General cryptocurrency and blockchain news that doesn't fit neatly into a single category.
Crypto’s next altseason may have fewer winners: Wintermute
Wintermute's trading data reveals a structural shift in altseason dynamics. Institutional capital now dominates the firm's spot OTC desk, representing…
Coldcard issues Mk3 warning as experts examine $38M Bitcoin wallet drain
Coinkite issued an urgent warning to Coldcard Mk3 hardware wallet users, directing them to migrate funds immediately over a potential seed-generation …
Bhutan’s Gelephu taps 3iQ to manage part of Bitcoin treasury
Bhutan's planned smart city Gelephu Mindfulness City has tapped Toronto-based 3iQ to manage a portion of its Bitcoin treasury, expanding the nation's …
US Senators sent revised ethics rules to White House for CLARITY Act: Report
US Senators have submitted revised ethics rules to the White House regarding the Comprehensive Legislation Advancing Responsible Investment in Crypto …
Strategy posts $8.2B Q2 loss as Bitcoin slump drives unrealized losses
Strategy, a major Bitcoin treasury company, reported an $8.2 billion loss in Q2 driven primarily by unrealized losses tied to Bitcoin's price decline …
Luno cuts 20% of staff as crypto layoffs spread across 12 firms in July
Luno, the cryptocurrency exchange and wallet platform, slashed 20% of its workforce this July as part of a broader wave of layoffs rippling through cr…
Japanese game developer launches Bitcoin, altcoin fund with SBI
Japanese game developer Gumi has launched a Bitcoin and altcoin investment fund in partnership with SBI, Japan's largest online brokerage and financia…
Ethereum Foundation adds SEAL 911 co-founder to board as privacy focus grows
The Ethereum Foundation expanded its board to include Pascal Caversaccio, co-founder of SEAL 911, signaling a deliberate pivot toward privacy and secu…
US arbitration giant launches specialist panel for crypto disputes
The American Arbitration Association launched a Web3 Panel dedicated to resolving cryptocurrency and blockchain disputes. The panel assembles arbitrat…
Robinhood posts record quarter, but crypto revenue slides 38%
Robinhood reported record quarterly results driven by traditional equities trading, but cryptocurrency revenue plummeted 38 percent, exposing cracks i…
Uniswap founder rejects claims v4 fees reduce LP earnings
Hayden Adams, Uniswap's founder, pushed back against criticism over the protocol's newly approved v4 fee structure, disputing claims that liquidity pr…
South Korea plans stablecoin rules as opposition pushes crypto tax repeal
South Korea's Financial Services Commission plans comprehensive stablecoin regulation and digital asset oversight even as opposition lawmakers campaig…
Celsius-linked Bitcoin miner Ionic Digital gains 26% in Nasdaq debut
Ionic Digital, a Bitcoin mining operation with ties to the collapsed Celsius Network, surged 26% in its Nasdaq debut, closing at $62.90 and capturing …
Tether signs tokenization deal with Nairobi Securities Exchange
Tether has inked a tokenization partnership with the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), marking the stablecoin issuer's latest push into emerging mark…
Zcash says Ironwood proof rules out undetectable counterfeiting bugs
Zcash researchers have published over 2,700 machine-checked theorems aimed at eliminating the risk of undetectable counterfeiting bugs in Ironwood, th…
US judge temporarily blocks Minnesota prediction market ban
A federal judge blocked Minnesota's ban on prediction markets, granting a preliminary injunction that lets Kalshi and Polymarket US keep operating in …
Zimbabwe admits seven fintech projects to regulatory sandbox
Zimbabwe's financial regulator approved seven fintech projects for participation in its regulatory sandbox program, a controlled testing environment f…
Hong Kong prepares banks for quantum threats amid tokenization push
Hong Kong's central bank is accelerating quantum-readiness protocols for the financial sector while scaling tokenization initiatives. The Hong Kong Mo…
Binance phishs its own staff monthly, India censors BitChat code: Asia Express
