Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The Chamber of Thrift Banks (CTB) opened its 52nd Annual Convention on July 15 in Makati City, prioritizing the integration of artificial intelligence and digital services alongside traditional banking. The event gathered banking executives, regulators,…
Key Takeaways Coinbase traced the 50-minute outage to an undetected Kubernetes resource name collision during a routine infrastructure update. The incident disrupted transfers, Coinbase Card debit purchases, institutional settlements, and onchain services across multiple platforms. The outage also disabled Coinbase’s normal rollback process, prompting new safeguards and infrastructure changes. Coinbase Explains What Went Wrong Crypto…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. SwiftPay, the enterprise payments arm of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)-regulated Swift Technology Ventures Inc., has launched SwiftGuard, a real-time fraud-detection and decisioning layer aimed at helping local banks and BSP-supervised financial institutions (BSFIs) comply…
Key Takeaways Seven Senate Democrats said the latest CLARITY Act draft needs stronger ethics and consumer protections. The revised bill would ban federal officials from issuing or sponsoring digital assets for compensation. Republicans defended the proposal, while White House adviser Patrick Witt challenged Democrats’ criticisms. Democrats Say Draft Still Falls Short A bipartisan agreement on…
Key Takeaways Artificial intelligence (AI) priced, managed and settled all 104 World Cup matches end to end. Turnkey partners took over $1.14B in stakes at an 18% trading margin. Kambi weighs a prediction-market entry but 70+ licenses bar a US launch. Kambi Runs $1.14B World Cup, Now Weighs Prediction Markets Kambi declared its first entirely…
Key Takeaways Blackrock’s IBIT led $203.14M into bitcoin ETFs on July 21, extending inflows to 6 days. Bitcoin ETF assets topped $80B as Ether, XRP, and solana funds drew $48.96M combined. HYPE lost $698,040, testing whether broader ETF demand can extend beyond Bitcoin’s 6-day run. Crypto ETFs add $252 Million as Demand Broadens Beyond Bitcoin…
Key Takeaways Rwa.xyz data shows tokenized assets fell to $34.67 billion, down from a $35.2 billion peak on July 10, 2026. Figure’s HELOC token leads all real-world assets with a $20.1 billion represented value on Provenance. Tokenized stock holders jumped 75.71% in 30 days as JPMorgan’s JLTXX fund gained 87.23% in the same span. Treasuries…
Key Takeaways Bitcoin futures open interest hit $49.82 billion on July 22, led by Binance’s $9.24 billion share. Deribit calls outnumber puts 65.88% to 34.12%, showing traders favor higher bitcoin prices through 2026. Binance max pain data points to $72,000 by late September, the highest projection among major exchanges. Bitcoin traded at $65,971 per coin…
Key Takeaways War-risk premiums for tankers crossing the Strait of Hormuz have surged nearly 1,900%. A single transit for a $100 million tanker could now carry an insurance bill of about $5 million. Rising shipping costs could feed into fuel prices, inflation, and broader market volatility. A 1,900% Move Overshadows Oil’s Rally Oil prices jumped…
Key Takeaways BIS researchers Hofmann, Mehrotra and Paulick studied 130+ economies and stablecoin data from 184 countries since 2017. Capital controls cut bank dollarization by up to 32 percentage points but showed no effect on stablecoin inflows. Stablecoin market capitalization has nearly tripled since 2023, led by USDT and USDC. A Bank for International Settlements…
