What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.
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Nine institutions including BlackRock and Coinbase launch the Bitcoin Security Consortium, pledging USD 15 million for Bitcoin’s security.
BitMEX shuts down on 23 September 2026 after 11 years, following a sale process that produced no buyer for the exchange.
BancaStato launches regulated crypto trading: buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Solana directly in e-banking via Sygnum and Avaloq.
What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.
Citadel Securities takes a USD 400 million stake in Crypto.com at a USD 20 billion valuation, the exchange’s first institutional funding round.
Strategy CEO Phong Le confirms the company stays a Bitcoin buyer and sees debt risks only if Bitcoin falls below USD 10,000.
CleanSpark signed a 20-year data center lease worth USD 6.6 billion with a technology group for its Sandersville campus in Georgia.
Robinhood Chain gathered roughly $3.1 billion in DEX volume in its first week and now ranks among the five largest chains.
What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.
JPMorgan ranks Strategy’s sales below the bigger Bitcoin risk and names tokenization beyond public chains as the real threat.
AscendEX halted operations on 1 July over lost liquidity and a missing MiCA licence; users get no guarantee of a full payout.
Russia’s Sberbank plans a crypto wallet in its apps by December 2026, once the digital asset law takes effect in September.
Strategy sold 3,588 Bitcoin for 216 million USD to finance its preferred dividends for STRC & Co. – the largest sale to date.
German savings and cooperative banks bring crypto trading for retail customers directly into the banking app, under BaFin MiCAR approval.
What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.
Bitcoin overtakes gold in the US: per River’s report, 49.6 million Americans own Bitcoin, while just 28.8 million still hold gold.
Digital asset security faces a new gap: crypto losses topped USD 4.70 billion in 2025, up 63%, as fraud follows multi-asset users.
