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Why are AI’s biggest companies suddenly asking to slow down?
AI's largest companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind, have begun publicly advocating for a deliberate slowdown in artificial intelligence…
Consensus heads to Hong Kong for third year with expanded focus on AI
Consensus, CoinDesk's flagship annual conference, is returning to Hong Kong for its third consecutive year. The 2024 edition shifts strategic focus to…
Revolut attackers threaten daily customer data leaks
Revolut faces an active extortion campaign following a confirmed security breach. Attackers have already published identity documents and selfies of R…
Is Clarity dead? A vibes-based analysis: State of Crypto
# Is Clarity Dead? Crypto Markets Grapple With Uncertainty and Sentiment-Driven Trading The cryptocurrency market operates increasingly on sentiment …
Core CPI rose a faster-than-forecast 0.3% in August, setting up possible Fed rate hike
# Core CPI Beats Forecasts Higher in August, Raising Rate Hike Pressure on Fed The U.S. core Consumer Price Index climbed 0.3% month-over-month in Au…
Anthropic chief urges slowdown in AI development to safer pace
# Anthropic Chief Urges Slowdown in AI Development to Safer Pace Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, has called for the AI industry to decelerate its dev…
Fed rate hike is about Wall Street, not inflation, says economist
Goldman Sachs joined other major financial institutions Friday in reversing its prediction that the Federal Reserve would hold rates steady at next we…
Anthropic CEO calls for AI race to slow down citing safety. Musk and OpenAI's Altman agrees
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Tesla founder Elon Musk have converged on a rare consensus. All three believe frontier artifici…
Anthropic says Claude used for cyberattacks and surveillance
Anthropic has disclosed that its Claude AI model has been weaponized for malicious purposes, with adversaries deploying it for cyberattacks and mass s…
OpenAI IPO won't happen this year, says Sam Altman
OpenAI will not pursue an initial public offering in 2024, CEO Sam Altman confirmed in remarks to Fortune. The decision centers on safety concerns tha…
North Korea using foreign talent to help infiltrate US companies: Report
North Korea has developed a sophisticated talent-laundering operation to infiltrate US technology companies and access sensitive networks, according t…
Nvidia considers $10B investment in potential record Anthropic IPO: Reuters
Nvidia is weighing a $10 billion investment in Anthropic's potential initial public offering, according to Reuters reporting. The move reflects deepen…
Bitcoin Suisse to shift up to half of Swiss jobs abroad
Bitcoin Suisse plans to relocate up to half of its Swiss workforce to lower-cost jurisdictions abroad, shifting primarily back-office and administrati…
Zodia Custody CEO Julian Sawyer steps down, becomes adviser
Julian Sawyer is stepping down as incoming CEO of Zodia Custody, the digital asset custody platform backed by Standard Chartered and Singapore's Temas…
Metaplanet cuts Series 10 stock pool by 41%, plans Hong Kong subsidiary
Metaplanet has slashed its Series 10 stock option pool by 41 percent, eliminating 131.3 million potential shares from circulation. The Japanese invest…
Brevo login flaw enabled phishing email targeting 347K Trezor subscribers
A security flaw in Brevo's email marketing platform enabled attackers to send phishing emails to 347,000 Trezor hardware wallet subscribers, potential…
Solana sees record 263K tokens issued in a single day
Solana hit a watershed moment for token proliferation. The network processed 263,000 newly issued tokens in a single day, shattering previous records …
Joe Biden’s son to launch memecoin, will send to TRUMP holders: WSJ
Hunter Biden is launching a memecoin called LAPTOP and plans to distribute 200 million tokens across three recipient groups: Substack subscribers, mai…
Liquid Network gets back 3,400 bitcoin from whitehat hackers; talks underway for the rest
Liquid Network recovered 3,400 bitcoin from hackers claiming to operate as whitehats following a breach that drained roughly 4,000 BTC from the sidech…
Metaplanet CEO breaks silence but shareholders say the hard questions remain unanswered
Metaplanet's CEO Simon Gerovich addressed mounting shareholder pressure this week, yet critics contend the company deflected core questions about its …
Oil up, bitcoin down as U.S. strikes Iranian crude carriers
