Coindesk

Your day-ahead look for July 9, 2026

HSBC, UBS, Wells Fargo and Citi are among the 17 banks now preparing to pilot live transactions using tokenized digital assets on Swift’s new blockchain payments platform.

These options settle into underlying futures contracts rather than spot cryptoassets, involving no custody, transfer, or administration of tokens.

BTC rose 1.2% to $63,000 and Nasdaq futures jumped 2.6% with markets seemingly unconcerned by U.S. airstrikes on Iran. Bitcoin is now up 9% since the end of June.

The $400 billion wealth fund plans to expand AI holdings to 15% of its portfolio by 2031 from the current 6%.

A trader on Ostium has held a $1.14 million long position in EUR/USD perpetual futures for 400 days, applying a bitcoin-style HODLing strategy to forex.

The New York-based subsidiary, fully owned by Sony Bank, will be capitalized with $40 million to support its upcoming stablecoin business operations.

A wave of blockbuster AI listings is drawing billions of dollars from global investors, reinforcing a rotation away from crypto.

Santiment reported that bitcoin supply is at its lowest since 2017 and ether since 2015, adding that it doesn’t guarantee prices will move higher but helps set up crypto’s next bull cycle.

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs lost a net $84 million on Wednesday, ending a three-day inflow run that had pulled in roughly $509 million