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Galaxy said that at least 15 different attackers have exploited the Coldcard vulnerability, which may have been avoided with just $2 worth of AI hardening, according to Dragonfly’s managing partner.

Transform Ventures founder Michael Terpin says Bitcoin could have another 30% downside from its current price before he is confident the market has reached a bottom.

Monday’s announcement that Texas Governor Greg Abbott set a moratorium on approval of ERCOT-linked data centers pending an audit won’t impact miners’ approved electricity contracts.

XAUt added to its bullion backing during gold’s worst quarter since 2013, as tokenized commodity holder counts continued to rise.

Italy’s largest bank Intesa Sanpaolo increased its staked Ether ETF position to $7.1 million while reducing its holdings in two spot Bitcoin ETFs.

The CNBC personality said he’ll sell his Bitcoin holdings due to fears about quantum computing, as some cryptocurrency investors celebrated, referencing the popular “inverse Cramer” meme.

A former FBI supervisory agent pleaded guilty to stealing about $1 million worth of digital assets from an adversarial country and forfeited about $925,000 in funds to government-controlled wallets.

The preferred shares have recovered nearly 24% from their June closing low as Strategy builds its cash reserve and repurchases STRC.

The first US-Japan joint yen intervention in 28 years came amid record bond yields and worries about the yen carry trade.

Apple restored Telegram after the messaging platform removed content that violated its child safety policies and banned the user who posted it.

The ruling leaves New York’s case against Kalshi in place while allowing the CFTC to renew its request before Judge Victor Marrero.

The framework specifies how existing tax obligations apply to crypto disposals and rewards, with some withheld amounts payable in the originating token.

Crypto executives say restricting powerful AI models may initially be justified, but it doesn’t make sense as open-source alternatives become more capable.

Galaxy Research said 90% of the stolen Bitcoin remains unmoved as investigators examine a suspected fourth wave that could lift losses to $130 million.

Bitmine said it now holds about 4.8% of Ether’s circulating supply as it pursues its 5% acquisition target.

Mastercard said the tie-up would help banks, fintechs and enterprises expand stablecoin payments, payouts, settlement and treasury services.

Fake romance crypto investment scams net $9 million in a single week in Hong Kong, as Malaysian authorities lose it over a crypto conference’s after-party.

The boutique brokerage will focus on high-net-worth clients rather than competing with retail crypto exchanges.

The non-custodial protocol said attackers are discovering and adapting exploits faster than its small development team can identify and patch them.

A key architect of the Trump administration’s digital asset agenda is leaving the Treasury Department as Congress struggles to advance landmark crypto legislation.

According to Bloomberg, the digital asset prime broker is refocusing its Singapore strategy and withdrawing its local license application as crypto companies continue to trim costs.

A new digital verification platform aims to reduce forged certificates by allowing employers and universities to authenticate academic records onchain.

The asset manager introduced two blockchain-based money market funds designed to qualify as stablecoin reserve assets under the US GENIUS Act.

The spot price Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, which was never able to attract more than $18 million in net assets, will pay out investors and sell its 225 BTC in the coming weeks.

The US and Japan coordinate on the yen for the first time since 2011 as Bitcoin traders brace for a historically rough August.

Retail investors and large whales are buying as bitcoin trades near its 200-week moving average.

The blockchain-based prediction markets platform is reportedly returning to investors months after a $15 billion funding round.

The Italian bank tripled its holding of iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF stake as total bitcoin ETF holdings fell 35% to $69.3 million.

The move brings the custodial tokenization model to eligible U.S. investors as competition over blockchain-based equities intensifies.

Crypto Watchdog has taken to warning people in DC about the hazards of digital assets, and its director won't say who is backing it.

A migration wave followed a $292 million Kelp bridge exploit, with announced LayerZero-to-Chainlink moves now totaling $14.5 billion.

The custody bank has selected Galaxy to provide staking infrastructure as it broadens services for institutional crypto investors.

The cold wallet maker said the flaw behind roughly $114 million in losses remains live, with specific models and firmware still exposed.

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A draft rulebook proposes that sending crypto offshore must be conducted through an authorized provider and be reported to the central bank’s FinSurv.

Bitcoin advanced as the market settled down following the weekend’s hack of Coldcard wallets and sales by Strategy even as sentiment remained in “extreme fear.”

Earlier this week, BlackRock expanded its U.S. tokenized cash platform which involved offering onchain shares of an existing fund, plus a new daily reinvestment stablecoin fund.

Hashdex's DEFI, the smallest of the funds, held $14.7 million under management, compared with $47.08 billion for BlackRock’s IBIT.

Japan may have spent as much as $36.6 billion buying yen in the first joint US-Japan action to support the currency since 1998. Bitget Wallet’s Alvin Kan says it can slow a disorderly slide without reversing the broader trend.

The planned Gelephu Mindfulness City says 3iQ will run part of its bitcoin treasury on a market-neutral basis, a shift from holding the coins as a long-term national asset.

Jim Cramer says he's dumping his bitcoin over quantum computing fears, but his track record of crypto and bank calls has buoyed the crypto community.

XRP holders can now borrow RLUSD against their coins on Ethereum without selling, through a $280 million vault that had never accepted an XRP-linked asset before.

SGP-0003 bundles a fee overhaul with a doubling of the disinflation rate. It needs 40 million more SOL of validator support in two weeks to reach a vote.

