Crypto & Web3 — July 6, 2026 Weekly
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- •The week's defining theme was institutional DeFi integration reaching an inflection point: BlackRock embedded a DeFi yield protocol into Aladdin's $20 trillion infrastructure stack, New York Life debuted tokenized corporate bonds, and Securitize listed tokenized equity on its NYSE debut — signaling that institutional adoption has moved from pilots to live financial infrastructure.
- •Macro conditions drove a decisive crypto market reversal — the DeFi TVL decline that defined June 2026 partially reversed with a $4.7 billion rebound, Bitcoin broke key resistance levels, and spot ETF inflows returned — but the recovery was macro-driven rather than crypto-native, underscoring the sector's growing dependency on global rate expectations.
- •MiCA's full enforcement created a regulatory fracture: Binance's withdrawal, an EU MiCA 2.0 rethink, the UK's undercutting of EU capital buffer rules, and a surge of European founders migrating to Dubai collectively signal that global regulatory divergence is accelerating, turning jurisdictional compliance into a primary competitive variable for exchanges and issuers alike.
- •Security risks evolved in character this week — away from pure smart contract exploits toward blockchain-level virtual machine vulnerabilities (Aptos, $70B estimated systemic risk) and tokenized asset conversion flaws (Edel Finance) — suggesting the attack surface is expanding in tandem with the industry's growing complexity and interconnectedness.
- •The stablecoin landscape is fragmenting into competing infrastructure stacks: Open USD (Stripe/Coinbase/BlackRock) challenging Circle's USDC dominance, Tether's USAT growing on compliant rails, SoFi issuing directly to retail, and BNY expanding institutional custody — a multi-vector competition that will reshape reserve management, fee structures and regulatory positioning through 2026–2027.
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- 1.|DeFi TVL rebounded from approximately $69.4 billion in late June to $74.1 billion by July 5, 2026, per DefiLlama, as Bitcoin broke above $63,000 following dovish signals from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and weak June jobs data (57,000 jobs added), ending a 10-day Bitcoin spot ETF outflow streak with $221 million in inflows on July 3 [Source: https://defillama.com/, https://www.coindesk.com/].
- 2.Ether rose nearly 10% and Solana nearly 19% on the week, with a short squeeze liquidating $281 million in bearish bets over 24 hours; Bitcoin long-term holders shifted back to net accumulation, though options markets showed traders were not fully buying the bounce [2].
- 3.The tokenized RWA market expanded to approximately $26.2 billion in active market cap and $28.4 billion in onchain market cap across 177 asset issuers per DefiLlama, with New York Life Investment Management ($807 billion AUM) launching its first tokenized fund — a U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Strategy with Centrifuge settled in USDC — and Ondo Finance debuting an SEC-aligned tokenized stock model using BlackRock ETF and Micron shares [Source: https://defillama.com/, https://www.coindesk.com/].
- 4.Securitize tokenized $295 million of its own stock on Solana and Avalanche at its NYSE debut, while NYLIM's head of multi-asset solutions argued tokenization's biggest opportunity is personalized portfolio construction at scale [2].
- 5.BlackRock integrated Ethena's USDe into its Aladdin risk management platform — used by institutions overseeing more than $20 trillion — and unveiled a $100 million liquidity facility allowing eligible BUIDL holders to exchange holdings for stablecoins outside traditional market hours, sending ENA up approximately 8% [5].
- 6.The stablecoin market held near $311–313 billion with USDT dominance around 59%; Stripe, Coinbase and BlackRock backed a rival stablecoin network called Open USD that lets partners keep reserve income and eliminates minting fees, sending Circle's stock down 13%, while BNY expanded stablecoin services for institutions starting with USDC [Source: https://defillama.com/, https://www.coindesk.com/].
- 7.Tether's USAT grew 5x to $157 million driven by GENIUS Act compliance and issuance through federally chartered Anchorage Digital, and SoFi made its bank-issued SOFID stablecoin available to 14.7 million retail customers [9].
- 8.Robinhood launched its Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain — Robinhood Chain — queryable on Dune Analytics as of July 1, 2026, while simultaneously expanding its tokenized stock offering and announcing plans to extend perpetual futures into commodities such as gold and oil, prompting rival eToro to lead a $12.5 million funding round for onchain perpetual futures exchange Extended [Source: https://dune.com/blog, https://www.coindesk.com/].