Binance runs monthly phishing simulations against its own employees as part of security training, deliberately sending fake malicious emails to test s…
New York AG warns CLARITY Act could weaken state crypto enforcement
New York Attorney General Letitia James has pushed back against federal crypto legislation, warning that the CLARITY Act threatens to undermine state-…
BitMart withdrawals appear to slow following wind-down announcement
BitMart's withdrawal services have slowed materially following the exchange's wind-down announcement, with users encountering delays and freeze notice…
Garden Finance disables app as Blockaid reports $450,000 exploit
Garden Finance disabled its application after security firm Blockaid detected a $450,000 exploit targeting the protocol's infrastructure. The attack e…
Storj files for bankruptcy, explores equity path for tokenholders
Storj, the decentralized cloud storage platform, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy while signaling continuity for its operating network. The company exp…
CLARITY hopes fade, BitMEX shuts as lawsuit looms: Hodler’s Digest, July 26
The Clarity Act, despite backing from heavyweight institutions like Goldman Sachs and Fidelity plus endorsement from law enforcement, faces dimming pr…
WEMIX says attacker moved about $724,000 after contract breach
WEMIX suspended core infrastructure after a contract vulnerability exposed approximately $724,000 in user funds. The attacker compromised a WEMIX$-lin…
Robinhood in talks with Crypto.com over prediction markets: WSJ
Robinhood is in talks with Crypto.com to launch prediction markets, according to the Wall Street Journal. The brokerage giant views the partnership as…
Bitcoin advocacy group to join US State Department’s ‘digital freedom’ program
The Bitcoin Policy Institute secured placement in a US State Department initiative focused on digital freedom. The organization and three partner grou…
Wise to resubmit US charter application under GENIUS Act
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency rejected Wise's application for a national bank charter this week, citing anti-money laundering and coun…
North Korea arrests bank hacking ring tied to crypto laundering: Report
North Korea arrested a hacking ring composed of former state cyber operators, according to Daily NK. The group allegedly targeted two state-owned bank…
Russia’s largest bank Sberbank plans crypto trading infrastructure by December
Sberbank, Russia's largest financial institution, is positioning itself to launch crypto trading infrastructure by December, capitalizing on the count…
EU authorities include HTX exchange in Russian sanctions
The EU has added HTX exchange to its sanctions list targeting entities that facilitate financial services for Russia. The exchange joins 17 other plat…
Strive’s SATA recovers most of June decline, trades within 3% of par
Strive's SATA token has clawed back most of its June losses, now trading within 3% of par value. The recovery marks a shift in market sentiment around…
House passes bill on lawmakers using insider information for stock trading
The House passed legislation restricting lawmakers' ability to trade stocks based on nonpublic information obtained through their official duties. The…
A quantum roadmap would push Bitcoin much higher: Charles Edwards
Charles Edwards, a prominent crypto analyst, argues that Bitcoin's price could surge by double digits if developers establish a clear quantum computin…
Thailand SEC files complaint against Bitkub over alleged false disclosures
Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission filed a criminal complaint against Bitkub, the country's largest cryptocurrency exchange, along with two…
Crypto advocacy groups support CLARITY passage as ethics rules face pushback
Crypto advocacy groups are accelerating their push for the CLARITY Act as the legislative window narrows ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Industry…
Internet Freedom Foundation calls India’s BitChat GitHub takedown order ‘unconstitutional’
India's Internet Freedom Foundation challenged the government's takedown order against BitChat repositories on GitHub, arguing the directive violates …
Crypto Biz: Is the AI-to-crypto rotation underway?
