Institutional
Institutional

Bank of Korea Scales Up CBDC Pilot With Half a Million Users

Phase 1 of Project Hangang opened 81,000 wallets with 42% of them using the CBDC. Phase 2 is bigger, and…
Jul 20, 2026
Institutional

Metaplanet’s Bitcoin Japan Announces Plan to Scoop Up Coins Despite Market Downturn 

Bitcoin Magazine Metaplanet’s Bitcoin Japan Announces Plan to Scoop Up Coins Despite Market Downturn  Metaplanet subsidiary Bitcoin Japan is starting…
Jul 20, 2026
Institutional

Bitcoin-Treasury Capital B Plans 10-for-1 Reverse Stock Split for September

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin-Treasury Capital B Plans 10-for-1 Reverse Stock Split for September Capital B will execute a 10-for-1 reverse stock…
Jul 20, 2026
Institutional

Bitcoin treasury company discovers buying own stock adds 24% more BTC per share than buying Bitcoin

The first five repurchases generated 24% more gross Bitcoin-per-share accretion per pound than a matched BTC purchase. The post Bitcoin…
Jul 20, 2026
DeFi

Exodus Cuts 25% of Its Global Workforce to Fund a Full-Stack Payments Pivot

The self-custody wallet maker is cutting its headcount as it trades crypto swap fees for stablecoin cards and settlement. The…
Jul 20, 2026
Institutional

Bitcoin price hits $65K wall as stocks battle ‘record’ institutional tech sell-off

Bitcoin faced troublesome resistance at $65,000 while traders still saw a potential BTC price breakout into a “bullish market structure.”…
Jul 20, 2026
Institutional

Strive (ASST) Adds 21 Bitcoin as Treasury Reaches 19,921 BTC and Cash Climbs to $157 Million

Bitcoin Magazine Strive (ASST) Adds 21 Bitcoin as Treasury Reaches 19,921 BTC and Cash Climbs to $157 Million Strive (ASST)…
Jul 20, 2026
Industry News

Bank of Korea prepares for live CBDC transactions with 9 banks in September

Major banking heavyweights join a massive blockchain network test that will allow retail consumers to trade tokenized won freely across…
Jul 20, 2026
DeFi

Japan mega pension fund’s speculated JGB buying sways yields and yen

Japan mega pension fund’s speculated JGB buying sways yields and yen Read the full story at Nikkei Asia →
Jul 19, 2026
DeFi

Grayscale is setting up a quarterly cash showdown between Ethereum and Solana staking

Proposed trust changes would require no-less-than-quarterly cash distributions, creating a common cadence without fixing payout amounts or yield. The post…
Jul 19, 2026