- 9.MiCA's transitional period ended July 1, 2026, with ESMA ordering unauthorized crypto-asset service providers to wind down; Binance withdrew its MiCA application days before the deadline, and CoinDesk reported Europe's framework is already undergoing a 'MiCA 2.0' rethink via a consultation closing around September, while the UK FCA proposed lower stablecoin capital buffers undercutting MiCA [2].
- 10.Security firm Hexens disclosed a critical 'stale-cache bug' in the Aptos Move virtual machine — patched February 2026 — that researchers simulated with a near-90% success rate using a $3,000 server; Hexens assessed systemic risk at approximately $70 billion including cross-chain bridges, stablecoins and centralized exchanges [7].
- 11.Edel Finance halted its lending protocol after an attacker manipulated a tokenized Google stock wrapping mechanism, inflating collateral approximately 78 times and creating roughly $403,000 in bad debt, with the flaw residing in the token conversion mechanism rather than the price oracle [6].
- 12.Aave recorded its strongest day of new-wallet creation on Ethereum since October 2021 on June 30, adding 1,806 new wallets in a single day, while Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Morpho with a $60 end-2030 price target forecasting 37-fold growth in total DeFi assets by 2030 [10].
- 13.Framework Ventures raised a $400 million fund premised on blockchain becoming the financial layer for AI compute, robotics and energy infrastructure, while Nasdaq expanded distribution of its TotalView market data feed through the Pyth Network, and J.P. Morgan expanded its Kinexys blockchain payments platform to eight currencies after processing more than $4 trillion in transactions to date [2].
- 14.Prediction markets proliferated on Solana with World launching inside Phantom wallet and Jupiter unveiling its Forecast beta, while Kalshi and the sector face legal fights with state gaming regulators and the EU moved to block retail investors from prediction markets; Bernstein analysts said Kalshi and Polymarket could become M&A targets [Source: https://www.coindesk.com/, https://dune.com/blog].
- 15.Approximately $16.69 billion has been lost to crypto hacks in total per CoinDesk, with about 40% tied to stolen private keys rather than smart contract flaws, as the industry moves toward MPC wallets, account abstraction and stronger key management practices [8].
Market Trends
DeFi TVL Rebounds to $74B as Bitcoin Recovers from Multi-Year Lows
After falling to approximately $69.4 billion in late June, total DeFi TVL rebounded sharply to $74.1 billion by July 5, 2026, per DefiLlama data [1]. Bitcoin, which had been trading below $60,000 for much of the reporting period, broke above $63,000 by July 4–5 following dovish signals from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and weak U.S. jobs data (only 57,000 jobs added in June) that reduced rate-hike expectations [2]. The recovery was accompanied by a short squeeze that liquidated $281 million in bearish …
Tokenized RWA Market Expands Beyond Treasuries Into Equities, Corporate Bonds, and Personalized Portfolios
The tokenized RWA market continued its structural expansion this period, with DefiLlama tracking a total active RWA market cap of approximately $26.2 billion and onchain market cap of $28.4 billion across 177 asset issuers [1a]. New York Life Investment Management ($807 billion AUM) launched its first tokenized fund — a U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Strategy — with Centrifuge, with subscriptions and redemptions settled in USDC, expanding tokenization beyond Treasuries and private credit into hi…
Stablecoin Market Stabilizes Near $311B as Banks Shift from Skepticism to Integration
The total stablecoin market cap held near $311–313 billion throughout the reporting period with USDT dominance around 59%, per DefiLlama data [1b]. A significant competitive shift emerged as Stripe, Coinbase and BlackRock backed a rival stablecoin network called Open Standard's Open USD, which aims to let partners keep reserve income and eliminate minting fees — sending Circle's stock down 13% [2]. CoinDesk reported that banks have stopped asking whether stablecoins belong in finance and are now…
Blockchain Becomes Financial Infrastructure for AI, Robotics, and Capital-Intensive Industries
A structural shift in how blockchain capital is deployed accelerated this period. Framework Ventures raised a $400 million fund premised on blockchain becoming the financial layer for AI compute, robotics and energy infrastructure rather than crypto-native speculation [2a]. Co-founder Michael Anderson told CoinDesk that founders are increasingly using blockchain to solve financing problems outside crypto, with tokenization unlocking cheaper financing for GPUs and other computing hardware by turn…
