Crypto News. July 17, 2026

Brian Armstrong m changed his PFP to the Coinbase Man, sending Brian from $300,000 to $18,000,000.

Brian Armstrong@brian_armstrong

New profile photo - who dis

11:52 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 653K Views

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Vlad followed Index finance, Index went from $13M to $60M in one minute

dxrnelljcl@dxrnell

So Vlad just followed @TheIndexFi and $INDEX went from $13M -> $60M in one minute Right after Brian changed his pfp to coinbase man Base SZN lasted about 30 minutes

12:37 AM · Jul 17, 2026 · 48K Views

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¥4,500,000,000,000 wiped out from Chinese stock market

Ted@TedPillows

¥4,300,000,000,000 wiped out from Chinese stock market. Holy Shit.

7:51 AM · Jul 17, 2026 · 14.7K Views

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Trump Media to sell Wall Street firms real-time API access to Truth Social posts starting August 1.

CoinDesk@CoinDesk

NEW: Trump Media will begin selling Wall Street firms real-time access to Truth Social posts through a paid API starting in August. The service is designed to deliver President Trump's posts directly to traders and institutional clients.

9:45 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 36.3K Views

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Crypto[.]com raised $400M in its first institutional funding round, led by Citadel Securities

Crypto.com@cryptocom

Crypto․com Announces $400 Million Strategic Investment from Citadel Securities. Read more here: crypto.com/us/company-new…

6:04 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 54.7K Views

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Kris@kris

Thrilled to announce our first institutional funding round with a $400 million strategic investment from Citadel Securities valuing Crypto.com at $20 billion. An incredible milestone 10 years in on our journey and the beginning of a new phase of growth. Grateful to

crypto.com

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6:19 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 101K Views

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Visa unveiled the Visa Stablecoin Platform, letting banks, fintechs and crypto firms mint, move and manage stablecoins

CoinDesk@CoinDesk

NEW: Visa has unveiled the Visa Stablecoin Platform, a new product that will allow banks, fintechs and crypto firms to mint, move and manage stablecoins through a Visa-managed environment.

3:03 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 81.1K Views

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Galaxy Digital ($12B AUM) joined Morpho as a curator, launching two institutional stablecoin vaults.

Morpho 🦋@Morpho

Galaxy joins Morpho as curator with the launch of its institutional stablecoin vaults. As a global leader in digital assets, @galaxyhq is bringing its expertise from traditional markets to the Morpho ecosystem. Asset curation is here to stay.

1:22 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 23.7K Views

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Paul Frambot 🦋@PaulFrambot

We have a new builder on @Morpho with @galaxyhq opening their curation business, launching two institutional stablecoin vaults! With one of the largest institutional digital asset firms (with $12B in AUM) onboard, we'll see even more institutions join as curators, bringing a

Morpho 🦋 @Morpho

Galaxy joins Morpho as curator with the launch of its institutional stablecoin vaults. As a global leader in digital assets, @galaxyhq is bringing its expertise from traditional markets to the Morpho ecosystem. Asset curation is here to stay.

1:26 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 10.3K Views

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MegaETH is sunsetting its Mega Mafia accelerator after two years and two cohorts.

Shuyao Kong@hotpot_dao

After spending the last two years building the MegaMafia, we’ve decided to sunset the program. While it was a success in many ways, we believe that the program was built on assumptions that no longer hold. Here are some reflections, and what’s coming up next. > We had real

4:38 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 120K Views

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Sunrise listed a tokenized Robinhood share (HOOD) on Solana, issued by Backpack Securities.

Sunrise@sunrise

Sunrise has listed $HOOD on @solana. Robinhood is one of the leading platforms for retail investing and crypto. Issued by @Backpack Securities, $HOOD brings a tokenized Robinhood share onchain. Sunrise makes it tradable across Solana apps and wallets, 24/7.

1:56 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 102K Views

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Keyrock completed its acquisition of BlockFills’ institutional trading and brokerage operations for $3.25M out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Kevin de Patoul@kevindepatoul

Today, Keyrock takes another major step forward. We have completed the acquisition of assets of BlockFills' institutional digital asset trading and brokerage business.

2:03 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 281 Views

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MoonPay acquired Glide, which lets apps accept crypto deposits from any token, wallet, exchange or card.

MoonPay 🟣@moonpay

BREAKING: MoonPay has acquired Glide Glide makes it easy and frictionless for apps to accept crypto deposits from any token, wallet, exchange or card welcome to the family!

1:03 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 63.2K Views

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Injective filed a transfer agent registration with the SEC to record tokenized securities on-chain

Injective 🥷@injective

Injective has filed its transfer agent registration with the SEC, marking a major step towards becoming a leading blockchain with a regulated pathway to issue securities onchain. This advances RWA market infrastructure in the New Internet Economy, right here in the US.

2:13 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 19.3K Views

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Trump’s teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez allegedly made $100K+ betting on Kalshi off Trump’s speeches, now in CFTC settlement talks.

