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China plans national blockchain network in digital push
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news China has called for a national blockchain network and an integrated computing power network in a policy document covering 19 measures to develop technology-led industries and connect the digital economy with real-world production. Xinhua News Agency published the opinion issued by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the…
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Alex Mashinsky gets lifetime crypto ban in New York settlement
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky has agreed to a lifetime ban from the cryptocurrency, securities, and commodities industries under a New York settlement carrying up to $35 million in conditional payments. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the agreement on Oct. 9, resolving her office’s 2023 civil lawsuit over…
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Thailand to allow Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs from October 16
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Thailand has finalized 11 regulations allowing Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to list on its main stock exchange, with the new rules taking effect on October 16, 2026. Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the framework on October 8, confirming that locally established crypto ETFs will trade exclusively…
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SEC proposes crypto custody framework for investment advisers and funds
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed an Oct. 1 crypto custody framework under two federal investment laws, allowing conditional self-custody and state trust company custody for investment advisers and regulated funds. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said in the statement shared in his Oct. 3 X post that the…
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Absa becomes Africa’s first bank to offer Bitcoin custody services
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news Absa has become Africa’s first bank to offer Bitcoin custody, with BTC making up the largest share of assets held through its institutional service. Bloomberg reported on Oct. 2 that the Johannesburg-based lender is providing digital asset custody to institutional clients in South Africa, including asset managers, non-bank financial institutions…
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El Salvador gets $138M after IMF waives Bitcoin rule breach
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news El Salvador has secured an immediate IMF disbursement of roughly $138 million after the lender completed two reviews of its $1.4 billion program and granted waivers for missed conditions, including one tied to Bitcoin accumulation. The IMF said its Executive Board completed the second and third reviews under El Salvador’s…
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Bitcoin’s soft-inflation pop to $85,500 fades as bond yields refuse to fall
By Shaurya Malwa from CoinDesk Bitcoin rose 0.4% to just above $83,700 as of Thursday Asian morning hours. A softer-than-expected U.S. inflation report had pushed it as high as $85,500 on Wednesday, and the gains faded as Treasury yields stayed near their highest levels since 2002. “August’s PCE report showed inflation cooling more than expected,…
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HSBC RedCoin stablecoin set for Hong Kong launch
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news HSBC has named its forthcoming Hong Kong dollar stablecoin HSBC RedCoin ahead of a planned second-half 2026 launch in Hong Kong. HSBC announced the name on Sept. 30, saying the first rollout will focus on person-to-person transfers and person-to-merchant payments before moving into corporate and institutional uses. The bank said…
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Coinbase can now settle derivatives 24/7 with USDC
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news What the CFTC approved The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has registered Coinbase Clearing LLC as a derivatives clearing organization. The approval gives Coinbase an in-house clearing operation for fully collateralized futures, options on futures and swaps, complementing its regulated exchange and brokerage businesses. Coinbase says the clearinghouse will use…
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California bans public officials from issuing meme coins
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 2409 on Sept. 27, barring covered state and local public officials from issuing meme coins and restricting certain official-linked tokens issued from Jan. 1, 2027. The California governor’s office announced the signing as part of a package covering public ethics, cryptocurrency crime and…
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Bitcoin ETFs draw $2.39 billion in a week of inflows
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds took in $2.39 billion during the Sep. 21–25 trading week, with net inflows on all five days. Spot Ether ETFs added $689.8 million, while Solana funds drew $188.1 million. According to Farside Investors, Monday’s $999 million was the largest daily Bitcoin ETF inflow of the…
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Bitcoin tops $87K, Fed drafts stablecoin rules, Bitget hit by $351M hack | Weekly recap
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news In this week’s edition of the weekly recap, Bitcoin reached an eight-month high above $87,000 before pulling back, the Federal Reserve proposed rules for U.S. stablecoin issuers, and Bitget suspended withdrawals after a $351.6 million wallet breach. The developments led to a week that also brought a major USDC agreement,…