DeFi Security Risks Persist as Tokenized Equity Exploits and Critical Blockchain Vulnerabilities Emerge
Security risks in DeFi evolved in character this period, with new attack vectors emerging around tokenized equities and blockchain-level vulnerabilities. Edel Finance halted its lending protocol after an attacker manipulated the wrapping mechanism for a tokenized Google stock (wGOOGLx), inflating collateral values approximately 78 times and creating roughly $403,000 in bad debt — with the flaw residing in the token conversion mechanism rather than the price oracle [6]. Security firm Hexens discl…
Competitor Trends
Robinhood Launches Its Own Blockchain and Expands Tokenized Stock and Perpetuals Offerings
Robinhood rolled out its own Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain — Robinhood Chain — designed to bring tokenized stocks and other real-world assets onchain, with the chain becoming queryable on Dune Analytics as of July 1, 2026 [9]. CoinDesk reported that Robinhood simultaneously expanded its tokenized stock offering and announced plans to extend its perpetual futures business beyond cryptocurrencies into commodities such as gold and oil [12]. This positions Robinhood as a direct competitor to both trad…
BlackRock Deepens DeFi Integration via Ethena Partnership and Liquidity Facility
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, integrated Ethena's yield-generating USDe token into its Aladdin risk management platform — used by banks, insurers, pension funds and asset managers overseeing more than $20 trillion in combined assets — and unveiled a $100 million liquidity facility allowing eligible BUIDL holders to exchange holdings for USDC, USDtb and other stablecoins outside traditional market hours [5]. The announcement sent Ethena's governance token ENA up about 8% on the da…
Aave Records Strongest New-Wallet Growth Day in Nearly Five Years as DeFi Interest Returns
Aave recorded its strongest day of new-wallet creation on Ethereum since October 2021 on June 30, adding 1,806 new wallets in a single day per analytics firm Santiment, even as the broader crypto market weakened [10]. The protocol held approximately $12.2 billion in total value locked, supported by anticipation around its V4 upgrade and revenue-focused Smart Value Recapture mechanism. Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Morpho with a $60 end-2030 price target, calling it a dual-play on DeFi…
Polygon Consolidates Enterprise Payments Leadership with 5,000 TPS and Open Money Stack
Polygon published a comprehensive account of its enterprise payments position, reporting that $2.6 trillion in stablecoin value has moved through Polygon, with $3.8 billion in stablecoins currently on the network and stablecoin volume growing 264% year-over-year in 2025 [13] (company announcement — may reflect promotional framing). Polygon Chain now handles up to 5,000 payments per second after a gas limit upgrade to 160M, with a Gigagas roadmap targeting 100,000 TPS. Enterprise partners include…
Prediction Market Platforms Proliferate on Solana as Sector Faces Legal and Consolidation Pressures
The prediction market sector saw simultaneous expansion and legal pressure this period. World, a new fully onchain prediction market on Solana, launched inside the Phantom wallet and at world.xyz, using Chainlink as its primary oracle infrastructure and Phantom's CASH stablecoin for settlement [17]. Jupiter unveiled its Forecast beta on June 29, offering 15-minute bitcoin price markets. Dune Analytics published research on Kalshi and Polymarket pricing for the SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs […
Regulatory Trends
MiCA Takes Full Effect July 1, Triggering Exchange Exits, Regulatory Arbitrage, and EU Framework Review
The MiCA transitional period ended on July 1, 2026, with ESMA calling on unauthorized crypto-asset service providers to wind down their businesses in an orderly manner [2]. CoinDesk reported that MiCA's looming deadline could leave 10 million crypto users without a platform in the EU, and that Europe's unlicensed crypto firms face 'wipeout.' Binance withdrew its MiCA application days before the July 1 deadline, with its Europe head stating the company met Greece's licensing requirements and rema…
U.S. Clarity Act Faces Senate Hurdles as White House Engages Law Enforcement on Illicit Finance Provisions
The U.S. Clarity Act's path through the Senate remained contested this period. Jefferies warned of crypto market volatility as the Clarity Act faces a Senate test, saying passage would boost institutional crypto adoption while delays would prolong regulatory uncertainty [2]. CoinDesk reported that White House officials are sitting down with law enforcement representatives who have objected to illicit-finance portions of the bill [2]. The SEC sought public comment on novel exchange-traded funds o…
