Former Bitcoin Miners Pivot to AI as Swift Launches Blockchain Ledger

July 10, 2026 brings a seismic shift in crypto mining valuations as analysts reveal AI infrastructure contracts now drive company value more than Bitcoin operations-with TeraWulf and Cipher Mining trading below their contracted lease income alone. Swift's new blockchain ledger goes live with seventeen major banks, enabling twenty-four-seven tokenized deposit transfers that extend traditional finance into digital money without replacing existing rails. Meanwhile, Circle faces criminal contempt charges over a Wisconsin court's demand to burn and reissue frozen USDC tokens-a case that could define where judicial authority ends and blockchain code limitations begin. Plus, Robinhood Chain explodes to one billion dollars in weekly DEX volume on memecoin frenzy, Bitcoin reclaims sixty-four thousand dollars despite institutional ETF outflows, and New Hampshire's Executive Council rejects a pioneering one hundred million dollar Bitcoin-backed municipal bond. Stay tuned as we unpack Wall Street's crypto infrastructure takeover, prediction market regulation heats up across states, and Sony Bank clears its final OCC hurdle for dollar stablecoin launch.