Venezuela’s crypto activity more than doubled in the 12 months to June 30, 2026, up 107.2% to $39.1 billion, Chainalysis said. It was the fastest growth among the five biggest crypto markets in Latin America. Mexico, Argentina and Colombia grew between 13.8% and 25.5% Venezuela was fourth in the region by activity, behind Brazil at
President Donald Trump disclosed purchasing $50,001 to $100,000 worth of Strategy shares in July, according to a US Office of Government Ethics filing released Tuesday. The filing shows Trump bought $50,001 to $100,000 worth of Strategy shares on July 27, following a smaller $1,001 to $15,000 purchase three days earlier. Strategy is the world’s largest
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will make AI and tokenization the initial focus of a new supervisory priority on digital innovation starting in 2027. Across the European Union, supervisors will identify where tokenization is emerging and document how firms use or plan to use AI and tokenization in products and processes that directly
Crypto’s downturn over the last year has done little to slow stablecoins at the border, with cross-border stablecoin flows rising 77.5% in the year to June 2026 as the broader market lost more than a third of its value, according to new research from Chainalysis. In its newly released 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index, Chainalysis
Visa released the results of a survey signaling that bank-level fraud protection and insurance could drive adoption in stablecoins for cross-border transactions among US users. In a survey of 2,192 US-based customers published on Wednesday, Visa said that the “adoption intention” of stablecoins among US users could climb from 36% to 56% “in a hypothetical
Cryptocurrency payments company MoonPay is set to acquire private-markets investment platform North Capital to support its tokenization efforts, according to an emailed announcement Wednesday. Salt Lake City, Utah-based North Capital, whose platform boasts around $9 billion in primary and secondary transaction volume, will become a wholly owned subsidiary of MoonPay after the transaction closes, subject
In Russia, which continues to regulate Bitcoin and altcoins, new data released regarding the cryptocurrency market reveals that the use of digital assets in the country has reached a significant level. The latest statement on this matter came from Russian Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov. Crypto Assets in Russia Reach $44 Billion! Speaking to the
Artificial intelligence could be one of the biggest drivers for digital asset adoption as autonomous agents begin buying services, moving money and sourcing computing power, according to a BlackRock paper. The asset manager argues that AI provides “machine-native intelligence” while digital assets provide the payment and settlement infrastructure agents may need to act on their