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Evernorth CEO Asheesh Birla recently outlined how financial markets are steadily moving on-chain and why $XRP is emerging as a key bridge asset in that transition. Speaking on the GSR podcast with Frank Chaparro, Birla argued that $XRP could play a significant role in the rapidly expanding tokenized asset market. Why $XRP Stands Out During the interview, Birla highlighted $XRP’s ability to move tokenized value efficiently and pointed to the $XRP Ledger’s built-in exchange functionality. However, he stressed that $XRP’s competitive edge extends beyond its technical capabilities. According to Birla, Ripple’s years of regulatory licensing efforts and deep relationships with…

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a federal inmate over the alleged removal of about $290,000 in cryptocurrency forfeited to the government. Bulgarian national Rossen G. Iossifov appeared in federal court in the Eastern District of Kentucky on charges linked to the funds. Prosecutors charged him with removing property to prevent seizure, aiding and abetting, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. DOJ alleges forfeited crypto was moved through mixers According to the Justice Department’s July 9 statement, Iossifov allegedly conspired to transfer the cryptocurrency in January 2024. A court had already ordered the assets forfeited to the United States…

Blockchain infrastructure firm OpenWorld has teamed up with Blockchain.com to expand its real-world asset tokenization ecosystem through institutional trading, liquidity, and distribution support, according to a Tuesday statement. The partnership also includes a strategic investment from Blockchain.com as the companies work together on RWA initiatives and digital asset infrastructure. “We’ve made a deliberate decision to build OpenWorld’s infrastructure layer alongside best-in-class institutional counterparties,” Matthew Shaw, CEO and co-founder of OpenWorld stated. “Blockchain.com brings the execution depth, product breadth, and regulatory infrastructure that our clients and pipeline demand.” Through the multi-year collaboration, Blockchain.com will provide execution capabilities and institutional market infrastructure…

Saylor Brings Bitcoin to Goldman’s Table Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR), used a late-June appearance at Goldman Sachs’ Digital Assets Conference in London to press his case that bitcoin is evolving from a treasury reserve asset into the backbone of a new credit market. He said he discussed “ Bitcoin, digital credit, and the future of capital markets” with the bank’s clients. Image source: X “The best way to build a billion-dollar finance company today is digital credit,” Saylor has argued in recent months, and he carried that thesis into one of Wall Street’s most established…

Global financial infrastructure provider OpenPayd has announced plans to go public on the Nasdaq exchange through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Titan Acquisition Corp. (TACHU). The deal, expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year, values the combined entity at approximately $1.145 billion. Strategic Rationale Behind the SPAC Merger OpenPayd, which provides banking-as-a-service and payment infrastructure to businesses worldwide, aims to raise $276 million from the listing. The company has outlined plans to deploy the capital primarily toward expanding its presence in the United States market and accelerating development of stablecoin-based payment solutions and AI-driven agent…

Siren has plunged about 75% to $0.126 after a large holder reportedly sold 17 million tokens across multiple on-chain addresses, triggering one of the steepest declines seen in the market this week. According to on-chain analyst EmberCN, a whale sold roughly 17 million SIREN tokens, including 6.75 million siren2-native tokens, across multiple addresses over a two-hour period on June 13. The analyst said the selling pressure pushed the token from around $0.47 to $0.23 before losses deepened further. Market data later showed SIREN extending the decline to a low of $0.126 at the time of writing. EmberCN also claimed that…

Russia is building one of the most comprehensive cryptocurrency surveillance architectures of any major economy, with new legislation set to give the country’s financial intelligence agency automatic access to data on every significant crypto transaction made by Russian citizens at home and abroad. Rosfinmonitoring Gets Sweeping New Powers The financial monitoring agency Rosfinmonitoring is set to become the central node of Russia’s crypto oversight system under a companion bill to the government’s core cryptocurrency legislation. The agency will receive real-time data feeds on all crypto transactions above 60,000 rubles, down from an earlier proposed threshold of 100,000 rubles, as well…

Pundi X Labs, a renowned blockchain technology entity, has partnered with X-Agent, a popular AI Agent operating system (OS). The partnership aims to fortify the link between the decentralized Web3 framework and AI. This synergy is set to provide contributors, who offer precious data to the network, with unique earning opportunities. We are excited to announce our partnership with @XAgent_official 🤖🤝X-Agent lets anyone build custom AI agents with pure natural language with zero code and fully secure runtime.Through this partnership, X-Agent’s agents can tap into our decentralized data layer, sourcing… pic.twitter.com/LeIHgZE5jo — Pundi X Labs (@PundiXLabs) July 20, 2026 Additionally,…

Michael Saylor sat down with UK television news station Channel 4 to defend his company’s deca-billion dollar $BTC bet. He ended the interview by telling reporter Helia Ebrahimi she was “being offensive,” invoking “the tooth fairy,” and ultimately rage-quitting, saying, “OK, we’re done.” The segment questioned the billionaire’s views about a long-term decline in the price of $BTC. It also allowed Saylor to reiterate his combative tone that earned a previous viral trend on Danny Knowles’ widely popular What Bitcoin Did podcast. In that January interview, Saylor clapped back at Knowles, claiming “just an ignorant, offensive statement on your part”…

Twenty One Capital, a Tether-controlled bitcoin ($BTC) treasury company that’s paid Strike’s Jack Mallers to be its spokesperson, has until Friday to comply with an independent director rule under threat of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) flagging its stock with code BC, Below Compliance. It doesn’t help that its stock has lost 83% of its value over the past year. This morning, Twenty One Capital disclosed the Friday deadline. It’s known about the deficiency for about two weeks, including a formal non-compliance notice it received from NYSE last week. Although a BC flag by NYSE is a clear warning,…