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Bitcoin's dominance may persist through year-end as altcoins enter a long accumulation phase mirroring the 2022 pattern, a crypto analyst warns. Investors should wait for confirmation.
Swiss crypto adoption at 23% doubles Germany's 11% as regulatory certainty and ecosystem development drive a national lead that German banking platforms may challenge.
Binance will remove ACX, HFT, PIVX, PYR, VANRY and VIC from spot trading on Aug. 17. Futures close Aug. 7. Withdrawals run until Oct. 17.
DTCC ran its first live tokenized trades on July 15 with JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and Vanguard. An October launch for a broader service is the next milestone.
Kraken CISO says Coldcard's five-year seed-generation flaw slipped past auditors who verified the intended RNG existed. No check confirmed what production firmware called. $90M in Bitcoin drained.
A cloture filing by Wednesday could set up a Friday procedural vote on the CLARITY Act. Missing the window would push the crypto bill closer to the 2026 midterms.
South Korean crypto exchanges sent $367M more in stablecoins offshore than they received in June, the 18th straight monthly outflow, as traders seek derivatives and DeFi products unavailable domestically.
A Hong Kong insurance agent lost $3.3M to a fake crypto app after an online romance. Police say 25 such cases in one week totaled nearly $9M in losses.
Scaramucci says Republicans are stalling the CLARITY Act to blame Democrats and seek crypto donations. Senate recess Aug. 7 is the key deadline. Polymarket odds sit at 31%.
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act faces a Senate logjam as an unresolved ethics provision stalls progress. With 80% of developers already offshore, the clock is ticking before recess.
Brazil's central bank is methodically shutting down non-bank stablecoin settlement routes. On-chain data shows crypto traders rotating AI bets from SK Hynix to CXMT.
Senate staff mapped Trump's $1.4B in reported crypto income against the CLARITY Act's ethics language and concluded licensing deals, third-party issuers, and family entities would remain permissible.
ZeroStack's 0G token holdings fell from $163M to $15M. The company plans to fund operations via staking rewards but still has substantial going-concern doubt, its July 31 filing showed.
Spark pivots from consumer app to institutional liquidity, aiming for $1B in Bitcoin-backed loans. CEO Sam MacPherson bets on stablecoin fragmentation as the next growth driver.
Senate has one week before recess to secure procedural vote on landmark crypto bill; White House response to ethics compromise is key.
La Rosa Holdings put $8.14M in crypto in a restricted BitGo account. Withdrawals depend on financing compliance. The company flagged going concern doubts.
Binance leads with $231B monthly volume; 83% of users plan to increase TradFi trading, raising regulatory questions as the shift accelerates.
XRP Ledger's v3.3.0 restores two security-patched amendments alongside new privacy and institutional tools. Validators vote next.
Elliptic traces the rise and fall of A7A5, a ruble-pegged stablecoin that handled $100B before sanctions, domestic policies, and an exchange breach cut volumes 96%.
Strategy ($MSTR) held the STRC preferred dividend at 12% for August despite a 10-11% discount to par. The company signaled a shift toward buybacks and reserve management over further rate hikes.
The a16z co-founder is backing the CLARITY Act as the legislation advances through the Senate with bipartisan support.
Stablecoin float fell $17B from May's $320.8B peak to $303.8B. June settlement hit $1.79T. Velocity doubled. This is migration, not collapse.
Ctrl Wallet ends full service Aug. 3 with no timezone cutoff. Users must export recovery phrases or send tokens before the window closes.
Big Tech's $2.4 trillion in AI commitments are pushing crypto miners toward AI computing contracts, shifting their revenue mix and stock risk profile.
Chinese police researchers built an AI that catches 89.4% of illicit Bitcoin transactions. The system combines graph neural networks with LLMs to explain its decisions.
Senate leaves for recess without filing motion to proceed on Clarity Act. White House yet to respond to Tillis-Gallego ethics compromise. Prediction market odds at 27%.
Spark migrated $150M into Uniswap v4, routed $1.5B in stablecoin swaps, and powers Robinhood's yield product after shelving its consumer app. Its $1B target for Bitcoin-backed loans signals institutional demand.
Stablecoin supply fell $14.56B, the biggest drop since Terra, as the GENIUS Act ended yield on digital dollars. USDT and USDC shrank while tokenized Treasuries grew.
Fun's Alex Fine said on-ramps and bridges are obsolete, claiming deposit products deliver 3.4x to 8x better conversion rates than MoonPay and Stripe.
Aschenbrenner's $45B fund lost 75% after margin calls. The mechanics mirror crypto liquidations, and AI-miner crossover stocks got crushed. Bitcoin decoupled in July.