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Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says the market is mispricing blockchain's tokenization and AI agent boom, forecasting 50x to 100x on-chain volume growth. OCC stablecoin rules due Nov 2026.
ESMA's MiCA register lists 23 authorised stablecoin issuers with 43 white papers, but analysis finds two dead document links, missing currency fields, shared addresses and a lag of up to a week in updates.
A $1.31B short squeeze pushed Bitcoin above $68,000 and Ethereum past $2,000, fueled by Treasury buybacks and a White House crypto meeting. ETF inflows added fuel.
Galaxy Digital secured ERCOT approval for 830 MW at Helios, pushing total capacity past 1.6 GW. CEO Novogratz said the approval creates a competitive moat in AI infrastructure.
A misconfigured server exposed a fraud operation with 885K phone numbers, fake Trezor and Ledger apps, and a 13.6% hit rate on Crypto.com accounts. Rapid7 details the attack chain and implications for exchanges.
X suspended a network of accounts accused of stealing creators' content and extracting $250K from revenue sharing. Nikita Bier forwarded the case to law enforcement.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan made the case to White House officials and Wall Street leaders that moving $150 trillion in traditional assets on-chain is crypto's next growth phase. The Aug. 19 meeting also covered the CLARITY Act and CFTC innovation efforts.
Trump hosts Coinbase, Kraken, and Blockchain.com execs Wednesday as the long-awaited Clarity Act stalls until September. The SEC proposed its own crypto framework Tuesday.
HMRC sent 81,000 warning letters to crypto holders in the last year, a 25% jump. Token swaps are a blind spot. A new wave is due in July 2026.
OCC Comptroller Jonathan Gould said the agency will finalize GENIUS Act stablecoin rules by November, adjusting them based on industry feedback. The move comes as the OCC processes 40 de novo bank applications and 13 pending digital asset charters.
A crypto token called $CYBERLEEK surged 5,800% in an hour, touching a $3.46 million cap, after a GTA VI gameplay leak. The cap later settled to $1.5 million.
The CFTC imposed multi-year trading and registration bans on Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang, citing their cooperation in the FTX investigation. No financial penalties were ordered.
Standard Chartered and HSBC completed the first live cross-border transaction on Swift's blockchain ledger, connecting tokenized deposit systems across the two banks. Seventeen banks in the pilot group include Citi, BNP Paribas, BNY and MUFG.
The OCC targets November for a final stablecoin rule under the GENIUS Act after missing a July 2026 deadline. FDIC and NCUA have parallel proposals on the table.
Swapiz's Telegram bot swaps 50-plus coins without KYC, clearing in 2-15 minutes. Unibot and Maestro hacks are the benchmark for chat-based trading risk.
AI agents settled $73M onchain in the year through April, but Fidelity warns the value may flow to stablecoin issuers and infrastructure providers, not token holders.
The Treasury doubled its buyback cap to $4B per operation starting Sept. 9. Long-dated yields dropped. Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and XRP rallied. The Fear & Greed Index swung from fear to neutral.
Matt Hougan sees tokenized assets and AI agents driving a surge in on-chain activity. Ethereum and BlackRock's BUIDL are already scaling.
White House adviser Witt says he is 'bullish' on CLARITY Act. Stablecoin rewards fight and Trump ethics provisions resurface ahead of the Sept. 15 cloture vote.
EU E-Evidence regulation takes effect August 18, letting prosecutors bypass mutual legal assistance for cross-border data requests. Crypto exchanges may fall outside its scope.
The SEC proposed new crypto guidelines after the Senate stalled on the CLARITY Act. Galaxy Digital cut the bill's passage probability to 10%. The Senate reconvenes September 14.
Crypto lending yields hide counterparty and code risk. MiCAR excludes lending from its covers. German tax rules treat interest as other income, with a 256-euro exemption limit and potential court-testable one-year holding period.
Binance users can now trade Treasure Global (TGL) shares. The Nasdaq-listed stock gains exposure to 323M+ users. TGL closed at $3.07, up 15.5%.
Spring 2026 broke DeFi yield models as liquid staking TVL cratered 66%. Lending, swap fees, and emissions all failed. Only usage-driven protocols held.
The CFTC closes civil fraud cases against Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang, who cooperated with prosecutors after FTX's $8 billion collapse. The agency's $12.7 billion recovery against FTX entities stands as its largest ever.
The SEC proposed new exemptions for crypto projects to raise up to $5M or $75M, including a safe harbor for when developer efforts end. Comments due in 60 days.
The SEC's "Regulation Crypto Assets" creates two paths for token fundraising in the U.S., including a $75 million tier and a safe harbor for completed projects.
SEC proposes crypto fundraising exemptions up to $75M as Trump meets industry; CFTC weighs prediction markets and AI. August 19-20 deadlines set the pace.
SEC's proposed crypto framework wins praise from Commissioner Peirce days after Senate fails to advance CLARITY Act. Galaxy cuts passage odds to 10%.
Trump hosts crypto industry insiders at the White House today at 2:30 p.m. ET. The CFTC holds its first innovation committee meeting tomorrow. The CLARITY Act vote is set for Sept. 15.