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Brazil sets $10K self-custody crypto reporting rule
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Brazil’s central bank has required covered institutions to report virtual-asset transfers worth at least $10,000 to or from self-custody wallets beginning October 1, 2026. The Central Bank of Brazil published Resolution BCB No. 588 on September 23, amending Circular No. 3,978, the anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing framework for institutions under its…
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Dogecoin down 8%, bitcoin under $84,000 as Treasury yields hit highest level since 2007
By Shaurya Malwa from CoinDesk A rebound in oil, the strongest U.S. business survey in five years and a poorly received five-year note sale pushed borrowing costs higher, with DOGE leading token losses. Bitcoin traded near $83,900 as of Thursday Asian morning hours, down more than 2% over 24 hours after touching nearly $87,300, CoinDesk…
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Bitwise survey finds 1%-2% crypto allocations dominate
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Bitwise has found that most crypto allocations among 15 institutional investors sat between 1% and 2% of investable assets, while none of the interviewed institutions cut exposure during the roughly 50% market decline from October 2025 through April 2026. Bitwise published its inaugural Institutional Crypto Adoption report on Sept. 23…
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BitGo says Bitcoin absorbed Fed hike, CLARITY failure
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Bitcoin has recovered above $86,000 after absorbing a Federal Reserve rate increase and the Senate’s failed CLARITY Act vote within the same week, prompting BitGo Research to argue that two negative catalysts failed to produce a lasting selloff. BitGo Research said on Sept. 22 that Bitcoin behaved differently from several…
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Bitcoin bull cycle could gain 3–5x, CryptoQuant CEO says
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Bitcoin has entered what CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju describes as a more mature bull cycle that could deliver a 3–5x gain while avoiding the 10x rallies and 80% drawdowns seen in earlier eras. CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju said the increase in Bitcoin’s market size and institutional ownership is…
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Binance faces U.S. probe over Iran sanctions
By Olivia Stephanie from Crypto News U.S. federal prosecutors have been investigating whether Binance knowingly allowed trading that violated Iran sanctions, nearly three years after its $4.3 billion federal settlement, according to a Sept. 22 Bloomberg report. Bloomberg said the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office is leading the inquiry, while the Justice Department’s Criminal Division in…
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Apple, Google hire for stablecoin-related roles
By Olivia Stephanie from Crypto News Apple and Google have opened senior roles seeking stablecoin, blockchain and tokenized-finance expertise as both companies build teams around payments and digital-asset infrastructure. Apple’s official careers posting, dated Aug. 26, shows the company recruiting an Apple Pay Financial Product Strategy Lead in the U.S., with understanding of stablecoins, tokenized…
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Clarity Act, we hardly knew ye: We look at what was in the bill and what’s replacing it
By Jesse Hamilton from CoinDesk U.S. agencies are racing to substitute their regulations for the law that was meant to set crypto markets in governmental bedrock, but will the stand-ins last? OK, the Clarity Act is dead (at least for now). Most crypto enthusiasts had a sense that this was a big bummer for the…
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Hong Kong targets stablecoin trading and tokenized real world assets
By Rony Roy from crypto.news Hong Kong has laid out plans to expand regulated stablecoin trading, tokenized real world assets and digital bond infrastructure as part of its 2026 Policy Address, while preparing round the clock central bank digital currency settlement under EnsembleTX by the end of the year. The Hong Kong SAR Government said…
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Crypto stocks sink after Senate rejects Clarity Act
By Helene Braun from CoinDesk Crypto stocks were a sea of red Tuesday afternoon after the Senate failed to advance the Clarity Act, dealing a major blow to an industry that has spent years — and hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions — gunning for a comprehensive U.S. regulatory framework. The pain spread…
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CLARITY Act gets final GOP offer before Senate vote
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Senate Democrats have met to assess a final 635-page Republican CLARITY Act proposal before a Sept. 15 procedural vote requiring 60 senators to begin debate. Politico reported that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer convened the Democratic caucus on Sunday evening after Republicans released the revised text. No Democratic leader had…
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UK crypto firms get five-month window to seek FCA approval
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news UK crypto firms have been given a five-month application window, from Sep. 30 to Feb. 28, to seek Financial Conduct Authority approval before a new regulatory regime is expected to take effect in October 2027. The Financial Times published a letter from Zumo founder and CEO Nick Jones, who said…
