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TradFi & Fintech
Active Crypto VC Firms Fall to 150, Lowest Since 2020
The July count sits far below the 1,177 unique investors CryptoRank recorded at the March 2022 peak, pointing to a smaller, more selective pool of backers.

TradFi & Fintech
Morgan Stanley Launches Spot Ether, Solana ETPs on NYSE Arca
The MSSE and MSOL trusts each charge a 0.14% expense ratio and will stake a portion of holdings, passing rewards to investors.

TradFi & Fintech
SoFi Says SoFiUSD Settlement Now Live on Q2 Earnings Call
The bank tied the stablecoin's first live settlements to real-time commercial payments running through its Big Business Banking platform on Solana.

TradFi & Fintech
10 European Banks Launch RL1 Blockchain Cooperative
RL1 inherits SWIAT's production network, which processed more than €700 million in transactions over three years before ownership moved to the Luxembourg cooperative.

Regulation & Politics
Franklin Templeton Backs CLARITY Act as Wall Street Coalition Grows
The $1.79 trillion asset manager joins BlackRock, Fidelity and Goldman Sachs in backing the crypto market-structure bill as senators review updated Senate text.

Markets
Ether ETFs Pull $104M, Tripling Bitcoin's Weekly Inflows
BlackRock's ETHA absorbed $96 million while its bitcoin fund IBIT bled $95 million, the second straight week ether products out-drew their bitcoin counterparts.

TradFi & Fintech
Circle Buys IBM Blockchain Patent Portfolio
The USDC issuer says the roughly 1,000-patent haul makes it the leading US blockchain patent holder, with financial terms undisclosed.

CeFi
Magic Labs Sells Wallet Business to Kraken Parent Payward
The embedded-wallet pioneer is rebranding as Newton Labs to focus on an onchain authorization layer that vets transactions against policy before they settle.

Regulation & Politics
Securitize Registers Capital Affiliate as SEC Investment Adviser
Securitize Capital's registration took effect July 22, SEC records show, adding an advisory license to the tokenization firm's U.S. regulatory lineup three weeks after its NYSE debut.

CeFi
BitMart to Wind Down Exchange, End Trading by Aug. 26
The exchange gave no specific reason for the closure, and its BMX token fell about 59% in 24 hours after the announcement.