# Oil Surges on U.S.-Iran Tensions While Bitcoin Slides Bitcoin declined nearly 1% as geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran escala…
XRP Gets Another Boost Through Ripple Deal With Florida Athletics
Ripple has secured a multi-year sponsorship deal with the University of Florida athletics program, marking another expansion of the payments firm's br…
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Is Shockingly Good at Almost Everything
OpenAI's newest multimodal model, GPT-6 Astra, is demonstrating capabilities that stretch far beyond language processing. Early testers during the lau…
Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $12.9B in push into AI software
Nvidia has committed $12.93 billion to acquire Hugging Face, consolidating control over one of the most widely used open-source platforms for AI model…
XRP Ledger has fewer active accounts than last year, but bigger trades and more value
The XRP Ledger faces a paradox. Daily active traders plummeted 40% year-over-year, yet trading volume surged 79% and total value locked on the network…
Trezor says data breach affects another 67K US customers
Trezor disclosed that a data breach at its shipping provider compromised personal information for 67,000 additional US customers, expanding the scope …
U.S. added stronger than expected 162,000 jobs in August as labor market bounced back
The U.S. labor market delivered a stronger-than-expected 162,000 jobs in August, marking a meaningful rebound after July's weaker performance. The dat…
Recovery specialists crack $1B crypto wallet... but find just $10
A team of crypto recovery specialists recently cracked open a wallet valued at $1 billion on paper, only to discover the account contained just $10 in…
A memecoin making app becomes crypto’s top fee generators as Robinhood Chain activity explodes
Pons, a memecoin launchpad built on Robinhood Chain, has emerged as a dominant fee generator in crypto despite the fragmented nature of the broader ec…
Bitcoin back above $77,500, XRP leads majors as Fed hike odds slide to 62%
Bitcoin reclaimed the $77,500 level as broad-based strength swept across the crypto market, with every major token posting gains over the last 24 hour…
Crypto Long & Short: Crypto VCs are mistaking consensus for discipline
Crypto venture capital has entered a dangerous phase where consensus masquerades as prudent strategy. Varun Datta, partner at Truth Ventures, observes…
Core DAO plans emergency hard fork after validators drew excess rewards
Core DAO announced an emergency hard fork to address an unintended validator reward distribution mechanism that allowed node operators to extract exce…
Solana, ether, xrp lead majors slide as Iran strikes drive a broad risk selloff
# Solana, Ether, XRP Lead Market Decline as Geopolitical Risk Triggers Broad Crypto Selloff Cryptocurrency markets sold off sharply over the past 24 …
Fake Claude desktop app spreads crypto-stealing malware
A malicious desktop application impersonating Anthropic's Claude AI assistant has emerged as a vector for cryptocurrency theft. The fake Claude app di…
Musk’s X hit by wave of unsolicited password reset emails
Elon Musk's X platform experienced a widespread distribution of unsolicited password reset emails on Tuesday, hitting crypto industry participants and…
Strive buys 1,800 Bitcoin for $143M, becomes fifth-biggest corporate holder
Strive has acquired 1,800 Bitcoin for approximately $143 million, cementing its position as the fifth-largest publicly traded corporate Bitcoin holder…
Real Trump Coins denies launching GOLD token, blames ‘bad actors’
Real Trump Coins issued a categorical denial over the weekend, claiming it never authorized the launch of a GOLD token bearing its branding. The entit…
OneKey reproduces transaction replacement attack on outdated Ledger Ethereum app
OneKey researchers have successfully reproduced a transaction replacement attack targeting an outdated version of Ledger's Ethereum application, confi…
The next trillion-dollar currency may not be a stablecoin — it might not even have a name yet
# AI Agents Need Currency. Crypto Doesn't Have Consensus on What It Should Be Artificial intelligence agents operating autonomously across digital ne…
Solana validators approve proposal to accelerate SOL disinflation
Solana validators voted to accelerate the network's disinflation schedule, doubling the annual rate at which new SOL token issuance declines. The appr…
Solana vote to double disinflation passes by a hair in dramatic finish
Solana completed its first network-wide governance vote with a razor-thin margin, approving a disinflation proposal that will reduce token issuance ov…
