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The Coldcard hardware wallet exploit drained over $100 million, making July 2026 the second-worst month for crypto theft. The company has not disclosed the vulnerability.
Stark warns quantum progress could breach Bitcoin's cryptography. Over 30% of BTC supply sits in exposed addresses; Trump set a 2031 deadline for post-quantum encryption.
ServiceNow's Sumeet Mathur says rising tokenisation costs are a 'good driver' for enterprises to use AI more efficiently, as adoption shifts from POCs to real deployments.
Bridge Building secured both a CASP and EMI license from Luxembourg's CSSF, joining 324 providers on the EU MiCA register. Three German cooperative banks also added.
OFAC designated Shelbit and Aban Tether for processing $3M+ in IRGC-linked transfers. The exchange processed $4B over two years. Dubai regulator fined it earlier.
Thune pushed the CLARITY Act vote to September. Lummis warns the delay could leave U.S. crypto markets without federal rules until nearly 2030.
Coinbase CEO says crypto adoption keeps growing despite Senate delaying the CLARITY Act. The bill, now expected in September, covers stablecoins, exchange registration and ethics rules.
Bitway soared 16% to $0.2278, leading altcoin gainers. BinanceLife dropped 7.2% as the biggest loser. Traders cited rotation for Beldex's 4.3% gain. Bitcoin held near $62,000, anchoring the session.
The Treasury designated Shelbit Exchange and Aban Tether for handling funds linked to Iran's IRGC, as Tether's $131M freeze sets a precedent for stablecoin issuer compliance.
Senator Cynthia Lummis said Aug. 7 the CLARITY Act remains stalled in the Senate. She pledged to keep pushing the bill, which would set federal rules for digital assets and protect customer funds. Senate action delayed until September.
Treasury blacklists Shelbit and Aban Tether for moving funds to the IRGC, adding to the Economic Fury campaign targeting Iran's crypto infrastructure.
Thune's sept 2025 filing sets up a 14-day sprint for crypto market structure, with yield-objections and ethics provisions blocking the 60-vote path.
Strategy holds 845,000 BTC, more than 4% of Bitcoin supply. CEO Le says that dominance can make it the Nvidia of digital assets, even if Bitcoin hits $8,000.
The FSB and Interior Ministry raided nine unregistered crypto exchange offices in Moscow City, arresting 20+ employees linked to money laundering from phone scams targeting Russian citizens.
The venture with Yorkville Acquisition Corp. would have been the first publicly traded CRO treasury company. CRO fell on the news.
A flaw in CryptoJS let hackers guess seed phrases, draining $5.7M from web wallets. Bitcoin holders lost $2.57M. On-chain tracking continues.
Senate delays Clarity Act vote to September. Lummis and Alsobrooks say bipartisan work continues. 'We've come too far to quit,' Lummis said.
U.S. sanctions crypto exchanges Shelbit and Aban Tether over Iran-linked funds; Treasury says IRGC sent over $1M to Shelbit, Kayvanpour-linked wallets sent $2M to Nobitex.
OFAC sanctions Shelbit and Aban Tether under Economic Fury for Iran Revolutionary Guard laundering; operator ran network from UAE, Georgia. $1B seized.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin called Signal's work on phone-number-free accounts 'very welcome.' The feature is still in development with no release date.
Slaughter points to a three-week September session as the last window before midterms, with procedural hurdles, opposition from Hawley and the WSJ editorial board, and narrowing floor time.
Buterin praised Signal's phone-free registration but warned that pseudonymous identities remain vulnerable to metadata analysis and AI deanonymization, a lesson for crypto users.
John Reed Stark warns quantum computing advances could break crypto within years, as IBM CEO says three-to-four-year window for paranoia. Industry scrambles to prepare.
Senate postpones CLARITY Act vote until September. Bitwise CIO says crypto prices may wobble briefly before recovering as market already priced in delay.
A federal judge vacated Voyager Digital's bankruptcy liability shield, exposing liquidation professionals to lawsuits. The Second Circuit will now decide if the protections can stand.
Bybit filed a civil suit in D.C. federal court against North Korea and secured an injunction on stolen assets held by unnamed defendants.
Armstrong said the Senate delay was disappointing but noted stablecoin use, tokenization and perpetual futures markets continue expanding. The bill is expected in September.
Treasury sanctioned Shelbit, Aban Tether for Iran fund flows. IRGC wallets sent over $1 million to Shelbit, $2 million back. Exchanges pressured to block Iran crypto.
Binance held 37% of spot volume among the top 10 centralized exchanges in Q1 2026. The top six platforms control over 60% of all trading, creating both liquidity benefits and systemic risk.
Stablecoin yield provisions have frozen the CLARITY Act as Senate Republicans balk. The bill needs 60 votes, and the odds of passage before recess have slipped to 27%.