Labour failed to prepare for power, admits PM’s former top aide
In his first-ever interview, Morgan McSweeney tells the BBC the party did not deliver quickly enough in office....
Standard Chartered, Circle bring USDC minting onto banking rails
Standard Chartered and Circle launch bank-led USDC minting and redemption for institutions, starting in Dubai’s DIFC with planned global expansion....
Crypto Lending Drops to $23.3 Billion as Tether Holds 68% of CeFi Loan Market in Q1
Centralized crypto lending loan books fell 6% in Q1 2026 to $23.3 billion, marking the sector’s first quarterly contraction since Q3 2024. Tether remains dominant,...
Solana Foundation launches framework for protocol-level governance
The Solana Foundation launched a framework for protocol-level governance, enabling validators with at least 100,000 delegated SOL to publish new proposals....
Starmer gives formal apology to victims of forced adoptions
The practice saw thousands of babies taken from their mothers between 1949 and 1976....
SBI Crypto shuts Bitcoin mining pool after five-year run
SBI Crypto will shut down its Bitcoin mining pool on July 31 after more than five years, ranking 12th globally with about 2.2% of hashrate...
Crypto ETFs Split as Ether, HYPE and Solana Gain While Bitcoin Loses $295 Million
Crypto ETF flows remained uneven on Wednesday, July 1, as bitcoin funds posted a $294.62 million outflow, extending their redemption streak to 10 trading days....
Yield-bearing stablecoin slowdown ends three-year run for crypto-native products
Yield-bearing stablecoin supply fell 15% in Q2 as sUSDe and sUSDS contracted, while Treasury-backed products including BUIDL, USYC and USDY continued to grow....
OFAC sanctions 134 ISIS-K crypto wallet addresses as Tether freezes funds
OFAC added 134 crypto wallet addresses linked to ISIS-K to its sanctions list, including 131 Tron addresses that received more than $1.4 million in crypto...
Binance Re-Enters Philippines as Regulator Clears BlockShoals Sandbox
Binance is set to enter the Philippine market through a regulatory sandbox after the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission granted final approval to BlockShoals Technologies...