Report: Ripple & The XRP Ecosystem in H1 2026
Ripple spent the first half of 2026 building faster than $XRP could keep up with. From January through June, the XRP Ledger set records for network activity, tokenized assets and stablecoin a
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Telebiz Goes Live With an Open-Source CRM Built Directly Into Telegram
Telebiz went live today with a Telegram-first CRM designed around a claim most sales tools cannot make: it never touches the messages sitting inside a user's chats. The premise reflects how b
Lummis says CLARITY text lands in days
Senate Targets Late July Floor Vote on Landmark Crypto Bill Senator Cynthia Lummis (@SenLummis) told Fox Business that final Senate text for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act)
Japan Passes Crypto Financial Product Bill, Cuts Tax Rate
Japan has passed a bill that recognizes crypto as a financial product and lowers the tax rate applied to it, marking one of the country's most significant crypto policy shifts and moving digi
Europe's digital euro pilot gets its 36 firms
Who made the cut The @ecb has named 36 payment service providers to participate in its digital euro pilot, the central bank announced on Tuesday. The selection followed a call for expressions
Stellar joins the x402 Foundation as a premier member
What x402 does The Linux Foundation has announced the operational launch of the x402 Foundation, a new open-governance body formed to steward the x402 protocol, the open standard for internet
Lummis says CLARITY text lands in days
Senate Targets Late July Floor Vote on Landmark Crypto Bill Senator Cynthia Lummis (@SenLummis) told Fox Business that final Senate text for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act)
The CFTC steps between Kalshi and a Michigan court
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (@CFTC) has stepped directly into a standoff between prediction market platform @Kalshi and a Michigan state court, ordering the company to disre
Japan's SBI And Solana Open New Chapter For RWAs
Japan's First Onchain Equity Strategy SBI Global Asset Management and DigiFT have launched the JX Token on Solana, creating what both firms describe as a first for Japan's asset management in
Senators Target Trump Over CLARITY Act
Opposition to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is hardening inside the Senate. Three Democratic lawmakers took their case public on July 14, arguing the bill does little to address what t
South Korea Moves To Modernize Crypto Asset Rules
A Framework Built for a New Era South Korea is drafting legislation that would formally bring cryptocurrencies under its state asset management framework for the first time. The proposed Nati
Is Coinbase Making A Surprise Return To China?
A Quiet Change in Onboarding Requirements Coinbase has reportedly begun accepting Chinese national IDs and mainland residential addresses for account verification, according to user reports t