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Gold edged higher after in-line US inflation data while Bitcoin stayed flat
July 2026 CPI matched forecasts at 3.4% annually and 0.1% on the month, lifting gold to $4,407 an ounce while Bitcoin traded near $63,479 with little reaction.
Anchorpoint began a limited rollout of its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin
Anchorpoint Financial, the Standard Chartered, Animoca Brands and HKT joint venture, has opened beta access to its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin HKDAP, with HashKey Exchange and OSL Group joining as authorized distributors.
Circle built cirBTC as wrapped bitcoin aimed at institutional collateral desks
Circle has launched cirBTC, a wrapped bitcoin token backed 1:1 by native BTC, custodied under its OCC-supervised national trust bank and verified onchain in real time via Chainlink Proof of Reserve. The token targets lending protocols, OTC desks and market makers.
Stablecoin issuers earn more from Avalanche balances than its on-chain economy produces
Data from the Avalanche Foundation shows stablecoin issuers collected $6.9 million in reserve yield in June alone, more than double the $3.1 million in nominal Gross Chain Product generated by Avalanche's on-chain economy, raising questions about value capture for $AVAX holders.
Goldman Sachs agreed to buy NEOS Investments in a deal worth up to $2.25 billion
Goldman Sachs has agreed to acquire NEOS Investments, manager of the $1.1 billion BTCI bitcoin covered-call ETF, in a cash-and-equity deal worth up to $2.25 billion, expected to close in early 2027.
NEAR handed verification of its confidential AI workloads to Intel Trust Authority
NEAR Protocol has integrated Intel Trust Authority to independently verify its confidential AI workloads, shifting the chain of trust from the operator to Intel's hardware-backed attestation service.
The OCC will keep pushing new bank charters as crypto firms wait for approvals
OCC Comptroller Jonathan Gould says digital asset firms should have a clear path to national bank charters. Ripple, Circle, Crypto.com, and Paxos hold conditional approvals, while Coinbase awaits a final decision.
VIRTUAL climbed about 15% as Virtuals Protocol stacked up announcements
The $VIRTUAL token surged roughly 15% as Virtuals Protocol's ecosystem notched a string of updates, including Strike Robot's entry into the AWS Global Startup Program and Eastworlds reporting 200 hours of weekly teleoperation output.
Dog tokens took three of the four biggest weekly gainers on Robinhood Chain
Dog-themed meme tokens dominated Robinhood Chain's weekly performance charts, with Dog on Wire (DOW) surging over 10,000%. Meanwhile, Cash Cat leads the broader meme category by market cap as the sector pulls back.
Hyperliquid is lobbying US regulators for a route to offer perpetual futures onshore
Hyperliquid's policy arm and Phantom filed a joint letter urging the CFTC to confirm that onchain software developers should not face automatic exchange or clearinghouse registration, as the platform pushes for a path to serve US users.
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