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Tokenized stocks emerged as the fastest-growing crypto coin category between January 2024 and May 2026, according to a new CoinGecko report tracking the number of coins listed across major sectors. The category expanded by a whopping 3,314.3% during the period, after rising from just 14 listed coins to 478. Crypto’s Fastest-Growing Category Real World Assets (RWA) followed closely as another major growth area, as it increased by 1,903.1% from 64 coins to 1,282. The sharp rise in both categories highlights growing interest in bringing traditional financial assets onto blockchain networks. CoinGecko said that the shift toward real-world asset tokenization accelerated…

Google, IBM, and Boeing are not passive investors in Hedera. They are active node operators, each running infrastructure that validates transactions on the network. That is the core of how Hedera works: a council of up to 39 global organizations controls the consensus layer, votes on protocol decisions, and keeps the network running. As of June 2026, at least 32 of those seats are filled, following Accenture’s addition in April 2026. What Is the Hedera Council? The Hedera Council (formerly called the Hedera Governing Council, rebranded in May 2025) is a body of major global organizations that together govern the…

The European Union has completed the final piece of its Basel III banking package, a regulatory framework that’s been in the works since the 2007-09 financial crisis. The EU’s banking package officially took effect on July 9, 2024, with most of the substantive regulations applying from January 1, 2025. The European Banking Authority’s impact assessments had estimated that full Basel III implementation would require capital increases of 18-24%. That estimate prompted EU-specific adjustments designed to soften the blow. Those adjustments reflect Europe’s particular economic structure, including heavy reliance on bank lending to small and medium-sized enterprises. The FRTB problem and…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance TR has released four exclusive content pieces for May as part of its Community Content Creation Event. Cryptocurrency followers who want to win a special reward as part of the Binance TR community will have the chance to win a digital gift voucher worth 1000 TL by creating four different original posts on X (Twitter) by quoting four posts shared during May. The 200 community content creators whose content is selected as the best will win gift vouchers worth 1000 TL. Binance TR will distribute a total of 600,000 TL in prizes throughout the event, which will…

Bitcoin miners sold a record 32,000 $BTC in the first quarter of 2026 and signed about $70 billion in contracts to help power AI instead, marking the largest desertion by the group in the network’s history. The exodus triggered Bitcoin’s first hash rate drop in six years, but it absorbed the shock and adjusted its difficulty, with the hash rate even recovering to a new high without missing a single block. Bitcoin Absorbs Record Miner Exit as AI Pulls Capital Away In a post published on X on July 6, analyst Shanaka Anslem Perera argued that Bitcoin has just passed…

Bitcoin price fell below $60,000 on Wednesday, extending a wider crypto market selloff as pressure across risk assets moved into digital markets and triggered another wave of leveraged position liquidations. The largest crypto asset by market value dropped nearly 5% over 24 hours and reached a low near $59,600 before trading around $59,800 at press time. The move pushed Bitcoin below a closely watched long-term technical level and renewed debate over whether the market could test the $50,000 area. Source: X Prediction market odds for Bitcoin falling below $50,000 in 2026 climbed to 64%, while the chance of a move…

Ethereum extended its price recovery and reclaimed $1.7k, a level that had recently acted as resistance. At press time, $ETH traded at $1,756, up 3.02% on the daily chart. The recovery pushed $ETH above the MACD Signal Line Moving Averages (SMAs) at $1,630 and $1,671, signaling stronger momentum. Why did an Ethereum whale take a $9 million loss? As Ethereum reclaimed $1.7k, whales that had previously shorted the market exited to avoid mounting losses and liquidation risk. In fact, short liquidations surged, with $79 million in bearish positions wiped out after $ETH crossed the level. According to Onchain Lens, one…

Latam Institutions Lead in Crypto Adoption Globally While stablecoins are now being adopted widely around the world due to their dollar-proxy traits, their adoption has been larger in some regions following specific needs. The Digital Chamber, an organization established in 2014 to advocate for innovation in digital assets, highlighted that even with the current developing regulatory framework, Latam has become a global stablecoin adoption hub. In this sense, the chamber highlighted that in Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina, regulatory advances have pushed stablecoin adoption to record levels, empowering institutional use. These include Brazil’s Virtual Assets Law, Bolivia’s removal of its long-lasting…

Stellar is a blockchain network designed to move money across borders faster and cheaper than traditional banks. Instead of routing payments through correspondent banks and clearinghouses, Stellar uses a decentralized ledger, a native token called $XLM, and a network of licensed financial intermediaries called anchors to settle cross-border transactions in seconds. What Problem Does Stellar Actually Solve? Sending money internationally through the traditional banking system is slow and expensive. A wire transfer can take three to five business days and cost between $25 and $50 in fees, with additional charges buried in exchange rate markups. For people in developing countries…

A Bitcoin miner-stress signal circulating on X has fallen into a zone analysts associate with severe miner pressure, putting a familiar cycle claim back in view: miner pain can appear near market bottoms. The operating consequence is more immediate. If hashprice remains weak, the next test is which miners can keep machines online, avoid forced $BTC sales, and wait for difficulty relief. The latest signal came from analyst Gaah, who said the Miner Cycle Stress Composite for Bitcoin had fallen to new 2026 lows in undervalued territory. BitcoinNewsCom amplified the insight, describing it as a composite of the Puell Multiple…