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FTX Recovery Trust and FTX announced that the next round of fund distribution will start on July 31, allocating approximately $900 million to convenience and non-convenience claimants in the restructuring plan. Eligible creditors can receive funds through BitGo, Kraken, or Payoneer accounts within 1 to 3 business days.This round of distribution is the fifth round of repayments to creditors by FTX. According to the FTX restructuring plan, convenience claims under $50,000 will receive 120% repayment, while other claims will receive distributions of 103% to 105%. Since FTX filed for bankruptcy in November 2022, FTX Recovery Trust has distributed approximately $10 billion. Former FTX CEO Sam "SBF" Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2024, and his conviction and sentencing appeal were dismissed last month.

The tokenization platform Tradable plans to bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets to the Stellar blockchain to expand institutional access to tokenized RWA. The initiative is expected to launch with $500 million in nominal value assets and will gradually increase to $1 billion over time. Tradable will utilize the Stellar network to support institutional functions such as compliance, investor onboarding, and asset lifecycle management, with the specific launch date yet to be disclosed.Tradable stated that it has tokenized $1.7 billion in private credit assets across nearly 30 institutional-grade private credit positions. Denelle Dixon, CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation, noted that the initiative reflects growing institutional interest in using the Stellar network for tokenized RWA. Stellar has recently continued to focus on tokenized RWA and has attracted institutional partners such as the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation.

According to Arkham monitoring, the U.S. government will transfer $250,000 worth of SHIB confiscated from FTX and Alameda to a government wallet, which is expected to be used to repay FTX creditors.

According to The Block, the Tokenization platform Tradable, invested by ParaFi Capital, plans to migrate approximately $1 billion of private credit assets from the Ethereum Layer 2 ZKsync to the public blockchain Stellar. Tradable was established in 2024 and provides on-chain infrastructure for the full lifecycle management of private credit, compliance controls, and investor account opening. Last year, it tokenized approximately $1.7 billion and nearly 30 institutional-level private credit positions on ZKsync.This migration aims to leverage Stellar's user base and compliance and privacy features in the institutional tokenization field to provide high-quality on-chain private credit investment opportunities to traditional asset managers. Stellar has previously hosted RWA products and stablecoin pilots for Franklin Templeton, WisdomTree, Ondo Finance, Figure, and others.

According to BBX data, yesterday the two flagship institutions on Wall Street released their Q2 2026 financial reports on the same day, forming an important institutional narrative anchor regarding AI infrastructure and digital assets. The core dynamics are as follows:The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: $GS) released its Q2 2026 financial report on July 14, with CEO David Solomon providing the strongest institutional endorsement of AI infrastructure to date during the earnings call: "AI infrastructure is in the early innings of a multi-year investment cycle," and stated that the company expects to finance most of the AI infrastructure development, driving growth in mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity issuance, and lending opportunities. This assessment highly resonates with Goldman’s ongoing positioning in the crypto ecosystem: Q1 2026 13F shows the company holds approximately $700 million in iShares Bitcoin Trust ($IBIT) positions, while simultaneously liquidating all positions in XRP ETF and Solana ETF, and increasing holdings in Circle ($CRCL), Galaxy Digital ($GLXY), and Coinbase ($COIN) stocks; the company applied to the SEC for a Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (covered call option structure) on April 14; and on June 12, completed a $75 billion fundraising as the lead underwriter for SpaceX's largest IPO in history. Solomon's "early innings" assertion is a public confirmation that Goldman views AI infrastructure investment and crypto asset allocation as part of the same long-term narrative.JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: $JPM) also released its Q2 2026 financial report on July 14. According to CoinDesk Live Updates, CEO Jamie Dimon identified the rapid construction of AI computing infrastructure as a core driver of corporate investment and financing demand during the earnings call, forming a rare cross-institutional consensus with Goldman and BofA. JPMorgan has previously maintained a cautious stance on crypto regulation, but its statements in the AI data center financing sector are becoming a foundation for its entry into adjacent crypto tracks (including loans to AI mining companies and tokenized bond underwriting). Notably, JPMorgan has previously issued multiple warnings of "time running out" during the CLARITY Act legislative process, and this financial report did not provide a new legislative timeline assessment, but the strong qualitative outlook for AI infrastructure indicates that the bank will continue to provide financing services to AI mining clients such as TeraWulf and IREN, further deepening its balance sheet exposure to the crypto ecosystem.

