Business & Technology
Business and technology in crypto means the companies, infrastructure, and product moves that aren't pure protocol news. LeoDex News covers exchange business (earnings, executive moves, IPOs, geographic expansion), mining stocks (RIOT, MARA, IREN, CleanSpark), Layer-1 infrastructure providers, partnerships and acquisitions, gaming and NFT platforms with real users, and the wider Web3 product landscape.
We track the strategic moves: which exchange is winning institutional flow, which custodian is taking share, which infra provider quietly powers a category, which product launches are real and which are vapor. Skip the press-release noise — read what's actually shipping and who's actually using it.
Latest in Business & Technology
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BNB Chain targets 1M TPS with AI agents as token hits 2024 lows
BNB Chain is overhauling its architecture to process 1 million transactions per second and integrate protocol-level privacy, targeting traditional finance and autonomous AI agents. The pivot comes as BNB token has fallen more than 35% this year to $563, its lowest since October 2024.
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Stablecoin-settled TradFi perpetuals hit $1.1 trillion in H1 2026
Stablecoins have become the primary settlement layer for tokenized traditional finance derivatives, with TradFi-linked perpetual contracts reaching $1.1 trillion in trading volume and accounting for roughly 11% of all crypto perpetual activity in the first half of 2026.
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Kenya's CMA Seeks Blockchain Analytics to Combat Crypto Crime
Kenya's Capital Markets Authority is seeking an advanced blockchain analytics platform to monitor over 20 blockchains and detect fraud, money laundering, and sanctions evasion under the country's new Virtual Assets Service Providers Act.
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Coinbase AI Hallucinated World Cup Result Before Kickoff
Coinbase's AI-generated news alert incorrectly reported a Norway-Brazil World Cup match outcome hours before the game started, prompting CEO Brian Armstrong to investigate and the company to update its systems.
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SpaceX Nasdaq 100 inclusion: Palantir and Strategy precedents warn of volatility
SpaceX joins the Nasdaq 100 on July 7 after raising $75 billion in the largest IPO ever, but historical patterns from recent index additions suggest volatility ahead rather than sustained gains.
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Anthropic commits $200B to Google Cloud, intensifying AI data center competition
Anthropic pledged approximately $200 billion to Google Cloud services over five years, representing over 40% of Alphabet's cloud revenue backlog. The deal signals deepening ties between the AI maker and Google while intensifying competition for data center capacity with cryptocurrency miners and blockchain validators.
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Djed Spence injury ripples across fan tokens, NFT cards, and fantasy platforms
England's Djed Spence's injury ahead of the Mexico last-16 tie exposes how a single player's fitness update ripples across multiple crypto and sports markets simultaneously, from fan token sentiment to Sorare NFT card values and betting odds.
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Crypto hacks hit record 207 in H1 2026, but smart contracts aren't the main target
The first half of 2026 saw 207 separate crypto hacks—the most in any six-month period—yet total losses fell to $972 million, less than half of H1 2025's $2.3 billion, as attackers increasingly target infrastructure and operational systems rather than smart-contract code.
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Nvidia, Oracle trials show AI data centers cut power 30% during grid stress
Field trials led by Emerald AI in partnership with Nvidia and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure demonstrated that AI data centers can dynamically reduce power consumption by more than 30% during grid stress, potentially unlocking 100 GW of additional capacity without building new power plants.
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Mbappé's World Cup Goal Reignites Crypto Hype, But No Official Token Exists
Kylian Mbappé scored his seventh career World Cup goal in France's Round of 16 match on July 4, sparking renewed interest in crypto assets bearing his name—despite no official token. Unaffiliated meme coins and his equity stake in Sorare's NFT platform highlight the volatile intersection of sports and digital assets.
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Solana Network Hits All-Time High Usage as SOL Crosses $80
Solana's network processed a record 3.77 billion transactions in June 2026 as daily active addresses retested yearly highs, even as SOL trades 72% below its January peak. The surge in usage reflects growing institutional interest in the blockchain's low fees and high throughput for decentralized finance applications.
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Standard Chartered offers direct USDC access as first Global Systemically Important Bank
Standard Chartered launched a service allowing institutional clients to mint and redeem Circle's USDC directly through the bank, becoming the first Global Systemically Important Bank to offer this capability. The rollout begins in Dubai.
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Crypto card deposits hit $10B milestone as stablecoins reshape payments
Crypto card deposits surpassed $10 billion for the first time in early July 2026, marking an 82% year-to-date surge and signaling stablecoins' emergence as practical payment infrastructure rather than speculative assets.
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Mohalla Tech seeks $400M IPO in 2027 after achieving profitability
Mohalla Tech, the company behind India's ShareChat and Moj social platforms, plans to raise up to $400 million through a public listing in 2027 after achieving operational profitability in Q1 FY2027. The move signals a shift toward investor confidence based on unit economics rather than growth-at-any-cost narratives.
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Robinhood Chain launches on Arbitrum for tokenized assets and DeFi
Robinhood officially launched the public mainnet for Robinhood Chain, a layer-2 blockchain built on Arbitrum, and rolled out new crypto products including decentralized lending and AI-powered trading tools.
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Ark Invest deploys $75M in crypto equities as June market crashes
Ark Invest purchased over $75 million in shares of Coinbase, Circle Internet, and Bullish during June's market downturn, when Bitcoin posted its worst month in four years and crypto stocks tumbled.
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Crypto hack thefts drop 7% in June to $76M, Humanity Protocol breach dominates
Cryptocurrency theft losses declined 7% in June 2026 to $76 million, but a single Humanity Protocol breach accounted for nearly half the total, highlighting persistent security vulnerabilities despite overall improvement.
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2026 World Cup becomes crypto's biggest mainstream sports stage
The 2026 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the US, is emerging as the industry's largest mainstream sports integration, with Kraken as the official crypto exchange supporter and fan tokens seeing trading surges tied to match outcomes.
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Bending Spoons prices IPO above range, raises $1.62B in largest European tech listing
Bending Spoons, a Milan-based digital acquirer, raised $1.62 billion in its Nasdaq IPO priced above the marketed range, valuing the company near $20 billion. The offering marks the largest European tech IPO in recent memory.
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Coinbase, BlackRock, Visa Back Open USD Stablecoin as Circle Stock Tumbles
More than 140 companies including Coinbase, Visa, Mastercard, and BlackRock announced a coalition to launch Open USD, a new stablecoin. Circle's stock fell nearly 16% on the news, extending its monthly decline to 39%.
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Dangote Refinery IPO halted by Nigeria SEC, rescheduled to September
Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission issued a halt order on Dangote Petroleum Refinery's IPO in June 2026, citing lack of formal application. The $39–50 billion offering, targeting September, would be Africa's largest ever and fund a five-year industrial expansion.
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XRP Ledger Lending Protocol enters validator voting phase
The XRP Ledger is moving toward a new phase focused on financing value, with a native Lending Protocol entering the validator voting phase to provide yield to crypto holders and capital access to institutions.
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Luxshare targets $3.1B Hong Kong IPO, largest of 2026
Chinese electronics manufacturer Luxshare Precision Industry is seeking up to $3.1 billion in proceeds from a secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, marking the year's largest IPO and opening the company to global institutional investors.
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J.P. Morgan Expands Kinexys to Eight Currencies Across Asia-Pacific
J.P. Morgan added five Asia-Pacific currencies to its Kinexys blockchain settlement network, enabling institutional clients to move funds and manage foreign exchange 24/7 without relying on traditional banking hours or cryptocurrency infrastructure.