CoinDesk@CoinDesk

NEW: A longtime Trump teleprompter operator is reportedly in talks with federal regulators over allegations he used advance knowledge of the president’s speeches to make more than $100,000 betting on Kalshi markets, according to ABC News.

3:55 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 41.2K Views

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Circle partnered with Fireblocks, giving institutions access to Gateway and Circle Payments Network for USDC operations with Fireblocks’ policy controls.

Circle@circle

Circle 🤝 @FireblocksHQ Gateway and Circle Payments Network are now accessible through Fireblocks, helping institutions manage USDC operations with the policy controls, approvals, and audit trails they already use. → Unified USDC balances across supported chains with Gateway

2:00 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 20K Views

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DefiTuna Lending was exploited for $580K, leaving its USDC lending pool in deficit.

DefiTuna@DeFiTuna

7 hours ago an attacker managed to exploit DefiTuna Lending pools and extract $580,000 which means that the USDC lending pool is currently at a $580,000 deficit. The attack vector was identified and mitigated however we are still investigating the issue. more information will be

3:09 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 41K Views

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Avalanche Foundation wind down its Retro9000 grants program, shifting funding focus to Team1 Builder Grants.

Avalanche Foundation 🔺@AvalancheFDN

The Avalanche Foundation is redesigning how it allocates resources and capital to better meet the needs of builders. As part of this, current programs are being assessed to focus support where it can have the greatest impact. Retro9000 is now in the process of winding down after

2:57 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 7.55K Views

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Jeff Booth and Lyn Alden-backed Orange Juice raised $40M to launch a permanent capital firm with a bitcoin treasury strategy.

Bitcoin Magazine@BitcoinMagazine

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Lyn Alden's 'ORANGE JUICE' Raises $40 million to launch a permanent capital holding company backed by a BTC treasury 👀 "It’s a company that acquires, improves, and permanently holds cash-flowing businesses, backed by a bitcoin treasury" - Lyn Alden🚀

7:07 PM · Jul 15, 2026 · 254K Views

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US Senate unanimously passed a resolution urging no pardon or commutation for Sam Bankman-Fried.

Eleanor Terrett@EleanorTerrett

Yesterday the Senate passed by unanimous consent a resolution introduced by @SenRubenGallego and @SenLummis that FTX founder @SBF_FTX should not receive a presidential pardon. What does this mean? Not much for SBF. It’s a strong political statement that essentially puts the

Senate Press Gallery @SenatePress

Agreed to by unanimous consent: S. Res. 772, A resolution expressing the sense of the #Senate that under no circumstances should Samuel Bankman-Fried receive executive clemency, including a pardon or commutation, and affirming the Senate's commitment to the rule of law and

1:20 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 86.4K Views

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Ondo Finance partnered with SBI Group to bring Japanese equities onchain

Ondo Finance@OndoFinance

We're excited to announce a partnership with SBI Group, one of Japan's leading financial institutions. The collaboration covers tokenizing Japanese assets with distribution across the SBI ecosystem, and settlement using the JPYSC stablecoin. Ondo CEO Ian De Bode on the

12:19 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 189K Views

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Polygon Labs announced layoffs as it shifts from a blockchain foundation to a blockchain payments company, nearing its acquisition of Coinme.

Marc | Polygon Labs (💜,⚔️, ※)@0xMarcB

We are in the final stages of completing the Coinme acquisition, which will involve integrating that team into Polygon Labs, a move that will grow our organization as part of a broader merger exercise to position Polygon Labs to be profitable in 2027. As part of that process,

12:39 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 42.8K Views

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1inch co-founder Anton Bukov said he was fired in November 2025, remains a 50% shareholder, and is launching a new DeFi project called Second Tier.

Anton Bukov (e/acc)🦇🔊@k06a

https://t.co/gXeJgujJmR

2:02 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 88.1K Views

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Ansem unveiled the ANSEM thesis, pitching a tokenized creator economy combining memecoin virality with creator-economy incentives.

Ansem 🐂🀄️@blknoiz06

https://t.co/tjTzWHjYYi

6:01 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 615K Views

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Multicoin Capital invested $1.75M in Trasia, its first Hyperliquid ecosystem bet, becoming sole investor in the Asia-focused perps platform.

Tushar Jain@tushar_jain

We are excited to make our first venture investment into the Hyperliquid ecosystem with Trasia, an Asia focused trading platform. Trasia is targeting net new users who have never heard of Hyperliquid and plans to launch perps for Asian equities. Read more from Mable here:

Mable @mablejiang

Today we are thrilled to announce that we are launching @trasiaxyz and have received $1.75M seed stage funding from Multicoin. We are grateful for the strategic support that Multicoin provides in the process. Trasia is a non-custodial, Asia-first trading platform that was

4:38 PM · Jul 16, 2026 · 38.3K Views

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