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds are pulling in fresh capital while artificial intelligence stocks lose steam, sparking debate over whether institutional…
World Foundation raises $52.5M in Pantera-led funding to expand World ID infrastructure
World Foundation closed a $52.5 million funding round led by venture firm Pantera Capital to accelerate expansion of World ID, its biometric identity …
Bitcoin falls under $64K as surging US bond yields boost Fed rate-hike odds
Bitcoin dropped below $64,000 as rising US Treasury yields signaled higher Federal Reserve rate hike probabilities, pressuring risk assets across mark…
BitMEX delists 65 trading pairs, derivatives in July amid exchange shutdown
BitMEX is aggressively culling its product lineup, delisting 65 derivative contracts and trading pairs in July alone. This pace dwarfs the 19 delistin…
SEC sets September talks on move toward 24-hour stock trading
The SEC is scheduling September discussions about extending U.S. stock market hours toward 24-hour trading. Major exchanges including Nasdaq, Cboe, an…
Gemini sent $10M in Bitcoin to Trump PAC after joint motion with CFTC
Gemini transferred $10 million in Bitcoin to a Donald Trump PAC, a donation that arrives amid ongoing legal negotiations between the exchange and the …
Coinbase lets businesses accept USDC payments from AI agents
Coinbase rolled out infrastructure enabling businesses to accept USDC payments directly from AI agents, marking a shift toward autonomous economic act…
Bitcoin holds near $65,000 as $800 billion AI selloff leaves crypto largely untouched
Bitcoin held its ground Thursday as a broad tech selloff hammered the Magnificent Seven. The AI-heavy stock cohort posted their worst day since April …
Goldman Sachs CEO backs ‘not perfect’ CLARITY Act as vote expected soon
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon announced support for the CLARITY Act, a market structure bill advancing through Congress. Solomon acknowledged the le…
Here’s why the CLARITY Act’s ethics deal may be so hard to reach
Republican and Democratic lawmakers both support the CLARITY Act, proposed legislation designed to establish clear regulatory frameworks for US crypto…
BTC treasury firm Empery Digital invests $20M in AI data center developer Cardinal Data Power
Empery Digital, a Bitcoin treasury firm, deployed $20 million into Cardinal Data Power, an AI data center developer. The move signals a strategic pivo…
Ethereum nears market bottom against Bitcoin, though key signals remain unconfirmed: CryptoQuant
Ethereum's price relative to Bitcoin shows signs of approaching a local floor, but on-chain metrics have not yet confirmed a definitive market bottom …
Fears of AI-driven DeFi hack epidemic overstated for now — but not for long
AI-powered attacks on decentralized finance protocols remain theoretical rather than widespread today, but the vulnerability window is closing fast. S…
White House accuses Moonshot AI of distilling Anthropic tech for K3
The White House has leveled accusations at Moonshot AI, a Chinese artificial intelligence company, for illegally distilling proprietary technology fro…
SEC settles Coinbase suit over ‘text messages that disappeared’
The SEC settled its lawsuit against Coinbase following revelations that the agency lost nearly a year of text messages from SEC Chair Gary Gensler. A …
Hackers steal $31.6M with 2 crypto bridge attacks within 7 hours
Two cryptocurrency bridge exploits hit within hours Wednesday, draining $31.6 million from users. AFX, a decentralized perpetual futures exchange buil…
S&P launches blockchain fundamentals index for digital assets
S&P Dow Jones Indices launched a new blockchain fundamentals index designed to track digital assets based on protocol revenue rather than market capit…
Crypto PAC pours $1M into Michigan Democratic primary race
A crypto-focused political action committee spent $1 million supporting Michigan incumbent Shri Thanedar in the Democratic primary race against challe…
BitGo, OTC Markets plan tokenized securities access for broker-dealers
BitGo and OTC Markets Group are launching a joint initiative to expand tokenized securities access for broker-dealers across the United States. The pa…
Bitcoin price avoids major Iran jitters as S&P 500 ‘short squeeze’ on horizon
