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US turns stablecoin issuer Tether into a financial weapon against Iran, freezing nearly $500 million

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US authorities have used Tether’s control over its dollar-linked stablecoin to freeze about $475 million connected to Iran in less than three months, extending Washington’s sanctions reach beyond the traditional banking system. On July 14, the US government sanctioned four wallets on the Tron blockchain holding roughly $131 million in USDT. These addresses are linked … Read more

Stablecoins are moving more money while crypto’s cash pile gets smaller

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Adjusted stablecoin transaction volume reached a record $1.79 trillion in June, according to Visa Onchain Analytics, up 63% from May’s $1.10 trillion and 125% higher than a year earlier. Across the same four weeks, the total pool of stablecoins in circulation shrank by $7.7 billion, the largest monthly dollar decline since the TerraUSD collapse in … Read more

Crypto equities gained 23% while crypto tokens fell 36% this year – Is value shifting?

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Bitwise reported that publicly traded crypto companies gained 23% in the first half of 2026, while crypto assets fell 36%, creating a 59-percentage-point gap. Equities could be pricing in a recovery that sits above where the tokens currently trade, or they could also be capturing revenue crypto adoption generates for companies through fees, yield, and services … Read more

$131 billion crypto vault boom will test the limits of SEC’s friendlier crypto stance

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On July 22, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce warned that some crypto vaults and onchain lending strategies may fall under federal securities laws. According to her, the regulatory risk depends on how the products are structured and who controls the investment decisions. Crypto vaults pool customer assets into onchain strategies that generate yield through lending, staking … Read more

Bitcoin rose 2% on CLARITY progress while Coinbase, Circle jumped over 8% – but why?

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Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart argued that the CLARITY Act should carry virtually no direct effect on Bitcoin’s price. In his view, Bitcoin already holds the infrastructure the bill is trying to build for the rest of the industry: commodity treatment, regulated futures, spot ETF access, and institutional custody. That claim sits inside a wider … Read more