Visa data shows stablecoins settled a record $1.79 trillion in June 2026, up 63% from May. The spike landed in a Fear market, not a speculative mania.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/stablecoin-volume-record-1-79-trillion-june-visa-july-2026/

Blockaid detected an ongoing exploit on Summer Finance with roughly $6M drained as of July 6. The attack was still active when the alert went out.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/summer-finance-exploit-6m-drained-blockaid-july-2026/

Token Terminal data shows ETH bridged from Ethereum to Robinhood Chain surged roughly 10x in a few days, an early adoption signal for the broker's L2.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/eth-bridged-robinhood-chain-10x-surge-july-2026/

France logged 77 crypto kidnapping and extortion cases in H1 2026, up from 45 in all of 2025. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez answers with a three-pillar plan.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/france-77-crypto-kidnappings-security-plan-july-2026/

OKX announced it is MiCA-authorised and regulated in Europe, days after the July 1 enforcement deadline cut off unlicensed crypto firms across the EEA.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/okx-mica-authorised-europe-regulatory-era-july-2026/

Binance is reportedly leading a funding round valuing crypto payments network Mesh at up to $2 billion, doubling its January Series C valuation in six months.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/binance-2-billion-mesh-investment-stablecoin-payment-routes-july-2026/

Brazil's Operation Exchange froze roughly $2 billion tied to a PCC crypto laundering network, two days after US OFAC sanctions hit the same suspects.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/brazil-operation-exchange-2-billion-pcc-crypto-laundering-july-2026/

SARS published draft crypto tax rules on July 1 and plans audits covering up to 6 million South African users. Rates run 18% to 45%. Comments close August 31.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-africa-sars-audit-6-million-crypto-users-july-2026/

Reuters' Big View podcast airs the BIS case that stablecoins still need central banks, as crypto purists argue code alone can anchor digital money.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bis-digital-cash-central-bank-backstop-debate-july-2026/

Ethereum's share of stablecoin supply has climbed to 87%, per Cointelegraph. One chain now anchors nearly the entire digital dollar market, and that cuts both ways.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ethereum-87-percent-stablecoin-supply-concentration-july-2026/