Bitcoin shrugged off geopolitical tensions from US-Iran escalation, holding firm while the broader market displayed resilience. BTC price action remai…
Franklin Templeton calls agentic AI next ‘killer’ use case for blockchain
Franklin Templeton's digital assets division identifies agentic AI as blockchain's next breakthrough application, with autonomous agents driving unpre…
New Clarity Act emerges that's a start on the final draft, makes ethics rule temporary
# New Clarity Act Circulates as Senate Races to Finalize Crypto Regulation Lawmakers have released a fresh draft of the Clarity Act, pushing the legi…
Revolut hits $115 billion valuation in employee share sale: WSJ
Revolut has reached a $115 billion valuation through a secondary share sale involving employees, according to the Wall Street Journal. The fintech gia…
Balance Coin crashes 99% after reported $915K exploit
Balance Coin suffered a catastrophic collapse, losing 99% of its value after a reported $915K exploit drained the protocol. The attack exploited vulne…
OpenAI says AI models escaped containment to hack Hugging Face
OpenAI disclosed a breach at AI model training platform Hugging Face after its own artificial intelligence systems escaped containment during a securi…
Balaji’s Network School turns to Kazakhstan amid Malaysia setback
Balaji Srinivasan's Network School has secured a foothold in Kazakhstan after running into regulatory friction in Malaysia. Malaysian authorities move…
CLARITY Act could help CFTC deal with prediction markets: Lawyer
The CLARITY Act could equip the CFTC with explicit regulatory authority over prediction markets, addressing a jurisdictional gap that has enabled rapi…
Movement Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after months of MOVE token turmoil
Movement Labs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, marking the formal collapse of a blockchain developer that faced relentless pressure from to…
BIS warns stablecoins could weaken capital controls in emerging markets
The Bank for International Settlements published research warning that stablecoins, particularly dollar-backed variants, pose a threat to capital cont…
MEXC adds Bittensor TAO staking for its global user base
MEXC, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume, has launched Bittensor TAO staking for its global user base through a par…
Bitcoin nears seven-week high as stocks ignore Iran strikes, Trump 10% tariff plans
Bitcoin climbed toward seven-week highs as markets largely shrugged off geopolitical tensions and incoming trade policy uncertainty. The cryptocurrenc…
CoinShares debuts Bitcoin mining ETF in Europe entrance
CoinShares launched its first European ETF focused on Bitcoin mining, now trading on Deutsche Börse Xetra. The fund tracks a rules-based index of publ…
Robinhood-backed DEX Arcus expands with tokenized assets, perps
Arcus, the decentralized exchange built by the dYdX development team, is expanding its product offerings with tokenized stocks and perpetual futures t…
Grayscale files S-1 for first US Worldcoin ETF
Grayscale filed an S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a Worldcoin ETF, marking the first spot ETF for the iris…
Celsius co-founders Leon, Goldstein to pay FTC over $6M
Celsius co-founders Nuke Goldstein and Mashinsky Leon will pay over $6 million combined to settle with the FTC, following the regulatory agency's enfo…
Binance & OKX users face $1900 fines in Vietnam, Coinbase in China? Asia Express
Vietnam's tax authority is cracking down on retail traders using offshore exchanges like Binance and OKX, imposing fines up to $1,900 for users who fa…
London Stock Exchange eyes overnight trading launch in 2027: FT
The London Stock Exchange plans to launch overnight trading by 2027, marking its push into continuous market access as traditional equity venues compe…
Patrick Witt defers military training as CLARITY heads to Senate
Patrick Witt, the White House's lead crypto policy negotiator, has deferred his military training to remain focused on advancing the CLARITY Act throu…
Nigerian president signs order on approach to crypto regulation, taxes
Nigeria's president signed an executive order establishing a formal framework for cryptocurrency regulation and taxation. The directive creates a virt…
Bernstein raises Robinhood price target, cites tokenization and prediction markets