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Bitcoin ETFs lose $462.7M as Ethereum funds gain $196.9M
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have lost $462.7 million during the September 8–11 trading week, while Ethereum funds have gained $196.9 million and Solana funds have drawn a smaller $9.7 million inflow. Farside Investors’ Bitcoin ETF data shows that the funds lost money each day from Tuesday through Friday. U.S. markets…
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US DOJ restrains $52M in crypto with Tether’s help
By Lawrence Mondal from Crypto News The U.S. Department of Justice has restrained more than $52 million in cryptocurrency while targeting wallets and online channels linked to the Xinbi Guarantee scam network. Tether said in a Sep. 11 statement that the DOJ credited the stablecoin issuer’s “proactive assistance” in an operation against Xinbi Guarantee, a…
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ESMA warns prediction markets raise insider risks
By Olivia Stephanie from Crypto News The European Securities and Markets Authority has warned that closer links between crypto and traditional finance could transmit market shocks as tokenized equities reached €1.9 billion. ESMA’s second risk monitoring report of 2026, published Sept. 10, identified tokenized stocks, decentralized finance exploits and prediction markets as areas requiring continued…
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Bitcoin ETFs are still $1 billion shy of breaking even in 2026
By Omkar Godbole from CoinDesk While investor demand for U.S.-listed spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has rebounded in recent weeks, net flows for the year remain firmly in the red. A spectacular August brought in a massive $3.52 billion in fresh capital, followed by a solid $770.15 million so far this month, according to data…
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Oil up, bitcoin down as U.S. strikes Iranian crude carriers
By Omkar Godbole from CoinDesk Bitcoin trades lower by nearly 1% as escalating U.S.-Iran hostilities push oil higher. Bitcoin BTC$79,700 is nursing losses as crude trades higher following a weekend of escalation in the U.S.-Iran war. On Saturday, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) confirmed striking three Iranian oil tankers, M/T Downy, M/T Stark 1, and M/T…
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Bitcoin price slips below $80K as jobs data lifts hike bets
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news Bitcoin price fell back below $80,000 after stronger-than-expected US employment data lifted Federal Reserve rate-hike expectations, while technical charts showed the rally had already met resistance near $82,500. Bitcoin price falls below $80,000 According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin (BTC) price traded near $79,600 at the time of writing, down…
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One full bitcoin (BTC) now buys a little more than 18 ounces of gold, the most since January
By Omkar Godbole from CoinDesk Bitcoin BTC$80,800.58 isn’t just rising in dollar terms, it’s also outperforming gold, a hard asset with a centuries-long track record, at a time when concerns about government finances across advanced nations dominate headlines. The bitcoin-to-gold ratio, which measures bitcoin’s dollar price per coin against gold’s dollar price per ounce, has…
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Bitcoin back above $77,500, XRP leads majors as Fed hike odds slide to 62%
By Shaurya Malwa from CoinDesk Bitcoin traded just above $77,600 in Asian morning hours Thursday, up roughly 1.5% over 24 hours, after touching a 24-hour low of $76,400 in late U.S. hours. XRP led the majors at $1.36, up almost 3%. BNB added almost 2% to just under $692 and solana 2% to hold the…
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SEC proposes transfer agent rule, sets event to figure out round-the-clock U.S. trading
By Jesse Hamilton from CoinDesk The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is pursuing two efforts that could be significant for the crypto sector, making separate announcements Tuesday that it’s decided the agenda and participants for its upcoming roundtable on 24-hour trading and proposed a rule redefining transfer agents to include the rise of blockchain technology.…
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Bank of America, Citi join 21-firm stablecoin plan
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Bank of America, Citi, Goldman Sachs and 18 other financial institutions committed on Sept. 1 to establish a stablecoin company during the second half of 2026, subject to closing conditions. The unnamed venture plans to issue a U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin during the first half of 2027. The group said it…
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Ethereum news: Bitmine (BMNR) buys $131M ETH, biggest purchase since June
By Krisztian Sandor from CoinDesk Bitmine Immersion Technologies ramped up its ether purchases for a second straight week, buying 53,501 ether as Chairman Tom Lee pointed to the cryptocurrency’s strong third-quarter performance could pull in institutional investors. The purchase, worth about $131.3 million at Monday’s ether price of $2,455, followed the previous week’s 32,447 ETH…
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Russia crypto trading could reach $46B in year one
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Russia’s regulated crypto trading market could process between 3.5 trillion and 4 trillion rubles during its first year, according to an Aug. 29 forecast from SberCIB Investment Research. The upper estimate equals approximately $46.43 billion at the exchange rate used by TASS. Sberbank Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov said the annual…