Bitcoin under $80,000, solana leads majors higher before Warsh's Jackson Hole debut
Bitcoin retreated below the $80,000 threshold this week, breaking a streak of gains that had driven the largest crypto asset up 9% over seven days. Th…
GTA 6 leaker cashes out of his own memecoin hours before Rockstar's gameplay reveal
# GTA 6 Leaker Cashes Out of Memecoin Before Official Reveal A memecoin built on hype from unreleased Grand Theft Auto VI footage collapsed after its…
Students want crypto classes but learn on social media: OKX survey
OKX released survey data revealing a stark disconnect between student demand for cryptocurrency education and institutional supply. The exchange found…
Bitcoin below $79,000, XRP leads losses as traders start betting on a Fed hike
Bitcoin trades below the $79,000 level as traders rotate out of risk assets amid fresh speculation about Federal Reserve rate hikes. The pullback mark…
US banking groups plan nationwide blockchain network for 2027
US banking groups are moving forward with a concrete blockchain initiative. BankChain, a coalition of major US banks, targets 2027 for launch of a nat…
XRP’s 44% rally brings leverage back, raising risk of sharper pullback
XRP's explosive 44% rally has triggered a flood of leveraged trading, with data from CryptoQuant revealing the token's estimated leverage ratio on Bin…
Crypto greed gauge hits highest since just before October’s $19 billion wipeout
Bitcoin and altcoin traders have reversed course with striking speed. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index spiked to 74 on Tuesday, a level not seen since la…
Strategy’s $66B Bitcoin machine hinges on capital markets, not BTC price: Report
Strategy's $66 billion Bitcoin operation faces an existential threat unrelated to cryptocurrency volatility. The firm's survival depends entirely on c…
Hugging Face hack exposes the open-weight AI cybersecurity paradox
Hugging Face, the major hub for open-source AI model hosting, discovered a security incident that exposes a core tension in the open-weight AI ecosyst…
Coldcard strengthens seed generation with firmware update
Coinkite released a critical firmware update for Coldcard hardware wallets that hardens seed phrase generation, but the company issued an urgent advis…
XRP on track for biggest weekly gain in 21 months as Treasury buyback spurs 'curve control' hopes
XRP rallied 50% this week, marking its strongest seven-day performance since November 2024, as traders bet on supply-side mechanics and renewed moment…
A Third of the Post-ChatGPT Web Is AI-Written, Pew Finds
Pew Research's AI detector scan of nearly half a million webpages reveals a seismic shift in web content production. One third of indexed pages create…
MANTRA token sinks 18% to record low amid blockchain halt
MANTRA token collapsed 18% to a new all-time low as the MANTRA Chain blockchain ground to a halt, forcing major exchanges to suspend deposits and with…
Capital.com plans UAE spot crypto services after affiliate wins licence
Capital.com plans to launch spot cryptocurrency trading services in the UAE following its affiliate's acquisition of a crypto trading license from loc…
Bitcoin breaks above 200-day moving average for first time since November
Bitcoin cracked above its 200-day moving average, marking its first break above this technical level since November. The move comes after a sustained …
CFTC chair says agency will move forward on crypto regulation if CLARITY fails
The CFTC plans to advance its own crypto regulatory framework if Congress fails to pass the CLARITY Act, according to Chair Michael Selig. Speaking at…
Binance opens crypto trading to AI agents with user-set controls
Binance launched Agent OS, a platform enabling AI agents to execute trades and access market data on the exchange while maintaining user control over …
Rushed CLARITY Act vote could set legislation back, Gallego warns
Congressman Ruben Gallego warned that rushing a vote on the CLARITY Act could damage crypto legislation efforts. The Arizona Democrat cautioned agains…
Bitcoin.com integrates UAE-registered US dollar stablecoin into self-custodial wallet
Bitcoin.com has integrated USDU, the UAE's first central bank-registered US dollar stablecoin, into its self-custodial wallet. The move expands retail…
Trump pushes for CLARITY Act passage alongside crypto leaders
Donald Trump called on the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act, a crypto market structure bill, during a Wednesday White House address. The push came along…
Crypto PAC notches primary wins, but loses $2M Florida race
Fairshake, the cryptocurrency industry's political action committee, secured multiple primary victories but suffered a significant defeat in Florida, …
