
This is not...
Tokenizing the Real World: How RWAs Are Accelerating TradFi Convergence in 2026
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In mid-2026, BlackRock’s BUIDL tokenized Treasury fund has grown beyond $2.5 billion in assets under management, delivering on-chain yield from short-term U.S. government debt and repurchase agreements across multiple chains. At the same time, the Depository Trust Company (DTC)—custodian to well over $114 trillion in traditional securities—stands ready to launch limited production trades of tokenized Russell 1000 stocks, major index ETFs, and...






