Le ministère omanais des Transports, des Communications et des Technologies de l’information a lancé OmanHash.om, un pool de minage de bitcoin adossé à l’État que tous les mineurs disposant d’une licence doivent désormais utiliser. Dans le cadre du nouveau dispositif réglementaire mis en place par le sultanat, OmanHash.om devient l’unique pool autorisé pour les opérateurs agréés. Le service s’inscrit dans l’organisation des activités de minage à l’échelle nationale.

Trace Finance, spécialiste des solutions de paiements transfrontaliers, a levé 32 millions de dollars lors d’un tour de table de série A mené par CoinFund afin d’étendre son infrastructure de règlement en stablecoins au-delà du Brésil, vers l’ensemble de l’Amérique latine et la région Asie-Pacifique. Le financement a réuni notamment Coinbase Ventures, Paxos et Chainlink Labs. L’entreprise compte utiliser ces fonds pour renforcer son infrastructure de stablecoins, en partenariat avec des systèmes bancaires locaux dans ces régions.

Kraken a lancé lundi le trading de contrats à terme perpétuels pour des utilisateurs américains éligibles via Kraken Pro. La plateforme fera transiter ces contrats via Bitnomial, une bourse acquise récemment, sous supervision complète de la CFTC. Selon l’annonce de l’entreprise, cette offre vise à combler un manque qui a tenu à l’écart une grande partie des traders américains d’un marché mondial dont les volumes ont dépassé 60 trillions de dollars en 2025.

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.

SpaceX priced its IPO at $135 per share on Thursday, aiming to raise $75 billion and implying a valuation near $1.77 trillion. The company has sold 555.56 million shares and is scheduled to begin trading on the Nasdaq on Friday, with about 30% of the deal allocated to retail investors.

Mastercard said on Tuesday it introduced Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), a protocol meant to let AI agents send, receive, and settle payments across its global card network, including sub-cent microtransactions. The company says more than 30 firms such as Stripe, Coinbase, and Cloudflare are early partners, with agent permissions recorded on Polygon, Solana, and Base. Executives described AP4M as a longer-term push into machine-to-machine commerce rather than a near-term revenue driver.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) slid about 10% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after detailing plans to raise roughly $7 billion to support its AI hardware backlog. The company said the proceeds are intended to help buy components needed to fulfill about $39 billion in advanced AI server orders from more than 20 customers, including AI servers and its Data Center Building Block Solutions.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she sent a letter on Monday to CFTC Chair Michael Selig seeking internal records on the agency's oversight of crypto and prediction markets, with a response deadline of June 18. She pointed to a roughly 25% staff reduction since January 2025 and a decline in enforcement actions from 58 in fiscal year 2024 to 11 since Donald Trump took office, arguing the agency may be overstretched as Congress weighs the Clarity Act.