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TRM Labs data shows only 281 of 1,343 pre-MiCA crypto firms received authorization. Poland lost the most ground; Germany held its position. Sanctions exposure is the dividing line.
The cold storage wallet firm said 11,742 customers had names, addresses, and phone numbers stolen. Another 1,947 had partial data exposed. Trezor warned of phishing risks.
Binance bStocks surged to $624M within two months, surpassing Kraken's xStocks at $579M. Ondo Finance holds the top spot at $927M as the tokenized equity market swells to $2.7B.
Binance pulled 36M visits in July, a 26.8% share of crypto exchange traffic. Total visits slipped 2.35% to 134.31M, and Deribit traffic fell 44.7%.
40+ crypto firms want early AI model access for vetted researchers, citing a 4,962-finding audit and an exploited BTCPay flaw. The letter stays open for signers.
The SEC no-action letter lets Franklin Templeton funds buy into its own blockchain money market fund, with a key custodian exemption for its affiliate FTIS.
Hawaii bans cash-in crypto kiosk purchases from October under Act 224. A committee report found over 93% of kiosk transactions in other states were scams targeting older adults.
BitMEX, the exchange that invented the crypto perpetual swap, will shut down Sept 23, 2026. CEO Peter Wilkinson reflects on the decline and what it means for derivatives competition.
13,689 Trezor customers had names, phone numbers and shipping addresses stolen from logistics partner ShipMonk. No funds at risk; physical targeting is the real threat. The stolen data set is a verified list of hardware wallet owners with delivery addresses.
Andre Cronje says DeFi has abandoned its founding principles, pointing to risk committees and governance concentration as evidence. TVL has halved since October 2025.
Binance's bStocks overtook Kraken's xStocks to become the second-largest tokenized stock issuer in under two months. Kraken now sits third.
Cronje says most protocols have abandoned true decentralization for circuit breakers and governance override powers. ECB paper questions DAO decentralization under MiCA.
Base now processes 19% of tracked crypto card spend, matching Solana. Visa's stablecoin pilot hit $7B annualized after adding the network in April.
A whale lost $26M in a private key hack, adding to $24M lost in a 2024 phishing attack. Private key misuse drove 75% of $1.1B stolen in H1 2026.
Crypto exchanges cleared $250B in monthly equity perp trades, up 17x since April. Binance holds 76%; Gate jumped 308%. Regulators haven't classified the products.
Morph's new payments platform lets businesses settle USDC and USDT directly to self-custodial wallets. The service launched Aug. 12 without disclosed fees or audit details.
Trezor said a breach at shipping provider Shipmonk exposed personal data of about 13,689 customers. Hardware wallets remain secure, but phishing risk rises. Anonymous Delivery planned for EU by September, US by year-end 2026.
Vals AI raised $40M from a16z to grade LLMs on real business tasks like financial analysis and coding, not just academic tests. Its Vals Index ranks models by actual work performance.
ShipMonk breach leaked Trezor buyers' names, phones, addresses. Affected orders May-Aug 2026. Trezor plans Anonymous Delivery in EU Sept 2026 — a test for hardware wallet privacy.
BitGo's Q2 net loss narrowed to $19M from $60.7M in Q1, with revenue up nearly 80% to $4.3B. A $50M buyback and 15% job cuts follow.
Binance's bStocks hit $610.6M in two months, edging Kraken's xStocks at $601.2M. Ondo Finance leads at $927M. The tokenized stock market has grown to $2.7B total.
Monaco's Bill No. 1131 would replace the 2022 crypto law with MiCA-style rules. The move comes as the Principality sits on the FATF grey list and the EU's high-risk money-laundering list.
USD/JPY volatility near 160 tests the stability of yen-pegged tokens like JPYC and JPYSC, which now face their first real stress test since Japan's stablecoin rules took effect.
An informal survey of crypto-holding professionals finds nearly no one uses a traditional advisor for digital assets, despite holding for estate planning. Advisors who ignore this risk losing relevance as new specialized practices emerge.
A new presidential memo and Senate bill authorize private firms to conduct offensive cyber operations against criminal networks that exploit crypto for fraud and ransomware.
DigitalX approved a $35.3M capital increase, with all new shares going to controlling shareholder Mirae Asset Consulting. The funds come weeks after Mirae completed its $91.5M acquisition of the Korbit exchange.
Zerohash's OCC trust charter application was returned with deficiencies on July 17. The $1.5B crypto infrastructure firm plans to resubmit by August, but the setback breaks a string of approvals for digital asset firms.
B2C2 appoints Jason Lai, former Schroders Wealth Asia chairman, as senior adviser to court family offices and asset managers in Asia-Pacific as crypto adoption grows.
Trezor's shipping provider ShipMonk exposed names, emails, addresses of 13,689 customers. Device security intact but phishing wave expected. Anonymous delivery option in September.
Movement points to 1M+ transactions and a 96% success rate on Afghanistan's HesabPay as proof stablecoin settlement is working in a challenging market.