FalconX, Ethena bring USDe backing assets into $1B institutional credit facility
FalconX and Ethena have launched a $1 billion institutional credit facility that uses USDe backing assets as collateral. The program deploys reserves …
MAYAChain halts network after estimated $1.7M exploit
MAYAChain halted its network after attackers exploited a series of chained vulnerabilities to drain approximately 48.87 million CACAO tokens, worth an…
US accounting board FASB proposes conditions for stablecoins as cash equivalents
The Financial Accounting Standards Board laid out strict requirements for stablecoins to qualify as cash equivalents under US accounting standards. Th…
SEC proposes new crypto rules in absence of CLARITY Act
The SEC has unveiled proposed regulatory framework targeting token classification and issuance exemptions. The move comes as Congress remains deadlock…
FalconX, Interstice Connect Canton to Ethereum, Solana and Robinhood Chain
FalconX and Interstice have deployed a non-custodial cross-chain swap engine that bridges Canton's institutional tokenized-asset markets with Ethereum…
Ripple- and Coinbase-funded PAC spends $2M in Florida race with little mention of crypto
A political action committee backed by Ripple and Coinbase poured $2 million into a Florida congressional race while deliberately avoiding cryptocurre…
Monad, an Ethereum rival, offered early investors up to $60 million to cash out. Almost all said no
Monad, an Ethereum Layer 1 alternative, launched an early exit program offering institutional investors up to $60 million to liquidate their positions…
Bitcoin climbs above $64,000 while most majors slip
Bitcoin broke through $64,000 as broader crypto markets faced headwinds, with most major altcoins retreating. The move underscores bitcoin's relative …
Kraken parent Payward joins Anthropic’s Project Glasswing for AI security push
Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, has joined Anthropic's Project Glasswing, an initiative focused on AI-powered cybersecurity. Th…
Saylor says share buyback isn’t priority as Strategy builds $4.8 billion cash reserve
Michael Saylor confirmed that MicroStrategy is shelving share buybacks in favor of a more aggressive accumulation strategy. The company has amassed a …
BitMart founder dismisses calls for audit as users report blocked funds, unpaid employees
BitMart founder Sheldon Lee rejected calls for an independent audit after a Chinese-language X account associated with the exchange posted allegations…
Chainalysis sues US over $95M ICE contract with TRM Labs
Chainalysis filed a lawsuit against the US government over a $95 million contract awarded to rival blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs. The complaint, …
Data of 54,000 wallet users leaked, CLARITY odds just 10%: Hodler’s Digest
A data breach affecting 54,000 users of Trezor and SafePal hardware wallets has exposed customer information to phishing attacks. Both wallet provider…
JPMorgan cuts Polymarket banking ties over regulatory concerns: Report
JPMorgan Chase severed banking relationships with Polymarket in October 2025 citing regulatory uncertainty, according to reporting from CoinTelegraph.…
SEC cancels key crypto regulatory meeting
The SEC abruptly canceled a scheduled meeting focused on cryptocurrency offering regulations after the Senate adjourned without voting on the CLARITY …
XRP traders bet on a rebound as price slips to $1 and bearish chatter surges
XRP traders are doubling down on bullish positions despite the token sliding to $1 and sentiment deteriorating to three-month lows. Futures open inter…
DefiLlama delayed mobile launch over phishing apps on Apple Store, founder says
DefiLlama postponed its mobile app launch after discovering phishing apps impersonating the protocol on Apple's App Store. The founder documented one …
Ethereum devs to narrow 66 proposals tied to Hegotá upgrade
Ethereum developers are moving to consolidate 66 enhancement proposals for the Hegotá upgrade, which targets native privacy improvements for the netwo…
Bitcoin eyes new August lows as Binance longs face ‘cleanout’
Bitcoin futures open interest on Binance dropped as the price fell, with leveraged longs facing liquidation pressure. Analysis from CryptoQuant shows …
RedotPay US IPO delayed amid regulatory, legal hurdles: Report
RedotPay postponed its planned US initial public offering after running into regulatory and legal obstacles, according to reports. The crypto payment …
Tokenized stock holders more than double as monthly volume surges
