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A case tied to defunct crypto exchange FTX moves forward, a soldier seeks to dismiss over a Polymarket bet and a former congressman was ordered to pay $35,000 for manipulative trading.

State officials reported that Minnesota residents, and largely senior citizens, had lost about $1 million from scams tied to crypto kiosks from 2023 to 2025.

Michigan incumbent Shri Thanedar’s re-election bid against other Democratic challengers is getting more about crypto with an infusion of ads funded by an industry-aligned PAC.

Russia has added Moscow, the Moscow Region and parts of Kursk Region to its cryptocurrency mining ban list, citing power supply concerns behind the restrictions.

Galaxy Research identified 1,196 addresses that lost 1,082.65 Bitcoin in a 41-minute window, expanding the estimated scope of the Coldcard wallet incident.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $172.4 million in July inflows but remained $5.3 billion negative year to date after heavy withdrawals in May and June.

Researchers found that fiat conversion costs and payment infrastructure, rather than blockchain fees, accounted for most of the differences in stablecoin remittance costs and settlement times.

Pump.fun co-founder Noah Tweedale reportedly attributed the layoffs to the company growing too quickly.

Several users of the long-defunct crypto exchange reported that distribution agents had begun releasing funds to reimburse creditors for some of their 2022 losses.

Tether’s reserve surplus grew to $4.11 billion in the second quarter as USDT supply rose despite a weaker stablecoin market and continued pressure across the crypto sector.

Eligible retail and institutional users can use tokenized shares of Nvidia, Apple, Tesla and three other US companies across Bybit’s trading and lending products.

TIPS data points to rising real yields, not inflation, a dynamic that weighs on non-yielding assets like Bitcoin.

Bitcoin saw fresh downside pressure as US stocks tracked sideways into the end of the month, diverging from the relief bounce seen in Asia.

The European Central Bank proposed accessibility standards for its planned digital euro app, saying it would be one of several ways users could access basic digital euro services.

Crypto forensics company AMLBot launched an AI-enabled tool allowing users with no specialist knowledge to trace their digital assets, even after they are stolen.

The New York trust charter allows Circle’s subsidiary to provide fiduciary and custody services under state banking law.

The Japanese yen crosses a key psychological level after the country’s central bank reportedly conducted a major currency intervention.

Situational Awareness retained about $10 billion in assets, including its Anthropic stake, after reportedly selling leveraged public stock positions to Ken Griffin’s Citadel.

Twenty-eight financial institutions and central banks completed real-value settlements across six currencies using tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits.

The lawsuit adds to a growing clash between New York and the CFTC over whether federally regulated prediction markets are subject to state gambling laws.

DeFi risk management service LlamaRisk recommended that Aave wind down every reserve on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos, but action against most of those instances was already taken.

RWA perpetual futures reached 99.2% of Bitcoin perpetual volume on Hyperliquid and Binance as tokenized equities led trading.

BlackRock’s IBIT led $233.1 million in daily inflows as US spot Bitcoin ETFs turned positive for the week and July stayed on track to end in the green.

Institutional investors accounted for 72% of Wintermute’s spot OTC flow in the first half of 2026 as capital clustered in fewer tokens and altcoin rallies became more selective.

Coinkite urged Coldcard Mk3 users to migrate funds after identifying a potential seed-generation risk, as Bitcoin security experts separately examine an unexplained $38 million wallet drain.

Customarily, Michael Saylor and team have lifted the STRC dividend when it trades sizably below par, but not this month.

Galaxy Research flagged a third wave of sweeps tied to weak Coldcard-generated keys, with the attacker now targeting smaller balances and changing how funds are collected onchain.

Without that QQQ token, QQQB, July volume for tokenized equities would be roughly $2.03 billion, about 30% below June’s total.

A mystery-shopping experiment found that exchange fees, foreign exchange spreads and banking rails mean stablecoin remittances are often no cheaper than traditional transfer means.

Difficulty falls as weak mining economics reduce capacity, while forward markets signal little relief through year-end.

CME argues that because bitcoin is a commodity, options tied to its value fall under CFTC jurisdiction, not the SEC's authority.

Michael Coates, the foundation’s new CISO, said that AI vulnerabilities and fake identities will drive the next wave of blockchain security concerns.

Crypto is said to be growing up to look like Wall Street. The evidence in its biggest market points the other way, argues Bitget CEO Gracy Chen.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says hardware wallets can still have bugs and suggests spreading funds across multiple wallets after the major Coldcard security failure.

The xrpld 3.3.0 release is expected next week with five proposed amendments, including two revised features that were previously withdrawn after researchers found bugs that could have allowed unauthorized transactions or fee draining.

Galaxy Research said weak seed generation let an attacker recreate likely private keys offline, sweep more than 1,000 BTC from nearly 1,200 wallets and continue searching without ever accessing the devices.

The largest crypto shrugged off a barrage of bad news this month, but traders remain cautious as rate hike fears and jobs data loom.

The world’s largest stablecoin issuer added 14 metric tons of gold and about 1,800 bitcoin to its reserves during the second quarter.

