JPMorgan earnings on July 14 put net interest income and Bitcoin ETF bets in the spotlight

The rejection highlights the challenges of integrating volatile digital assets into public finance, reflecting broader hesitance in institutional adoption. The post New Hampshire’s $100M bitcoin bond proposal fails final vote appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Bitwise Reports Third Consecutive Crypto Market Decline as Tokenized Assets Reach Record Highs appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitwise registered a third quarter in a row of crypto market declines as the Bitwise 10 Large Cap Crypto Index fell by 15.4% in Q2 2026. Volumes in prediction markets, tokenized real-world assets, and stablecoins reached historic levels despite weak market activity. In its report on Q2 2026, Bitwise noted that it was another tough quarter for digital assets despite growth in a number of blockchain verticals. The Bitwise 10 Large Cap Crypto Index fell by 15.4% in Q2 2026, marking another quarter in a row of crypto declines. Out of the ten constituent assets that form the index, eight saw declines over the course of the quarter. According to Bitwise, it is crypto’s third consecutive quarter in negative territory since late 2025. There were record outflows from Spot Bitcoin ETFs since the introduction of such financial instruments by the regulators.

The post JPMorgan’s $4.7T private blockchain warning just gave Bitcoin bulls fresh ammunition appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. JPMorgan sees Wall Street’s shift toward private blockchains as a deeper threat to Bitcoin than Strategy selling its BTC. JPMorgan warned that shifting tokenization, payments, and settlement onto closed networks could drain activity, liquidity, and capital from crypto while pushing valuations lower. Hybrid public-private systems, tighter stablecoin rules, and Bitcoin’s staying power as digital gold could still upset that outlook. Swift said 17 banks across six continents, including Citi, HSBC, Standard Chartered, UBS, Wells Fargo, and Itaú Unibanco, will begin testing live tokenized deposit payments on its new blockchain ledger, opening the door to round-the-clock transfers. DTCC said on May 4 that over 50 firms, among them BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Nasdaq, and NYSE, joined its tokenization working group, with limited production trades plann

The post Robinhood Chain did $570M volume on $21M of liquidity. The launch-week autopsy appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Robinhood built a blockchain for tokenized stocks and institutional-grade real-world assets. In its first week, the chain did $570 million of volume against $21.68 million of liquidity, a 26-to-1 ratio that exists nowhere else in DeFi, and most of it was memecoin speculation. This is the launch-week autopsy: what the numbers actually show, what the chain was built for versus what it is being used for, and whether bought liquidity and degen volume can become a real economy. Summary Robinhood Chain processed $570 million in launch week trading volume with just $21.68 million in liquidity as memecoin activity dominated early network usage. The blockchain launched for tokenized stocks and real world assets but early growth was driven largely by incentive backed DeFi deposits and speculative trading. The report says Robinhood’s long term success will depend on whether

Robinhood built a blockchain for tokenized stocks and institutional-grade real-world assets. In its first week, the chain did $570 million of volume against $21.68 million of liquidity, a 26-to-1 ratio that exists nowhere else in DeFi, and most of it…

The post Former SWIFT executive denies XRP integration rumors appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Former SWIFT Chief Innovation Officer Tom Zschach has rejected online claims that the global financial messaging network plans to integrate or support XRP. Summary Former SWIFT executive Tom Zschach rejected claims that the payment network plans to integrate XRP directly. SWIFT’s current blockchain project focuses on tokenized bank deposits and cross-border payment links between institutions. Ripple-related banks may join SWIFT pilots, but their involvement does not confirm XRP token adoption. Zschach responded to posts on X that claimed SWIFT would work with established public tokens rather than create its own digital asset. He described the alleged XRP integration as “not happening,” challenging another round of claims that lacked official confirmation. Former SWIFT executive rejects XRP claims The rumor claimed that SWIFT did not intend to compete with XRP and would instead support or

The post VI3NNA Declaration 2026 Calls for European Digital Asset Infrastructure appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The VI3NNA Congress has published the VI3NNA Declaration 2026, a position paper urging Europe to build its own digital asset infrastructure. Industry representatives, regulators and academic partners developed the document following the inaugural VI3NNA Congress, held in Vienna in May. Representatives from digital assets, blockchain, artificial intelligence and regulation took part in the process, supported by an advisory board including Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna), Modul University, the University of Zurich, Bentley University and Boston Consulting Group. Partners included Bluecode, BitMEX, TaxBit and Black Manta Capital Partners. “The financial system is being rewritten, and much of it is being built on infrastructure that is not European,” said Oliver Schmitt, managing director of VI3NNA Congress. “The issue is not that Europe lacks talent

The post Wells Fargo Sells 75,102 IBIT Shares, Trims Bitcoin ETF Exposure appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitcoin News Wells Fargo has trimmed its direct Bitcoin (BTC) ETF exposure, selling 75,102 shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust while cutting stakes across Invesco, ARK 21Shares and Fidelity spot Bitcoin funds. The moves surfaced in the bank’s latest 13F filing (SEC EDGAR), the quarterly disclosure large managers submit on their holdings. The roughly $2.5 trillion institution did not exit Bitcoin entirely, but our reading of the filing points to a more defensive posture on an asset it once held as a core position. The rebalancing arrived alongside heavier put-option exposure on IBIT, signaling downside hedging rather than an outright retreat from the market. The same disclosure shows the bank leaned harder into Bitcoin-proxy equities. Wells Fargo lifted its stake in Strategy — the treasury firm formerly known as MicroStrategy that holds a large Bitcoin reserve — by 125%