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ADA leads weekend altcoin gainers with a 9.6% advance, but BTC dominance at 56.3% keeps rotation selective. Traders watch for follow-through before calling a trend shift.
South Korea's crypto exchanges saw $367M in net stablecoin outflows in June, extending an 18-month streak as funds move to overseas platforms for derivatives and staking. July data due next month.
BlockTower Capital's Ari Paul says the $70M Coldcard hack proves crypto can't be secured. ShapeShift's Erik Voorhees disagrees, pointing to billions stored safely for years.
South Korea's $10.4B stablecoin outflows from top exchanges rival overseas stock investments. Monthly outflow hit $390M in June. Active user ratio halved. Lawmakers propose won-pegged stablecoin.
Crypto card spending reached $705.5M in July, up 12.2% from June. Stablecoins now fund most transactions, decoupling payment activity from price swings.
Three court cases — Bond, Santos, and Van Dyke — test how campaign finance, insider trading, and CFTC rules apply to prediction markets tied to FTX and military operations.
Brazilian crypto purchases hit $14.68B in H1 2026, up 135%, as stablecoins dominate. Argentine banking groups build peso-pegged tokens. IMF urges stronger oversight.
NY AG Letitia James told Congress the CLARITY Act would weaken state crypto fraud enforcement. FBI data shows $11B in crypto losses. Senate action uncertain.
Counterfeit IRS letters with QR codes are draining crypto wallets through a phishing site hosted in Romania and registered in Hong Kong, Darktower and Coinbase found.
Cumulative net stablecoin transfers from South Korea hit 14.9 trillion won since January 2025, as offshore platforms offer perpetuals and tokenized equities. Regulators warn of capital control risks.
Counterfeit IRS letters push crypto holders to a fake compliance portal via QR codes. Coinbase and Darktower traced the domain to Hong Kong. Verify before you scan.
Retail traders drove SOON's 14% gain as whale-retail delta fell to -0.039, a pattern that often precedes sharp reversals, data show. Funding rates positive.
The Coldcard flaw let attackers drain $88.6M in BTC. CZ urges splitting funds across wallets. Galaxy Research traced 1,367 BTC to 4,585 addresses. Coinkite issued patches but old seeds remain weak.
Grayscale's CLO Craig Salm urged Thune and Schumer to bring the CLARITY Act to a floor vote before July 31, warning that delay risks U.S. crypto competitiveness.
The six funds offered distribution rates as high as 25.93% while showing 0% SEC yields. Most payouts were return of capital. Holders face cash redemption by Aug. 10.
Binance founder CZ said crypto liquidity is healthy, just parked. Chamath Palihapitiya is betting on land, power, and shells for AI data centers instead of chips.
xStocks passes $600M in tokenized equities and ETFs, with 180,000 holders and $35B in trading volume across 110 countries.
Visa CEO Ryan McInerney said on the Q3 2026 call that the company will not back a single stablecoin, joining Open Standard and launching a new platform instead.
Blockaid reports $1.1 billion stolen across 212 crypto incidents in H1 2026, with North Korea-linked groups responsible for 55% of losses. KelpDAO and Drift Protocol led the breaches.
SDEV's staking revenue matched cash costs in Q2, but a $50.6M paper loss and potential 66% dilution from warrants overshadow the milestone.
Russia banned mining in Moscow and Kursk. Decree No. 936 takes effect Aug. 15. Operators face relocation costs. BitRiver founder Runets was detained on fraud charges.
Moscow region bans crypto mining immediately until 2032, citing 1 GW electricity draw. Miners face relocation or shutdown with no compensation or enforcement rules yet.
Act 482 lets users demand a full refund from any unlicensed kiosk operator at the time of the transaction. The operator must respond within 10 business days and pay within 90.
Coinbase's John D'Agostino says the CLARITY Act will pass despite Polymarket odds of 31%. CEO Brian Armstrong says the exchange has a regulatory backstop if Congress stalls.
The QQQB token on Binance generated $9.27 billion of the $11.3 billion total. Excluding it, volume fell 30% from June. The zero-fee period runs through Aug. 31.
Bank of Italy study finds stablecoin remittance costs range from 0.3% to 9%, often higher than traditional transfers once fiat conversion and withdrawal fees are included.
Fairshake's Protect Progress PAC spent over $2M supporting Rep. Thanedar and opposing his challenger. Michigan's Tuesday primary tests crypto's 2026 influence.
A hacker spent $4M to acquire voting power and pass a malicious proposal, draining $20M from BonkDAO. The incident highlights the growing risk of governance manipulation over smart contract bugs.
A blockchain CEO allegedly stole more than $5 million and deleted 194 expense records before resigning. The case, reported by the New York Post, underscores governance risks in crypto.
Combined turnover at South Korea's five won-based crypto exchanges fell 54.6% year over year, pushing Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit and Gopax into bank and brokerage partnerships.