The tokenized equities market entered a new growth phase, with holder counts and trading volumes reaching inflection points that signal mainstream ins…
Trezor reports data from 14K users exposed through shipping provider
Trezor disclosed a data breach affecting approximately 14,000 users, with personal information exposed through a third-party shipping provider rather …
Trezor warns 14,000 customers after fulfilment partner suffers data breach
Trezor, the popular hardware wallet manufacturer, disclosed a data breach affecting approximately 14,000 customers after its fulfilment partner experi…
ASX shareholder plans to sue former directors over failed blockchain project
Australia's ASX is facing shareholder litigation over its abandoned blockchain project after the exchange conceded it misled the market about the trou…
FlightAware drops Kalshi lawsuit one day after filing
FlightAware withdrew its lawsuit against Kalshi just one day after filing it, marking a rapid reversal in a dispute over prediction market contracts t…
Bank of England tests stablecoin, digital pound interoperability in cross-border payments
The Bank of England's Digital Pound Lab has begun testing cross-border payment flows that integrate stablecoins with a simulated digital pound settlem…
HashKey begins beta distribution of Hong Kong-regulated HKDAP stablecoin
HashKey has secured authorization to distribute Anchorpoint's HKDAP stablecoin, marking a pivotal moment for Hong Kong's regulated digital asset infra…
Bitcoin eyes $63K as US CPI relief sends September Fed rate pause odds to 60%
Bitcoin holds near $63,000 as U.S. inflation data bolsters odds of a September Federal Reserve pause to 60 percent, yet price action remains subdued d…
Kalshi launches sports and crypto perps data feed on DoubleZero
Kalshi has launched a dedicated data feed delivering sports and cryptocurrency perpetual futures information through DoubleZero's fiber network infras…
CFTC invokes emergency powers to keep Kalshi operating in New York fight
The CFTC deployed emergency powers to block New York from shutting down Kalshi, the prediction market platform, in an escalating turf war over regulat…
Ravencoin hits record low as network exploit puts transactions at risk
Ravencoin plunged to record lows after mining pools controlling the majority of the network's hash rate initiated a competing blockchain fork. The poo…
SEC, CFTC sue Goliath Ventures over $400M crypto Ponzi scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission jointly sued Goliath Ventures, alleging a $400 million Ponzi scheme th…
Itaú joins Brazil tokenization pilot with OpenAssets
Itaú, Brazil's largest private bank, is joining an industry tokenization pilot led by ANBIMA, the Brazilian Financial and Capital Markets Association.…
Harmony’s ONE falls 26% after attacker allegedly mints 4 billion tokens
Harmony's native token ONE crashed 26% after an attacker allegedly minted 4 billion tokens on the network. The exploit represents a serious breach of …
FlightAware sues Kalshi over flight cancellation data
FlightAware filed a lawsuit against Kalshi, the crypto-native prediction market platform, over the use of flight cancellation data in Kalshi's derivat…
Coinbase-backed Flowdesk secures full broker-dealer license in Dubai
Flowdesk, the digital assets trading firm backed by Coinbase, obtained a full broker-dealer license from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (…
Nasdaq to acquire LeveL Markets in push toward ‘always-on’ markets
Nasdaq is acquiring LeveL Markets, the third-largest US alternative trading system, as the exchange operator doubles down on extending market hours an…
Bitcoin drops to one-week low as retail buys gold at highest prices since June
Bitcoin fell to one-week lows as retail capital rotated into gold ahead of US Consumer Price Index data. The shift reflects a classic risk-off sentime…
ADI Chain, Shipfinex partner to tokenize $500M vessel pipeline
ADI Chain and Shipfinex announced a partnership to tokenize a $500 million vessel pipeline, marking a significant push into maritime asset digitizatio…
Luke Dashjr removed as Bitcoin Improvement Proposal editor
Luke Dashjr has been removed from his role as a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal editor following developer pushback over his handling of BIP 110 and invo…
White House vows to get CLARITY across ‘finish line’ in September
The Trump administration is pushing to finalize cryptocurrency regulatory clarity through September, with Patrick Witt leading continued negotiations …
Trump Media to revamp crypto treasury strategy after $238M Q2 loss
