Latest from Francisco Rodrigues
Bolivia weighs adding Tether's USDT to its national payments system
Crypto usage has spiked in the country, with transaction volumes hitting $430 million in the year after the central bank removed restrictions in mid-2024.

Resurgent U.S.-Iran hostilities send bitcoin lower even as ETF flows show demand
Your day-ahead look for July 13, 2026

U.S. inflation, second-quarter earnings reports: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting July 13.

Lending protocol Bonzo loses 77% of value locked as $9 million oracle exploit rattles Hedera
Bonzo Lend lost approximately $9.05 million after an attacker exploited a verification flaw in a third-party Supra oracle contract on the Hedera network.

Japan's 'invest locally' plan likely to spur demand for assets like bitcoin, gold
Your day-ahead look for July 10, 2026

Over $7.2 billion have migrated from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP as Mantle joins exodus
Migrations to Chainlink CCIP so far include Kelp and Lombard, both of which brought over $1 billion, as well as Solv Protocol, Virtuals, Re and Kraken’s tokenized assets.


Latin America’s biggest stock exchange now offers options on bitcoin, ether and solana futures
These options settle into underlying futures contracts rather than spot cryptoassets, involving no custody, transfer, or administration of tokens.

Sony secures conditional approval to set up U.S. stablecoin trust bank
The New York-based subsidiary, fully owned by Sony Bank, will be capitalized with $40 million to support its upcoming stablecoin business operations.

BNB Chain is building a new layer-1 for high-frequency trading and AI agents
The network aims to process over 100,000 transactions per second by streaming them directly, eliminating public queues to make trades faster and more secure.

