AliExpress hit with $629 million EU fine over sales of illegal, counterfeit products

Crypto exchanges are increasingly becoming distribution platforms for Wall Street exposure as trading in tokenized stocks and real-world asset derivatives accelerates across crypto markets. Tokenized assets became the most-listed category across major centralized exchanges in the first half of 2026, accounting for nearly one in every five new listings, CryptoRank data shows. The category represented…

Investor borrowing in the US stock market has reached a level that historically signals elevated risk across the financial system. Margin debt climbed to a record $1.5 trillion in June, reports Adam Kobeissi, citing data from FINRA, NYSE and JPMorgan. “This marks the 3rd consecutive monthly increase, totaling +$281.2 billion, or +23%. Margin debt has…

When a major exchange sheds $1.8 billion in a stablecoin, the market usually expects a rival to vacuum up that liquidity. The Q2 2026 $USDC outflows from Binance, however, did not land at OKX. Instead, Bybit absorbed the largest share of redirected volumes, growing its $USDC balance 45% while the broader market contracted. The data,…

The global exchange drive into Southeast Asia tightened its grip this week. Bybit, already ranked among the largest trading venues by volume, has formalized its entry into Indonesia through a majority acquisition of local platform NOBI, according to the original report. The deal hands Bybit a fully licensed local entity and a direct path to…

Enterprise blockchain adoption is moving faster than retail Web3 innovation in 2026 because large organizations now have three things they did not have at scale in the last cycle: clearer rules, mature infrastructure, and business cases a CFO can actually measure. Retail Web3 is still active. Consumer DeFi, gaming, and NFT communities keep shipping. But…