Institutional
Institutional

US Treasury Freezes More Than $130 Million in Iran-Linked Crypto Wallets

OFAC sanctioned wallets tied to Iran’s central bank, freezing mostly Tether’s USDT on Tron, as a US-Iran ceasefire collapsed and…
Jul 15, 2026
Infrastructure

DTCC moves tokenized securities into live trading, marking a milestone for Wall Street's blockchain push

DTCC’s first live production trades using tokenized securities show how blockchain could reshape the infrastructure behind Wall Street. Read Full…
Jul 15, 2026
DeFi

BitMine made $46 million staking Ethereum then lost twice that betting on it

BitMine’s push to turn one of the world’s largest corporate Ethereum holdings into a source of recurring income generated nearly…
Jul 15, 2026
Institutional

VerifiedX and BitGo Sign MOU to Deliver Qualified Custody for vBTC, Expanding Institutional Access to Native Bitcoin Utility, and with Immediate Support for Non-Synthetic Canonical on Base

Bitcoin Magazine VerifiedX and BitGo Sign MOU to Deliver Qualified Custody for vBTC, Expanding Institutional Access to Native Bitcoin Utility,…
Jul 15, 2026
Institutional

US freezes $131M in Iran-linked crypto as Middle East tensions rise

“US Treasury is committed to disrupting and degrading Iran’s illicit financial activities, including its abuse of digital assets,” US Treasury…
Jul 15, 2026
Institutional

ECB Taps 36 Firms Including Deutsche Bank and Revolut for Digital Euro Pilot

The 12-month test of a beta digital euro will run at the ECB and 19 national central banks starting in…
Jul 14, 2026
DeFi

Banking Groups Push Senate to Tighten CLARITY Act Stablecoin Rules, Warning of Deposit Flight

A coalition of bank trade groups told Senate leaders the bill’s yield language could pull deposits from community banks, as…
Jul 14, 2026
Infrastructure

Velocity raises $38M to build stablecoin treasury infrastructure for enterprises

Backed by Dragonfly, FirstMark and Coinbase Ventures, the startup is expanding software that helps businesses integrate stablecoins into treasury and…
Jul 14, 2026
Institutional

Bitcoin treasuries already faced two collateral calls in 2026 and some loans can liquidate after just 12 hours

Empery disclosed two February calls, but missing collateral data now hides which treasury would be forced to act first. The…
Jul 14, 2026
DeFi

Anchorage Digital expands Tron support with institutional TRX staking

Institutions can now stake Tron’s native token directly from Anchorage’s custody platform as the company expands support for one of…
Jul 14, 2026