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Recent Briefings

Sunday, July 19, 2026 12 stories

As the CLARITY Act's passage odds plummet ahead of the Senate recess, the industry's capital allocators are aggressively picking winners anyway. Today's coverage examines a massive wave of funding flo…

Saturday, July 18, 2026 11 stories

The institutional push into digital assets is maturing as the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation expands its live settlement of tokenized trades on a private ledger. While traditional finance b…

Friday, July 17, 2026 11 stories

The data is solidifying around Ethereum's Layer 2 value capture problem, as Robinhood Chain's two-week fee split confirms the stark reality of post-Dencun economics. Alongside those network dynamics, …

Thursday, July 16, 2026 8 stories

The Onchain Dispatch tracks the infrastructure, funding, and policy moves reshaping Web3. Today: the DTCC executes its first production tokenized trades, Robinhood Chain's early volume quantifies the …

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 12 stories

We are seeing a definitive shift from sandbox pilots to live production today. The DTCC has officially brought tokenized securities into regulated U.S. operations, while Japan's SBI is taking an equit…

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 11 stories

Japan's state-backed Web3 push is translating into concentrated capital, with SBI Holdings explicitly picking Solana for its next-generation stablecoin and RWA platforms. Meanwhile, a BBC investigatio…

Monday, July 13, 2026 12 stories

Today's dispatch tracks a major state-level capital deployment in Asia, as Japan's Prime Minister pledges 10 trillion yen to accelerate the country's Web3 startup ecosystem. We are also breaking down …

Sunday, July 12, 2026 10 stories

Delaware’s banking overhaul and Circle’s federal trust bank approval are fundamentally altering the regulatory playing field for U.S. stablecoins. Below: the institutional infrastructure milestones, m…

Saturday, July 11, 2026 12 stories

The Ethereum Foundation's Protocol Support team is winding down after five years, signaling a definitive shift toward federated development coordination. Separately, Robinhood Chain's strong first-wee…

Friday, July 10, 2026 11 stories

Traditional finance is moving blockchain settlement out of the sandbox, with Swift kicking off live 24/7 cross-border tests alongside 17 major banks. We are also watching new L2s like Robinhood Chain …