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Stablecoin card spending crosses $10.9B
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Cumulative stablecoin card spending has surpassed $10.9 billion, according to Paymentscan data cited by payment provider RedotPay on Aug. 25. Paymentscan recorded more than $1 billion in card spending during July 2026, making it the largest month in its tracked dataset. Three years earlier, the industry processed approximately $60,000 per…
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UK police seize $1.4M tied to darknet market activity
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news A regional UK police force has seized 20.21 Bitcoin and other assets valued at more than $1.4 million after tracing the funds to darknet marketplaces active between 2016 and 2019. UK police recover 20.21 Bitcoin and other assets Avon and Somerset Police said on Aug. 27 that its Financial Investigation…
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JPMorgan is weighing a stablecoin, and the bank that called Bitcoin a fraud ran out of reasons to wait
By Andrew Folkler from crypto.news The Wall Street Journal reports that JPMorgan Chase is exploring a public stablecoin separate from its existing JPM Coin deposit token while 39 state banking associations form the BankChain Alliance and target a 2027 blockchain launch. The GENIUS Act gave banks the legal rails they needed. The question is no…
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Cardone Capital adds 1,200 BTC using rental income
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news Cardone Capital has added about 1,200 BTC and 2,000 multifamily units to its real estate-backed Bitcoin strategy, increasing both assets held across its private investment vehicles. Grant Cardone said in an X post on Aug. 28 that his $5.3 billion real estate investment firm was “doubling down” on its multifamily…
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Tokenized deposits could cut U.S. bank lending capacity by $580 billion: report
By Rony Roy from crypto.news Tokenized deposits have raised concerns that faster movement of bank money could reduce U.S. banks’ capacity to fund long term loans by hundreds of billions of dollars if the technology reaches widespread adoption. According to an Aug. 25 research paper by Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas economists Rosie Levy and…
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Bitcoin payments fade at El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Bitcoin Core contributor Jon Atack reported on Aug. 23 that a restaurant in El Zonte, El Salvador, received its first Bitcoin payment of the month when he paid for lunch. Atack, who has lived in El Salvador since 2022, said restaurant staff told him Bitcoin payments were once common but…
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Ledger says Ethereum signing flaw was already fixed
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Ledger fixed a vulnerability affecting certain clear signing flows in its Ethereum application before another security company disclosed the issue publicly, Chief Technology Officer Charles Guillemet said on Aug. 23. Guillemet said Ledger Donjon, the company’s internal security research team, discovered the bug using an artificial intelligence vulnerability research system.…
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South Korea advances crypto access for 3,500 companies
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news South Korea has advanced a three-part digital-finance program covering crypto accounts for about 3,500 companies, legal recognition for tokenized securities, and deposit-token trials involving nine banks. FACTBLOCK CEO and Korea Blockchain Week organizer Andrew Park said South Korea’s crypto market is moving away from its long reliance on retail trading…
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Swift links HSBC and StanChart tokenized deposits
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Swift, HSBC and Standard Chartered completed the first live interbank transaction on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger on Aug. 19, 2026. The transaction connected two independently operated tokenized deposit systems through a shared coordination layer. HSBC recorded its resulting obligation through the bank’s Tokenised Deposit Service. Standard Chartered used its own tokenized…
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FASB sets 3 tests for stablecoins to qualify as cash
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposed new U.S. accounting guidance on Aug. 18 that would clarify when companies may present certain stablecoins as cash equivalents. The proposed Accounting Standards Update would add examples to Topic 230, Statement of Cash Flows. It would not change the existing definition of cash…
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Ripple signs first Korean regional bank payments deal
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Ripple partnered with Jeonbuk Bank on Aug. 18 to deploy Ripple Payments for cross border business remittances, making Jeonbuk the first South Korean regional bank to adopt the service. The companies said the integration would allow Jeonbuk Bank to settle international transfers in seconds or minutes rather than the days…
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Bitcoin tops $64,000 in Asia morning hours as HYPE jumps 8% on the week
By Shaurya Malwa from CoinDesk Bitcoin crossed $64,000 in Asian morning hours Monday, up half a percent on the day but down almost 3% over the week, as a softer dollar and fading rate-hike bets failed to lift crypto out of its recent range. Hyperliquid’s HYPE was the standout, up over 3% to $59 and…
