<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-ftx-distribution.png" alt="FTX to distribute $900M to creditors in fifth payment round" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>The FTX Recovery Trust and company have distributed about $10 billion since the exchange filed for bankruptcy in November 2022, leaving users cut off from their funds.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-how-artificial-intelligence-is-used-in-fraud-detection-france.jpg" alt="UK sentences 2 hackers tied to $115M crypto ransom scheme" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>The pair pleaded guilty after investigators linked them to the Scattered Spider cybercrime group, which US prosecutors say extorted dozens of companies.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-what-is-mica-markets-in-crypto-assets-regulation-esma-1.jpg" alt="ESMA adds 14 new CASPs to MiCA register as licensing slows" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>ESMA adds 14 CASPs to its MiCA register, with banks and Ripple Payments Europe among the new entries as total providers reach 294.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-what-is-mica-markets-in-crypto-assets-regulation-esma-1.jpg" alt="ESMA adds 14 new CASPs to MiCA register as licensing slows" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>ESMA adds 14 CASPs to its MiCA register, with banks and Ripple Payments Europe among the new entries as total providers reach 294.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/article-covers-95617-3-historically-accurate-bitcoin-on-chain-metrics-are-flashing-bottom.jpg" alt="Bitcoin bottom countdown nears 50 days after BTC supply in loss passed 50%" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Bitcoin supply in loss hit 50% nearly 50 days ago, mimicking the countdown to BTC price bear-market bottoms.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/article-covers-95617-3-historically-accurate-bitcoin-on-chain-metrics-are-flashing-bottom.jpg" alt="Bitcoin bottom countdown nears 50 days after BTC supply in loss passed 50%" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Bitcoin supply in loss hit 50% nearly 50 days ago, mimicking the countdown to BTC price bear-market bottoms.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/man-hacker-breaking-blockchain.jpg" alt="US indicts crypto investor over alleged $20M fraud scheme" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Federal prosecutors allege the South Dakota investor used false promises to raise money, repaid earlier investors with new funds and laundered proceeds through crypto exchanges.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/bitcoin-etf-3.jpg" alt="Bitcoin ETFs add $368M in three-day buying streak" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $79.2 million on Thursday, lifting their three-day inflow total to about $368 million as Bitcoin attempted a price recovery.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/article-covers-76176-bitcoin-stages-picture-perfect-rebound-at-58-5k-as-crypto-liquidations-top-875m.jpg" alt="Bitcoin liquidity clusters determine BTC’s price direction as futures flow fuels price" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Bitcoin futures traders are propping up the current market move, while liquidation heatmap data provides hints on where BTC price may go next. </p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/article-covers-76176-bitcoin-stages-picture-perfect-rebound-at-58-5k-as-crypto-liquidations-top-875m.jpg" alt="Bitcoin liquidity clusters determine BTC’s price direction as futures flow fuels price" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Bitcoin futures traders are propping up the current market move, while liquidation heatmap data provides hints on where BTC price may go next. </p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-cryptocom-is-granted-conditional-approval-for-bank-trust-charter.jpg" alt="Citadel Securities invests $400M in Crypto.com at $20B valuation" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Crypto exchanges have increasingly positioned themselves as bridges between digital asset markets and traditional finance.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/article-covers-107341-bitcoin-touches-30k-as-btc-bulls-well-positioned-for-weekly-3-2-billion-options.jpg" alt="Bitcoin outlook improves amid 6% weekly gain: Can BTC bulls push higher?" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Bitcoin buyers have returned to spot, futures and ETF markets but geopolitical headwinds could quickly unravel the progress of the past two weeks.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-experienced-traders-prefer-to-trade-on-desktop-computers-a-new-study-reveals3.jpg" alt="Alpaca raises $135M to fund tokenized agent-first infrastructure" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>The BNP-backed brokerage infrastructure provider is expanding into tokenized markets and AI-native financial services as both DeFi and TradFi companies pursue onchain business.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-mag-new-ath-for-onchain-gagchas-tokenized-collectibles.jpg" alt="Gambling on random Pokémon cards: Onchain gagcha hits record high as crypto sinks" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Users spent a record $324 million on onchain gacha in June, even as Bitcoin hit a 21-month low. The thrill of scoring a top Pokemon card from a random pack is becoming big business</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-when-will-the-prediction-market-take-place-and-what-effect-is-it-having-on-crypto.png" alt="Prediction markets defy crypto downturn with record Q2 volume: CoinGecko" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Prediction markets reached a record $113.8 billion in notional volume in Q2 as spot CEX trading, derivatives volume and stablecoin market cap declined.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/digital-wallet-moonpay.jpg" alt="MoonPay buys Glide to bolster crypto deposits infrastructure" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>MoonPay acquired Glide, a crypto infrastructure startup founded by former Robinhood Wallet engineers, to expand cross-chain crypto deposit infrastructure.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/hi-how-ondo-finance-plans-to-bring-tokenized-us-stocks-to-solana-1.jpg" alt="Tokenized stocks market cap gains to record $2.3B" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>The market capitalization of tokenized stocks rose to a record $2.3 billion, as investors sought exposure to the growing list of tokenized equity products launched by cryptocurrency exchanges.</p>
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/interrogation-lamp-stablecoin-1.jpg" alt="FATF urges faster crypto AML enforcement as stablecoin crime increases" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>The global task force said criminal networks are using stablecoins and developing proprietary tokens to evade asset freezes as countries struggle to enforce crypto AML rules.</p>
ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will increasingly rely on DeFi rails.
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/trump-signing-papers.jpg" alt="Trump to meet with senators over CLARITY Act on Thursday: Politico" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>US President Donald Trump is set to meet with several senators on Thursday as negotiators race to get the CLARITY Act across the line before the Senate’s August recess. </p>