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Bitcoin price dips on US stocks sell-off as Micron losses pass 30%

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Bitcoin fell 1.5% from local highs amid a reversal in US stocks as markets moved from bullish US inflation cues to retail profit-taking.

Published Date: 2026-07-16 16:58:02
Creator: Cointelegraph by William Suberg
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Ethics in crypto market structure ‘really not our concern,’ says Blockchain Association CEO

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A former CFTC commissioner urged lawmakers not to “kill all the hard work that we put in the rest of the bill” by making ethics a make-or-break issue on crypto market structure.

Published Date: 2026-07-16 16:47:09
Creator: Cointelegraph by Turner Wright
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Morgan Stanley’s E*TRADE launches spot crypto trading through Zero Hash

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Eligible E*TRADE retail clients can now buy, sell and hold Bitcoin, Ether and Solana through a partnership with crypto infrastructure provider Zero Hash.

Published Date: 2026-07-16 16:32:01
Creator: Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar
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Tradable’s $1B Stellar deal adds to institutional tokenization boom

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Tradable will bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets to Stellar, extending the blockchain’s push into institutional finance and tokenized real-world assets.

Published Date: 2026-07-16 16:19:16
Creator: Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi
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Alpaca raises $135M to fund tokenized agent-first infrastructure

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The BNP-backed brokerage infrastructure provider is expanding into tokenized markets and AI-native financial services as both DeFi and TradFi companies pursue onchain business.

Published Date: 2026-07-16 13:34:19
Creator: Cointelegraph by Robert Lakin
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Gambling on random Pokémon cards: Onchain gagcha hits record high as crypto sinks

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Users spent a record $324 million on onchain gacha in June, even as Bitcoin hit a 21-month low. The thrill of scoring a top Pokemon card from a random pack is becoming big business

Published Date: 2026-07-16 13:30:00
Creator: Cointelegraph by Artem G
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Prediction markets defy crypto downturn with record Q2 volume: CoinGecko

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Prediction markets reached a record $113.8 billion in notional volume in Q2 as spot CEX trading, derivatives volume and stablecoin market cap declined.

Published Date: 2026-07-16 13:05:09
Creator: Cointelegraph by Helen Partz
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MoonPay buys Glide to bolster crypto deposits infrastructure

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MoonPay acquired Glide, a crypto infrastructure startup founded by former Robinhood Wallet engineers, to expand cross-chain crypto deposit infrastructure.

Published Date: 2026-07-16 13:00:00
Creator: Cointelegraph by Helen Partz
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Tokenized stocks market cap gains to record $2.3B

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The market capitalization of tokenized stocks rose to a record $2.3 billion, as investors sought exposure to the growing list of tokenized equity products launched by cryptocurrency exchanges.

Published Date: 2026-07-16 12:35:52
Creator: Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai
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FATF urges faster crypto AML enforcement as stablecoin crime increases

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The global task force said criminal networks are using stablecoins and developing proprietary tokens to evade asset freezes as countries struggle to enforce crypto AML rules.

Published Date: 2026-07-16 12:05:45
Creator: Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun
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