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21 institutions, among them Goldman Sachs, UBS and Deutsche Bank, want to issue a bank-owned dollar stablecoin in the first half of 2027.

The Q2 2026 13F filings show USD 87.4 million in XRP ETFs at Goldman Sachs, after the bank had exited almost entirely in the prior quarter.

Strategy buys 4,603 Bitcoin for USD 369.7 million and ends the first selling phase in its history, lifting holdings to 845,050 BTC.

Monero climbed to a 7-month high at USD 546 after THORChain built the technical base for native XMR swaps without switching them on.

Sberbank expects regulated crypto trading of up to USD 46.4 billion in the first year of Russia’s new crypto law, about a fifth of current activity.

What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.

The SEC declared the S-4 registration effective, bringing the planned Evernorth Nasdaq listing under the ticker XRPN a step closer.

Revolut brings EURR to market, a euro-backed stablecoin from Stripe subsidiary Bridge, first in Denmark, Poland and Portugal.

Bitcoin topped USD 80,000 and trades back at its mid-May level, supported by USD 1.92 billion of weekly inflows into US spot ETFs.

The anonymous GTA 6 leaker releases further stolen clips only once the Cyberleek memecoin reaches set market capitalization thresholds.

Since mid-August 2026, PostFinance Ethereum staking runs without the twelve-week lock-up, and customers initiate unstaking themselves.

Ray Dalio advises 10 to 15% gold and a small Bitcoin position, because he expects a US debt crisis within about three years.

What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.

South Korea’s largest crypto exchange handled USD 1.84 billion in 24 hours; XRP led Upbit’s trading volume ahead of Bitcoin and USDT.

Trump’s call for the Clarity Act and doubled Treasury bond buybacks drove the Bitcoin rally past USD 75,000, with ETF inflows near USD 1 billion.

SkyBridge founder Anthony Scaramucci says long-term Bitcoin holders cut their positions once the price reached USD 100,000 per coin.