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The CFTC will hold a meeting for its Innovation Advisory Committee on Aug. 20 to address regulation related to crypto assets, artificial intelligence and prediction markets.

The Blockchain Association argues the Fed should not have broad discretion to deny eligible state-chartered banks direct access to its payment system.

Standard Chartered said Robinhood’s Uniswap integration could solve a key challenge for new blockchains while accelerating UNI token burns.

AI and HPC are reshaping mining economics as operators repurpose power and data centers, while a smaller group of miners continues to expand Bitcoin capacity.

The crypto exchange operator’s shares gained around 10% as adjusted EBITDA more than tripled and subscription and services revenue hit a record high.

The wallet provider warned that thousands of users could potentially be at risk of phishing attempts, while advising that all devices, private keys and backups were safe.

Bitcoin joined US stocks in modest gains after July PPI inflation data continued a cooling trend seen over the past month.

Bitmine’s Ether staking revenue is an important financial buffer that fills financial gaps and provides recurring revenue streams beyond Ether’s price appreciation, analysts told Cointelegraph.

MUFG’s experiment plans to bring Japanese government bond repo transactions onchain to achieve 24/7 settlement, as well as improved capital and operational efficiency.

The SEC said it will not pursue enforcement action if Franklin Templeton’s funds start investing cash in the asset manager’s own tokenized money market fund.

Flying Tulip founder Andre Cronje contends that DeFi protocols have evolved into a new financial paradigm of “onchain finance,” but have sacrificed some of their inherent immutability and decentralization.

Binance bStocks became the second-largest tokenized stock issuer less than two months after launch, narrowly ahead of Kraken’s xStocks.

Bitcoin’s weakness near range highs stems from short-term holders trying to break even on underwater BTC investments, Glassnode says.

Securitize shares fell 16% from Wednesday’s close after the tokenization platform’s $14.4 million second-quarter revenue missed Wall Street estimates.

An $18.8 million unrealized digital asset loss and weaker trading margins pushed BitGo into the red in the second quarter.

Copper Markets US will offer qualified custody, staking, financing and OTC services after securing its regulated US presence.

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Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said he expects revenue-capture mechanisms to spread across DeFi applications and layer-1 networks over the next 12 to 24 months.

Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich said no Bitcoin was sold after the company moved 5,014 BTC between custodial addresses for about $8 in fees.

ASX’s failed blockchain-based CHESS overhaul faces renewed governance scrutiny after the exchange admitted misleading the market.

Qualifying new customers can receive full reimbursement, including fees, if they notify both the operator and law enforcement within 30 days.

Hawaii will join Minnesota, Tennessee and Indiana in becoming the fourth US state to completely ban the use of cryptocurrency ATMs and kiosks in response to scams.

The deal would add NEOS’ $30 billion ETF business, including Bitcoin- and Ether-linked income funds, to Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Council Speaker Julie Menin sent letters to four companies offering prediction market services to New Yorkers as part of an investigation into their marketing practices.

Kraken’s funded trading program adds round-the-clock exposure to the US equity benchmark as it builds out its multi-asset offering.

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The institutional crypto liquidity provider is bringing on the former Schroders Wealth Management Asia chairman as it targets family offices and asset managers across the region.

The prediction-market platform raised $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation in May and is now discussing a new round that could nearly double that figure.

The online bank cut full-year revenue and profit forecasts after first-half crypto trading levels slumped.

A South Korean court sentenced the head of centralized finance (CeFi) lender Delio to 15 years in prison for embezzling digital assets from more than 1,100 customers.

The tokenization-focused lender posted $226 million in quarterly revenue as blockchain loan marketplace volume jumped to $4.3 billion.

Bullish's second-quarter loss of $280 million was mostly attributable to a $244.6 million markdown on the company’s bitcoin holdings.

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Crypto markets remain in a low volatility holding pattern, trading in a tight range following Wednesday's CPI report.

MUFG is preparing a proof-of-concept for onchain JGB transactions using the Canton network.

DIGY11 aims for annual distributions matching Brazil’s interbank rate plus 3–5 percentage points, net of costs, though investors' actual returns are not guaranteed.

An in-depth analysis of the U.S. CPI released Wednesday suggests the underlying price pressures remain sticky.

The inaugural unsecured bonds offer annual interest of up to 4.3%, while exposing investors to metaplanet’s credit and bitcoin-linked balance-sheet risks

Metaplanet CEO dismisses bitcoin sale rumors, confirms 43,000 BTC holdings

Coinbase, Block, BitGo and dozens of others signed a letter arguing that safety guardrails on frontier models are blocking legitimate security work while adversaries face no such limits.

Futures positioning has rebuilt to levels last seen when dogecoin traded at three times today's price, and more than three accounts are betting on a rebound for every one betting against.

An in-line inflation print removed a tail risk but gave BTC little reason to rally, leaving Jackson Hole, jobs data and the next CPI release as the market’s next catalysts.

The U.S. regulator of platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket suggests the industry is getting into bad compliance habits that may allow for market abuse.

