Circle acquired 680+ patent families and roughly 1,000 IBM blockchain patents on July 27, instantly becoming the top US holder in the sector.
▸ July 27, 2026 · James CorriganOn-chain flow data shows a near 1:1 rotation from Bitcoin into Tether, with altcoins and gold-pegged tokens also repositioning defensively.
▸ July 20, 2026 · Tomas KellerDOJ moves toward dropping a $722M fraud prosecution while New Hampshire's council votes 3-2 against a $100M Bitcoin-collateralized bond.
▸ July 11, 2026 · James CorriganA lopsided derivatives unwind and spot-led buying push BTC to $64,131.70, flipping futures into backwardation as macro tailwinds from oil build.
▸ July 11, 2026 · James CorriganOCC grants final national trust bank approval; CRCL jumps between 6% and 10.8% across reports as Circle moves USDC reserves toward direct federal oversight.
▸ July 10, 2026 · Aisha RahmanA Wisconsin criminal complaint and a New York prosecutors' letter to Congress allege Circle sat on frozen USDC tied to scam victims rather than…
▸ July 10, 2026 · Aisha RahmanInjective printed $93.8M in 24h volume on a 5.85% move to $4.86, testing $4.89 resistance as Circle's USDC lands natively on-chain.
▸ July 9, 2026 · Aisha RahmanWisconsin charges Circle over 381K frozen USDC, spotlighting a data gap with Tether's $1.1B burn-and-reissue recovery track record.
▸ July 9, 2026 · James CorriganCircle deploys native EURC on Base, cutting bridge dependency ahead of MiCA. No TVL, pool depth or transfer data has surfaced yet.
▸ July 9, 2026 · Tomas KellerDune data shows USDT and USDC no longer compete for the same flow — one settles commerce, the other recycles through DeFi at 20x…
▸ July 7, 2026 · Tomas Keller
