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Hedera Lands in Two Major Institutional Reports This Month: FATF and HM Treasury
Hedera drew notice from two major institutions in July 2026. Both bodies sit far from crypto marketing hype. First, the Financial Action Task Force published its DeFi report. That report examines how anti-money-laundering rules reach decentralised finance. DeFi total value locked now nears 86.6 billion dollars. Yet 132 of 142 surveyed countries still identify no…
South Korea Bank Adopts JPMorgan Kinexys.
KB Kookmin becomes South Korea’s first bank to use JPMorgan’s Kinexys payments network. New service enables faster USD transfers across 10 countries for import and export firms. Kinexys integrates with SWIFT to deliver near-instant settlement for corporate payments. South Korea’s largest lender, KB Kookmin Bank, will launch a blockchain-based cross-border payment service using JPMorgan’s Kinexys…
France blocked Polymarket after its transaction controls failed to stop 578,751 new French visitors
France’s gambling regulator ordered internet service providers to block access to Polymarket, the crypto prediction-market platform, escalating beyond a transaction geofence that it said had been circumvented in practice. The Autorité nationale des jeux published the order on July 17, arguing that Polymarket’s website promoted an unauthorized gambling offering even where the earlier restriction was…
Why the CLARITY Act’s Ethics Fight Could Derail the Market Structure Bill
The long-awaited US Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY) has hit another snag. This time, it’s not software developers or the turf war between federal regulators at stake, but the thornier question of ethics — ironic, given many politicians’ demonstrable disdain for them. After months of negotiations and what Coinbase’s chief executive Brian Armstrong called…
Bitcoin May Have Just Two 2026 Bear-Market Months Left
Bitcoin (BTC) starts the new week with a bump as traders brace for more macro volatility. Key points: Bitcoin gets knocked back toward $62,000, but a trader is already eyeing the end of the bear market by September. A new BTC price “death cross” forms the latest signal that the bear market may have just…
IMF Paper Warns Dollar Stablecoins Can Trigger Currency Crisis
A new International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper finds dollar stablecoins can amplify currency runs in economies defending an overvalued fixed exchange rate, turning fragmented parallel-market prices into a single signal that lets households exit at once. IMF researcher Brandon Joel Tan describes a state-dependent effect. Stablecoins raise welfare during calm periods but deepen crisis…