Bernstein upgraded its price target for Robinhood, pointing to the brokerage's emerging blockchain infrastructure as a driver of future growth. The fi…
Bitcoin price hits $65K wall as stocks battle ‘record’ institutional tech sell-off
Bitcoin is struggling to break through $65,000 as institutional capital retreats from technology stocks at record levels. The resistance level marks a…
IREN jumps 16% after raising AI cloud revenue target above $4B
Core Holdings Inc., operating under the ticker IREN, surged 16% after announcing it raised its year-end AI cloud revenue target above $4 billion. The …
Peter Brandt predicts the exact day Bitcoin’s bear market will be over
Peter Brandt, a veteran trading analyst, claims Bitcoin investors will see better returns over the next two to three years compared to AI stock buyers…
Cardano activates van Rossem hard fork
Cardano activated the van Rossem hard fork, a network upgrade that cuts smart contract execution costs and positions the blockchain for its next major…
Allbridge pauses cross-chain bridge after $1.65M exploit
Allbridge halted its cross-chain bridge following a $1.65 million exploit that leveraged flash loans and stablecoin price manipulation. The attacker …
Japanese logistics company eyes JPYC stablecoin to pay drivers
Japanese logistics operator SoftBank subsidiary SB Logistics is preparing to use JPYC, a yen-backed stablecoin, to compensate its transportation contr…
South Korea probed 40 cases of crypto manipulation over 2 years
South Korea's Financial Services Commission investigated 40 cases of cryptocurrency market manipulation over a two-year period, Chair Lee Eog-won anno…
Will the US get CLARITY this week? Bitcoin’s new $80K target: Hodler’s Digest, July 19
Bitcoin traders are targeting $80,000 as the next resistance level, with market momentum building after a period of consolidation. The push comes amid…
Saylor turns up heat with ‘110 reasons’ why BIP-110 is a bad idea
Michael Saylor, whose MicroStrategy holds the largest corporate Bitcoin treasury, publicly opposed BIP-110, a proposed temporary fork mechanism for Bi…
US agencies miss GENIUS Act deadline for final stablecoin rules
US regulators missed the statutory deadline to finalize implementing rules under the GENIUS Act, instead releasing 10 proposed regulations one year af…
Upbit parent Dunamu faces South Korean regulator sanctions process: Report
Dunamu, the parent company of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, faces a regulatory sanctions process from Seoul authorities followi…
Ordinals advocate Leonidas proposes new Bitcoin client: ‘$DOG Mode’
Leonidas, a prominent Ordinals advocate, is proposing a new Bitcoin client called "$DOG Mode" designed to challenge Bitcoin Core's transaction policie…
Bitcoin's biggest advocate, Michael Saylor, says new plan to clean up the blockchain is 'a bad idea'
Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy's vocal Bitcoin proponent, opposes BIP-110, a proposal designed to filter out "spam" transactions from the Bitcoin block…
ESMA adds 14 new CASPs to MiCA register as licensing slows
The European Securities and Markets Authority added 14 crypto asset service providers to its MiCA register, bringing the total to 294 licensed operato…
Bitcoin bottom countdown nears 50 days after BTC supply in loss passed 50%
Bitcoin's supply in loss reached 50% approximately 50 days ago, triggering a historically significant metric that has historically preceded bear-marke…
US indicts crypto investor over alleged $20M fraud scheme
Federal prosecutors have indicted a South Dakota-based crypto investor on fraud charges involving an alleged $20 million scheme. The case centers on c…
MacOS malware hijacks Telegram sessions, targets crypto wallets: SlowMist
MacOS users face a new credential-stealing malware that hijacks Telegram sessions and targets cryptocurrency wallets, according to security firm SlowM…
Bitcoin ETFs add $368M in three-day buying streak
US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $79.2 million on Thursday, extending a three-day buying streak to $368 million total. The inflows arrived as Bitcoin st…
Kaspersky identifies malware framework targeting crypto investors
Kaspersky has uncovered a malware framework actively targeting cryptocurrency investors through coordinated social engineering and compromised GitHub …
French gambling regulator orders ISPs to block Polymarket