DTCC-Stellar Tokenization Partnership and Paxos SEC Clearing Registration Advance Institutional Settlement Infrastructure
Two landmark institutional infrastructure developments from the prior period continued to shape the regulatory landscape. DTCC and the Stellar Development Foundation announced they will enable tokenization of DTC-custodied assets on Stellar, with assets expected to be available in the first half of 2027, following a December 2025 SEC no-action letter authorizing DTC to run a tokenization service [9a]. The first asset classes under evaluation include Russell 1000 constituents, ETFs tracking major…
CFTC Approves First Regulated U.S. Bitcoin Perpetual; CME Expands 24/7 Crypto Trading
On May 29, 2026, the CFTC issued its first policy statement on perpetual contracts and approved Kalshi's BTCPERP, the first regulated U.S. bitcoin perpetual futures contract listed on a Designated Contract Market [9a]. The same day, CME Group switched on 24/7 trading across its crypto futures and options covering BTC, ETH, SOL and seven other altcoins. The CFTC's clearance is narrow — covering bitcoin only — with perpetuals on other asset classes including equities, metals and agricultural produ…
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Robinhood Chain Goes Live on Dune; Robinhood Expands Tokenized Stocks and Commodity Perps
Robinhood's Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain became queryable on Dune Analytics as of July 1, 2026, designed to bring tokenized stocks and real-world assets onchain [9]. CoinDesk reported Robinhood simultaneously expanded its tokenized stock offering and announced plans to extend perpetual futures into commodities such as gold and oil [12]. This marks Robinhood's entry as a vertically integrated blockchain operator competing with both traditional brokerages and crypto-native platforms.
DeFi TVL Rebounds from $69.4B to $74.1B as Bitcoin Recovers Above $62,000
Total DeFi TVL recovered from approximately $69.4 billion in late June to $74.1 billion by July 5, 2026, per DefiLlama [1]. Bitcoin broke above $62,000 following dovish Fed signals and weak June jobs data (57,000 jobs added), ending a 10-day Bitcoin ETF outflow streak with $221 million in inflows on July 3 [2]. This represents a meaningful reversal from the prior period's sustained decline, though options markets showed traders were not fully buying the bounce.
BlackRock Integrates Ethena USDe into Aladdin Platform with $100M BUIDL Liquidity Facility
BlackRock integrated Ethena's USDe into its Aladdin risk management platform — used by institutions overseeing more than $20 trillion — and unveiled a $100 million liquidity facility for BUIDL holders to swap into stablecoins outside market hours [5]. ENA rose approximately 8% on the announcement. This is the deepest integration yet between a major traditional asset manager's core infrastructure and a DeFi protocol.
MiCA Transitional Period Ends July 1; Binance Withdraws Application, EU Begins MiCA 2.0 Review
MiCA's transitional period ended on July 1, 2026, with ESMA ordering unauthorized providers to wind down [2]. Binance withdrew its MiCA application days before the deadline. CoinDesk reported Europe's crypto framework is already undergoing a 'MiCA 2.0' rethink via a consultation closing around September, while the UK FCA proposed lower stablecoin capital buffers undercutting MiCA requirements [2]. This evolves the prior period's Binance EU exit into a broader regulatory divergence between EU, UK…
Aptos Critical Vulnerability Disclosed: $70B Systemic Risk Simulated with $3,000 Server
Security firm Hexens disclosed a critical 'stale-cache bug' in the Aptos Move virtual machine, patched in February 2026, that researchers simulated with a near-90% success rate using a $3,000 server setup. Hexens assessed broader first-order systemic risk at approximately $70 billion including cross-chain bridges, stablecoins and centralized exchanges [7]. Aptos confirmed the patch was deployed within hours of discovery and no funds were impacted. The disclosure illustrates the systemic risk sur…
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Source: Dune Analytics Blog — Dune Digest 59Strategic Insights (10)
- 1.BlackRock's integration of Ethena's USDe into Aladdin — the risk management backbone for institutions overseeing more than $20 trillion — represents a structural watershed: DeFi yield protocols are no longer alternatives to TradFi infrastructure but are being embedded within it, suggesting the long-term competitive dynamic is not DeFi vs. TradFi but which DeFi protocols achieve institutional infrastructure integration first [5].
