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BlackRock (BLK), the world’s largest asset manager, is building on its recent expansion of tokenized cash offerings in the U.S. by tapping into a combined $311 billion of assets under management in European money market funds in a sign of the growing appeal of holding real-world assets on blockchain technology. BlockRock unveiled 12 new tokenized share classes based on six funds across 15 European markets. The funds, which comply with the European Union’s UCITS regulations, include sterling, euro and dollar share classes, the asset manager said Tuesday. The move comes one day after the firm added two tokenized cash offerings…

CoinGecko, a cryptocurrency data and tracking platform, has announced the most searched altcoins by users in the last three hours. Pudgy Penguins ($PENGU) topped the list, followed by Lorenzo Protocol ($BANK) and Alien Worlds (TLM) in the top three. According to CoinGecko data, the most notable increase on the list came from Lorenzo Protocol. The price of $BANK increased by 101% in the last 24 hours, while Alien Worlds gained 51.6% and Credible Finance 18.5%. Looking at the performance over the last seven days, Akedo’s increase of 846.3%, Lorenzo Protocol’s increase of 252.3%, and Cash Cat’s increase of 68.6% are…

The Supreme Court gave Donald Trump a pretty direct answer in February: the emergency law he had used to tax imports from nearly everywhere didn’t give him the authority to impose tariffs. However, Washington didn’t see that as a locked door and treated it more like a disappointing result from a key-cutting machine. The administration returned to the federal statute book, found several older trade powers that the Court had left untouched, and spent the next five months rebuilding the tariff system on a completely different foundation. By July 24, goods from 60 trading partners were again passing through an…

Shiba Inu ($SHIB) has joined a fresh batch of listings on OKX’s European X-Perps platform. It gives eligible traders access to leveraged exposure to the popular meme cryptocurrency alongside several other crypto assets and well-known U.S. equities. The latest additions include crypto tokens AEON, Zilliqa (ZIL), GRVT, PROS and ESP, as well as tokenized exposure tied to traditional finance names such as Robinhood (HOOD), Palantir (PLTR), Qualcomm (QCOM) and Coinbase (COIN). The exchange announced that all of the newly listed contracts are now available through its Simple Mode interface. What are X-Perps? X-Perps, short for Expiry Perpetuals, are leveraged derivatives…

Bitcoin starts the week with new August highs as traders weigh the impact of crunch US inflation data. Key points: US CPI and PPI data comes amid fluctuating bets on Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes in 2026. The Japanese yen remains at the forefront as it creeps back toward the key 160 level against the US dollar. Bitcoin ($BTC) traders see the area around $65,800 as crucial for bulls after $BTC/USD hits new month-to-date highs. Larger Bitcoin wallets contrast with retail holders after a conspicuous two-month accumulation spree. Baskets of onchain indicators still see the bear market continuing in the second…

Italy’s largest banking group, Intesa Sanpaolo, significantly reduced its exposure to BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) through call options in the second quarter, while simultaneously increasing its holdings in BlackRock’s Ethereum staking ETF. The moves were disclosed in a 13F filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, covering positions as of June 30. Key changes in Q2 holdings According to the filing, Intesa Sanpaolo cut the underlying size of its call options position tied to IBIT by 99%, reducing it to a nominal amount. The bank also decreased its direct holdings of IBIT common shares by…

Zcash ($ZEC) co-founder and lead developer, Zooko Wilcox, has revealed the details of an emergency strategy designed to preserve the coin’s mathematical integrity. The network is preparing for the Ironwood hard fork (NU6.3), which will activate on July 28, 2026, at block 3,428,143 to permanently isolate the vulnerable Orchard pool and lock up any potentially forged $ZEC. The “turnstile” strategy: How to lock up phantom coins For those who missed it, a critical bug was discovered by Shielded Labs researcher Taylor Hornby that could theoretically have allowed hackers to mint $ZEC undetected inside the private Orchard pool. By 2026, developers…

Five major jurisdictions across Asia and the Middle East delivered sharply contrasting signals on digital assets this week, underscoring how patchwork regulation continues to define the global crypto map. From a long-awaited tax delay in South Korea to an outright mining ban in Moscow, and from Binance’s regulatory progress in the Philippines to a new tax-free zone in Uzbekistan, the policy landscape is pulling in opposite directions. The updates, captured in a weekly compilation by WuBlockchain, arrive at a moment when many market participants had expected greater alignment after years of rulemaking debates. South Korea’s latest tax delay South Korean…

Robinhood posted record second-quarter net revenue of $1.31 billion, up 32% year-over-year, as activity across prediction markets, options, and equities helped offset a sharp decline in crypto income. The company’s transaction-based revenue jumped 44% to $776 million during the quarter. Event contracts emerged as one of its fastest-growing businesses. In fact, revenue from event contracts reached $156 million, more than 10 times higher than a year earlier. The number of contracts traded also surged more than 10x to a record 13.6 billion. Prediction Markets Steal the Spotlight Speaking about the growth of prediction markets, Chairman and CEO Vlad Tenev said…

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) plans to use blockchain technology to offer faster settlement of Japanese government bond (JGB) transactions, in a move reminiscent of similar initiatives by banks in other countries. MUFG is preparing a proof-of-concept for onchain JGB transactions using the Canton network to expedite the settlement, which typically takes 1-3 days by traditional means. The Tokyo-based bank expects to improve the operational and capital efficiency of repo transactions — the purchase of securities as a form of short-term borrowing and lending — through real-time 24/7 onchain settlement. MUFG noted that financial institutions in Europe and the U.S.…