Treasury Doubles Long-Bond Buybacks and Triggers a Cross-Asset Relief Rally
A larger U.S. Treasury buyback programme pulled long yields lower and set off sharp moves across bonds, gold, equities and crypto.
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Cantor Opens Institutional Block Trading for Kalshi Event Contracts
Cantor is bringing negotiated, institutional-size block trades to Kalshi as prediction markets seek a role in professional risk management.
• Fintech
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HSBC and Standard Chartered Complete Swift’s First Live Tokenised Deposit Transfer
Two global banks have used Swift’s blockchain ledger to coordinate a live cross-border tokenised-deposit transaction while retaining existing settlement rails.
• RWA
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Long Treasury Yields Reach 2007 High as Foreign Holdings Retreat
The 30-year yield climbed above 5.3% while June data showed lower foreign Treasury holdings, intensifying the debate over long-term demand.
• Markets
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Compound Commits $52 Million to an Institutional RWA Pivot
The DeFi lender is funding its largest development program yet as it seeks institutional credit, tokenized assets and a route back to scale.
• RWA
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Treasury Draws the Distribution Boundary for U.S. Stablecoins
A proposed GENIUS Act rule would make issuers and distribution platforms responsible for keeping non-permitted stablecoins away from U.S. customers.
• Blockchain
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Higgsfield Raises $400 Million as AI Video Moves Upmarket
Goldman Sachs, Intel and DST Global backed the AI video company at a $5.4 billion valuation as enterprise customers reshape its business.
• Markets
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Private Credit Enters Its Hardest Test in Nearly a Decade
Troubled loans are rising across listed private-credit funds, exposing the cost of boom-era underwriting and testing a $2 trillion asset class.
• Markets
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SafePal Breach Exposes Customer Records, Not Wallet Keys
A flaw in an order-tracking plugin exposed records for nearly 40,000 customers, creating a phishing risk even though wallet credentials remained secure.
• Blockchain
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German Investment in the United States Falls to a Three-Year Low
German direct investment into the United States fell nearly two-thirds in the first half of 2026, revealing how trade-policy uncertainty is delaying fresh corporate commitments.
• Markets
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Europe’s Heatwaves Expose a Growing Business Insurance Gap
Extreme heat is cutting sales and productivity across Europe, but conventional interruption policies often do not respond when losses occur without physical damage.
• Markets
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Kalshi Faces a $120,000-a-Day Test of Its Nevada Geofence
Nevada says investigators traded on Kalshi after a court deadline, while the federally regulated prediction market argues that the state’s penalty push violates federal law.
• Fintech
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Crypto Startup Funding Tilts Toward Regulated Financial Rails
A new review of 377 disclosed crypto funding rounds says payments, prediction markets and trading platforms captured most first-half capital, though the underlying dataset is not public.
• Blockchain
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Anthropic’s IPO Math Leans on a $190 Billion 2028 Revenue Forecast
Bankers and investors are reportedly looking two years ahead to value Anthropic, exposing how much of a potential blockbuster IPO rests on exceptional growth assumptions.
• Markets
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OCC Gives World Liberty a Conditional Path to a National Trust Bank
World Liberty can advance plans to issue and custody USD1 under a federal trust charter, but final authorization still depends on capital, liquidity, governance and compliance conditions.
• Blockchain
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U.S. Retail Sales Retreat as the Consumer Engine Loses Momentum
July retail sales fell 0.6%, weakening the third-quarter growth outlook and reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve will leave rates unchanged in September.
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Bank Leumi Chooses Galaxy to Put Crypto Trading Inside Its Banking App
Israel’s largest bank plans to let Leumi and PEPPER customers trade Bitcoin, Ether and Solana through its own investment app from early 2027.
• Fintech
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SEC Delays Tokenization Exemption as Legal and Market-Structure Concerns Mount
The SEC postponed its first major crypto rule and a related tokenization exemption as Washington and Wall Street questioned the agency's timing, authority and market safeguards.
• RWA
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Tame Producer Prices Push S&P 500 to a Record as Rate-Hike Risk Recedes
Flat July producer prices lowered expectations of a September Federal Reserve increase and helped the S&P 500 close at a fresh record.
• Markets
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Tether Clears First Full Audit but Disclosure Questions Remain
KPMG issued an unqualified opinion on Tether's 2025 financial statements, marking a major step beyond reserve attestations while leaving the full report unpublished.
• Blockchain