The privacy coins sector grew from USD 6.2 billion to USD 30 billion in one year, while institutions make privacy a precondition for moving on-chain.
The FCA cuts the stablecoin capital requirement from 2 to 1 percent and publishes the UK’s first comprehensive crypto rulebook.
18 percent hold crypto assets in Switzerland, an IFZ and LUKB study shows. Banks see potential for up to 1 million advisory clients.
The 21Shares mid-year report rates the Bitcoin cycle as intact despite a 50 percent correction and sees prediction markets ahead.
Binance withdraws its Greek MiCA license application and halts all EU crypto services from 1 July. Customers must withdraw their funds.
Four US law enforcement organizations warn that Section 604 of the Clarity Act would hinder investigations into crypto crime.
The EU Parliament’s ECON committee has approved the legal framework for the digital euro and ordered trilogue negotiations to begin.
Solana Alpenglow replaces the TowerBFT consensus mechanism on October 21, after which validators pay 0.8 SOL per epoch instead of vote fees.
Memecoins on Robinhood Chain lock up tokenized stock floats, and one pool drove the HIMS wrapper to 4.5 times its NYSE price.
Automated market makers manage liquidity pools like rule-based portfolios, with direct consequences for impermanent loss and hedging.