Both retail and institutional traders worry about the funding rate.

A software bug in popular hardware wallet Coldcard that led to the theft to this point of nearly 600 bitcoin worth roughly $38 million is prompting questions about security and whether managing private keys has become too risky for everyday investors.

Arvind Krishna said quantum computing will begin generating meaningful revenue before the decade ends as investment in the sector accelerates, in an interview on CNBC.

Institutional options selling, AI and delayed U.S. crypto regulation are weighing on bitcoin, according to STS Digital CEO Maxime Seiler.

The approval lets the USDC issuer offer fiduciary and custody services under New York banking law.

Most analysts blamed a weak crypto market for Coinbase's earnings miss, though opinions diverged on when trading activity will recover.

Tokenization was crypto's first big export to TradFi. Perps are next, says Martin Lee, markets insight lead at DWF labs.

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.

A proposed $4.8 billion AI data center near Mammoth Cave National Park has sparked a legal battle that could test how far local governments can go to slow the industry's rapid expansion.

Anthropic says three Claude models compromised the companies after a testing misconfiguration exposed the AI to the public internet.

Plus, BTC is red this morning despite $233M in ETF inflows yesterday; and NY State is trying to shut down Kalshi and seeking $36B in damages

Three states have already outlawed Bitcoin ATMs, and a committee chair says Texas will go further than regulating them.

The CFTC asked a court to stop New York enforcing against the prediction market the day before the state filed.

Coinkite said it’s likely that an attacker used AI to review previous versions of its open source firmware to uncover a vulnerability.

The exchange reported lower quarterly revenue and a net loss as crypto trading activity declined, while subscription, stablecoin, and lending businesses continued to grow.

Scott Bessent urged the Senate to immediately vote on the crypto market structure bill, accusing Democrats of delaying the legislation for political reasons.

A multi-institution study found that today's frontier AI agents could handle the mechanics of research but failed to produce original work worthy of acceptance at a top AI conference.

The advance reflects IBM’s continued progress toward machines powerful enough to challenge today's cryptography.

Regulators accuse the telehealth company of sharing sensitive health information with advertising platforms including Meta and Snap despite promising users privacy.

Ark Invest sold shares of Bitmine, Robinhood, Bullish, and Block during Wednesday's pullback in crypto equities, while continuing to add to Coinbase and Circle.

The company argues the law's definition of "nudification" is so broad it would make shirtless men and swimwear photos illegal—and wants a federal court to stop it before Saturday.

The eSafety Commissioner accused the social media platform of failing to detect material relating to the Christchurch and Buffalo attacks.

Activist Samuel Tunick said his prosecution is meant to set a precedent against privacy and "intimidate people."

Plus markets are rebounding after a slightly hawkish FOMC, BTC ETFs flip to inflows and MoonPay launches a new AI product + airdrop

CEO James Lanigan cited automation reshaping the business, as the exchange shifts from retail trading toward institutional infrastructure.

The ring copied Flare Network and its FXRP token, and planted Wikipedia entries, blog posts and YouTube videos to look legitimate.

A new OneDrive Photos app is appearing on some Windows 11 PCs through OneDrive and Windows updates, adding AI-powered search and an optional facial grouping feature.

Robinhood posted a record $1.31 billion in revenue in Q2. Prediction markets are now doing the work crypto used to for the company.

Growing opposition across America to Flock cameras has reached Capitol Hill, where Rep. Thomas Massie plans legislation to block federal funding for the technology.

New research outlines a cryptographic approach that could allow Bitcoin and other blockchain wallets to remain compatible with existing addresses in a post-quantum future.

The company wants your AI to move money autonomously while you stay in control. Here's how it actually works.

Chair Kevin Warsh kept the federal funds rate at 3.5%–3.75% and offered no new signals on when cuts—or hikes—might come.

Despite being down today, ETH has clawed back from the worst levels of the year. Now it's waiting on the Fed.

Zcash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that enables users to hide key details of transactions by leveraging zk-SNARKs.

AI developers are quietly buying physical books by the millions, slicing them apart, scanning every page into AI training datasets, and discarding the originals.

XRP's 1 billion token unlock coincided with positive exchange netflows, testing buyer conviction near key support.

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Trump Media Technology offloaded 2,628 BTC worth $165.07 million, realizing $145 million in losses.

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Shrinking stablecoin liquidity and rising cross-border capital flows are reshaping crypto market demand, even as Bitcoin remains resilient.

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The suspected Coldcard exploit continued expanding as investigators link more wallets and Bitcoin to the broader attack.

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Bitcoin is caught between macro FUD and technical weakness. Here's why traders are turning bearish on August.

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For most of July, AAVE had oscillated between $88 and $100, but the technical indicators now showed firm selling pressure.

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UNI has returned to its breakout support after two days of losses.

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SOL's price structure and the failure to push above $80 signal short-term seller dominance.

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BTC sentiment fell to a four-month low after Coldcard's $38M exploit.

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How Ondo's perps product has gained massive interest and trading volume after three weeks of launch.

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Can SOON absorb profit-taking before leverage turns its strongest support into a weakness?

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