Key Takeaways: Brazil’s Central Bank reported a Q1 2026 crypto volume of $6.9B, with stablecoins driving 98% of trades. President Lula da Silva paused stablecoin taxes, boosting Brazil to TRM Labs’ 5th-largest global market. Fernando Rocha expects new crypto exchange regulations to yield more robust transaction data by H2 2026. Brazilians Purchased $6.8 Billion Worth…
Key Takeaways: Space and Time launched Dreamspace with Microsoft to enable no-code AI app building for 140,000+ students. Built on Base, the tool offers sub-1-second speeds and fees under $0.01 to empower the creator economy. Following a $20M investment in 2022, the 2026 public launch scales verifiable data for all onchain builders. Simplifying Blockchain Development…
Key Takeaways: Ripple brings Swell and Apex into one unified event for 2026. The New York event is expected to include more than 1,500 attendees, 75+ speakers, 50+ sessions, and three stages. Swell 2026 will include finance leaders, developers, researchers, retail participants, XRP community members, and press. Ripple Swell 2026 Event Structure and Combined Apex…
Key Takeaways: Ripple says institutions are adopting multi- stablecoin strategies as cross-border settlement demands keep expanding globally. Markets using RLUSD, USDC, and USDT show payment infrastructure must support flexible asset choices. Regulatory frameworks like MiCA may require institutions to use compliant assets, stablecoins, and fiat together. Stablecoin Payments Pressure Banks to Adapt Faster Global payments…
Key Takeaways: Morgan Stanley introduced a fund to support stablecoin issuers needing compliant, liquid reserve investment solutions. Stablecoin growth drives Morgan Stanley to expand digital asset strategy and institutional liquidity infrastructure offerings. Tokenization initiatives show Morgan Stanley advancing blockchain integration across treasury products and crypto investment platforms. Morgan Stanley Stablecoin Fund Targets Institutional Reserve Demand…
Key Takeaways: Polish prosecutors launched a fraud investigation into Zondacrypto, identifying losses of at least 350 million PLN ($97M) affecting up to 30,000 users. CEO Przemysław Kral is reportedly in Israel, where his citizenship may prevent extradition as Israel does not extradite its own citizens. Kral’s last public communication confirmed 4,500 BTC in an inaccessible…
Key Takeaways: Historians like Gwern Branwen link e-cash.org, registered July 20, 2008, to Satoshi Nakamoto based on timing with bitcoin.org. The domain was registered 29 days before bitcoin.org, matching Satoshi’s private draft file named ecash.pdf. The domain remains under privacy-protected ownership via Dynadot with a renewal extending to 2028. E-cash.org Domain Draws Renewed Interest The…
Key Takeaways: Bitcoin ETFs added $14 million, with Blackrock IBIT’s $22.9 million inflow offsetting ARKB outflows. Ether ETFs rebounded with $23 million inflows, led by Blackrock ETHB’s $32 million after prior losses. XRP gained $6.4 million via Bitwise, while Solana ETFs saw $1.2 million outflows led by Vaneck VSOL. Ether Returns to Inflows as Bitcoin…
Key Takeaways: France’s anti-organized crime prosecutor charged 88 people, including over 10 minors, linked to 12 cryptocurrency kidnapping cases. More than 135 crypto kidnapping incidents have been recorded in France since 2023, with 41 attacks logged in 2026 at a rate of one every 2.5 days. Seventy-five of the 88 suspects are held in pretrial…
Key Takeaways: Paul Sztorc announced eCash, a new Bitcoin hard fork dropping in August 2026, with a 1:1 BTC coin split for holders. The fork activates BIP300/301 Drivechains, targeting 8 billion users across 7 Layer 2 chains in development. Sztorc plans to freeze the client 30 days before the fork and run bug bounty contests…
