Bank of England Deputy Governor for Financial Stability Sarah Breeden said autonomous, agentic AI systems are becoming an increasing risk to financial markets, cybersecurity and payment infrastructure. Speaking at the European Central Bank’s annual forum in Sintra, Portugal, she urged central banks to strengthen regulation of the sector. Breeden said the technology is advancing faster than regulators expected, raising the risk of disruption before oversight frameworks are updated.

Kraken and Maple Finance have launched an onchain warehouse lending facility that routes USDC from Maple’s lender base to Kraken’s over-the-counter borrowers. The structure adapts the framework used in traditional asset-backed securities to crypto lending for the first time. Maple will provide senior financing through a special purpose vehicle.

Binance said it withdrew its MiCA license application from Greece’s Hellenic Capital Market Commission on Tuesday after the process failed to produce a formal decision before the MiCA deadline. The exchange said it will seek regulatory approval in a different EU member state. Binance said it reviewed the status and concluded the current timeline no longer served its users, according to a post on its official X account and a related blog post.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Tuesday launched its first bond sale as a public company, raising at least $25 billion through a senior unsecured notes offering less than two weeks after its IPO. The sale had been in preparation and was aimed at supporting SpaceX’s capital-intensive artificial intelligence plans, as previously reported by Cryptopolitan last week.

Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology has launched OmanHash.om, a state-backed bitcoin mining pool that all licensed miners in the country must use. Under the country’s newly established regulatory framework, OmanHash.om is the only mining pool permitted for licensed operators in the Sultanate. The ministry said the requirement applies to miners’ ongoing operations.

Trace Finance raised $32 million in a Series A led by CoinFund to expand its stablecoin settlement infrastructure beyond Brazil into broader Latin American and Asia-Pacific markets. The round included Coinbase Ventures, Paxos, and Chainlink Labs. The company said it will use the capital to strengthen its stablecoin infrastructure in partnership with local banking systems across those regions.

Kraken on Monday launched perpetual futures trading for eligible US users through Kraken Pro. The exchange said the contracts will be routed through its recently acquired Bitnomial exchange under full CFTC regulation. Kraken said the product targets a gap that has kept many US traders on the sidelines of the global perpetual futures market.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Saturday that the U.S. and Iran agreed on a peace-deal framework and that Pakistan expects an electronic signing within 24 hours that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and extend the ceasefire by 60 days. Iran’s Foreign Ministry disputed the Sunday signing timeline, while oil prices moved, with U.S. July crude futures at $84 per barrel and Brent around $87.

CME Group said its 1-ounce gold futures are set to move to 24/7 trading on July 26, subject to regulatory review. A new cash-settled 10-barrel WTI crude oil futures contract—one-tenth the size of its Micro WTI futures—is scheduled to launch on August 30. The company said the changes are aimed at helping traders manage commodity exposure around the clock during periods of geopolitical uncertainty.