Volksbanken and Sparkassen Open Crypto Retail: Germany Banks Bitcoin
German cooperative banks open crypto trading to millions of retail customers under the MiCA framework. Banked retail crypto is scaling up.
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Standard Chartered Joins ESMA MiCA Register: Traditional Finance Enters European Crypto Framework
MiCA Day+2: ESMA Publishes First CASP Register Update. Standard Chartered Listed. Binance Still Absent. Regulatory Divide Widens.
yesterday 8 8
Lars Eriksson
AI Infrastructure: $638 Billion Order Book, 18-Month Low Prices - The Cycle Discount
The AI paradox: the companies building tomorrow's data centers see their stocks decline while their order books overflow.
Jul 2, 2026 at 16:36 9 9
Arjun Mehta
MiCA D-Day: Binance Suspended in the EU, the Great European Crypto Market Shutdown is Complete
On July 1, 2026, Europe shifted into the era of regulated crypto. Binance is out. Coinbase, Kraken, and Paymium are in. The market will never be the same again.
Jul 1, 2026 at 22:49 8 9
Lars Eriksson
Morgan Stanley receives conditional approval from the OCC for crypto custody: Wall Street enters the digital vault
When one of the world's largest banks gains the right to hold your crypto-assets directly under a federal license, the sector's value chain undergoes a profound reconfiguration.
Jun 30, 2026 at 23:30 8 9
Aisha Bello
Air Products cancels its clean energy project in Louisiana and takes a $2.9B charge: a warning signal for clean hydrogen
One of America's largest clean hydrogen projects is being scrapped. Air Products records up to $2.9 billion in pre-tax charges—a strong signal about the economic limits of high-cost energy transition.
Jun 30, 2026 at 16:47 6 8
Lucia Ferraz
BlackRock Integrates Ethena's USDe into Aladdin: Institutional Finance Adopts Its First DeFi Synthetic Dollar
BlackRock has just integrated USDe, Ethena's synthetic dollar, into its Aladdin platform, which oversees $20 trillion in institutional assets. A world first: a native DeFi asset enters the risk management layer of the world's largest sovereign funds.
Jun 29, 2026 at 20:49 9 9
Elena Fischer
USDT at +8.5% Premium in India: Crypto Crackdown Fuels Black Market for Digital Dollar
After a wave of crackdowns on crypto payments, Tether (USDT) is trading at an 8.5% premium in India—signaling structural demand for dollarization that regulation fails to suppress.
Jun 29, 2026 at 17:15 12 13
Lars Eriksson
Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Great Migration to AI-Boosted Private Equity
Global sovereign wealth funds are massively reallocating from public markets to private equity, driven by a shared conviction: the best opportunities from the AI wave are being negotiated off-exchange—and SWFs, with their 20- to 30-year horizons, are structurally best positioned to capture them.
Jun 29, 2026 at 09:04 8 11
Eleanor Whitfield
Bitcoin flirts with a two-year low: $1.3B in ETF buybacks betray institutional disengagement
The week of June 26 marks a turning point: BTC approaches its lowest level since August 2024 while U.S. spot ETFs experience their worst week of outflows since their launch.
Jun 28, 2026 at 11:18 12 11
Yuki Tanaka
Airwallex Raises $320M at $11B Valuation: AI Agents Enter Corporate Finance
The Australian-Hong Kong fintech becomes the first cross-border payments platform to bet on autonomous AI agents for managing corporate treasury. With an $11 billion valuation, it joins the big leagues.
Jun 26, 2026 at 08:37 11 11
Aisha Bello
Binance Leaves EU After June 30: MiCA Deadline Forces First Major Break in European Crypto Market
Binance's suspension in several EU countries leaves millions of users without a solution – and marks the first major regulatory shift of the MiCA era.
Jun 25, 2026 at 22:33 11 10