Vietnam is set to introduce its toughest cryptocurrency enforcement measures to date, with domestic investors facing fines of up to 50 million Vietnamese dong (approximately $1,900) for trading digital assets through unlicensed platforms. The new penalties, which take effect on September 1, 2026, form part of the country’s broader effort to establish a regulated crypto…

U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended their recovery on July 20, recording a fifth consecutive trading day of net inflows for the first time since late April. The renewed buying streak signals a notable shift in institutional sentiment after months of persistent outflows, even as investors continue to navigate geopolitical tensions, uncertainty around Federal…

Hyperliquid is preparing to open its outcome markets to permissionless deployment, marking the next phase of its HIP-4 upgrade and positioning the decentralized exchange to compete more directly in the rapidly expanding prediction market sector. The project announced on July 20 that a future network upgrade will allow qualified users — not just validators —…

South Korea’s financial regulators have investigated around 40 cases of suspected crypto market manipulation since the country’s landmark Virtual Asset User Protection Act took effect in July 2024, underscoring the government’s increasingly aggressive approach to policing digital asset markets. The figures, released by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) to mark the law’s second anniversary, show…

Noxa, the dominant token launchpad on Robinhood Chain, abruptly halted operations in mid-July after generating an estimated $12 million in cumulative fees, according to DefiLlama data, with some trackers placing the total closer to $14.5 million. The shutdown has rattled the young network’s memecoin economy and reopened questions about how much of Robinhood Chain’s early…

The European Securities and Markets Authority has expanded its Markets in Crypto-Assets register with 14 additional companies, pushing the total number of licensed crypto-asset service providers in the European Union to 294. Ripple Payments Europe SA, the payments arm of blockchain company Ripple, is among the newest entrants, gaining authorization to offer regulated crypto services…

Keyrock has completed the acquisition of the trading and brokerage assets of BlockFills’ institutional digital asset business, expanding its capabilities in institutional cryptocurrency trading as demand for professional digital asset services continues to grow. Announced on Thursday, the transaction adds BlockFills’ institutional client relationships, trading technology, operational systems and derivatives expertise to Keyrock’s existing platform….

Visa has unveiled a new platform designed to help banks, fintech companies and payment providers issue, store, transfer and redeem stablecoins through its payments network, expanding the card giant’s push into blockchain-based finance. The launch marks a significant step beyond simple stablecoin settlement, giving institutions a full operating layer for onchain money movement without forcing…

Cantor Fitzgerald and Securitize announced a partnership on July 15 to bring IPOs and follow-on offerings by public companies onto blockchain infrastructure, in an effort to expand tokenization from secondary market trading to the primary capital-raising process of traditional capital markets. Cantor Turns to Securitize for On-chain IPOs Cantor Fitzgerald is attempting to forge a…

On the morning of July 16, Ostium announced that it had paused trading following a security incident, while on-chain trackers flagged a large flow of funds from wallets associated with the protocol. According to Ostium, users’ positions remain open but cannot be modified, while traders’ margin remains untouched within the frozen smart contracts. The protocol…