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ExplainerWhat Is a Staking ETF? How Crypto Funds Started Paying Yield – Explained Simply
A new kind of crypto fund doesn't just track the price of Ethereum or Solana — it pays you the network's staking rewards too. Here's how staking ETFs work, where the yield comes from, and what to watch before buying one.
NewsMorgan Stanley Launches Ethereum and Solana ETPs – With Staking Yield Built In
The Wall Street giant just listed spot ETH and SOL funds on NYSE Arca at the lowest fees in the market — and unlike most crypto funds, these pay staking rewards straight to investors. Here's what launched, and why the "staking passthrough" detail is the real story.
ExplainerSelf-Custody vs Exchange: Where Should You Actually Keep Your Crypto?
"Not your keys, not your coins" is the oldest advice in crypto — but it's only half the story. Here's an honest, jargon-free breakdown of where to keep your crypto, the real tradeoffs, and what the 2026 Binance lockout taught everyone.
ExplainerWhat Is a Crypto Trust Bank? Charters, Custody, and Why Everyone Suddenly Wants One
Circle got one. Ripple, Paxos, and Fidelity are chasing them. In 2026, crypto's biggest companies started collecting federal bank charters — here's what a trust bank actually is, and why it's the industry's new arms race.
ExplainerHow Is Crypto Taxed? A Plain-English Guide for 2026
Most people don't realize they owe crypto tax until it's too late. This guide explains the events that trigger tax, the ones that don't, and how the rules differ across the US, EU, and Eastern Europe — without the jargon.
ExplainerWhat Is MiCA? Europe's Crypto Rulebook, Explained Simply
MiCA is the law that decides who can offer crypto services in Europe — and in 2026 it locked out the world's largest exchange. Here's how it works, who it affects, and why it's the template the rest of the world is copying.
Breaking NewsSEC's "Regulation Crypto" Nears Release: The Safe Harbor That Could End a Decade of ICO Fear
Chair Paul Atkins' first major crypto rulemaking is expected this month — temporary registration exemptions, a fundraising allowance, and a safe harbor for projects giving up control. Here's what's in it, and why "expected this month" has slipped before.
CompaniesWhy Binance Got Locked Out of the EU — and What MiCA's "Fit and Proper" Test Actually Means
In July 2026, the world's largest crypto exchange lost the right to serve EU users — not over a technical filing, but over who owns it. Here's how Europe's licensing regime works, why Binance failed it, and what it means for anyone using or building an exchange in Europe.
MarketsThe SEC Is About to Make Token Sales Legal Again — Nearly a Decade After Killing the ICO
Reporting says the agency's "innovation exemption" lands this month — letting eligible firms issue and trade tokens without full securities registration. The catch: what it gives by exemption, it can take back the same way.
NewsSouth Korea and Japan Just Rewrote Their Crypto Rulebooks in 48 Hours – Here's the Pattern Washington Is Missing
Seoul is folding crypto into the definition of national wealth. Tokyo is reclassifying it as a financial product. Two different laws, one message: Asia has stopped debating whether crypto is finance.
PolicyCLARITY Act Showdown: Why Friday's New York Hearing Decides Whether Crypto Gets US Market Rules Before 2027
The House is staging a field hearing in America's financial capital one year to the day after it passed the bill — while in the Senate, the votes still aren't there and the calendar is running out.
PolicyCircle Wins Final OCC Approval to Run a National Trust Bank — and the Stablecoin Giant Just Got Harder to Unplug
Final federal sign-off lets the USDC issuer custody its own assets under OCC oversight — and sets up the reserve itself to move under federal supervision. Banks are not happy about it.
Web3CASHCAT Explodes 1,700% in 24 Hours: Robinhood Chain's First Viral Memecoin
How a memecoin based on Robinhood's original name went vertical on the company's week-old blockchain — hitting a $120M market cap, minting a 1,253x winner, and getting a wink from the CEO himself.
Web3The Black Bull Stampede: One Trader, One Airdrop, and a Near-$450M Memecoin
A memecoin that Solana trading legend Ansem never even launched — planted in his wallet by an anonymous developer for $6,300 — exploded toward a near-$450 million valuation in three weeks after he embraced it and airdropped millions back to the community, minting overnight fortunes and reigniting Solana's entire memecoin machine.
CompaniesStrategy Sells 3,588 Bitcoin for $216M — Largest BTC Sale in Company History Pressures Prices
Michael Saylor's Strategy (MSTR) disclosed its biggest-ever Bitcoin sale on July 6, offloading 3,588 BTC for $216 million to fund preferred dividends. Bitcoin slipped below $62,000 on the news.
NewsThe Crypto President: Donald Trump’s Financial Disclosure Reveals Over $1.4 Billion in Digital Asset Income
U.S. President Donald Trump’s newly released 927-page annual financial disclosure reveals his income surged past $2.2 billion in 2025, driven primarily by over $1.4 billion in cryptocurrency ventures and digital assets. Concurrently, Vice President J.D. Vance disclosed increased Bitcoin holdings valued between $250,001 and $500,000.
NewsNew Quantitative Model Predicts Financial Market Bubbles Long Before They Crash
Researchers from State Street and Harvard have developed a new model that predicts stock market crashes by measuring how far an individual sector outpaces the broader market over a two-year window.
MarketsBhutan Liquidates More Bitcoin, Reserves Drop to 1,750 BTC
• Green Mining: Unlike countries that acquire crypto via criminal seizures, Bhutan mines its own Bitcoin using eco-friendly hydroelectric power. • Global Ranking: Despite the sell-off, Bhutan remains the world's seventh-largest nation-state Bitcoin holder, trailing countries like the US, China, and the UK.
TechSpaceX Vaults Toward $3 Trillion Peak Amid Retail Hype and Tokenized Crypto Surge
SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) extends its post-IPO surge into a fourth consecutive trading day, with its market capitalization momentarily touching the $3 trillion threshold.
CompaniesUS Government Orders Abrupt Shutdown of Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI Models Citing National Security Concerns
Anthropic has been forced to disable its flagship AI models globally after a sudden White House export directive, though the company pushes back on the severity of the alleged "jailbreak" vulnerability.