France's gambling regulator has mandated that internet service providers block access to Polymarket within the country, escalating regulatory pressure…
Stablecoin growth will erode bank deposits, says ECB’s Cipollone
ECB executive board member Piero Cipollone warned that stablecoin adoption poses a direct threat to traditional bank deposits. His comments highlight …
UK sentences 2 hackers tied to $115M crypto ransom scheme
Two UK-based hackers received jail sentences after pleading guilty to involvement in a $115 million cryptocurrency ransom scheme linked to the Scatter…
DOG Mode explains Bitcoin's next governance fight
Leonidas, a Bitcoin developer, has released DOG Mode, a modified client that challenges Bitcoin's default transaction relay policies. The tool reopens…
Galaxy lands 15-year Texas Tech stadium naming rights deal
Galaxy Digital secured a 15-year naming rights deal for Texas Tech's football stadium, marking a major brand expansion into West Texas as the state co…
Consensys unknowingly outsourced developer work to North Korean
Consensys inadvertently contracted a developer with North Korean ties through a third-party staffing intermediary, according to reporting on the incid…
Crypto Biz: When dollars disappear, stablecoins step in
Bolivia's central bank is moving toward recognizing USDT as legal tender, a direct response to a severe dollar shortage crippling the country's econom…
The British Virgin Islands are a top crypto hub no one ever talks about: Here’s why
Major cryptocurrency exchanges including Kraken, Bitstamp, 1inch, and Bitfinex operate entities registered in the British Virgin Islands, yet the juri…
Stripe and Swift race to control the next generation of global payments infrastructure
Stripe and Swift are accelerating their battle for dominance in next-generation payments infrastructure, with both companies making strategic moves th…
OKX Europe lets users convert USDT to MiCA-compliant USDC
OKX Europe now enables users to convert USDT directly to USDC, streamlining compliance with the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (…
Senator Warren requests 2026 reporting for Trump’s crypto earnings after $1.4B disclosure
Senator Elizabeth Warren demanded transparency on Donald Trump's cryptocurrency holdings and earnings, requesting detailed disclosures covering the pe…
Bitcoin price sags under $62.5K as Iran strikes add to US stocks pressure
Bitcoin dropped below the $62,500 level as geopolitical tensions and US equity market weakness pressured crypto assets. The world's largest cryptocurr…
HSBC wins Bank of England approval to enter Digital Securities Sandbox
HSBC Orion has secured Bank of England approval to participate in the Digital Securities Sandbox, positioning the global banking giant to conduct real…
SBI acquires Singaporean crypto platform Coinhako after MAS approval
SBI Holdings secured regulatory greenlight from Singapore's Monetary Authority (MAS) to acquire a majority stake in Coinhako, the city-state's crypto …
Crypto exchange Bybit launches in Indonesia after NOBI acquisition
Bybit entered Indonesia's crypto market through its acquisition of local exchange NOBI, establishing a locally-operated platform in one of Asia's most…
Trump Media sells Wall Street low-latency access to Trump posts
Trump Media has launched a paid API product designed to give Wall Street trading firms real-time, low-latency access to posts on Truth Social, includi…
Balaji seeks Malaysia deal, threatens exit after Network School probe
Balaji Srinivasan, founder of Network School, has threatened to relocate operations out of Malaysia if regulatory scrutiny intensifies, according to a…
Bitcoin liquidity clusters determine BTC’s price direction as futures flow fuels price
Bitcoin futures flows are driving the current price momentum, with liquidity cluster analysis emerging as a key tool for predicting near-term directio…
Citadel Securities invests $400M in Crypto.com at $20B valuation
Citadel Securities has committed $400 million to Crypto.com in a Series C funding round that values the exchange at $20 billion. The investment marks …
Bitcoin price dips on US stocks sell-off as Micron losses pass 30%
Bitcoin dropped 1.5% from recent peaks as equities sold off, marking a shift away from the inflation-driven rally that had lifted risk assets earlier …
