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Damoon Technology (Europe) AG, trading as Paymonade, becomes one of just 280 firms authorised EEA-wide under MiCA as the bloc’s transitional period closes VADUZ, Liechtenstein and SINGAPORE, July 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Europe’s crypto industry is undergoing one of the most drastic regulatory consolidations any financial sector has faced in recent years. Before the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (“MiCA”) took full effect, the bloc was home to an estimated 3,000-plus registered crypto firms operating under a patchwork of national regimes[1]. Following the close of MiCA’s transitional period on 1 July 2026, only 280 firms hold full EEA-wide authorisation[2]…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, July 20th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, announced the launch of a new Stock Futures campaign, offering users the opportunity to share $5,000,000 in SNDK Position Airdrops. The campaign is designed to empower users to seize opportunities in the US stock market by reducing trading costs and offering meaningful rewards. Under the campaign, users can trade eligible products for 0 fees. New users can complete a series of simple tasks to earn rewards featuring popular stocks. Participants who trade Stock Futures during the campaign period will share the $5,000,000 in SNDK Position Airdrops.…

Magnificent Seven as a group is underperforming the broader market this year, but strategists at Citi argue it’s no longer a grouping that even makes sense to think about it.

A Japanese logistics company that counts Amazon Japan as a client plans to settle payments in the regulated yen stablecoin JPYC with business partners, including independent truck drivers, according to a report by Nikkei Asia.Tokyo-listed AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings (9090), which reported 230.5 billion yen ($1.4 billion) in revenue for the fiscal year ended March, plans to use JPYC for fees and other payments to its network of around 2,300 partners, including subcontractors and truck drivers. The company has been working with Amazon Japan since 2017, providing delivery services for its online shopping operations.The move marks the first large-scale corporate use…

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has been a top-performing stock this year. Investors, in many cases rotating out of riskier assets, have looked for companies with a strong track record of earnings growth, solid competitive positions, and a revenue stream they can count on — and J&J fits the bill. As a healthcare player, J&J sells pharmaceuticals and medical devices that ensure a certain level of revenue, as patients need their procedures no matter what direction the stock market takes. Over time, the company’s in-house research and acquisitions have built a market-leading portfolio that has kept earnings climbing. Investors, concerned…

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France’s gambling regulator, the Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), ordered internet service providers to block Polymarket on July 16, treating the prediction market as an illegal gambling site rather than a financial trading venue.The ANJ said earlier restrictions had failed to keep French users off the platform. Polymarket drew 578,751 visits from 205,057 unique visitors in France in June, according to Similarweb data cited by the regulator, despite a ban on financial transactions in place since November 2024. A VPN was enough to bypass it.The homepage remained accessible, allowing users to view live markets and odds. The ANJ said the…

The market got great news from the big banks this week. All five of the largest U.S. banks reported second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, and they were almost uniformly outstanding. But although the U.S. consumer appears healthy, it was market-related activity like initial public offerings (IPOs) that really stood out. JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) led the earnings parade as the two top investment banks in the country, and these divisions drove high growth in the quarter; investment banking revenue increased 45% year over year at JPMorgan Chase and 55% at Goldman Sachs. Missed Nvidia in 2009?…

Moonshot AI’s new open model is catching up to Anthropic and OpenAI, raising questions about the future of the AI race.

The lack of an ethics provision remains one of the biggest sticking points. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), one of two Democrats who voted to advance the bill out of the Senate Banking Committee, has repeatedly said he will not support the legislation on the Senate floor without a bipartisan ethics provision. Other Democrats have raised similar concerns over conflicts of interest involving public officials and digital assets.As of Friday, there had been no public readout from Thursday’s White House meeting, and no bipartisan ethics language had emerged, leaving one of the bill’s largest obstacles unresolved.If passed, the Clarity Act would…