Visa backs Open USD with new stablecoin platform as Circle faces fresh competition
Visa launched a stablecoin platform that lets banks and fintechs issue, manage and settle digital dollars through its payments network. Source：CoinDesk
Keyrock acquires BlockFills trading assets to expand institutional crypto business
The deal adds institutional trading clients, derivatives expertise and regulatory licenses as Keyrock looks to deepen its presence in crypto capital markets.…
The Clarity Act is the most important consumer protection effort in years
Consumers should not have to wait for another crisis to get the protections they deserve, argues Summer Mersinger, CEO of the Blockchain Association.…
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