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Coinbase Wants To Be Canada’s ‘Everything Exchange’ — With Crypto, Stocks, and Prediction Markets
Crypto giant Coinbase is making its “everything exchange” push in Canada.
Eric Richmond, country director and CEO of Coinbase Canada, told BNN Bloomberg in a Tuesday interview that the move would allow Canadians to not only buy crypto but also trade tokenized stocks and put money on prediction markets.
“Coinbase believes we have a new technology here that can really help with that, and that’s blockchain and the technology that underpins crypto today,” Richmond said in the interview. “How do we create that one place for Canadians to have their entire financial experience in one app that’s underpinned by this technology that makes things frictionless, seamless, and 24/7?”
He added: “I think people are starting to realize the fact that banks close at 4 p.m., or the markets close at 4 p.m., or that wires can take days to settle, or that access for high-net-worth individuals to certain products are gated for just those high-net-worth individuals.”
Coinbase in the U.S. allows Americans to place bets and trade stocks. The company started as a place allowing people to buy and sell Bitcoin but has since offered hundreds of digital coins.
Richmond added that the company was working with Canadian regulators to make the launch.
Tokenized stocks are versions of equities that trade on the technology underpinning Bitcoin: the blockchain. Proponents like Coinbase argue that by tokenizing everything, traders will be able to make transactions around the clock, 24-7.
A number of crypto exchanges are also making the push to branch out from crypto: Kraken, for example, has also started allowing users to trade stocks and has announced plans for a prediction market platform.
Coinbase has made some bigger moves in recent years, other than just working as a crypto exchange.
America’s biggest bank, JPMorgan Chase, last year signed a deal with the company to allow customers to directly link their bank accounts to the platform.
Coinbase also provides custody services — including to Wall Street giants like BlackRock — and has a contract with the US government to hold onto seized crypto.
The company also in April received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in the U.S. for a national trust banking charter, essentially paving the way for it to serve as a crypto custodian on a federal basis, managing assets for larger entities.
The company has clashed with banking executives recently over stablecoin rewards: the exchange wants its yield-bearing stablecoin products to continue, which in turn could prove to be a bigger boon in the long-run for the business.
This post Coinbase Wants To Be Canada’s ‘Everything Exchange’ — With Crypto, Stocks, and Prediction Markets first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.
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Cardano has activated the Van Rossem hard fork on mainnet, moving the network to Protocol Version 11 and marking another step in its push toward fully on-chain governance.
The upgrade went live at Epoch 644 on July 18, according to the validated release details. It requires node operators to run Cardano Node v11.0.1 or later and represents one of the most important governance milestones in Cardano’s recent history.
The key point is not just that Cardano upgraded. Networks upgrade all the time. What makes Van Rossem notable is that it was enacted through Cardano’s on-chain governance framework, rather than being handled purely through a traditional core-development process.
That makes the hard fork a test of Cardano’s Voltaire-era promise: can a major blockchain coordinate technical upgrades through formal decentralized governance without losing stability?
Cardano has always taken a slower, more formal approach than many rival layer-1 networks.
That has earned it both supporters and critics. Supporters argue that Cardano’s research-heavy process makes the network more resilient. Critics argue that it slows execution and leaves the ecosystem behind faster-moving competitors.
The Van Rossem hard fork sits right inside that debate.
A mainnet protocol upgrade is not just a technical release. It requires exchanges, stake pool operators, infrastructure providers, wallets, developers, and users to align around the new version. If coordination breaks down, the network can suffer from delays, compatibility problems, or fragmentation.
Cardano’s claim is that its governance system can manage this kind of process more transparently and more formally.
By moving to Protocol Version 11 through on-chain governance, Cardano is trying to show that decision-making can be decentralized without becoming chaotic. That is the real test.
Crypto governance often sounds abstract until it touches the protocol itself.
Token votes, committees, proposals, and community discussions are one thing. A hard fork is another. When governance leads to a network-level upgrade, the stakes become real.
That is why this milestone matters for ADA holders and Cardano builders.
If governance works, it can give the ecosystem a clearer route for upgrades and long-term coordination. If governance becomes slow, political, or difficult to execute, critics will argue that the process is adding friction.
Cardano’s model depends on proving that formal governance can support technical progress.
Van Rossem is therefore not just about today’s code. It is about whether future upgrades can move through the system with enough legitimacy and speed.
The hard fork moves Cardano to Protocol Version 11, but traders should be careful not to treat it as an instant performance catalyst.