Tokenized assets hit a record and trading activity jumped, but revenue slipped in the firm’s first earnings report since going public.

Zerohash, which handles crypto plumbing for Morgan Stanley's E*Trade, said it's planning on re-filing and hoping for a swift resolution.

Tether said KPMG gave its 2025 financial statements a clean opinion, a milestone for the company after years of questions about the reserves backing USDT.

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday that lets vetted U.S. companies carry out offensive cyber operations against foreign criminal networks. Here's what the program actually authorizes.

The Blockchain Association is urging the Supreme Court to take up Custodia’s case, saying that broad Fed power over “master accounts” could be used to push crypto firms out of the banking system.

More than 40 bitcoin and crypto firms asked the biggest AI labs this week to let independent security researchers use their strongest models before public release.

The company's CEO said a 5,014 BTC transfer was a custody move, not a sale, as the Tokyo-listed Bitcoin treasury company rolls out a fixed-rate debt program.

Lawmakers targeted the deposits that scammers rely on, with the machines still able to sell crypto for dollars or swap one coin for another.

An FCA employee bought crypto from a UK IP address using a driving license as ID, according to the regulator's claim.

The Ethereum staking platform is adding asset trading, fiat accounts, and borrowing through Aave as it pushes into crypto banking.

The hardware wallet manufacturer says its devices and backups are untouched, but the leak hands attackers valuable customer data.

The Derive integration gives XRP holders a way to hedge or speculate without depositing their tokens with a centralized exchange.

The new framework could be announced as soon as Friday, in what could be the biggest development for crypto this year.

Twitch's chief product officer says he does not know whether content had already been used for training before the setting appeared.

A botched search of the platform's server host cost prosecutors the bulk of their case, cutting it from 2,800 alleged victims to about 1,100.

A Kansas City security researcher ran 31 million tests to teach a model how to paint camouflage for the algorithm age.

Researchers found every major AI provider encrypts reasoning tokens with a single global key—and exploited it to decode 315,320 hidden thinking blocks from public logs, recovering passwords and live API keys along the way.

The April preview got benchmarked to death and landed 18 points behind Anthropic’s flagship. DeepSeek’s own numbers for the finished model tell a very different story.

The AI agent can navigate workplace software and coordinate with other bots, raising questions about security and control.

The cash-and-equity deal for the options-income specialist folds in NEOS's roughly $1 billion Bitcoin covered-call fund, giving Goldman instant scale in a crypto ETF niche it had only just entered on paper.

Casa CEO Nick Neuman says the mass Bitcoin migration after the $130M Coldcard exploit proves distributed self-custody is Bitcoin's immune system—not its vulnerability.

The flaws could let someone in a meeting take control of another participant’s device without the victim clicking anything.

The Boston asset manager's FETH would stake up to 100% of its ETH and distribute the rewards to holders as quarterly cash, pending SEC approval.

A flaw that went undetected during multiple audits allowed an attacker to create unbacked balances and withdraw XRP from the bridge’s reserves.

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The tamest U.S. inflation print in months left crypto markets flat, with Bitcoin shrugging off the data hit. Here's why.

A malformed default route at a single hosting provider took almost 29% of staked SOL offline, against a 33% threshold.

The service gives trading firms access to Kalshi’s sports and crypto order books over DoubleZero’s fiber network.

The CFTC keeps going to bat for Kalshi while the ultimate prediction market court battle looms, with the fate of the sector in the balance.

The reduction matches the percentage shed by Coinbase in May, and follows shutdowns at BitMEX and BitMart.

The team is weighing a rollback, which would undo the attack along with every legitimate transaction made since.

Kalshi triggered the order, notifying the agency of a market emergency after New York moved to bar its contracts nationwide.

The former operating chief is starting a new venture following several departures across the ChatGPT developer’s leadership and safety teams.

The reward aims to recover Bitcoin stolen after attackers gained access to connected LND wallets.

Solana is holding its 50-day average after a pullback from August's $90 spike, but the death cross above it keeps pressure pointed down.

The agency has set an open meeting to consider moving forward with its Regulation Crypto proposal.

The newly reported incident is raising fresh concerns about autonomous AI after models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta exploited websites and online services.

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CASHCAT sees massive inflows as traders hold on to the rally.

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Grayscale has abandoned its proposed Polkadot ETF, at least for now, as DOT struggles below former support near $0.80.

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Miner equities are gaining as AI infrastructure offers a new revenue path beyond weakening Bitcoin mining returns.

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Tokenized equities put L1s in the Wall Street race.

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Coinbase faces a fresh New York inquiry into prediction-market promotions, while its shares consolidate after July’s post-earnings decline.

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Corporate holdings and dormant whale activity send mixed Bitcoin supply signals as selling pressure remains limited.

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Trezor says its wallets remain secure after a shipping provider exposed customer names, contact details and delivery addresses.

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DEX volume plummets as spot and perpetual trading activity shrinks sharply.

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