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Crypto hacks exceeded $1 billion in H1 2026, led by wallet compromise and two April incidents. TRM Labs, CertiK, and Blockaid all track rising losses as attackers target control-plane failures.
Bitcoin held near $64,438 as on-chain data showed contained exchange inflows and steady miner flows. Market cap at $2.28T. Ethereum at $1,916. Altcoins like ADA and XRP saw selective gains.
Gate US joins BitGo's Go Network Off-Exchange Settlement service, letting institutional clients trade on the exchange while assets stay in OCC-regulated custody.
Jump Capital's seventh fund at $350 million will allocate more resources to blockchain and digital assets, citing growing institutional adoption and rapid product development.
Emirates launches Crypto.com Pay for flight bookings, limited to eligible UAE residents paying in dirhams. The service completes a 2025 partnership but details on fees and refunds remain unclear.
A crypto analyst named Near Protocol, Bittensor and Venice as top AI plays. Bitcoin near $66,000. The analyst expects a market bottom between September and October and plans to accumulate.
Emirates passengers in the UAE can now book flights using Crypto.com Pay. The integration runs through Crypto.com's Dubai entity, which holds a Central Bank SVF licence.
BLC crashed 99.75% after an oracle manipulation, Ostium lost $18M in USDC. While USDT and USDC held peg, the incidents show how oracles and liquidity break algorithmic and smaller stablecoins.
Galaxy Digital bought 500 acres in McGregor, Texas for a 74 MW data center campus, power expected in 2028. It also closed a $3.5B note for Helios.
Visa posted $11.63B in Q3 revenue, up 14%, and opened its stablecoin platform for beta with OpenUSD as the first supported asset. The multi-chain strategy connects banks to tokenized deposits and AI commerce.
A 12-second gap between Antpool and Foundry blocks on March 24 created a two-deep fork. Foundry won with six consecutive blocks as hashrate concentration grows.
South Korea's FSC consolidates 10 pending crypto bills into a single Digital Asset Basic Act. The 51% bank ownership rule for stablecoin issuers remains the biggest hurdle.
Decentralized exchange Trade.xyz will cover losses from a single trade that crashed its SK Hynix perpetual, attributing the move to thin pre-market liquidity.
South Korea's FSC plans a consolidated crypto bill. A separate amendment seeks to repeal the 22% crypto tax before Jan 1, 2027, but no review date has been set.
Blockaid verified 212 crypto security incidents in H1 2026 totaling $1.1B. Operational attacks drove 74% of losses; a DPRK-linked cluster accounted for 55%. Drift and KelpDAO recovery plans are next catalysts.
ARK Invest's Lorenzo Valente expects more crypto shutdowns and M&A as Hyperliquid and Pump.fun capture 67% of app revenue. Storj files Chapter 11, BitMEX and BitMart close.
The FSC will draft a consolidated digital asset bill covering stablecoins and exchanges. Opposition lawmakers seek to scrap a 22% crypto tax. Key disputes remain over bank ownership of stablecoin issuers.
Blockaid reports $1B lost to crypto hacks in H1 2026, already surpassing 2025's full-year incident count. North Korea-linked groups lead via social engineering and multisig compromises.
Psalion's $50M Fund III targets blockchain infrastructure, real-world assets, and stablecoins. Its first deal: a $4M lead in Beezie, a commerce platform with $85M in YTD revenue.
Blumenthal said Trump is exploiting crypto enforcement gaps, called the Clarity Act's ethics provisions insufficient. The bill lacks votes before recess, and Polymarket odds dropped to 32%.
Emirates now accepts Crypto.com Pay for flight bookings by eligible UAE residents. The service runs through a licensed Dubai entity, with transactions priced in dirhams. No expansion timeline has been set.
Concentrated bots like Jaredfromsubway.eth control 70% of sandwich attacks, while per-attack profit drops to $3. Opacity hides extraction from users, distorting cost assessments.
London-based exchange Luno cuts 20% of staff after crypto slump, pivots to B2B infrastructure and ZARU stablecoin project backed by Sanlam.
BlackRock, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs and others endorsed the CLARITY Act in July. The Senate postponed the vote, pushing consideration to fall. The bill's stablecoin yield restriction and decentralization test face criticism as regulatory capture.
Binance provided wallet tracking that helped India's NCB trace illicit crypto transactions and freeze assets linked to the Team Kalki darknet network. The case shows blockchain transparency can aid law enforcement.
Senate delayed the Clarity Act on July 28 to process Trump nominations and a Russia sanctions bill. Haridopolos warned the pause risks sending crypto capital overseas.
Coinbase Canada CEO Eric Richmond says regulatory gaps prevent offering derivatives, DeFi, and tokenized assets to Canadian users. He calls for harmonized national crypto rules to close the product gap.
Oliver said Trump earned $2.2 billion in his first year back in office, with $1.4 billion from crypto. The meme coin crashed 92% after a $50 billion peak.
NY AG James warns the CLARITY Act would preempt state enforcement as crypto scam complaints to her office have nearly tripled in three years.
Visa posted $11.6B in Q3 revenue alongside a stablecoin strategy and OpenStandard Alliance membership, signaling deeper blockchain infrastructure ties.