Crypto for Advisors: Strengthening defenses against AI fraud
Strengthening defenses against AI fraud Source：CoinDesk
Crypto brokerage firm Alpaca raises $135 million for tokenized stock infrastructure
The company has previously cleared or held in custody roughly 94% of tokenized U.S. equities and now holds over $1.5 billion in underlying stocks.…
Ledger wants AI agents to manage crypto without holding your keys
AI agents can read wallet balances and analyze portfolios but requires every sensitive action to be approved on a Ledger hardware device before it can be…
Galaxy targets institutional stablecoin yield with new DeFi vaults
The crypto financial services firm launched Galaxy Curator, a Morphobased platform that gives Fireblocks' 2,400 institutional clients access to onchain yield…
The most popular bitcoin call option has slipped by $10,000
Your dayahead look for July 18, 2026 Source：CoinDesk
Rebooting the internet: inside the open-source project to let AI programs pay each other
The newlyconvened x402 Foundation is a neutral space where competitors and payment methods can work together to create an open standard for AI agentic…
Bitcoin pulls back to $64,000 after hitting monthly high as bears take control
Profittaking after bitcoin hit a $65,500 monthly high combined with fresh Iranian strikes on U.S. bases sent crypto lower, with bears leading price action…
Tether invests $20 million in Argentine neobank Ualá as it expands Latin America push
Ualá’s CEO clarified Tether is acting solely as a financial investor, citing current regional regulations preventing any immediate USDT integration.…
U.S. adds four Iran central bank crypto wallets to sanctions, Tether freezes $131 million of contents
The freeze targets TRONbased addresses that held over $165 million, preventing those specific funds from being transferred or redeemed. Source：CoinDesk
Live updates: ZachXBT calls hardware wallets complete garbage; BTC steady near $65,000
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT came down heavily on hardware wallets. BTC traded steady near $65,000 after South Korea's rate hike. Source：CoinDesk
U.S. Senate unanimously opposes clemency for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried
The nonbinding resolution passed without objection after BankmanFried asked for clemency, months after Trump pardoned other major crypto figures, including…
A bitcoin wallet dormant since the 2017 peak just moved $383 million
The coins went to a fresh address rather than an exchange, so nothing has been sold yet. Source：CoinDesk