Japan’s Lawson convenience store pilots stablecoin payments with JPYC: report
This is part of a proof-of-concept involving telecommunications giant KDDI and crypto wallet firm HashPort.
The Funding: Why Japan’s SBI Holdings is investing big in crypto
The Japanese financial giant's recent crypto deals offer insights into how traditional finance is approaching digital assets.
Bitcoin whale moves $188 million in BTC after seven-year dormancy: onchain data
The whale last moved bitcoin in 2018, when the cryptocurrency traded at roughly $6,475, reflecting nearly a tenfold…

Bitcoin ETFs draw $197M, snap 8-week outflow streak
Analysts are not yet ready to call it a recovery in institutional demand for Bitcoin.

Robinhood L2 sparks ETH optimism, Saylor 'muddies waters.' Hodler's Digest, July 5-12, 2026
Even Ethereum's critics believe Robinhood Chain is bullish for ETH. Nigel Farage and Donald Trump become embroiled in…
Crypto fatwa sparks debate over Pakistan’s digital asset framework
Pakistan’s crypto regulator held talks with prominent Islamic scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani after a fatwa declared crypto purchases…

One crypto wallet tied to a 20-year-old fraudster processed over $122M before Interpol closed in
The Thailand case shows how cross-chain token swaps can complicate tracing across services, assets and borders. The post…
Michael Saylor posts cryptic Strategy chart after $216 million bitcoin sale: ‘Orange dots tell only part of the story’
Strategy holds 843,775 BTC at an average cost of $75,476, leaving the position roughly $9.7 billion underwater with…

Signs of life?: State of Crypto
Several sources told CoinDesk that a new draft of the Clarity Act may drop this week, but challenges…

Strategy's Saylor needs clarity in BTC pivot message to convince investors: StanChart
Standard Chartered sees communication challenges facing the biggest digital asset treasury company as "muddying the waters" for Bitcoin…