PLUS: A Freely Convertible Yuan is a Requirement for a CNY Stablecoin Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/07/12/first-mover-asia-crypto-market-is-on-standby-as-release-of-june-inflation-data-nears/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Crypto investors now effectively lend $614 million to the U.S. government via different tokenized Treasury products, according to real-world asset data firm RWA.xyz. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/07/11/tokenized-us-treasurys-surpass-600m-as-crypto-investors-capture-tradfi-yield/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Investors committed nearly 20% of all ETH tokens to lock up in staking contracts, according to blockchain data. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/07/11/ether-staking-ratio-nears-key-milestone-as-inflows-slow-amid-regulatory-pressures/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Coinbase (COIN) and the Securities and Exchange Commission will meet in court this week. The hearing – the questions asked and the answers given – should provide some hints …

“Publicly available blockchains are probably the worst possible way of keeping one’s private information private,” said Arkham CEO Miguel Morel. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/07/11/arkham-ceo-defends-dox-to-earn-program-says-public-blockchains-worst-for-privacy/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

A major Ethereum conference set for Paris is not drawing the same criticisms and concerns around last year’s DevCon in Bogota, Colombia. If the industry wants to grow, it …

The candidate isn’t necessarily biased just because he owns BTC. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/07/11/the-big-robert-f-kennedy-jr-bitcoin-nothingburger/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Boldstart Ventures led the round for the startup, which helps developers avoid vulnerabilities in smart contract code. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/07/11/ai-backed-web3-security-firm-olympix-raises-43m/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Ryan Salame is being investigated for potentially illegally avoiding federal limits on contributions to his girlfriend’s congressional campaign last year Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/07/11/federal-prosecutors-investigate-former-ftx-executive-over-possible-campaign-law-violations-wsj/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

ChatGPT will enable users to query the decentralized data warehouse using natural language prompts. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/07/11/data-startup-space-and-time-creates-chatbot-powered-by-chatgpt-for-database-querying/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines