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USTR's 25% Brazil tariff cites Pix payments
USTR set a 25% Section 301 tariff on certain Brazilian goods from July 22, after a probe that flagged preferential Pix-style …
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Visa Stablecoin Platform beta opens with Open USD
Visa opened beta on its Visa Stablecoin Platform, an enterprise hub for banks and fintechs to mint, hold, and move Open USD (OUSD) …
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Takenos: Solana payroll rails for LatAm freelancers
Argentine fintech Takenos settles LatAm freelancer payroll on Solana, with TakeCard spend rails via Rain and a company-reported …
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Brazil BCB Resolution 580: VASPs as Type 3
Resolução BCB nº 580 (1 July 2026) puts virtual-asset service providers in Type 3 prudential supervision, bars the simplified S5 …
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Bonzo Lend loses $9M in Supra oracle exploit
A zeroed BLS signature on Supra’s Hedera verifier let an attacker turn 250 SAUCE into about $9.05M of borrowed USDC and wrapped …
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Circle wins OCC approval for national trust bank
Circle received final OCC approval on July 10 to establish Circle National Trust, a federally supervised national trust bank for …
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Hyundai Card moves $20k USDT US→Mexico in 7 minutes
Hyundai Card settled a live $20,000 intercompany payment from Hyundai Motor America to Hyundai Motor Mexico via USDT on Avalanche …
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B3 lists options on bitcoin, ether, solana futures
Brazil’s B3 stock exchange opened call and put options on bitcoin, ether, and solana futures on July 6: regulated crypto …
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Nexo launches dual-mode crypto card in Argentina
Nexo rolled out its debit-and-credit crypto card in Argentina and named Andres Ondarra GM, cementing Buenos Aires as its LatAm …
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GENIUS Act July 18 deadline: dollar stablecoin rules
July 18 is the one-year mark for GENIUS Act stablecoin rulemaking. Agencies have floated proposals; few final rules are out. …
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TRM Labs: 207 crypto hacks in H1 2026 — losses halve to $972M
TRM Labs counted a record 207 crypto hacks in H1 2026, but total losses fell to $972M — smart-contract bugs drove the count while …
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BONK DAO loses $20M in governance treasury raid
An attacker spent roughly $4.4M to buy 1% of BONK, passed a malicious DAO vote, and drained about $20M from BonkDAO’s …