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A Fairshake spokesperson said that the PAC was “just getting started“ on its expenditures as part of efforts to fill US Congress with lawmakers friendly to the crypto industry.

The $1 billion facility will deploy assets backing USDe into overcollateralized institutional loans, expanding Ethena’s sources of returns beyond crypto basis strategies.

The US banking regulator released a 376‑page proposal in February, calling for public comment on rules to implement the stablecoin bill ahead of its January 2027 effective date.

The transaction connected the banks’ separate tokenized deposit systems through Swift’s ledger, marking a step toward interoperable, 24/7 cross-border payments.

Bitcoin’s rebound toward $69,000 is gaining momentum as Geoff Kendrick points to improving liquidity conditions and a potential cycle bottom.

The consent orders ended the CFTC’s case against two former crypto executives after FTX and Alameda agreed to $12.7 billion in disgorgement and restitution payments in August 2024.

Bitcoin joined US stocks in a broad rally after the US Treasury announced that it was at least doubling the amount of its debt buyback operations from September.

Injective’s affiliated entity can now maintain securities ownership records, adding regulated market infrastructure to its growing push into tokenized assets.

Apate’s 200,000 fake AI ‘victims’ are so good at scam baiting, the company has a monthly KPI for how many F-bombs scammers drop at the infuriating bots.

“Crypto mom” Hester Peirce praised the SEC’s proposed crypto regime, published days after the Senate failed to pass the CLARITY Act, the US’ first comprehensive industry framework.

Symbiotic’s Liquid Lane gives eligible holders immediate USDC liquidity across three Centrifuge funds managed by Janus Henderson and NYLIM.

Sweden’s H100 reported a $26 million loss for the first half of the year, as it completed its acquisitions to become Europe’s second-largest Bitcoin treasury by holdings.

Ripple said the $275 million raised will support its expansion into traditional financial services such as prime brokerage and multi-asset clearing, citing strong demand from institutions.

Bitcoin maintained its appeal as a diversification investment despite dropping more than 50% from all-time high, a BlackRock report stated.

Nexo introduced regulated, cryptocurrency-backed credit lines that allow users to access liquidity in Australian dollars or stablecoins by borrowing against their digital assets.

Hayes revealed his new role as Flop Labs CEO and teased a “massive airdrop” from the AI inference protocol in the fourth quarter of 2026.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $189 million on Tuesday, lifting August net inflows to $951 million, while Ether ETFs added $71.5 million.

A preliminary analysis says six chained bugs let a 23-message transaction drain 48.87 million CACAO, sending the token down nearly 89%.

The FASB said secondary-market liquidity alone would not be enough, with holders needing direct issuer redemption rights and one-to-one liquid reserves.

The proposed rules from the US securities regulator would provide companies with a safe harbor from tokens being treated as “investment contracts” and certain exemptions for token issuance.

The non-custodial cross-chain swap engine connects Canton’s institutional tokenized-asset markets with liquidity and trading activity across major public blockchains.

A Florida representative not running for reelection who voted against the GENIUS and CLARITY Acts has endorsed a Democratic candidate, possibly leading to PAC-funded negative ads.

The $33.3 million Winklevoss Capital deal expands Cypherpunk’s ZEC strategy as it targets 5% ownership of the cryptocurrency’s circulating supply.

The multi-asset card lets US customers spend crypto and fiat and earn cashback as Kraken’s parent company expands across financial services.

Currently serving a 12-year sentence in federal prison, Alex Mashinsky continues to explore legal avenues to vacate his conviction related to activities at Celsius.

During a White House meeting Wednesday, President Donald Trump said CFTC Chair Mike Selig is working to bring the perpetual futures platform into the U.S. under federal rules.

The CEOs from companies across several tech-forward sectors met with the president in advance of this week's first Innovation Advisory Committee at the CFTC.

In a race that drew criticism to crypto's leading political action committee for featuring fake headlines in ads, Fairshake's expensive effort fell short.

BTC rose about 6% while ether, solana and crypto stocks climbed after the Treasury doubled the size of its bond buybacks.

Bitcoin is close to forming a pattern that analysts say could signal prices rising to as high as $76,000.

COIN and BLSH rose about 8% and CRCL gained nearly 10% ahead of a key procedural vote scheduled for Sept. 15.

AI agents could boost crypto activity, but much of the value may bypass blockchains and their tokens.

In this week's Crypto Long & Short, Solstice Finance's David Plisek argues that most of the money lost in DeFi this spring wasn't taken by hackers but by yield strategies that quietly stopped working. Looking at April's $13 billion drawdown, he shows that a headline yield number reveals almost nothing about whether it will hold under stress, laying out four questions an allocator should ask before committing capital.

The cross-border transaction is Swift’s first in a pilot project as it tests settlement in its push to remain relevant as stablecoins and tokenized deposits become widely used worldwide.

The investment bank will help its roughly 3,000 institutional clients execute large block trades in event contracts.

The warehouse facility gives Ethena another source of returns for the assets backing USDe while channeling onchain capital into overcollateralized institutional loans.

The American Bankers Association seeks to strengthen the Clarity Act, not kill it, argues Rob Nichols, president and CEO of the ABA.