Trump Media disclosed a $238 million loss in Q2 and announced a strategic pivot away from aggressive crypto treasury accumulation. The company plans t…
Judge stays CFTC’s case against US soldier over prediction market bets
A federal judge has halted the CFTC's civil enforcement action against Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a US soldier accused of profiting over $400,000 through pr…
XRP, ether lead crypto losses as traders eye $70,000 bitcoin next
Bitcoin dropped below the $65,000 level for the fourth consecutive day, unable to sustain support as crude oil prices climbed and reignited inflation …
Bitcoin price slip wipes weekend gains as oil surge hits 5% on Hormuz disappointment
Bitcoin erased weekend gains Monday as geopolitical tensions flared and oil prices spiked. The pullback came after Iran signaled no immediate reopenin…
BlackRock launches two Canada ETFs, with one allocating 3% to Bitcoin
BlackRock Canada launched two new exchange-traded funds, with one strategically allocating 3% to Bitcoin. The IBQT fund blends global equity exposure …
Bitdeer increased Bitcoin mining output by nearly fivefold in Q2
Bitdeer nearly quintupled its Bitcoin mining output in Q2, extracting 2,694 BTC during the quarter. The mining firm's hashrate expansion reflects aggr…
Strategy turns 1,690 BTC into $108.6M STRC buyback
Strategy executed a large-scale capital reallocation, converting 1,690 Bitcoin into $108.6 million for a STRC share buyback. The move reflects a delib…
Grayscale quietly drops Cardano, Polkadot and Hedera ETF plans
Grayscale, one of crypto's largest asset managers, shelved plans to launch exchange-traded funds for Cardano, Polkadot, and Hedera. The company disclo…
Australia orders Cryptolink Bitcoin ATMs offline over ‘basic reporting’ failures
Australia's financial regulator has suspended Cryptolink's registration for three months over reporting failures tied to anti-money laundering complia…
Crypto’s first quantum attack will look like unexplained breach: Quantus founder
Attackers wielding quantum computers capable of breaking current cryptography will likely stay silent rather than draw attention through high-profile …
BIP-110 ends with a whimper, CLARITY vote punted: Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 9
Bitcoin's contentious BIP-110 proposal collapsed after failing to gain meaningful adoption, effectively forking itself into a two-block dead end. The …
Ex-US defense secretary calls CLARITY Act a ‘national security bill’
Former US Defense Secretary Mark Esper framed the CLARITY Act as a national security measure rather than routine financial legislation. His statement …
Japan FSA asks crypto exchanges to impose withdrawal delays to fight scams
Japan's Financial Services Agency is pushing crypto exchanges to implement withdrawal delays as part of a multi-pronged strategy against account takeo…
BIP-110 Bitcoin branch stalls after two blocks as gap widens
A proposed Bitcoin fork based on BIP-110 has stalled after producing only two blocks, exposing the severe hashpower shortage plaguing the project. The…
Brazil targets crypto fraud with up to 24-hour transfer hold
Brazil is implementing new anti-fraud regulations that impose mandatory holding periods on cryptocurrency transfers starting January 1, 2027. Transact…
BTCPay restricts remote Lightning access after attackers steal funds
BTCPay Server, a popular open-source Bitcoin and Lightning payment processor, restricted remote Lightning node access following theft incidents that d…
CLARITY Act delay gives Asian financial hubs an opening: First Digital CEO
The delayed passage of the CLARITY Act in the US is creating a regulatory vacuum that Asian financial hubs are moving to fill. First Digital CEO flagg…
Coldcard exploit pushes July losses to $247M as second-worst month of 2026
A critical security vulnerability in Coldcard hardware wallets triggered over $100 million in losses during July, catapulting the month into second pl…
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 enters mandatory signaling with miner support below 3%
Bitcoin's BIP-110 proposal entered the mandatory signaling phase despite capturing support from fewer than 3% of miners, marking a contentious moment …
CEX perpetual futures volume falls to $4T, lowest since late 2023
Centralized exchange perpetual futures volume has collapsed to $4 trillion, marking the lowest trading activity since late 2023. The decline reflects …
Binance Bitcoin volume ratio hits record as futures outweigh spot eight times over
Binance recorded an unprecedented divergence between spot and futures Bitcoin trading volumes, with futures contracts generating $57.8 billion in dail…
