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May's $1.2B Binance outflow reverses April inflows, thinning order books and widening spreads. Next proof-of-reserves will confirm if the drain is structural.
Vietnam's Ministry of Finance wants SMEs to pledge digital assets and intellectual property as loan collateral. The proposal faces valuation and regulatory hurdles.
Vietnam's draft law lets SMEs pledge digital assets as loan collateral. The central bank must set valuation and custody rules before banks accept volatile assets.
Gravity Bridge halts all cross-chain Ethereum-Cosmos transfers after an attack. User fund status unknown. No restoration timeline. How to assess exposure and what to watch for next.
Treasury Secretary Bessent says authorities seized $1B in Iran-linked crypto, double the prior amount. Iran’s Hormuz Safe plan adds geopolitical risk to Bitcoin.
Treasury seized $1 billion in Iranian crypto wallets, double April's disclosed figure. The Hormuz Safe proposal threatens to escalate Bitcoin sanctions evasion.
Over 90% of speakers are C-level at Louvre Palace. $18 trillion AUM represented. Agenda targets RWA tokenization and cross-border rails. Outcome will test institutional adoption timelines.
SEC charges Nathan Fuller with $12.3M crypto fraud using fake AI trading bots. Only 3% of funds went to trading. Fuller admitted in bankruptcy court the operation was a Ponzi scheme.
Vietnam's finance ministry proposal would let SMEs pledge digital assets as loan collateral, potentially unlocking credit access while subjecting crypto holdings to formal banking oversight and steep haircuts.
Attacker still holds 2,102 ETH worth $4.23M after cross-chain exploit. Validators halted bridge as investigation continues. Next catalyst: bridge reopening and potential sell pressure from stolen ETH.
The CLARITY Act segments crypto liquidity into compliant and non-compliant pools, introducing a foreign adversary risk premium on stablecoins and DeFi. Here is how execution cost changes.
China adjusts reserve rules to push digital yuan into commercial banking. The shift targets stablecoin demand in Asia trade corridors and creates a new decision point for crypto traders.
A 0.1% transaction levy on crypto could raise €3-4B/yr for EU budget, reshaping compliance for exchanges and DeFi. Aave bridge exploit, SpaceX BTC holdings, and macro data also in focus.
British sprinter CJ Ujah charged alongside nine others in UK court over crypto scam using police impersonation to steal seed phrases. One victim lost $403,500. Next hearing July 24.
Vietnam's Ministry of Finance proposes letting SMEs use digital assets and IP as loan collateral, targeting a credit gap where 98% of firms get 20% of bank credit.
Selective gains in BNB and ZEC fail to spark broad altcoin rally as BTC dominance holds at 57.3%. Traders watch for a decisive break below 56%.
Billionaire Frank Giustra warns that traceable public ledgers make Bitcoin vulnerable to state seizure, citing the US government's $1 billion wallet confiscation.
Argentine authorities arrested 24 people and seized over 8 million USDT in Operation Fake Coins. The case exposes how Binance P2P and WhatsApp enabled cross-border fraud.
Peckshield: $328.6M in cross-chain hacks through May. DeFi leaders counter lending daily loss at 0.001%, 98% improvement since 2020. Layered security, parametric insurance emerge.
Zerotier CEO Andrew Gault warns adversaries are harvesting encrypted crypto traffic today for future quantum decryption. Bitcoin and Ethereum face divergent timelines.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US seized about $1 billion in Iranian crypto, triple the amount frozen in April. Operation Economic Fury widens.
Stellar (XLM) shed 14.39%, Monero (XMR) 9.71%, and Hedera (HBAR) 10.69%. Their common thread: regulatory and competitive exposure. This pattern may deepen if enforcement accelerates.
SEC alleges Nathan Fuller raised $12.3M from 150 investors using AI trading bot claims; only $380k reached markets. AlphaScala details the structural red flags.
Market cap fell from $2.75T to $2.48T; $282M in liquidations, $1.2B ETF outflows. Recovery hinges on spot demand, not leverage.
Prosecutors charged CatFi suspects under the Virtual Asset User Protection Act, the first criminal case since the law took effect. The outcome could reshape crypto enforcement in South Korea.
PBOC's e-CNY clearinghouse, modeled after UnionPay, signals permanent infrastructure. With $2.47T in transactions and interest-bearing features, the digital yuan pressures USDT and USDC.
Brazil's central bank now requires VASPs to submit an independent audit from a CVM-registered entity before licensing. The rule follows Operation Hidden Flow, which uncovered $5 billion in irregular crypto movements linked to a designated terrorist group.
The SEC alleges Nathan Fuller misappropriated $6.2M from 150 investors. Three red flags every crypto investor should check before depositing funds.
Lummis says Congress may not get another real chance for crypto legislation until 2030 if the CLARITY Act fails, setting up a Senate floor test.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent disclosed $1 billion in seized Iranian crypto. The seizure signals state-level enforcement capacity that changes liquidity and compliance risk for exchanges.