Crypto Events Calendar

SBI Group and Ondo Finance have formed a strategic partnership to tokenize Japanese stocks and real-world assets onchain using the JPYSC yen stablecoin, aiming to expand tokenized finance in Japan, enhance accessibility and efficiency in trading, and distribute Ondo products through SBI’s extensive financial network.

Alpaca, backed by major institutions, is raising $435M to expand AI-driven trading, tokenized stocks, and onchain brokerage, positioning itself as a prime broker that could disrupt traditional finance while already custodying over $1.5B and the vast majority of tokenized U.S. equities.

MoonPay has acquired Y Combinator-backed crypto deposits startup Glide in an all-equity deal, its sixth acquisition in 2026, to expand cross-chain deposit infrastructure, simplify crypto payments, and strengthen its competitive position, leveraging Glide’s $100M+ annual volume across 100+ tokens and 30+ blockchains.

U.S. sanctions on four Iran-linked crypto wallets prompted Tether to freeze about $131–165 million in USDT on TRON, showing that even “borderless” blockchain funds can be locked at the contract level by centralized stablecoin issuers under government pressure, amid rising regional tensions and naval blockades.

Visa envisions AI-driven “agentic commerce” using both cards and stablecoins, with stablecoins handling cheap, high-volume micropayments and cards covering traditional use, creating a hybrid payment infrastructure optimized for autonomous machine-to-machine transactions.

Volvo Group is exploring blockchain and a proprietary cryptocurrency to optimize its supply chain, aiming to improve payments, traceability, and compliance, but the project remains in early testing and ideation with uncertain impact until broader adoption occurs.

Tanzania’s central bank is finalizing a legal framework to regulate cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and virtual assets, aiming to protect especially young investors, align with global trends, attract investment, and replace restrictive policies with structured oversight in a rapidly growing digital asset market.

Prediction markets show low and volatile odds for the CLARITY/Crypto Clarity Act becoming law by 2026, reflecting persistent regulatory uncertainty, political deadlock, and investor caution despite occasional short-term recoveries in passage probability.

Three UK fraudsters posing as police officers used social engineering and fake police websites to steal over £4 million in cryptocurrency from eight victims, laundering the funds and spending them on luxury goods and trips, and have now been sentenced in London under a tightening UK crypto enforcement regime.

With MiCA’s transition period now closed, all EU crypto platforms must hold a CASP license, and ESMA has expanded its interim MiCA register by adding 14 new providers—bringing the total number of authorized crypto-asset service providers across the EEA to 294, including banks and Ripple Payments Europe.

An Argentine federal court has ordered six major exchanges to freeze 25 wallets linked to the $LIBRA token and disclose their owners’ identities and full transaction histories, as part of a cybercrime investigation tracing millions in project-related funds across multiple blockchains.

MegaETH has shut down its Mega Mafia accelerator after two cohorts incubated about 20 projects that raised $80M, as most successful teams moved to competing networks and the program delivered limited value back to the core protocol.

Keyrock has acquired BlockFills’ institutional crypto trading and brokerage assets for $3.25 million, adding technology, derivatives expertise, clients, and regulatory licenses, strengthening its global presence in digital asset capital markets amid industry consolidation and regulatory challenges.

In Q2 2026, crypto markets contracted sharply—market cap fell ~$305B and spot CEX volume dropped ~28%—while prediction markets hit a record ~$114B in notional volume and publicly traded crypto companies outperformed tokens, highlighting prediction markets as a resilient, growing segment amid broader declines.

This week’s U.S. legislative developments — including key hearings and the CLARITY/Crypto Clarity Acts — underscore urgent calls for stronger consumer protections and clear, standardized digital asset rules, but partisan divisions and delayed votes continue to stall regulatory certainty and institutional confidence.

Bitcoin’s recovery is gaining traction amid returning buyers and seasonal tailwinds, but miner behavior, profit-taking, macro data, geopolitical tensions, and still-fragile price action around $65,000 leave the uptrend vulnerable despite growing institutional interest in BTC’s maturing, lower-volatility market.

Morgan Stanley’s E*TRADE now lets eligible retail clients buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana via Zero Hash, a move that may accelerate mainstream crypto adoption, intensify brokerage competition, boost Solana activity, but also raise concerns over centralization and limited transfer options.

Galaxy Digital, led by Mike Novogratz, signed a roughly $75 million, 15-year deal to rename Texas Tech’s football stadium “Galaxy Stadium” from 2026, becoming the university athletics department’s official AI and crypto partner while expanding its Helios AI data center campus.