CleanSpark misses Wall Street revenue estimates as shares sink
CleanSpark shares dropped 5.5% Thursday after the Bitcoin miner reported $138 million in quarterly revenue, falling short of Wall Street's consensus f…
Controversial Bitcoin fork BIP-110 mines two blocks, then stops
A Bitcoin fork dubbed BIP-110 launched this week and mined exactly two blocks before grinding to a halt. The breakaway chain inherited Bitcoin's full …
US spot Bitcoin ETFs post best week since April with $1B inflows
US spot Bitcoin ETFs captured $1 billion in inflows during their best week since April, signaling a return of institutional appetite for the largest d…
US Senate to vote on advancing CLARITY Act in September after Thune files cloture
Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed a cloture motion on the CLARITY Act, triggering a September vote that revives momentum for comprehensive crypt…
Bitcoin will never fall below $60K again: Nansen founder
Alex Svanevik, founder of on-chain analytics platform Nansen, predicts Bitcoin will never trade below $60,000 again. He ties this floor to the maturat…
Domestic stablecoins could boost demand for dollar-backed tokens: IMF
The International Monetary Fund raised an unexpected argument for dollar-backed stablecoins: domestic adoption could strengthen demand for tokenized d…
Russia cracks down on 9 crypto exchanges in Moscow City
Russia's Federal Security Service shut down nine unregistered cryptocurrency exchanges operating in Moscow City, claiming they facilitated money laund…
US court backs Bybit’s bid to trace funds from $1.5B North Korea hack
A US court granted Bybit expedited discovery in its pursuit of funds stolen during North Korea's $1.5 billion hack. The ruling permits the exchange to…
Donald Trump’s media company to terminate Crypto.com deal
Trump Media and Technology Group will terminate its partnership with Crypto.com, according to reporting from CoinTelegraph. The deal involved creating…
US Treasury’s OFAC sanctions 2 Iran-linked crypto exchanges
The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two cryptocurrency exchanges and one individual for allegedly facilita…
Circle expands USDC to OKX ecosystem with X Layer launch
Circle has launched USDC support on X Layer, OKX's new Ethereum-compatible blockchain, expanding the stablecoin's footprint across major crypto ecosys…
Bitcoiners turn to dice throws as self-custody setups are re-evaluated
The Coldcard hardware wallet breach has triggered a shift in how Bitcoin self-custody practitioners generate private keys. Users increasingly turn to …
Reform UK chair calls for probe into SBF-linked donation: Report
Reform UK's chairman has demanded an investigation into a political donation connected to FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, according to reports. The cal…
Bitcoin price tags $65.3K August high as low US jobs numbers cool Fed rate bets
Bitcoin climbed to $65,300 on Friday, marking its highest level since August, as weaker-than-expected US employment data shifted market expectations a…
Crypto Biz: Crypto’s biggest business is starting to look a lot like banking
Cryptocurrency's largest revenue streams now operate through mechanisms indistinguishable from traditional banking. Stablecoins, the fastest-growing s…
Here’s what happened in crypto today
The crypto market moved through another volatile session today, with price action across major assets reflecting broader sentiment shifts in digital a…
Fierce backlash to Ethereum’s EIP-8363 staking proposal
Ethereum developers face mounting pushback over EIP-8363, a proposal designed to slash staking rewards and reduce overall token issuance on the networ…
Proposed CLARITY ethics deal could save Trump millions in taxes: Bloomberg
A bipartisan ethics proposal under discussion would let Trump divest cryptocurrency holdings while deferring capital gains taxes on the sales, Bloombe…
Bitget explores licensed crypto presence in Bhutan
Bitget has signed an agreement with Gelephu Mindfulness City Authority to establish a licensed cryptocurrency presence in Bhutan. The deal positions t…
US Senate pushes CLARITY Act vote to September
The US Senate has delayed its vote on the CLARITY Act until September, according to Senate Majority Leader John Thune. The postponement pushes the leg…
MARA swings to Q2 loss as Bitcoin’s slump masks higher output
Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) reported a second-quarter loss despite reaching its highest Bitcoin production in over a year, revealing a harsh real…
Crypto market maker Wintermute launches US broker-dealer
