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Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, July 16th, 2026, Chainwire Cryptocurrency exchange Bitunix has launched the Bitunix Card, a Visa-powered payment solution that allows users to spend their funds on everyday purchases, and earn yield on idle balances. The launch reflects a growing demand for practical crypto products that connect digital assets with everyday spending. Instead of moving funds between multiple platforms, Bitunix users can now manage payments, and earnings from one place. The Bitunix Card can be used at more than 130 million merchants worldwide that accept Visa payments. Users can pay for everyday services and subscriptions such as…

Javier Mascherano said that a team does not stay at the top for years through casualty. You can pull to your side in football, and anyone can find a reason to doubt a specific result on a specific night. But over six years, across a Copa América, a World Cup, and a run that broke record after record, Argentina has not been at the front of global football by accident. That is not a theory. That is a pattern. The 2014 team reached the final on desire, on sacrifice, and on the quality of specific individuals who covered the gaps…

Bitmine owns 4.8% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 96% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 12 months Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap index on June 26, 2026 Bitmine’s Series A Preferred Stock is trading on the NYSE under the symbol BMNP Bitmine remains supported by a premier group of institutional investors including ARK’s Cathie Wood, MOZAYYX, Founders Fund, Bill Miller III, Pantera, Kraken, DCG, Galaxy Digital and personal investor Thomas “Tom” Lee to support Bitmine’s goal of acquiring 5% of ETH NORWALK, Conn., July 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/…

Dubai, UAE, July 16th, 2026, Chainwire Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, received two industry awards at the Peru Blockchain Conference 2026, reinforcing its growing leadership in Latin America’s digital asset ecosystem. Bybit was honored with the Excellence in Innovation for Trading & Web3 Ecosystems award and Best Strategic Leadership for Latin America, recognizing the company’s continued investment in product innovation, user experience, and its contribution to advancing the region’s digital asset industry. Designed to bridge crypto with everyday finance, the Bybit Card offers 100% cashback on eligible subscription services such as Netflix and Spotify, alongside a…

Leading stablecoin issuer Tether invested $20 million in Argentine neobank Ualá, taking an equity stake in a financial platform with more than 11 million customers across Argentina, Mexico and Colombia.The investment was part of Ualá’s $197 million funding round announced in March, led by Allianz X at a $3.2 billion post-money valuation.Tether was initially mentioned in Ualá’s announcement, and only later on unveiled the $20 million investment figure. Given the headline valuation, the investment should represent a rough 0.6% stake in the neobank’s post-money equity though the terms may differ.Ualá offers accounts, cards, lending and investments to more than 11…

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 million in the three months ended June 30.The results extend a lucrative expansion into cryptocurrency products that began with the launch of BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin and ETH exchange-traded funds in 2024. These funds generated about $174 million in net sponsor fees last year as digital-asset prices…

The United Kingdom is preparing to become the first G7 nation to issue a digital sovereign bond, marking a significant milestone in the adoption of blockchain technology within traditional finance. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that the inaugural Digital Gilt Instrument (DIGIT) is expected to launch by early 2027, positioning the UK as an early leader in the tokenization of government debt.Speaking during her annual Mansion House address in London, Reeves said the issuance forms part of the government’s broader strategy to modernize financial markets and reinforce the UK’s role as a global digital finance hub. Officials also confirmed that additional…

US authorities froze over $130 million, while renewed strikes and a naval blockade intensified regional tensions. The United States has frozen more than $130 million in crypto assets linked to Iran as hostilities in the Middle East continue to intensify. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took to X to confirm that the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned multiple crypto wallets tied to the Central Bank of Iran. Escalating Hostilities Bessent said the action is part of the Treasury’s broader effort to disrupt and degrade Iran’s illicit financial activities. He added, “We will continue to aggressively follow…

Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak said he is stepping back from leading the Base app after acknowledging that his bet on an onchain social economy failed to drive crypto adoption as he had expected.The Base creator said he had spent the last two years betting that builders and onchain-native social experiences, including Farcaster, Zora, mini apps and creator coins, would fuel crypto’s next growth wave. But in a post on X on Wednesday, he said while developers did spur adoption through products like stablecoins, prediction markets and perpetual futures, social applications “disintegrated completely.” “I was definitively wrong,” Pollak wrote, adding that Base’s…

Researchers at Stanford University and Singapore Management University found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets create incentives for traders to manipulate spot prices around settlement, allowing sophisticated participants to profit at the expense of retail traders.The study examined contracts in which traders bet on whether Bitcoin’s price would end above or below a predetermined level after five minutes. Because the contracts settle using Chainlink price feeds based on Bitcoin’s price at the end of each trading window, traders have an incentive to influence the spot market immediately before settlement.Analyzing trading activity before and after Polymarket introduced the contracts in July…