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Coinbase Reveals How One Configuration Error Triggered a 50-Minute Outage
Coinbase says a routine infrastructure update disabled a critical network gateway, disrupting transfers, debit card purchases, and onchain services for about 50 minutes. Its new postmortem explains the error and why the company’s normal…
Why Tokenized Assets Aren’t Taking off Despite the Hype—What’s Holding Investors Back
As financial institutions expand tokenized real-world asset (RWA) offerings, Franklin Templeton’s Chetan Karkhanis examines the market’s evolution, its remaining structural barriers, and what could bring blockchain-based…
Ripple Makes CNBC’s 2026 Top Fintech List as Digital Assets Enter Institutional Era
CNBC says digital assets are becoming institutionalized as banks, asset managers, and payments companies adopt blockchain infrastructure, with Ripple recognized among firms developing technology for payments, custody, tokenization, and…
Democrats Reject CLARITY Act Draft as Crypto Ethics Dispute Intensifies
Seven Senate Democrats rejected the latest CLARITY Act draft, saying it does not go far enough on ethics, consumer protection, and illicit finance, while Republicans argue the bill contains the strongest federal ethics rules ever proposed…
Kambi Calls Entirely AI-Traded World Cup a Success, Weighs Prediction Market Entry
Kambi says its first entirely AI-traded World Cup processed more than $1.14 billion in stakes and over 100 million bets without manual trading intervention. The sportsbook supplier is also evaluating prediction-market partnerships and an…
Bitcoin Ownership Overtakes Gold as 49.6 Million Americans Now Hold BTC
Bitcoin has overtaken gold as the preferred hard asset among American investors, according to bitcoin financial services firm River. The firm found that 49.6 million Americans, or 18.6% of the adult population, now own bitcoin, compared to…
Treasury Secretary Bessent Says CLARITY Act Is at the ‘1-Yard Line’
Scott Bessent has said that the CLARITY Act is at the “1-yard line” and urged Congress to pass it before recess, even as Senator Kirsten Gillibrand faces backlash from progressive groups over her role brokering the bill’s…
SUI Trader Eyes $5 Target as Expert Sees ‘Early Recovery Signs’
Some analysts are calling SUI’s chart the “cleanest” in crypto at the moment, naming $5, $8, and $13 as potential near-term targets. The call that landed the same month, analyst Michael van de Poppe flagged SUI among…
Bitcoin Long-Term Holder Supply Hits a Fresh All-Time High: Here’s What the Data Shows
Bitcoin’s long-term holder supply climbed to a fresh all-time high on July 21, extending a rally that had already pushed the metric to a record 16.64 million BTC, or roughly 83% of circulating supply, a month earlier. A Record Built…
Lynq and Nonco Collaborate to Expand Stablecoin Liquidity for Institutional Holders of Tokenized…
Settlement network Lynq has partnered with digital asset firm Nonco to provide institutional clients with 24/7 stablecoin liquidity. The collaboration resolves weekend and off-hours capital bottlenecks to accelerate settlement and boost…