- 2.The tokenized RWA market's expansion beyond Treasuries into high-yield corporate bonds (NYLIM/Centrifuge), tokenized equities (Ondo/Securitize), and personalized portfolio construction signals a maturation from proof-of-concept to multi-asset-class infrastructure — but the IMF's warning that tokenization could make finance more susceptible to sudden shocks indicates systemic risk frameworks have not kept pace with the market's structural growth [Source: https://www.coindesk.com/, https://defilla…
- 3.The emergence of Robinhood Chain as a vertically integrated Ethereum L2 operated by a regulated broker — simultaneously handling tokenized stocks, commodity perpetuals and DeFi infrastructure — represents a new competitive archetype that traditional exchanges, crypto-native venues and DeFi protocols are all unprepared to match, blurring the regulatory perimeters that have historically separated these categories [Source: https://dune.com/blog, https://www.coindesk.com/].
- 4.The Open USD coalition (Stripe, Coinbase, BlackRock) offering reserve income sharing and zero minting fees as competitive differentiators against Circle's USDC signals that stablecoin competition has entered a margin-compression phase — the reserve income that Circle depends on for viability is being weaponized against it by larger platform players, with Circle's 13% stock decline reflecting market recognition of this structural pressure [2].
- 5.The Aptos 'stale-cache bug' disclosure — $70 billion in estimated systemic risk exploitable with a $3,000 commodity server — illustrates that blockchain-level virtual machine vulnerabilities now constitute a systemic risk category comparable to smart contract exploits, yet receive far less routine security scrutiny; as blockchain infrastructure hosts increasing institutional assets, VM-level security auditing must become a standard disclosure and governance requirement [7].
- 6.MiCA's enforcement triggering Binance's withdrawal, a MiCA 2.0 consultation, UK regulatory undercutting, and a European founder exodus to Dubai collectively reveal that the EU's comprehensive regulatory framework has not produced the intended market stability but has instead accelerated regulatory arbitrage — the fundamental tension between harmonization ambitions and competitive regulatory dynamics among major jurisdictions [2].
- 7.Framework Ventures' $400 million fund premised on blockchain as financial infrastructure for AI compute and robotics — rather than crypto speculation — represents the clearest signal yet that sophisticated institutional capital is reframing blockchain's total addressable market from financial services alone to capital formation for the broader digital economy, with tokenized GPU collateral as the first concrete use case [2].
- 8.The simultaneous proliferation of prediction market platforms on Solana (World, Jupiter Forecast) and their legal battles with state gaming regulators and EU derivative regulators illustrates the central tension of the Web3 sector: on-chain composability enables rapid product iteration, but the resulting regulatory ambiguity creates existential compliance risk at scale, making M&A by regulated entities (as Bernstein analysts suggest) the most viable path to mainstream legitimacy [Source: https:/…
- 9.The reversal of DeFi TVL from $69.4B to $74.1B driven by Fed dovishness and weak jobs data — rather than protocol-native developments — confirms that open DeFi markets have become a high-beta macro risk asset class, with institutional tokenization and stablecoin adoption continuing on their own structural trajectories largely independent of open-market price cycles [Source: https://defillama.com/, https://www.coindesk.com/].
- 10.The shift in crypto hack losses — with 40% attributed to stolen private keys rather than smart contract vulnerabilities — combined with the industry's move toward MPC wallets and account abstraction signals that key management infrastructure, rather than smart contract auditing alone, is becoming the primary security battleground for institutional crypto custody [8].