ConsenSys, maker of MetaMask, unknowingly hired a North Korea–linked developer (alias “Tyler Knapp”) via a third-party provider; he had access to MetaMask’s core code for about a month before his identity was discovered, after which access was revoked and an internal probe found no data theft or malicious code.

Bank of America is advancing its crypto and technology strategy by appointing Sonali Theisen to lead its global digital assets platform and Kevin Milsom to head AI transformation, overseeing infrastructure, governance, and initiatives including stablecoins, custody, and settlement.

Senator Elizabeth Warren is pressing Donald Trump to disclose his crypto earnings early—after a filing showed $1.4 billion in 2025 income—arguing potential conflicts of interest ahead of an imminent Senate vote on a major crypto regulation bill.

FTX’s bankruptcy estate will make a fifth creditor distribution of about $900 million on July 31, 2026, bringing total recoveries to nearly $10 billion since 2025, amid ongoing legal fallout and a rebounding crypto market.

Polymarket traders see the CLARITY Act’s chances of becoming law in 2026 stagnating around 31–32.5%, as hearings proceed and bipartisan support grows but political gridlock, stalled negotiations, and Senate dynamics continue to threaten its passage.

ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone warns that growing USD stablecoin adoption threatens European bank deposits and monetary policy, arguing that a digital euro is needed to keep banks central to payments and mitigate funding risks as transactions increasingly move to digital platforms.

Tether’s USDT is adding over 30 million new wallets each quarter, driven largely by emerging markets, bringing total users toward 500 million and pushing its market capitalization near record levels around $190 billion.

Uniswap governance is voting (July 19–26, 2026) to activate protocol fees on v4 pools across 11 chains and expand to Robinhood Chain, routing new revenue into UNI burns that have already tripled, testing whether a once zero-fee DEX can charge users without losing its dominance.

Michael Saylor strongly opposes BIP 110, arguing it would politicize Bitcoin by using consensus rules to restrict currently valid non-payment transactions, including Ordinals-style activity. He maintains Bitcoin should remain neutral, relying on fees, miners, markets, and node policies instead of temporary consensus limits, and notes miner support is currently zero.

The GENIUS Act, signed into law in 2025, marks its first anniversary with a $310 billion stablecoin market, growing institutional adoption by banks and fintechs, and an unfinished but advancing U.S. regulatory framework ahead of its January 18, 2027 implementation deadline.

Trump-backed CLARITY Act faces uncertain Senate prospects amid Democratic opposition over his $1.4B crypto earnings, ethics-clause disputes, and White House hesitancy, with prediction markets pricing passage near 40% and signaling significant implications for U.S. crypto market structure.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies now holds 5.78 million ETH (4.8% of supply) worth part of $11.5B in assets, but has sharply slowed weekly ETH purchases as it redirects $86M into a stock buyback, repurchasing 5.5 million shares amid a broader pullback in corporate BTC and ETH accumulation.

Russia’s State Duma will finalize a sweeping crypto regulation bill on Tuesday, introducing licensing, investor limits, and rules for cross-border crypto payments to establish a legal framework for cryptocurrency activity and oversight in Russia.

Zilliqa reported that an unspecified amount of ZIL was stolen from an exchange partner’s compromised cold wallet and asked exchanges to temporarily suspend ZIL deposits and withdrawals.

BitMine Immersion Technologies has accumulated about 5.78 million ETH—roughly 4.8% of supply—aiming for 5%+ as a strategic macro hedge, heavily staking its holdings and reinforcing its status as the largest known corporate Ethereum treasury.

New quantum‑resistant proposals like Project Eleven’s proof and BIP‑361 aim to let legitimate owners reclaim or protect vulnerable Bitcoin using seed phrases and ZK proofs, reshaping debate over freezing or recovering at‑risk coins (including Satoshi’s) as future quantum computers threaten existing signatures.

Cross-chain bridge Allbridge Core was exploited via flash loan–driven stablecoin price manipulation on Solana, losing about $1.65–$2M before the attacker bridged funds to Ethereum, prompting a protocol pause and warnings for liquidity providers to withdraw as investigations proceed.

AZ-COM Maruwa will invest ¥1 billion in JPYC and pay 2,300 logistics partners and drivers in the regulated yen-backed stablecoin, enabling faster, more frequent digital yen payments in Japan’s first large-scale corporate stablecoin rollout.