Your AI assistant just got a wallet, and you're about to find out if you trust it more than you trust yourself. MoonPay launched PayBox, a vault system that lets ChatGPT and Claude users authorize crypto purchases, token swaps, and cross-chain transactions while retaining custody of their assets
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While the Senate stalls, the SEC is sharpening its pen and China is moving trillions through digital rails the U.S. doesn't even have yet. The Crypto Clarity Act passed the House a year ago, cleared Senate Banking in May, and is still waiting for a floor vote that won't happen before August recess
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The exchange graveyard is filling up fast, but the real story is what survived and why most didn't have to die. 101 crypto projects shut down in 2026, with DeFi protocols leading the casualty count — a reversal from exchanges dominating past wipeouts
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Robinhood is winning the revenue diversification game today, but Coinbase is building the rails for an economy where agents buy stock and coffee with the same wallet.
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The president who promised crypto clarity just became its biggest regulatory conflict of interest. President Trump's $1.4 billion crypto windfall is now the primary obstacle to passing the Clarity Act, his administration's sweeping digital-asset legislation
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The bank that once called Bitcoin "not a store of value" now thinks retail investors deserve Solana exposure. Morgan Stanley launched spot Ethereum and Solana exchange-traded products, expanding beyond its Bitcoin fund which topped $381 million in assets
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The world's most aggressive corporate Bitcoin buyer just hit pause for a month and started buying back its own stock instead. Strategy has not bought Bitcoin for five consecutive weeks, instead funneling $544.5 million from stock sales into cash reserves, now sitting at $3.75 billion
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The crypto industry's favorite bill just learned that being bipartisan doesn't mean you get to skip the line.
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While crypto founders chase the AI rebrand, Armstrong just dropped proof that the marriage already happened: 100 million AI-to-AI payments on Base. Brian Armstrong says AI agents will become the largest users of crypto rails, not a competitive threat to blockchain technology
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While the Senate schedules its crypto vote, China has already moved $2.37 trillion through digital yuan rails. The US Senate will vote on crypto market structure legislation within 7 days, though the Crypto Clarity Act specifically faces delays and an uncertain future
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Base just crossed 100 million AI agent payments, and the biggest crypto exchange in America thinks it's not a milestone but a message: banking isn't built for machines.
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When an exchange token loses half its value in hours, you're watching the death rattle of a business model that never quite worked. BitMart announced Sunday it will wind down operations, with trading ending August 26 and full platform closure by January 2027
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The derivatives casino just grew up and started trading actual company shares instead of dog coins. Tokenized real-world assets became the largest trading category on Hyperliquid, accounting for more than half the decentralized exchange's weekly trading volume for the first time
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When fines cross $7 billion, they stop being regulatory enforcement and start looking like industrial policy with an accent. 25 US lawmakers are pushing for Section 301 trade investigations into EU digital regulations after fines against Google, Apple, and Meta exceeded $7B
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Robinhood built a blockchain for tokenized stocks, and instead got the fastest-growing memecoin casino in crypto. Memecoin.fun, a launchpad on Robinhood Chain, raised $3.5M led by Becker Ventures — funding the infrastructure for what's actually driving adoption
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The smart money is buying what scared money is selling, and the gap between the two just became impossible to ignore. Corporate buyers added 115,000 Bitcoin ($7.4B) in Q2 2026 while individual holders sold 78,000 BTC during the same period, per River's analysis
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The donation landed while regulators are still deciding whether to let Gemini off the hook. Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss sold Bitcoin to donate $10M to a Trump super PAC, marking their second major crypto contribution to the former president's political operation
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The moment an AI can pay for its own API calls is the moment it stops being a tool and starts being a customer. Coinbase Business now lets corporate customers accept USDC payments from AI agents using the x402 protocol, which Coinbase developed and incubated
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A sovereign wealth fund's private markets arm just went multi-chain, and Coinbase is bringing retail along for the ride. Mubadala Capital launched a $75M tokenized private markets fund through KAIO across three chains: Solana, Base, and Sui
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When the world's largest asset manager's clients suddenly get hungry for Bitcoin—$202 million in two days hungry—that's not retail FOMO, that's institutional validation with a price tag.
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