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The crypto financial services firm launched Galaxy Curator, a Morpho-based platform that gives Fireblocks' 2,400 institutional clients access to onchain yield strategies.

ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will increasingly rely on DeFi rails. ARK Invest’s director of research pushed back against investor a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt blockchain through permissioned infrastructure rather than decentralized finance (DeFi). Lorenzo Valente said in a Wednesday X post that public blockchains have already outperformed private blockchain initiatives, citing the growth of tokenized assets on Ethereum and other open networks. He added that crypto-native firms such as Circle and Coinbase, rather than incumbent financial institutions, are best positioned to build the next generation of financial infrastructure. Read more

Your day-ahead look for July 18, 2026

The newly-convened x402 Foundation is a neutral space where competitors and payment methods can work together to create an open standard for AI agentic commerce.

ZachXBT recently argued that a dedicated iPhone offers better security than a hardware wallet, a line of reasoning that already splits crypto's security community. Both devices are fundamentally signing devices, and the real vulnerability crypto has spent a decade building around lives in what a valid signature gets to do once it exists. Hardware wallets […] The post Is using an old iPhone safer than a crypto hardware wallet? ZachXBT thinks so appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Whales have renewed their interest in the asset.

Zyaire Wilkins allegedly procured malware hidden in video games that infected 8,000 devices and broke into 80 crypto wallets, the FBI says.

Strategy CEO Phong Le reveals the $8K–$10K BTC level as a debt stress threshold, while STRC losses and a 1.02 mNAV signal mounting capital structure pressure. The post Bitcoin News: Phong Le Sets $8K–$10K as Strategy’s Debt Risk Threshold for Bitcoin appeared first on Cryptonews.

XRP ETF daily inflows crashed to $107K on July 10 as institutional demand and on-chain activity hit multi-month lows, leaving price propped up by cold-storage holders. The post Ripple XRP ETF Inflows Near Zero as Institutional Demand and On-Chain Activity Fall Together appeared first on Cryptonews.

Profit-taking 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 across most tokens.

Visa and Artemis found that infrastructure bottlenecks are preventing broader commercial adoption of the autonomous AI agent economy. Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are posing a challenge to the incumbent global card payments infrastructure that is struggling to process high-frequency micropayments, according to a joint report released by payments giant Visa and investment thesis platform Artemis. The joint report published Wednesday found that traditional cards were built for human commerce with low-frequency transactions, which is insufficient for AI agents, which need infrastructure with near-zero fees and faster settlement to make agentic micropayments commercially viable. New infrastructure is increasingly necessary since AI agents crossed a key capability threshold in mid-2025, enabling them to discover unfamiliar APIs, evaluate prices and decide on autonomous payments. Read more

SpaceX, Elon Musk's company, is at an all-time low, while the Dogecoin ETFs launched in late 2025 have done little to change the trend. The post Dogecoin, Elon Musk, and SpaceX: Can DOGE Run Again? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ualá’s CEO clarified Tether is acting solely as a financial investor, citing current regional regulations preventing any immediate USDT integration.

The freeze targets TRON-based addresses that held over $165 million, preventing those specific funds from being transferred or redeemed.

ONDO has emerged as today's top performer, while Pi Network's PI has plunged yet again.

ETH trades near $1,919 with BlackRock's ETHA absorbing $45.3M in a single day. Here's what the ETF flow data means for Ethereum's price path toward $2,000. The post Ethereum Price Prediction: BlackRock Drives ETH Ahead of BTC in ETF Inflows appeared first on Cryptonews.

BlackRock generated $82 million in revenue from its digital-asset products during the first half of 2026, even as falling Bitcoin and Ethereum prices erased nearly $30 billion from the assets supporting the business. The world's largest asset manager recorded $42 million in digital-asset base fees and securities-lending revenue in the first quarter, followed by $40 […] The post BlackRock earned $82M while its crypto funds erased $30B – now it wants inside your wallet appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Senate approved a resolution opposing clemency for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried as prediction markets put the odds of a Trump pardon by July 31 below 1%. The US Senate has adopted a resolution opposing executive clemency for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, the convicted crypto executive behind one of the industry’s largest collapses. The Senate has agreed by unanimous consent to the simple resolution (S. Res. 772), with a nonbinding measure stating that Bankman-Fried should not receive executive clemency, according to a Wednesday X post by the Senate Press Gallery. The resolution affirms the Senate’s commitment to the rule of law and the integrity of the US financial system following Bankman-Fried’s conviction on fraud and conspiracy charges related to FTX’s collapse. Read more

Bitcoin and Ethereum price hold firm as we await tomorrow's Clarity Act hearing, a key test for crypto and U.S. regulation. The post Crypto News, July 16: All Eyes on Tomorrow’s Clarity Act Hearing as Bitcoin and Ethereum Hold Key Price Levels appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin may have rallied from recent lows, but experts believe historical patterns still leave room for another leg lower toward $38K.