Every major token except ether is green on the week, with BTC up 1.9% over 24 hours and Asian equities selling off on AI-trade jitters.

A 12-year-old bitcoin wallet moved $31 million on Monday, part of a broader wave of dormant coins shifting since the Coldcard hack.

Dozens of arrests tied to opposition against AI data centers underscore how local disputes over massive computing projects are growing into a national political movement.

A flaw in Coldcard wallets cost Bitcoin holders more than $100 million—and reopened an old fight about whether you can trust dice.

Validators are considering changes that would increase the amount of SOL permanently removed from circulation while reducing the rate of new token issuance.

The first Qwen Max model with public weights is free to download next week. Alibaba's own scorecard says the Americans still win on code.

The Brazil-based crypto asset manager will liquidate its U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF later this month, ending a fund that entered the market in 2024.

A Milan start-up says it found a full-takeover flaw in macOS using ChatGPT, then hit Apple's new submission cap before it could file it.

Strategy sold $104M in Bitcoin last week to help prop up STRC, a financial product they created to… help them buy more Bitcoin.

Europe's largest cash management platform is now issuing tokens on Ethereum, in a launch restricted to professional investors.

Fake "coordinated hardware audit" emails are steering holders to a cloned Coldcard site that installs remote-access software.

Two of the five were also convicted of conspiracy to blackmail, in a case police won without either victim testifying.

Scientists are using OnlyFans to help fund decades of marmot research, while unofficial memecoins inspired by the project have emerged on Solana.

Prosecutors say the former counterintelligence supervisor stole cryptocurrency from wallets tied to FBI investigations before asking ChatGPT how to invest the money and relocate to Europe.

Air-gapped wallets keep private keys completely offline, reducing exposure to hackers—but they're not immune from threats.

BlackRock launched a tokenized money market fund for stablecoin reserves that uses Solana alongside Ethereum.

Flare's FXRP has been approved as collateral in a $280 million RLUSD lending vault, allowing XRP holders to tap Ethereum's lending markets.

Authoritarian oppression, corporate treasuries and “wrench attacks” make up the privacy case in a new report from ChangeNOW and CoinRabbit.

CKPool's developer put the winner's hashrate at a “wildly variable” peak of 100 PH, noting that it was probably rented.

The Hut 8 subsidiary increased its Bitcoin holdings by 14% in the second quarter even as Bitcoin’s price fell.

The crypto treasury company says it added another 10,399 ETH last week, bringing its holdings to nearly 5.8 million ETH as it pushes toward its goal of owning 5% of Ethereum's circulating supply.

Self-custody is under attack, and it's becoming increasingly clear that AI is one of crypto's leading threats.

Half the proceeds funded preferred dividends and half went into an $81 million STRC buyback, its second in as many weeks.

The exchange plans to file for preliminary listing review in 2027, after switching to international accounting standards this year.

Transfers of less than 1 BTC hit levels last seen days after the FTX collapse, while Galaxy Research flagged a likely fourth wave of thefts.

Galaxy Research says a third wave of thefts from Coldcard Bitcoin wallets has pushed observed losses to roughly 1,367 BTC across 4,585 addresses.

Lawsuits, privacy complaints, secret recordings, and government investigations have put Meta’s AI glasses under scrutiny.

The Binance founder urged holders to spread funds across multiple wallets as Galaxy Research put the toll from the Coldcard exploit at roughly $70 million—nearly double the initial estimate.

Gallup says Americans are growing more skeptical of artificial intelligence, with rising concerns about job losses, businesses' use of the technology, and the technology’s growing impact.

The Nano Banana tool let users generate fake satellite scenes from a text prompt, alarming investigators who rely on Google Earth to verify breaking news and atrocities.

The decision requires AI companies to license copyrighted music used to train models and generate songs, marking another legal win for music rights holders in Europe.

New restrictions block future models of foreign-made robots and connected power inverters from receiving FCC approval after U.S. national security agencies warned they could pose cybersecurity and supply chain risks.

The latest attestation offers a snapshot of the assets backing the world's largest stablecoin, including U.S. Treasuries, repo agreements, and more than 146 metric tons of gold.

The approval comes weeks after Circle won federal approval to establish a national trust bank, adding another license as the USDC issuer expands.

OFAC sanctioned two Iranian firms including Hormuz Safe, which “accepts payment in Bitcoin and other digital assets.”

As AI agents move from giving advice to making transactions, a new layer of payment infrastructure is racing to catch up.

Ethereum remains below $1,900 as slowing capital inflows and declining momentum test the strength of its recovery.

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Ethereum's exchange supply tightened, yet weak demand kept ETH below key resistance.

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The network had 7,070 fewer non-empty wallets than two months ago.

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Ripple doubles down on XRPL DeFi as RLUSD and tokenization take center stage.

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AKT surged 12.59% as spot and derivatives activity accelerated, but leveraged bulls remained exposed to volatility.

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New York’s Kalshi lawsuit targets sports, election and entertainment contracts while challenging the platform’s federal-regulation defence.

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XAUT reflects the growing role of tokenized gold within the broader digital asset ecosystem.

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The upgrade is now live on mainnet, but weak pressure has limited the token’s response.

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Bitcoin's short-term holders panic-sold before turning back to accumulation.

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EIP-8361 could cut Ethereum consensus staking yield to 1.2%, but lower rewards may place pressure on validators and liquid-staking products.

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Why its hard for XRP to break past $1.25 despite massive whale accumulation.

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