Author: Leah Starr Villalobos

The European Union has begun preparing changes to its Markets in Crypto-Assets framework after the United States enacted the GENIUS Act, with regulators expected to review stablecoin rules and other digital asset provisions from 2027. Summary The EU is preparing to revise MiCA after the U.S. GENIUS Act changed the global stablecoin regulatory landscape. Officials may expand MiCA to cover non-EU stablecoin issuers, tokenized payments, and tokenized deposits. ESMA will review crypto custody risks at licensed CASPs through the first half of 2027. According to a report published by Euronews on Wednesday, European Commission officials are preparing to revisit parts…

Stress-tested Liquidity, Gold Volatility & Dubai Growth | Andreas Kapsos, CEO of Match-Prime Stress-tested Liquidity, Gold Volatility & Dubai Growth | Andreas Kapsos, CEO of Match-Prime Stress-tested Liquidity, Gold Volatility & Dubai Growth | Andreas Kapsos, CEO of Match-Prime Stress-tested Liquidity, Gold Volatility & Dubai Growth | Andreas Kapsos, CEO of Match-Prime Stress-tested Liquidity, Gold Volatility & Dubai Growth | Andreas Kapsos, CEO of Match-Prime Stress-tested Liquidity, Gold Volatility & Dubai Growth | Andreas Kapsos, CEO of Match-Prime How do liquidity providers perform when markets are under extreme pressure? In this exclusive interview from iFX EXPO International 2026, Finance Magnates…

Bitcoin traded near $62,000 today, surrendering part of a rebound that had carried it to $64,000 from last week’s bear-market low of $57,700. The pullback holds the price above the $60,000 level that CryptoQuant treats as support, though it trims a recovery of some 11% off the bottom. The dip came as CryptoQuant’s Weekly Crypto Report, published today and shared with Bitcoin Magazine, argued the backdrop skews toward further gains. Head of Research Julio Moreno framed the bounce as a bear-market recovery rather than a trend reversal, with one central caution: the firm’s Bull Score Index, an aggregate of on-chain,…

In Chainlink news today, Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) added another institutional name to its roster this week as YuzuMoneyX completed a full migration to the protocol. The migration, completed after an extensive security evaluation, positions CCIP as the yield distribution rails for YuzuMoneyX across multiple chains simultaneously. YuzuMoneyX, an institutional yield platform, replaced its cross-chain messaging and token transfer layer with Chainlink CCIP, enabling delivery of yield products across public and private blockchains without relying on third-party bridges. NEW: Institutional risk management meets enterprise-grade interoperability 🤝 After an extensive security review, @YuzuMoneyX has fully migrated to Chainlink CCIP to…

Aave’s GHO stablecoin has always needed distribution to matter. The DAO’s approval of a native Arbitrum deployment is a step in that direction, giving the asset a clearer path into one of Ethereum’s busiest scaling ecosystems. The useful way to read this is not as a guaranteed price signal, but as a fresh piece of information in a market that is trying to sort real developments from noise. The proposal also shows how mature DeFi projects are thinking about expansion now. It is less about launching a token and more about placing that token into the right liquidity venues with…

Dunamu, the operator of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, has been selected as the preferred bidder for the Korean National Police Agency’s one-year seized digital asset custody contract. Summary Dunamu has been selected as the preferred bidder to manage digital assets seized by South Korea’s National Police Agency under a one year custody contract. Procurement results placed Dunamu ahead of K DAC and Hecto Wallet One after it received the highest combined technical and price evaluation score. Some industry participants questioned whether the tender requirements gave large exchange operators an advantage, while police said the operator was selected through a…

Payward, the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has asked the Delaware Court of Chancery to enter a final judgment against its former auditor, Mazars USA, after an arbitrator awarded the firm $22 million.  The exchange disclosed the request on July 7 through an open letter from co-CEO Arjun Sethi and a series of posts from CEO Dave Ripley. The dispute traces to December 2023, when Mazars withdrew from Kraken’s 2022 audit days before its completion. Mazars had audited Kraken for three prior years and issued two clean opinions, according to the company.  In writing, Sethi said, the auditor…

Tether has launched Alloy, a synthetic dollar product backed by Tether Gold, in a move that pushes the stablecoin issuer further beyond simple dollar tokens. For more details, visit the official Tether platform. TL;DR Tether has introduced Alloy and its aUSDT synthetic dollar product.The product is backed by Tether Gold (XAUt) rather than traditional cash reserves.The launch shows stablecoin design expanding into new forms of collateral. Most stablecoin stories are about whether a token is backed by dollars, Treasuries, or bank deposits. Alloy is different. It is designed around over-collateralization with liquid gold exposure, creating a synthetic dollar instrument rather…

Nigel Farage has resigned as a Member of Parliament after confirming he will seek re-election in a by-election while facing scrutiny over multimillion-dollar gifts from figures linked to the crypto industry. Summary Nigel Farage has resigned as MP and will contest a Clacton by-election while parliamentary investigations continue. Farage denies wrongdoing over multimillion-dollar gifts linked to crypto figures Christopher Harborne and George Cottrell. The controversy comes as crypto-related political funding faces growing scrutiny in both the UK and the US. According to statements Farage made during an X livestream on Tuesday, the Reform UK leader stepped down as the MP…

Polymarket, the crypto-native prediction market, has begun supporting instant Bitcoin deposits over the Lightning Network. The feature uses infrastructure from Spark, a Bitcoin protocol built for payments and stablecoins.  In a post on X, Spark told users they can deposit BTC to the platform with more speed and more privacy than the older method offered. The move extends a funding push that started in October 2025, when Polymarket switched on standard on-chain Bitcoin deposits. Those deposits carried a wait: most on-chain Bitcoin transactions need three to six confirmations, a window of 10 to 60 minutes, before a platform credits an…