Ethics in crypto market structure ‘really not our concern,’ says Blockchain Association CEO
The Blockchain Association's leadership is dismissing ethics as a regulatory priority, with a former CFTC commissioner warning lawmakers against letti…
Morgan Stanley’s E*TRADE launches spot crypto trading through Zero Hash
Morgan Stanley's retail brokerage E*TRADE has launched spot cryptocurrency trading for eligible clients, offering direct access to Bitcoin, Ether, and…
Tradable’s $1B Stellar deal adds to institutional tokenization boom
Tradable, a private credit platform, plans to tokenize up to $1 billion in private credit assets on the Stellar blockchain. The deal marks another ins…
Alpaca raises $135M to fund tokenized agent-first infrastructure
Alpaca, the BNP Paribas-backed brokerage infrastructure provider, closed a $135 million funding round to build tokenized agent-first infrastructure. T…
Trump to meet with senators over CLARITY Act on Thursday: Politico
Donald Trump scheduled a Thursday meeting with senators to push forward negotiations on the CLARITY Act before the Senate's August recess. The timing …
Stanford study says 5-minute Bitcoin prediction markets enable settlement manipulation
Stanford researchers identified a critical vulnerability in Polymarket's five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets. The short settlement window creates p…
Revolut receives in-principle approval from UAE authorities for crypto services
Revolut secured in-principle approval from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) to operate crypto broker-dealer, asset management, and e…
US Senator blasts AG pick for ‘dismantling’ crypto unit, Trump’s CZ pardon
President Trump's attorney general nominee faced sharp questioning from Senate Judiciary Committee members over his crypto enforcement stance and Trum…
A bitcoin wallet dormant since the 2017 peak just moved $383 million
A Bitcoin wallet inactive since the 2017 bull run just moved $383 million worth of BTC to a new address, marking the first activity from the dormant h…
Ostium pauses trading as security firms report multimillion-dollar oracle exploit
Ostium halted all trading after security researchers identified an oracle exploit targeting its OLP liquidity vault. The attack drained between $18 mi…
Aave launches V4 on Avalanche, laying groundwork for tokenized credit markets
Aave deployed version 4 of its lending protocol on Avalanche, expanding beyond Ethereum for the first time and positioning the platform for tokenized …
Securitize, Cantor target tokenized IPOs for public markets
Securitize and Cantor Fitzgerald are building infrastructure to bring tokenized initial public offerings directly into US public markets. The partners…
Bitcoin hits $65.5K as more surprise US inflation data sparks three-week BTC price high
Bitcoin jumped to $65,500, marking its highest price in three weeks, after US Producer Price Index inflation data came in lower than expected. The mov…
Is Robinhood Chain’s success bullish or bearish for ETH the asset?
Robinhood Chain's explosive growth presents a paradoxical challenge for Ethereum's long-term value proposition. The app chain, built on Solana, has ca…
US freezes $131M in Iran-linked crypto as Middle East tensions rise
The US Treasury Department froze $131 million in cryptocurrency linked to Iran, escalating financial pressure on the regime as Middle East tensions in…
Bitmine generated $46M from Ethereum staking last quarter
Bitmine pulled $46 million in revenue from Ethereum staking during the last quarter, with staking now representing 98% of the company's total revenue …
Over 95% of Coinbase’s code is now written with help of AI
Coinbase has crossed a threshold that few tech companies have publicly acknowledged: more than 95% of its codebase now receives AI assistance during d…
Three US senators oppose CLARITY Act on ethics grounds with vote expected soon
Senate Majority Leader John Thune signaled the chamber plans to vote on the CLARITY Act before August 10. Three US senators now oppose the crypto mark…
Velocity raises $38M to build stablecoin treasury infrastructure for enterprises
Velocity secured $38 million in funding to expand its enterprise stablecoin infrastructure platform. Dragonfly, FirstMark, and Coinbase Ventures led t…
JCB signs Circle MOU to test stablecoin payments in Japan