Founder of Strategy Michael Saylor stated that Bitcoin is digital capital, and Strategy is transforming it into digital credit.

According to a report by South Korea's "Daily Economic News" on July 12, driven by the stock market investment boom and sustained housing demand, the five major commercial banks in South Korea (KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana, Woori, NH Nonghyup) saw a surge in household loans in the first half of this year. As of the end of June, the household loan balance of the five major banks (excluding policy loans) reached 647.57 trillion won, an increase of about 3.7 trillion won compared to the end of last year. This means that in just half a year, the five major banks have exhausted 85.3% of the annual new loan limit set by financial regulatory authorities (approximately 4.33 trillion won), with two banks even exceeding the annual new limit ahead of schedule.To meet the strict overall control targets set by financial regulatory departments, banks are currently accelerating the tightening of credit thresholds. For example, KB Kookmin Bank recently significantly lowered the maximum limit for housing loans from 600 million won to 300 million won, while other banks are focusing on limiting new credit loans and reducing overdraft account limits. However, in just the first nine days of July, the household loan balance of the five major banks increased by over 1 trillion won. Industry insiders point out that against the backdrop of a severely limited remaining quota, banks will have to adopt stricter lending measures in the second half of the year to control the annual growth rate, and the South Korean market is expected to face a severe "credit winter."

According to CoinDesk, the Japanese listed company Metaplanet is collaborating with the yen stablecoin issuer JPYC and the security token platform Progmat to research digital credit products using Bitcoin as collateral.

According to CoinDesk, in just the month of June, the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF saw a net outflow of $4 billion, led by BlackRock's IBIT, as funds shifted towards opportunities in AI trading and the SpaceX IPO. Bitcoin fell about 14% in the second quarter, dropping below $60,000, marking its third consecutive quarter of losses. However, this outflow pales in comparison to the $2 trillion private credit market. Redemption requests in private credit reached $15.6 billion in the second quarter, with 10 out of 16 business development companies exceeding the 5% quarterly cap, and most investors receiving only partial payouts. Fitch expects redemptions to continue in the coming months, and unmet requests will keep several companies under pressure.Bitcoin ETFs have strong liquidity, and outflows directly impact BTC prices; in contrast, private credit BDCs are illiquid long-term instruments. The simultaneous redemptions of both reflect widespread market concerns about liquidity and risk. The energy market is also sending signals of risk aversion, with the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve at its lowest level since 1983. QCP Capital summarized: "Different sectors, same pattern: the market's buffer space is narrowing." It pointed out that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has bottomed out, Strategy has sold BTC for the first time to pay dividends, and private credit redemptions have surpassed thresholds, all indicating that risk assets face a more challenging environment.

Raydium announces the launch of the token MORPHO for trading.MORPHO is the ecological token of the on-chain credit protocol, which has now been integrated and deployed to the Solana ecosystem through Sunrise, and trading pairs are open on Raydium, allowing users to participate in related liquidity and trading activities on Solana.

Michael Saylor stated on the X platform that Strategy has sold 3,588 bitcoins, cashing out $216 million to pay dividends on its digital credit securities. As of July 5, the company's bitcoin reserves have decreased to 843,775 coins, while holding a dollar reserve of $2.55 billion.This is the second public disclosure of a reduction operation by Strategy this year, following the sale of 32 BTC to cover preferred stock dividends from May 26 to 31, and the scale has significantly expanded, reflecting the company's increased reliance on selling part of its bitcoin reserves to maintain its dividend obligations amid pressure on bitcoin prices and growing unrealized losses.

According to Binance Research data, as of June 2026, the total value of RWA assets is approximately $31.7 billion, with the private credit sector experiencing the strongest monthly growth, adding about $883 million.The Binance Research report states that Centrifuge is driving a resurgence in the tokenization of private credit, with its $200 million JAAA issued on Solana demonstrating the feasibility of bringing institutional-grade assets on-chain.In addition, Binance launched bStocks, converting real U.S. stock holdings into tokens on the BNB Chain, supporting 24/7 on-chain trading. The report shows that 80% of tokenized stock trades come from emerging markets, with 93% of trades being fragmented, and the median trade size being $18.81.Binance Research expects that under the assumption of a 0.4% penetration rate, the market size for tokenized RWA could expand to $661 billion, representing approximately 62 times the current level of upside potential.