The validated materials point to Van Rossem as laying groundwork for later upgrades, including work connected to Ouroboros Leios and the Dijkstra era. That means the upgrade is more structural than immediately user-facing.
It should not be described as a sudden speed boost or a complete scaling transformation.
For users, the near-term impact may be subtle. For developers and infrastructure operators, the upgrade is more important because it updates the base layer that future improvements will depend on.
That is often how serious blockchain upgrades work. The market wants obvious before-and-after changes, but protocol development usually happens in layers.
Van Rossem is one of those layers.
For ADA, the hard fork gives the market a concrete governance milestone, but price impact will depend on what follows.
Cardano needs developer activity, DeFi growth, liquidity, user adoption, and stronger application demand to turn governance progress into market momentum. A hard fork can help the long-term story, but it does not solve every adoption question on its own.
Still, it gives Cardano supporters something specific to point to.
The network has now moved a major upgrade through its governance process. If future upgrades build on that successfully, Cardano’s decentralization-first identity becomes more credible.
The risk is that the market sees the event as procedural rather than catalytic. That is fair. Protocol upgrades only matter to traders when they translate into clearer growth, better performance, or stronger ecosystem activity.
For now, Van Rossem is best understood as a governance and infrastructure milestone.
It shows Cardano continuing to build its future around formal decentralized decision-making. The next step is proving that this model can also deliver faster, more visible ecosystem progress.
This article is based on Intersect Cardano Node release materials.
This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.
This report is based on information released by GitHub. at GitHub
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney traveled to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada’s facility in London, Ontario, alongside National Defence Minister David J. McGuinty, to formally announce a new Strategic Partnership between the Canadian government and the company, along with a contract worth roughly $1.4 billion for 190 additional Armoured Combat Support Vehicles for the Canadian military […]As smoke from hundreds of burning wildfires spread across Canada and the United States, the first three operational satellites in the Google-backed FireSat program successfully launched into orbit. The satellites will begin providing wildfire detection capable of spotting even small fires in the United States, Australia, and Europe before the end of the year.
The launch of the microsatellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 7, 2026 marks a transition to “initial operational capability” for the FireSat constellation managed by the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance. After a three-month testing period, the three satellites will begin actively providing data to fire agencies while covering every fire-prone region on Earth at least twice per day.
FireSat represents the first satellite constellation purpose-built for detecting wildfires, including spotting smaller fires that other satellites may miss. The satellites were designed by California-based satellite manufacturer Muon Space and have received over $15 million from Google to support initial deployment. Other notable financial supporters include the Bezos Earth Fund that committed $26 million.
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Cardano has never been short of debate, but founder-level rumors can still cut through the noise quickly. Charles Hoskinson’s response to claims about his departure gives the ADA community a firmer answer at a time when governance and scaling work are already under the microscope.
The story matters because confidence in Cardano is tied not only to code but to coordination. Large protocol transitions need developers, validators, governance participants, and community leaders aligned enough to keep moving.
For more details, visit the official Cardanofoundation platform.
In theory, decentralized ecosystems should not depend on one person. In practice, visible founders still influence sentiment, attention, and community cohesion. Cardano is a clear example of that tension.
Hoskinson denying the rumors does not solve every question around Cardano’s future, but it removes a distraction. That gives the market more room to focus on roadmap delivery.
The more important question is whether Cardano can continue shipping the upgrades the community has been waiting for, including work tied to throughput and governance. That is where long-term confidence will be built or lost.
For now, the immediate message is that Hoskinson remains publicly committed, and the ecosystem has to turn that stability into execution.
The practical takeaway is that Cardano stories now have to be read through both market structure and product execution. A headline can create attention, but the more durable signal is whether the underlying source points to real activity, a real filing, a real integration, or a measurable change in how users and institutions behave.
That is why this development is worth separating from ordinary market noise. It gives readers a specific point to track over the next few sessions rather than a vague reason to be bullish or bearish. If follow-up data confirms the direction, the story can build. If not, it still gives the market a clearer snapshot of where attention is concentrating today.
The cleaner way to read this story is not to force it into a simple bullish or bearish box. For Cardano readers, the useful part is the change in context. A new filing, integration, market signal, or regulatory step can alter how traders think about the next few sessions even when it does not instantly change price.
That is especially true after the last few volatile weeks, when crypto has been dealing with a mix of ETF flows, legal updates, exchange listings, protocol upgrades, and shifting liquidity. The market is no longer reacting to one dominant theme. It is weighing several smaller signals at once, and that makes source-backed developments more important than ordinary chatter.
