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Morning Edition · Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Polymarket Turns On Instant Bitcoin Deposits Over the Lightning Network Using Spark
The prediction market added self-custodial Bitcoin funding through Lightspark's Spark, cutting deposit wait times as its trading activity grows.
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Bitcoin Reclaims Programmability Above the Base Layer
Client-side-validation systems keep pushing asset issuance and stablecoin settlement onto Bitcoin without expanding its base-layer state, positioning Bitcoin to reclaim transfer volume from smart-contract chains.
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- Base Settled About $565 Billion in Stablecoins in June, Challenging Ethereum's Grip on Crypto Payments
- US Securities Regulator Plans a "Reg Crypto" Rule as Soon as This Month to Ease Token Fundraising
- Privacy-Focused Layer-2 Networks Reframe Confidential Execution as an Institutional Requirement
- SpaceX Joins the Nasdaq-100, Bringing Passive Bitcoin Exposure and Powering Record Tokenized-Equity Volume
- SummerFi Lending Vault Loses About $6 Million to a Net-Asset-Value Inflation Exploit
- Bitcoin Trades Lower as United States and Iran Strikes Lift Oil, With Fed Minutes the Next Test
- Solana's Real-World-Asset Transfer Volume More Than Doubled in a Month, Reaching $8.7 Billion
- Kraken Wins $22 Million Award Against Former Auditor and Pursues a European Bank License
- New Hampshire Weighs a $100 Million Bitcoin-Backed Bond as the Federal Reserve Plan Stalls
- Russia's Legal Crypto On-Ramp Is Set to Launch With a State-Owned Bank Holding the Keys
- Hoskinson Calls the Extended UTXO Model Smart Contracts' Biggest Innovation and Says Ethereum Is Copying It