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Galaxy Digital lost $85M in Q2; Phase I CoreWeave lease operational, set to generate ~$80M quarterly revenue from Q3. Phase II financed with $3.5B notes.
Binance is removing Contentos, Dar Open Network, Highstreet, and MOBOX from its platform. Holders must withdraw before the delisting to avoid forced conversion or loss of access.
A Coldcard seed generation flaw let hackers steal over $100 million. The breach challenges cold storage's safety and questions open-source code vetting.
Wintermute's US broker dealer registration opens NYSE and Nasdaq market making, starting with commodities and crypto ETFs. CEO Gaevoy targets Jane Street and Citadel within five years.
Senate Democrats plan to block cloture on the CLARITY Act, pushing the crypto market-structure bill past the Aug. 7 recess. A fall calendar waits.
Barrasso pushes the Clarity Act before recess, but White House review stalls and Senate odds have sunk to 27% after delays.
US data center construction spending hit $68B, up 46% YoY. Bitcoin miners shift to AI infrastructure, signing multi-billion-dollar leases. Core Scientific, IREN, Hut 8 lead pivot. What the Census data means for crypto and infrastructure.
MetaMask's Agent Wallet lets AI agents trade within user-set limits. A $10,000 monthly protection covers qualifying losses. Exclusions apply.
SIFMA's Bentsen calls the CLARITY Act 'a number of good things'; Van Hollen's eight amendments target illicit finance and conflicts. The bill's odds have slipped to 27%.
Options on spot Bitcoin ETFs have created a gamma-driven feedback loop that pulls prices toward max pain at expiry. Weekend gap risk and high IV amplify the danger.
JPMorgan says HYPE ETF inflows stalled after a strong May-June as regulated exchanges like Coinbase and Kalshi launch perpetual futures, pulling demand from offshore venues.
GUARDD met with the SEC's Crypto Task Force to propose a Qualified Disclosure Publisher framework for secondary trading of tokenized exempt securities, citing $2.95B raised with less than 1% achieving liquidity.
Warsh's proposal to cut FOMC meetings to six per year could stretch uncertainty gaps and amplify crypto volatility around each decision.
Binance claims $472.8M in losses after RedotPay allegedly diverted 470K card users. The case exposes how stablecoin cards let companies capture each other's customers.
Putin signed Russia's first crypto law, legalizing trading through licensed exchanges while banning crypto payments. Retail caps and a September 1 start date apply.
MetaMask's Agent Wallet lets AI agents trade within preset spending caps and whitelisted protocols, competing with Coinbase and MoonPay in the AI-crypto tooling space.
Wells Fargo will launch tokenized deposits for corporate clients this fall, starting with USD-to-GBP transfers. The 24/7 service uses bank-controlled blockchain rails. Critics say conventional databases already do the job.
Gondi's Sell & Repay feature repaid a $350K loan on XCOPY's 2018 'Dissolution' NFT in one atomic transaction for $525K. The Ethereum-based protocol has grown to over $100M in TVL.
The $1.5B Bybit cold-wallet hack showed that offline storage has a blind spot: the moment funds move. North Korea stole $2.02B in 2025 alone.
French, Dutch and EU watchdogs warn of impersonation scams targeting investors amid MiCA’s July 1 deadline. Over 1,700 firms may need to exit, creating a window for fraudsters to mimic regulators and exchanges.
Putin signed bill No. 1194918-8 creating a legal foundation for digital-currency activity. The law replaces fragmented rules with a statutory structure for Russia's crypto market.
MyTrade founder Liu Zhou admitted using bots to create fake volume for crypto tokens. A $10,000 fine followed. The case shows how federal agents posed as a fake crypto project to catch market makers.
Ukraine's latest sanctions target 23 firms and 20 individuals supplying Russia's military. The decree raises compliance stakes for crypto exchanges and privacy coin demand.
UK customers can trade fractional shares commission-free alongside crypto, but settlement goes through Apex Clearing, not blockchain. The move puts Coinbase closer to multi-asset apps like Revolut.
FBI sting nets first guilty plea for crypto wash trading. MyTrade founder Liu Zhou fined $10,000, ordered to dismantle bots that faked volume across 60 tokens.
BNY plans to offer institutional crypto staking through Galaxy, which already stakes ETH for BlackRock's ETF. One provider could hold enough stake to disrupt network finality.
AI agents can now trade onchain through MetaMask’s wallet, with user-set spending limits and a three-stage security screen. The product launched August 6 after a June early access period.
X rolled out payments with Visa and interest, not crypto. Product chief Nikita Bier steps down. The EU path requires MiCA — no application in sight.
France is the worst-hit country with 30 known incidents. The report warns that unreported cases likely make the true figure higher. Interior Minister Nuñez said 77 kidnappings or extortions in H1.
WeatherNext 2 beat NHC forecasts. Its open-source code could power on-chain weather insurance and prediction markets.