US Treasury

Interest payments on the national debt surged 10.6 percent through July 2026, outpacing defense and Medicaid and forcing Washington to confront a fiscal trajectory that threatens other priorities.

The U.S. Treasury's debt repurchase operation disappoints bond markets, with the 10-year yield hitting a three-year high as investors signal the intervention was too small.

U.S. Treasury bill tokenization is giving DeFi protocols a yield-bearing, sovereign-backed collateral layer beyond stablecoins and crypto-native assets.

OFAC targeted two Iranian entities July 31, 2026, including Hormuz Safe, for demanding Bitcoin payments from vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.