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BW-Bank now allows customers to trade crypto assets via their securities account, partnering with Bitpanda for execution and custody. The service, launched on September 9, 2026, offers ten cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. Bitpanda is the contractual counterparty, not the bank, and holds the assets. Trading has a 1 euro minimum and a 50,000 euro per order limit. The bank does not provide deposit protection for crypto assets, and users should review Bitpanda's terms and fees.

Litecoin (LTC) and Hedera (HBAR) are gaining attention. LTC traded near $55.22, showing renewed buying activity, while HBAR is supported by an insurance-sector partnership. Apeing, a meme coin project, is in its Stage 3 presale at $0.0004 per token, aiming for a $0.01 listing price, with $68,175 raised and 382,942,325 tokens sold. The project offers a 25x potential ROI scenario, though this is promotional.

Grayscale Investments withdrew three SEC ETF registrations for spot-price tracking ETFs tied to Cardano (ADA), Polkadot (DOT), and Hedera (HBAR), according to the company. The filings were made during 2025. Grayscale cited a prolonged crypto price slump. YTD, ADA is down over 41%, DOT down 54%, and HBAR down 35%.

The article says Hedera announced a custody partnership with Utila and that Grayscale filed with the SEC for a spot HBAR ETF, citing DailyCoin and CoinPedia. It reports HBAR around $0.068 and a July target of $0.085 (range $0.069 to $0.101). It also claims Pepeto’s presale raised $10.52M ahead of an expected Binance listing.

The article compares XRP, Stellar (XLM), and Hedera (HBAR) for institutional use in payments and tokenization. It cites Mastercard’s blockchain list and Ripple’s RLUSD approval, MoneyGram’s June launch of a Stellar-based dollar stablecoin, and Stellar’s Q1 stablecoin payments of $5.5B (+72% YoY). It also notes SEC/CFTC guidance treating all three as commodities and spot ETF figures for XRP and HBAR.

HBAR rose about 14% this week, supported by Hedera’s real-world asset (RWA) tokenization momentum. Santiment data cited Hedera as leading RWA development with a 96.9% score. Partnerships include Archax’s tokenized securities on Hedera and Asseto and Utila joining. The article links renewed interest in the CLARITY Act to the price move and cites $0.076 and $0.09 levels.

The article discusses a Stargate LLM presale for an AI agent marketplace, with 10 pricing stages from $0.0005 to $0.0125 and a stated confirmed $0.025 launch price. It also cites Bitcoin Cash trading around $213.67 and Hedera joining a Legal Layer for AI protocol on June 24, 2026. Litecoin is cited around $42 and its spot ETF LTCC with $5.49M net assets.

The article says Hedera’s HBAR token was trading around $0.0745, down from its weekend high and about 81% below its all-time high, amid weaker crypto volumes and concerns about ecosystem growth. It cites low Hedera fees ($120k this year; $647 in the last 24 hours) and weak DeFi/stablecoin metrics, and notes limited inflows to the Canary HBAR ETF.

Crypto markets are rebounding: total cap rose to $2.14T from $2.02T at the start of July. Over 24 hours, Uniswap (+13.1%), SushiSwap (+6.8%) and Cardano (+6.5%) led; Hedera (-1.9%) and IOTA (-1.7%) lagged. Bitcoin traded above $62K, but needs $67–68K to confirm reversal; Metaplanet added 2,823 BTC to 43,000 BTC.

IX Asia Indexes released the 1H 2026 review of its IX Digital Asset Industry Classification System (DAICS®). It covers the top 50 coins by average market cap over 90 days (97.45% total coverage; 50th coin 0.06%). Seven coins were added (e.g., CC, XAUT, PAXG) and six deleted (e.g., ENA, APT, WLD). DAICS® changes take effect 24 July 2026.