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Dango halts trading July 29, shuts its Layer 1 chain Aug. 13, citing runway, compliance delays, and departures. Remaining balances convert to USDC.
Deputy PM Novak confirms fuel curbs through year-end. Russian energy traders use Bitcoin, Ether, and USDT to settle deals with Chinese and Indian buyers, bypassing SWIFT restrictions.
Binance Research says Gen Z investors on its platform buy Nvidia and Micron, not meme stocks. 60% of holdings sit in tech, with 26% in AI chipmakers.
Pyongyang arrested former military cyber operatives for siphoning state bank funds through overseas crypto wallets, turning its most prized digital weapons inward.
The EU added 14 crypto platforms to its Russia sanctions list, targeting firms based in Georgia, UAE, and elsewhere. Coinbase launched AI agent USDC payments. Robinhood eyes prediction markets with Crypto.com.
Coinbase cut AI spending 50% by switching to Chinese models. Now 200+ startups oppose a ban, arguing cheap models benefit the entire US developer ecosystem.
A $25 billion weather derivatives market exists to manage climate risk, but $2 trillion in losses over the past decade shows it is failing. Tokenization could fix access, liquidity and trust.
Trump's $1B+ crypto income from WLFI and $TRUMP meme coin stalls the Clarity Act. Democrats demand ethics rules. Republicans push back. No floor vote set.
Bitcoin fell below $64,000 as US-Iran conflict risks weekend escalation. Robinhood's prediction market talks and TRUMP token moves add to the mix.
Houthi missile strikes on Saudi Aramco refineries sent Brent to $100 before it settled in the $89-90 range, dragging Bitcoin and XRP lower on risk-off sentiment.
Vietnam's Decree 284/2026 requires crypto trading on Ministry of Finance-licensed exchanges by Sept 1. Offshore platforms face penalties. No domestic licenses exist yet.
Samsung will add stablecoin support to Samsung Wallet, putting dollar-pegged tokens on millions of Galaxy phones. No launch date or issuer named. The indirect link to crypto prices flows through settlement layers, issuers like Circle, and a long-term funnel effect. Bitcoin is $63,900.
The finance panel's recommendations are non-binding but mark a formal acknowledgement of the regulatory gap. Industry executives see a three-bucket approach. Government response is next.
Ten networks worth $12B trade 97% below highs. The key metric: whether user fees cover token rewards. Algorand, Filecoin, Polkadot, and others face a subsidy test over two years.
Transak's integration helped Opera's MiniPay wallet achieve a 10x increase in gross transaction volume and 2.5x better conversion rates over nine months.
LMAX Group explores sale or IPO with Morgan Stanley, valuation up to $5B, as institutional crypto consolidation accelerates. The Standard Chartered pilot and SBI's bitbank deal show the trend.
A Brazilian dairy farm borrowed R$100,000 using ten tokenized cows as collateral on B3. The pilot tests whether on-farm telemetry and regulated credit rails can turn livestock into financeable assets.
A security breach at Triple-A led to over $9.7 million in unauthorized withdrawals from hot wallets across six blockchains. The company has not acknowledged the incident.
Bitcoin and Ethereum can fall 80% in a bear market. These five rules, from cold storage to exit plans, help investors avoid the worst mistakes and lock in gains.
Robinhood Chain's tokenized RWA value reached $70M two weeks after mainnet. The question is whether inflows will hold. The network now ranks fourth in DEX volume.
New 50% tariffs on Canadian goods and 10-12.5% levies on 80+ countries push U.S. tariff rate to 12.1%. Bitcoin miners face ASIC hardware tariffs up to 57.6%, compressing margins and driving consolidation.
Trump's team moved $16.91M in TRUMP tokens to three Fireblocks wallets. The transfer comes as the CLARITY Act faces a Senate vote before August recess.
Robinhood Chain tokenized stocks hit $70M in market value, with GameStop doing $26.6M daily volume and Nvidia at $14M, while memecoins still dominate trading.
Crypto.com's OG exchange sues Washington before state enforcement, arguing CFTC jurisdiction overrides gambling laws. The complaint cites Kalshi's Michigan injunction as precedent.
The National Cryptocurrency Association says the sector generates $55 billion in economic output and 232,000 jobs, with average pay of $133,000.
Thune pushes CLARITY Act to a Senate floor vote before the August recess, testing whether the crypto market structure bill can reach 60 votes to overcome a filibuster.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune pushes for a floor vote before the August recess. Polymarket odds for passage fell from 46% to 32.5%. The banking lobby pushed back against stablecoin rewards.
BitMEX faces a class action for 622 BTC filed the same day it announced its shutdown. Plaintiffs say the exchange kept liquidation surplus instead of returning it to traders.
Thune plans a CLARITY Act floor vote before August recess despite lacking 60 votes. Ethics provisions and consumer protections remain the sticking points.
A Brazilian farm tokenized 10 cows with real-time monitors, securing a $20K loan. The deal, registered with B3, could open the door to $78.5M in farm credit, Cowmed said.