The Block - 2026-07-18
3 items collected.
1. US regulators miss GENIUS Act’s one-year deadline for final stablecoin rules
Author: Zack Abrams
Published: 7/18/2026, 10:04:40 PM
Categories: Policy, Regulation
The delay does not postpone the law’s Jan. 18, 2027 effective date, leaving regulators and stablecoin issuers with a compressed implementation window.
2. Bitcoin Japan, which holds no bitcoin, taps EVO Fund in planned $60 million raise to finally buy some
Author: Zack Abrams
Published: 7/18/2026, 6:47:49 PM
Categories: Companies
A prior December raise instead funded stakes tied to SpaceX and Figure AI, which the company says are its two AI infrastructure investments to date.
3. UNI burn poised to grow as Uniswap governance votes on v4 fees and Robinhood Chain expansion
Author: Zack Abrams
Published: 7/18/2026, 2:04:54 PM
Categories: Crypto Ecosystems, DeFi
Both proposals route new fees into the UNI burn system created under December's "UNIfication" overhaul, with voting open from July 19 through July 26.