Wintermute, a leading crypto market maker, registered as a broker-dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission, entering regulated territory to …
US Senate will vote on CLARITY crypto bill ‘without any question’ this week: Tim Scott
Senator Tim Scott assured the crypto industry that the Senate will vote on the CLARITY Act this week, marking a decisive moment for digital asset regu…
Bitcoin miners’ AI pivot loses Wall Street’s wow factor
Bitcoin miners pivoted hard into AI infrastructure hosting over the past year, landing lucrative contracts to provide compute power for machine learni…
Bitcoin price coils under $65K as US PMI data brings new ‘stagflation’ warning
Bitcoin traded below $65,000 as fresh economic data reignited stagflation concerns, creating a divergence between crypto and traditional assets. US PM…
Step App winds down after four years as FITFI token sinks
Step App, a move-to-earn fitness platform, is shutting down all services by August 21 after four years of operation. The project's FITFI token has col…
10 weirdest things ever tokenized... including farts
The blockchain's appetite for tokenization has expanded far beyond financial assets into absurdist territory. Projects have successfully minted NFTs r…
ElizaOS token sinks 19% to record low after founder declares it ‘dead’
ElizaOS token tanked 19 percent to an all-time low after founder Shaw Walters declared the project's cryptocurrency "dead." Walters announced that Eli…
Meta latest AI firm to see model go rogue during testing
Meta has joined a widening roster of AI companies experiencing model containment failures during testing phases. The incident traced back to a misconf…
Block raises 2026 outlook on strong quarter, says AI touches nearly all code
Block, the payments and financial services company helmed by Jack Dorsey, raised its 2026 outlook following a stronger-than-expected quarter driven by…
Mysten Labs tech chief joins Anthropic to work on AI security
Sam Blackshear, co-founder and chief technology officer of Mysten Labs, is leaving the company to join Anthropic. Blackshear will focus on AI security…
Bitcoin Red Team reports 5K findings in sweeping security audit
Bitcoin's Red Team security audit uncovered approximately 5,000 findings across the network's codebase and infrastructure. The comprehensive review ex…
Crypto-backed Michigan House incumbent loses primary despite $2M PAC support
Michigan Democratic primary voters rejected two-term House incumbent Shri Thanedar despite a $2 million PAC push backed by the cryptocurrency industry…
Western Union brings stablecoin remittances to Visa network with Stablecard
Western Union launched Stablecard, a stablecoin-based remittance product, across 37 markets on the Visa network. The move targets cross-border payment…
Gold hits 6-week highs on China demand as Bitcoin ignores fresh S&P 500 record
Gold prices climbed to six-week highs Wednesday, driven by fresh demand from China, while Bitcoin stalled despite the S&P 500 hitting record levels. T…
Crypto whales accumulate as bear market nears late stage: CryptoQuant
Large cryptocurrency holders are buying during weakness, signaling institutional confidence in market fundamentals. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP whales …
Do the Coldcard attacks mean all hardware wallets are now insecure?
Coldcard's entropy vulnerability has triggered serious questions about hardware wallet security across the entire category. The flaw centered on how t…
Bybit’s EU payments arm secures Austrian e-money license
Bybit's Austrian payments arm has secured an e-money license from local regulators, clearing the path for the exchange to operate payment services acr…
Ethereum researchers want to rein in staking; critics say it could backfire
Ethereum researchers are advancing EIP-8363, a draft proposal designed to cap staking rewards as the network's staking ratio approaches 50% of total E…
US, UK reaffirm support for stablecoins, tokenization in joint financial regulation talks
US and UK regulators reinforced joint support for stablecoins and tokenization during talks on July 8, signaling coordinated regulatory momentum on bo…
BNY to offer institutional crypto staking through Galaxy partnership
BNY Mellon, the $2.1 trillion asset custody behemoth, is launching institutional crypto staking services through a partnership with Galaxy Digital. Th…
Bitcoin coils at $64K as Hormuz reopening timeline sends S&P 500 to $70T record
Bitcoin holds support at $64,000 while traditional markets surge on geopolitical relief. The S&P 500 reached a $70 trillion market capitalization foll…