For Bitcoinist readers, the important question is what this changes from here. If follow-up data, filings, governance updates, or wallet movement confirm the direction, the story can develop into a larger market theme. If the next update is weak, delayed, or contradicted by new data, the market may quickly move on.
That is why the scope matters. This article is not treating the development as a guaranteed price trigger. It is treating it as a fresh signal inside a market that is trying to sort durable activity from short-term noise. The distinction is important because crypto narratives can move faster than the facts behind them.
The next thing to watch is whether this becomes part of a wider pattern. In some cases that means more institutional flows. In others it means stronger developer adoption, cleaner regulatory access, deeper exchange liquidity, or a clearer technical roadmap. Either way, the story is strongest if it is followed by measurable execution rather than another round of speculative headlines.
This article is based on information from the Cardano Foundation.
This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.
This report is based on information from Cardanofoundation. at Cardanofoundation
Norwegian defense and technology group Kongsberg posted a second quarter that outpaced its own recent growth trajectory by a wide margin, with revenue climbing 31 percent to NOK 10,389 million (roughly $1.06 billion) and operating profit jumping nearly 50 percent to NOK 1,669 million (about $171 million), as demand for its missile systems and layered […]
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Canada’s navy currently has four submarines and, on a good day, exactly one of them can put to sea. That is the reality Prime Minister Mark Carney used to justify what his government is now calling the largest defense purchase in Canadian history: a submarine fleet of up to 12 vessels built by Germany’s Thyssenkrupp […]Cardano’s governance story is moving from theory into the harder question of spending. The network’s 2026 budget process puts ADA treasury allocation, measurable ecosystem goals, and DRep validation back at the centre of the conversation.
That may not be the kind of headline that creates instant price excitement, but it matters for Cardano’s long-term credibility. A treasury only becomes useful if the ecosystem can decide how to deploy it without turning every funding round into chaos.
For more details, visit the official Cardano platform.
Cardano’s 2026 ecosystem budget framework proposes aligning treasury spending with Cardano Vision 2030 and measurable KPIs. The process includes standardized templates, minimum proposal sizes, and DRep validation. Separately, the Cardano Foundation has described voting decisions around dozens of proposals requesting hundreds of millions of ADA across the strategy’s pillars.
For ADA holders, the question is not just how much money exists in the treasury. It is whether that money can be spent in ways that grow the network.
Cardano has spent years building a reputation around research, process, and decentralised governance. That has strengths. It also creates frustration when the market wants faster execution.
The budget process is where those two realities meet.
A structured framework can help the ecosystem avoid random funding decisions. It can force proposals to define goals, link spending to measurable outcomes, and give DReps a clearer basis for evaluation. That is important because treasury spending without accountability can quickly become political rather than productive.
At the same time, too much process can slow the network down. Cardano has to prove that governance can fund useful work without becoming a bottleneck.
Treasury governance can affect ADA’s investment case in a few ways. First, it can support developer tooling, infrastructure, adoption campaigns, and ecosystem growth. Second, it can improve confidence that Cardano’s resources are being managed responsibly. Third, it can show whether decentralized decision-making works at scale.
The market will not price all of that immediately. But over time, credible treasury allocation can become one of the things that separates durable networks from speculative ones.
The risk is that proposals become too broad, too political, or too disconnected from measurable results. If that happens, treasury spending can dilute focus rather than sharpen it.
Cardano’s 2026 framework is therefore a real test. It asks whether the network can turn governance into execution.
For ADA, price still depends heavily on broader altcoin sentiment. But beneath the chart, the budget process is one of the more important ecosystem stories to watch. Cardano does not just need a treasury. It needs proof that the treasury can help the network move.
This report is based on information from Cardano and the Cardano Foundation.
This is where DReps become more important than a governance label. Their job is not only to vote, but to help filter which initiatives deserve funding and which ones do not. If that filter works, Cardano’s treasury can become an advantage rather than a source of endless debate.
This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.
Source: Cardano
A firearm attachment once reserved almost exclusively for special operations units is quickly becoming standard-issue equipment for ordinary infantry soldiers worldwide, according to a July 3 report from German defense outlet hartpunkt. The report examines the growing military adoption of what the article calls signature reducers, the more technically accurate term for devices commonly known […]Cardano’s market chart has been quiet, but its codebase is still moving. Recent Cardano node releases from IntersectMBO show continued development work at a time when ADA has been stuck in a tight range and social sentiment has turned impatient.
