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Morning Edition · Friday, July 10, 2026

Robinhood Chain Overtakes Hyperliquid in Daily Trading Volume One Week After Launch

Crypto

Robinhood Chain Overtakes Hyperliquid in Daily Trading Volume One Week After Launch

The brokerage's Arbitrum-based network recorded roughly $433 million in 24-hour decentralized-exchange volume, yet the most active token on it is a memecoin, not the tokenized stocks it was built for.

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Corroborated
Ethereum Foundation Details Running Coordinated AI Agents Against Protocol Code

Crypto

Ethereum Foundation Details Running Coordinated AI Agents Against Protocol Code

The Foundation's Protocol Security team says the value is not in the agents finding bugs but in triaging what survives human scrutiny.

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Cardano-Linked SecondFi Exploit Drains User Wallets, Forcing EMURGO to Step Back From Funding Group

Crypto

Cardano-Linked SecondFi Exploit Drains User Wallets, Forcing EMURGO to Step Back From Funding Group

The attack abused a flaw in SecondFi's wallet address-generation system, and a founding organization is redirecting resources to recovery.

3 sources
Corroborated
Privacy Networks Reframe Confidential Execution as a Requirement for Institutions

Crypto

Privacy Networks Reframe Confidential Execution as a Requirement for Institutions

Miden and Aztec are publishing arguments that on-chain privacy is a prerequisite for serious use, not a feature for evading surveillance.

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Plausible
European Parliament Approves Message-Scanning Measure Known as Chat Control

World

European Parliament Approves Message-Scanning Measure Known as Chat Control

The vote clears a framework to monitor private messages, sharpening the case privacy projects make for encrypted and confidential systems.

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Plausible
BitGo Adds Quantum-Risk Controls to Institutional Bitcoin Custody

Crypto

BitGo Adds Quantum-Risk Controls to Institutional Bitcoin Custody

The custodian's new tools let large holders identify wallets exposed to a future quantum-computing attack and reduce that exposure.

1 source
Hyperliquid Policy Center and Phantom Ask US Regulator to Write DeFi-Specific Rules

Crypto

Hyperliquid Policy Center and Phantom Ask US Regulator to Write DeFi-Specific Rules

In a joint filing they argue rules built for traditional intermediaries do not map onto decentralized on-chain trading.

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JPMorgan Says the Larger Long-Term Risk to Bitcoin Is Private Blockchains, Not Strategy

Crypto

JPMorgan Says the Larger Long-Term Risk to Bitcoin Is Private Blockchains, Not Strategy

The bank frames Strategy's Bitcoin sales as a short-term worry while institutions adopting closed ledgers pose the deeper threat.

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Corroborated
New Clarity Act Draft Expected Within Days as Coinbase's Top Lawyer Steps Down

Crypto

New Clarity Act Draft Expected Within Days as Coinbase's Top Lawyer Steps Down

Paul Grewal will leave the chief legal role on July 31, just before the Senate is expected to resume work on the crypto market-structure bill.

3 sources
Bitcoin ETF and Private-Credit Outflows Test the Debt-Funded Treasury Model

Markets

Bitcoin ETF and Private-Credit Outflows Test the Debt-Funded Treasury Model

Second-quarter redemption requests in private credit reached $15.6 billion, far exceeding exchange-traded fund outflows, as Bitcoin-backed preferred shares face their first stress.

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Bitcoin Holds Near $63,000 in Dollars While Lagging in Yen as the Currency Strengthens

Markets

Bitcoin Holds Near $63,000 in Dollars While Lagging in Yen as the Currency Strengthens

A sharp rise in the yen on intervention concerns left Bitcoin underperforming in yen terms even as it gained against the dollar.

3 sources
Binance Chief Says 70 Percent of EU Withdrawals Moved to Self-Hosted Wallets

Crypto

Binance Chief Says 70 Percent of EU Withdrawals Moved to Self-Hosted Wallets

Richard Teng's figure suggests European users are leaving regulated platforms as the bloc's licensing regime tightens.

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Plausible