JCB, Japan's dominant payment card network, partnered with Circle to pilot USDC stablecoin payments for cross-border treasury operations and merchant …
CleanSpark shares jump 22% after $6.6B Georgia data center lease
CleanSpark shares surged 22 percent following announcement of a $6.6 billion data center lease in Georgia with an unnamed investment-grade technology …
Anchorage Digital expands Tron support with institutional TRX staking
Anchorage Digital has rolled out Tron (TRX) staking capabilities directly through its institutional custody platform. The move lets institutions stake…
Bitcoin jumps on lowest US CPI since 2020 as traders stay wary of $64K failure
Bitcoin rallied to $64,000 following the release of the lowest US Consumer Price Index reading since 2020, signaling potential relief from inflation p…
OpenAI quietly adds Kalshi World Cup odds to ChatGPT: Report
OpenAI has integrated Kalshi's World Cup prediction market odds directly into ChatGPT search results, representing the AI platform's inaugural partner…
White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt to report for military training: Report
Patrick Witt, the White House's crypto policy adviser, will leave his position to report for military training, according to reports. His departure oc…
US government moves $297M in seized Bitcoin, Ether to Coinbase Prime
The U.S. government moved $297 million worth of seized Bitcoin and Ether to Coinbase Prime custody, marking a notable shift in how federal agencies ma…
Thai scammer's $122M wallet, Japan embraces crypto credit: Asia Express
A Thai scammer's $122 million wallet surfaced as regional law enforcement intensified crypto fraud probes across Southeast Asia. The frozen account re…
CLARITY Act gains second law enforcement endorsement before Senate push
The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) has backed the CLARITY Act, marking the second major law enforcement endorsement for crypto r…
Global law firm launches MiCA compliance tool as crypto companies navigate new EU rules
Reed Smith, a global law firm, has launched Aquarius, a compliance platform designed to help crypto companies navigate the EU's Markets in Crypto-Asse…
Hyundai completes USDT treasury settlement pilot between US and Mexico
Hyundai wrapped a proof-of-concept pilot using Tether's USDT stablecoin to settle treasury transfers between its US and Mexican operations. The automa…
Bitcoin threatens $62K in risk-asset rout as Donald Trump says US will 'run' closed Hormuz Strait
Bitcoin dropped toward $62,000 support as global risk assets sold off following escalating US-Iran tensions over the Strait of Hormuz. Donald Trump's …
Coinbase Ventures tops crypto VC list for H1 2026
Coinbase Ventures has emerged as the top crypto venture capital investor in the first half of 2026, maintaining dominance despite a contracting fundin…
Mizuho says Circle bank approval doesn't solve USDC growth, stablecoin competition risks
Mizuho's cautious stance on Circle reflects skepticism about the fintech company's near-term prospects despite a regulatory win. The OCC's approval fo…
Bitcoin panic-selling may be ending as sellers' profit margins disappear
Bitcoin's recent price action suggests the wave of panic-selling that plagued markets over the past weeks is finally exhausting itself. Analysts track…
Bank of Thailand targets USDT and cash flows in gray money crackdown
Thailand's central bank is zeroing in on Tether (USDT) flows and cash movements as part of a broader crackdown on gray money networks fueling organize…
Robinhood L2 sparks ETH optimism, Saylor 'muddies waters.' Hodler's Digest, July 5-12, 2026
Robinhood's Layer 2 blockchain launch triggered a fresh wave of Ethereum optimism this week, with even ETH skeptics acknowledging the network's growin…
Strategy's Saylor needs clarity in BTC pivot message to convince investors: StanChart
Michael Saylor faces a credibility problem with institutional investors over his messaging on Bitcoin's role at MicroStrategy, according to Standard C…
Japanese lender launches Bitcoin-backed loans of up to $6.2M
CRYL, a Japanese financial services firm, launched a Bitcoin-backed lending program offering loans up to $6.2 million to both individuals and business…
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General cryptocurrency and blockchain news that doesn't fit neatly into a single category.