That split between price action and developer activity is familiar for Cardano. The project often draws criticism when ADA fails to move with the wider market, but its supporters point to steady release work as evidence that the network is still building through weak periods.
For more details, visit the official GitHub platform.
A GitHub release does not guarantee a token rally. It does, however, give traders something more concrete than social-media arguments about whether a chain is active or not. In Cardano’s case, the release history shows maintenance and development continuing even while ADA struggles to attract momentum.
That matters because the criticism around Cardano is rarely just about price. It is usually about whether the network is producing enough useful activity to justify its long-term valuation. Developer work helps answer one part of that question, but it is not the full answer.
The challenge for Cardano is turning codebase progress into visible adoption. Traders can respect continued releases and still demand stronger evidence of application usage, liquidity, fees, and on-chain activity.
For ADA, the cleaner read is that development has not stopped, but the market has not yet rewarded it. If new releases feed into better performance or more user-facing activity, the narrative can improve. If not, Cardano risks staying trapped between loyal builder momentum and a price chart that still needs a reason to move.
For Cardano, the market probably needs more than release notes. A stronger narrative would come from visible application growth, rising transaction demand, new liquidity, or developer releases that directly improve user experience.
That does not make the GitHub activity irrelevant. In slower markets, continued maintenance can be the difference between a chain that is quietly improving and one that is drifting. But traders usually price outcomes, not effort.
The next test is whether Cardano can connect its development cadence with measurable network demand. Until then, ADA may remain a case where the builder story and the price story move at very different speeds.
That leaves Cardano in a familiar position: easy to criticize from the outside, but not easy to dismiss on development alone. The chain still needs a stronger market catalyst, yet the release activity gives ADA holders something more substantial than hope to point to.
The cleaner takeaway is to treat this as a specific development inside Cardano, not as a blanket prediction for the whole market. It gives readers a concrete data point to watch while keeping the limits of the story clear.
This report is based on Cardano node release information from IntersectMBO’s GitHub repository.
This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.
Source: GitHub
There is a reason this one is worth separating from the usual market noise. Cardano Price Stuck in Consolidation as Devs Push Back on 'Ghost Chain' Accusations gives NewsBTC readers a clean angle on Cardano at a point where the market is trying to separate durable signals from short-lived noise.
According to the source material reviewed for this report, the story turns on a few concrete details rather than vague sentiment. That matters because crypto headlines can move quickly, but the pieces that tend to last are the ones backed by filings, official releases, data dashboards, or protocol-level records.
TL;DR
The immediate relevance is that this development fits into one of the market’s main themes for the day: institutional positioning, network usage, regulatory pressure, protocol development, or asset-specific rotation. In this case, the key topic is Cardano, which is why it deserves a dedicated read rather than being buried inside a broader market recap.
For traders, the useful part is not simply that the headline exists. It is the way the facts line up with the current market backdrop. When official sources, market data, or protocol records show a fresh shift, readers get a better sense of whether the move is just a one-day reaction or part of something more structural.
The core source for this story is essentialcardano.io with supporting data from github.com. That source trail is important because the final article should not rely on discovery-only media links or second-hand summaries.
ADA has been trading in a tight range between $0.1344 and $0.1521.
Development data shows high commit rates on GitHub, countering popular social media narratives labeling it a 'ghost chain'.
On-chain transaction counts remain stable despite rangebound price action.
The numerical claims in the pack were tied back to specific source material before writing. '$0.1344' sourced from TradingView ADA/USD spot market historical support; '$0.1521' sourced from TradingView ADA/USD spot market historical resistance
The caution is just as important as the headline. Do not claim Cardano has solved all transaction throughput issues; present the facts as a balance between developer commits and market price lag.
That means the cleaner read is to treat this as a confirmed development with a defined scope, not as proof of a guaranteed price move or a sweeping market shift. In crypto, the difference matters. A verified data point can strengthen a thesis, but it does not remove execution risk, liquidity risk, regulatory uncertainty, or the possibility that traders fade the initial reaction.
For now, the story gives the market another piece of evidence to weigh. If follow-up filings, dashboard updates, protocol records, or official statements confirm further momentum, the angle can develop into something larger. If not, it still stands as a useful snapshot of where activity is concentrating today.
This report is based on information from essentialcardano.io and github.com.
This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.
Source: Cardano Development Update
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