Similar setups have historically produced below-average 90-day and 180-day bitcoin returns, said the asset manager.

The exchange that lost $1.46 billion to North Korean hackers is the first large centralized firm to put numbers on a claim bitcoin developers have been making all month.

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) added 20 new operators this year across two rounds of expansions, including eight additions this week.

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BTC volatility has dropped to multi-year lows as surging Treasury yields rattle equities and traders await the Fed's July meeting minutes for clues on the interest-rate path.

The feature, which follows earlier moves into financial transactions, is not yet being tested anywhere, a spokesperson said.

Ripple Prime's inaugural senior notes carried an investment grade rating and drew institutional investors across key financial markets.

Widening losses and intensifying competition coincide with a pause in frontier reinforcement-learning training as openai strengthens its safety controls.

The cross-chain protocol said an attacker exploited six software flaws to drain Bitcoin and other assets, sending its CACAO token plunging.

A Phase 3 win against the standard of care sent the biotech's shares up 131% and left short sellers down $4.8 billion.

Base is narrowing its accelerator to 10 startups as it looks for teams building AI agents, payments, trading, and financing products.

A White House sitdown with crypto's biggest names and softer Fed signals lit the fuse. But the charts show why the pain for bears might not be over yet.

The Hyperliquid integration gives eligible Base App users access to more than 290 perpetual futures markets.

If the proposed rules are formalized, it could lead to an ICO boom in the U.S.

The Shanghai-based InsurTech firm closed a $154.7 million private placement funded entirely in crypto, with investors contributing Bitcoin directly rather than cash.

Edward Zimbardi allegedly lured thousands of investors into "The Crypto Program" with promises of 25% monthly returns before fleeing to Fiji.

The Nasdaq-listed privacy firm launched Cypherpunk Mining through a $33.33 million equity deal with Winklevoss Capital, adding roughly 18% of the Zcash network's hashrate to accelerate its treasury ambitions.

Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered new restrictions on large data centers aimed at shielding residents from higher electricity costs and giving communities more control over proposed projects.

The optional window puts an assistant of your choice next to your tabs, with a switch to disable it.

A tracking device planted in a book order ended at a Las Vegas facility where Amazon strips bindings to scan pages for training data.

X’s algorithm may turn argumentative replies into a feedback loop that serves users more content that clashes with their values, with the effect stronger among Democrats, researchers found.

The proposed rules would let crypto projects raise capital through token sales without full securities registration and create a path for tokens to separate from investment contracts.

Traders are betting OpenAI's next frontier model lands within weeks—even after the company pumped the brakes.

WorldClaw accepts World Liberty’s USD1 stablecoin while offering AI models from Chinese companies facing U.S. national security restrictions.

The Swiss hardware-wallet maker found two severe bugs with the help of frontier AI models, and warns that older firmware leaves you exposed.

The bankrupt airline’s internal communications and business records could soon be used to improve Google’s AI systems.

The banking giant plans to let institutional clients hold Bitcoin and traditional assets through the same custody framework.

The Tokyo-listed firm will seed gaming media company Super League—to be renamed Superplanet and trade as SUPA—with 2,100 BTC.

The address received 8.54 BTC in June 2011 when the coin traded around $14 and stayed silent for 15 years before moving roughly $538,000 in a single transaction.

Plus, Ethereum researchers are prioritizing privacy; Robinhood is rolling out agentic trading; and Ansem debuts his own launchpad.

The bid protest, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, challenges ICE's sole-source award for blockchain forensic tools, pitting the two biggest names in crypto tracing against each other.

Austria's Financial Market Authority fined the Vienna-based exchange 70,000 euros for procedural and disclosure breaches, an early marker of how EU regulators intend to enforce the bloc's new crypto rulebook.

Payward is joining Project Glasswing, Anthropic’s program for giving vetted organizations access to its powerful cybersecurity AI.

Elon Musk’s AI firm says the state’s first-of-its-kind nudification ban violates the First Amendment. Minnesota says it regulates a tool, not speech.

Traders across Polymarket, Kalshi, and Myriad are leaning the same way: no change at the September meeting.

Exchanges and other crypto platforms would face new restrictions on selling stablecoins to US customers beginning in 2027.

OpenAI President Greg Brockman's new essay cites his company's own hack of Hugging Face to push urgent AI-powered defense.

Centrifuge crashes amid a negative sentiment in RWA, USD outflows and a decline in TVL and fees.

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Strategy shares returned above $100 during Bitcoin's sharp rebound, but MSTR remains far below its May levels.

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Is shrinking stablecoin liquidity actually a bullish bottom signal?

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Social dominance is recovering, but OI has fallen.

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Previous rebounds began here, but current outflows raise a harder question: Who remains willing to buy?

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Does conviction-led accumulation reduce selling pressure, or merely delay price discovery?

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Volatility has almost disappeared, but confidence is far from absolute.

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Bitcoin and Ethereum surged as forced closures wiped out short positions, most of them within four hours.

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One whale withdrew while another deposited. The market is splitting rather than choosing.

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ENA rebounds from ascending support as fresh supply pressure tests recovering demand and upside liquidity prospects.

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The White House is expected to meet crypto executives as US regulators advance separate digital asset initiatives.

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