According to official news, the blockchain-based private credit platform Techdollar announced the completion of a $3 million Pre-Seed round of financing, with participation from NoLimit Holdings, Reforge VC, as well as individual investors such as Newmichwill, RoyLearner, and Ansem.It is reported that Techdollar is a blockchain-based private credit platform that allows founders, employees, venture capitalists, and family offices to obtain loans secured by equity in private tech companies without having to sell shares. The platform adopts a stablecoin issuance mechanism and integrates with on-chain liquidity infrastructure to provide rapid capital access while maintaining private off-chain custody and compliant underwriting processes.

Founder of Strategy, Michael Saylor, made his first public statement after the release of the digital credit capital framework: "Stronger credit, stronger equity, more Bitcoin." Michael Saylor's declaration seems to provide a motivational explanation for the launch of the digital credit capital framework, which aims to ultimately achieve a strategic logic of holding more Bitcoin by strengthening the credit and equity structure.

According to the latest data from CertiK Skynet, Websea has maintained a security rating of over 80 in the A-grade high score range after completing its third round of professional penetration testing, with its overall ranking showing a steady upward trend, continuing to rank among the top in the global exchange security list.This assessment covers core dimensions such as smart contract security, system architecture stability, risk control mechanisms, and asset protection capabilities. The comprehensive assessment results further confirm that Websea has a highly mature and robust security system, with overall security performance at a high level within the industry. As a mainstream third-party security organization in the industry, CertiK's continuous audit and penetration testing results further strengthen Websea's long-term industry endorsement in terms of security transparency and credibility among global exchanges, and also enhance market recognition of Websea's security and credibility.

According to The Defiant, the defunct DeFi yield protocol Stream Finance has begun collecting potential creditor information through an online form in preparation for "potential global solutions." Stream first revealed its intention to liquidate in May. The debt structure is complex: direct holders of xUSD, xBTC, and xETH are one class of creditors, while institutional lenders (curators on Euler, Morpho, Silo, Gearbox) accepting Stream tokens as collateral are another.Research institution Yields and More estimates the direct debt exposure to be approximately $285 million, with the largest curator TelosC accounting for about $124 million and Elixir for about $68 million (which represents 65% of its deUSD stablecoin reserves). Stream has collected claims information but has not committed to a specific compensation plan, and the priority of creditors has yet to be determined. Stream is also involved in legal disputes with former operator Caleb McMeans.Last November, Stream disclosed that external fund managers had lost approximately $93 million in assets, leading to the de-pegging of xUSD and freezing about $160 million in deposits. xUSD is currently quoted at approximately $0.08, down about 92% from its pegged price.

According to the 8-K document submitted to the SEC by Strategy, the company announced the launch of a digital credit capital framework, which includes five core components: dollar reserve policy, adjustment of STRC dividend policy, preferred stock repurchase plan, common stock repurchase plan, and BTC monetization plan.Under the dollar reserve policy, the reserve can only be used to pay preferred stock dividends and debt interest, and management must maintain a reserve sufficient to cover expected dividends and interest expenses for at least the next 12 months. As of June 28, the dollar reserve balance was $2.55 billion.Regarding the STRC dividend, the company will dynamically assess the dividend rate on a monthly basis, considering factors such as trading price, market yield, credit spread, and Bitcoin price volatility, and will not increase the dividend solely because the STRC trading price is below par value. The company also announced an increase in the annualized dividend rate for STRC to 12% from the previous level, effective July 1.In terms of the repurchase plan, the company has established two repurchase authorizations of $1 billion each, to repurchase preferred stocks such as STRC, STRF, STRD, STRK, and Class A common stock, with STRC being the primary target of the preferred stock repurchase plan. Neither of the repurchase plans will utilize dollar reserve funds.In addition, the company's board of directors has authorized the BTC monetization plan, allowing the company to raise up to $1.25 billion by selling Bitcoin, to supplement the dollar reserve, pay preferred stock dividends and interest expenses, or fund the aforementioned repurchase plans.