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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%.
BlackRock's BSTBL and BRSRV tokenized money market funds are designed to hold stablecoin reserves, positioning the asset manager for the stablecoin reserve market.
Senate leaves for August recess without a CLARITY Act vote; Bernstein warns a missed 2026 window could hit bitcoin and the wider crypto market.
WonderFi founder Karia Samaroo says Canada's provincial rules made growth unsustainable; the C$250 million Robinhood deal closed in early June.
Regulators are tightening rules on anonymous crypto transactions. For traders using no-KYC platforms, the risk of frozen funds or legal action is rising. Here's what to watch.
At Digital Assets Week London 2026, crypto casino reviews and GameFi tokens draw as much attention as spot ETF flows, signaling a structural shift in how the industry thinks about Bitcoin leisure spending.
The Coldcard hack traces to a weak random number generator that left seeds with as little as 40 bits of entropy. Coinkite's patch does not fix exposed seeds.
Judge freezes wallets tied to the Feb. 2025 Bybit hack; lawsuit against North Korea's Lazarus Group seeks recovery of $1.5B while the case unfolds.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune confirmed the CLARITY Act vote is postponed until Sept. 14. With only 14 scheduled weekdays before midterm campaigns, the bill faces long odds.
Danny Sanders of Trezor says the Coldcard incident is a specific flaw, not a crack in self-custody. He warns against moving Bitcoin to exchanges out of fear.
Grayscale made staking the default and set up monthly cash payouts from $27.3M in net rewards, just before the Aug. 10 IRS deadline for crypto funds.
A bug in the CryptoJS library, first released in 2016, let attackers brute-force seed phrases. Over 2,100 addresses drained. Migration is the only fix.
A whale moved $76.6 million in ETH off exchanges July 31 while staking hit a record 40.2 million ETH. Ether is 62% below its all-time high with resistance at $1,960.
The exchange said it secured a court-ordered asset freeze as part of the lawsuit, though no jurisdiction or recovery amount has been disclosed. The FBI had attributed the theft to North Korea in 2025.
BitMEX spent two years in sale talks that collapsed after potential buyers rejected a founder-controlled ownership structure and a shrinking business. The exchange now plans to wind down operations.
Filing in D.C. federal court turns blockchain tracing into enforceable claims, with a preliminary injunction freezing assets linked to the February theft.
A crypto user says he lost his life savings after a sponsored Google result impersonated Trezor. Trezor warned of rising phishing sites in search ads.
Wintermute USA registered with the SEC and FINRA. The firm can now trade equities, serve as an authorized participant for ETFs, and pursue tokenized stocks if regulation allows.
The exchange won a preliminary injunction to freeze stolen assets held by unidentified parties. The lawsuit aims to recover funds and hold North Korea accountable. The case could set a precedent for crypto exchange recovery efforts.
A fraudulent Trezor page on Google's own Sites platform ranked first in sponsored results, siphoning funds from victims who entered seed phrases. Trezor confirmed it is collaborating with Google.
MoonPay Enterprise consolidates fiat collection, stablecoin issuance, treasury management, and cross-border payouts for banks and fintechs. Deel and Paysafe are live on the platform.
July crypto thefts hit $247.4M, tripling June's total. The Coldcard exploit alone accounted for at least $100M across 7,300 wallets, with losses still being tallied.
The KelpDAO exploit drained $290M across 20+ chains, a warning for Coinbase's new multichain Base App. Can less Base-centric design grow users without increasing cross-chain risk?
Polymarket shifts to TWAP settlement to prevent last-second price manipulation in crypto prediction markets, backed by $1M liquidity rewards.
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The Senate's CLARITY Act compromise pairs DeFi developer protections with stablecoin reward limits; its ethics division blocks passage until September.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said the Senate's delay of the CLARITY Act may cause a brief market wobble but could clear the path for a fall recovery. Polymarket odds have fallen to 27%.
BlackRock's tokenized funds and Tether's $1.5B profit signal crypto's convergence with banking. American Bitcoin mines 932 BTC. Tokenized gold shows resilience.
The FTX Recovery Trust will distribute $900 million to creditors on July 31, as an updated Senate text of the CLARITY Act sharpens custody and disclosure rules.