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DefiLlama data showed total DeFi TVL rebounding from approximately $69.4 billion in late June to $74.1 billion by July 5, 2026; RWA active market cap at approximately $26.2 billion across 177 asset issuers; stablecoin market cap near $311–313 billion with USDT dominance around 59%.
CoinDesk reported Bitcoin breaking above $63,000 on dovish Fed signals and weak June jobs data (57,000 jobs added), ending a 10-day spot ETF outflow streak with $221 million in inflows on July 3; Ether up nearly 10% and Solana up nearly 19% on the week; $281 million in bearish liquidations in 24 hours.
New York Life Investment Management ($807B AUM) launched its first tokenized fund — a U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Strategy with Centrifuge — with subscriptions and redemptions settled in USDC, expanding tokenization beyond Treasuries into higher-yield fixed income.
NYLIM's head of multi-asset solutions argued tokenization's biggest near-term opportunity is personalized portfolio construction at scale, a use case not yet possible in traditional finance.
BlackRock integrated Ethena's USDe into its Aladdin risk management platform and unveiled a $100 million BUIDL liquidity facility for stablecoin swaps outside market hours; ENA rose approximately 8%.
Edel Finance halted its lending protocol after an attacker manipulated a tokenized Google stock wrapping mechanism, inflating collateral approximately 78 times and creating roughly $403,000 in bad debt.
Security firm Hexens disclosed a critical stale-cache bug in the Aptos Move VM, patched February 2026, exploitable with a $3,000 server at near-90% success rate; estimated systemic risk approximately $70 billion including cross-chain bridges, stablecoins and centralized exchanges.
CoinDesk reported approximately $16.69 billion lost to crypto hacks in total, with about 40% tied to stolen private keys rather than smart contract flaws; industry moving toward MPC wallets and account abstraction.
Dune Digest 59 covered Robinhood Chain becoming queryable on Dune as of July 1, Tether USAT growing 5x to $157 million, SoFi's SOFID stablecoin available to 14.7 million customers, DTCC-Stellar tokenization with assets expected H1 2027, Paxos SEC clearing registration, CFTC approval of Kalshi BTCPERP, and CME 24/7 crypto trading launch.
Aave recorded its strongest day of new-wallet creation on Ethereum since October 2021 on June 30, adding 1,806 new wallets; held approximately $12.2 billion TVL. Standard Chartered initiated Morpho coverage with $60 end-2030 price target forecasting 37-fold DeFi growth by 2030.
Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Morpho with a $60 end-2030 price target, describing it as a dual-play on DeFi lending and onchain infrastructure; Morpho had raised $175 million and grown to roughly one-quarter the size of Aave by deposits.
Robinhood expanded tokenized stock offering and announced commodity perpetual futures; eToro led a $12.5 million funding round for onchain perpetual futures exchange Extended, founded by former Revolut crypto head Ruslan Fakhrutdinov.
Polygon reported $2.6 trillion in stablecoin value moved through its network, $3.8 billion in stablecoins on-chain, 264% stablecoin volume growth year-over-year in 2025, and 5,000 TPS after gas limit upgrade; enterprise partners include Stripe, Mastercard, Revolut, Paxos, Cash App and BlackRock BUIDL (company announcement — may reflect promotional framing).
Polygon co-authored the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance's first privacy report, positioning Polygon CDK's configurable privacy as a key differentiator for institutional adoption (company announcement — may reflect promotional framing).
Nasdaq expanded distribution of its TotalView market data feed through the Pyth Network's blockchain marketplace, joining Tradeweb, SGX and the U.S. Department of Commerce as Pyth contributors.
J.P. Morgan expanded its Kinexys blockchain payments platform to eight currencies — adding AUD, HKD, JPY, CNY and SGD — with the platform having processed more than $4 trillion in transactions to date.
World, a new fully onchain prediction market, launched inside the Phantom wallet and at world.xyz, using Chainlink as its oracle and Phantom's CASH stablecoin for settlement.
The SEC sought public comment on novel exchange-traded funds on June 30, 2026, and jointly with the CFTC sought public comment on harmonization of portfolio margining frameworks on June 26, 2026.
Coin Center published analysis arguing courts must rule on open-source software developers and money transmission rather than relying on prosecutorial discretion.