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Dartmouth crypto ETF holdings drop 15% in Q2
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news Dartmouth College’s crypto ETF holdings have fallen 15% to about $12.4 million in the second quarter, even though its $9 billion endowment kept the same number of fund shares. Dartmouth crypto ETF holdings have fallen to $12.4 million The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing submitted Thursday showed that Dartmouth’s…
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World Liberty Financial gets OCC nod for USD1 bank
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news World Liberty Financial has received preliminary OCC approval to establish a national trust bank that would oversee more than $4 billion in USD1 stablecoin circulation. World Liberty Financial must meet OCC conditions The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said on Aug. 14 that it had granted preliminary conditional…
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Regulation Crypto arrives Friday: what the SEC’s 400 page proposal actually says
By Andrew Folkler from Crypto News The SEC votes August 14 on its first formal crypto rulemaking. The proposal creates three exemption pathways, a decentralization off ramp for tokens, and a framework that could make congressional legislation optional. Here is what each provision means in practice. The Securities and Exchange Commission has spent six years…
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Metaplanet denies selling bitcoin worth $320 million
By Omkar Godbole from CoinDesk Tokyo-listed bitcoin holder Metaplanet isn’t dumping its bitcoin bags. Company CEO Simon Gerovich moved quickly to dismiss reports of a massive sale, clarifying that Wednesday’s large BTC transfer, flagged by blockchain trackers, was merely a “routine custody transfer” and not a liquidation. “We transferred 5,014 BTC between Metaplanet custodial addresses…
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Goldman Sachs to add Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs in $2.25B Neos deal
By Rony Roy from crypto.news Goldman Sachs has agreed to acquire Neos Investments for up to $2.25 billion, a deal that will add three Bitcoin and Ethereum options-income ETFs managing more than $1.1 billion combined to its asset management business. According to Goldman Sachs, the cash-and-equity transaction will bring Neos and its more than $30…
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OCC says crypto firms can pursue U.S. bank charters
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said on Aug. 11 that digital asset companies conducting legally permissible activities should have a route into the U.S. national banking system, as Comptroller Jonathan V. Gould renewed the agency’s push to revive new bank formation. Gould said in the OCC…
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Crypto hacks cost $110M in July as bug reports rise
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news Crypto projects lost roughly $110 million to hacks in July as Immunefi recorded more confirmed bug bounty reports and found that audit competitions uncovered more serious vulnerabilities than private audits. Crypto hacks put 2026 on course for a record Immunefi recorded 164 crypto hacks through Aug. 3, including 67 incidents…
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Bitcoin price tops $65K ahead of key U.S. CPI report
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Bitcoin pushed above $65,000 during early trading on Aug. 10 before slipping back below the level, extending its recovery as investors reassessed the U.S. interest rate outlook. BTC was trading near $64,955 at the time of writing, up 0.3% over 24 hours and 3.4% over seven days. Its intraday high…
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Bitcoin ETFs draw $853.5M in five-day inflow streak
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $853.5 million during five consecutive inflow sessions as August demand reversed the previous week’s withdrawals. Bitcoin ETF inflows reverse previous week’s withdrawals U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs opened August with $170.1 million in net inflows on Aug. 3, followed by $211.5 million on Aug. 4, according…
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US sanctions 2 crypto exchanges over Iran-linked funds
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news U.S. authorities sanctioned crypto exchanges Shelbit and Aban Tether after alleging that the platforms helped Iran evade restrictions and move funds connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. OFAC targets Shelbit and Aban Tether The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the sanctions on Aug. 7 as…
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Wintermute gains U.S. broker status, eyes tokenized stocks
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Wintermute USA has registered as a broker dealer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and joined FINRA, giving the crypto market maker a regulated foothold in American securities markets. Wintermute announced the registration on Aug. 6, saying the New York based affiliate will focus on proprietary trading and exchange…
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Senate won’t vote on crypto Clarity Act before its summer break
By Nikhilesh De from CoinDesk The U.S. Senate won't go on its August recess just yet but it will not vote on the Clarity Act this month, dimming hopes that the bill can become law this year. The U.S. Senate will not vote on the crypto market structure bill before it breaks for the rest…
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Circle renews Coinbase USDC deal, rules out dividends
By Olivia Stephanie from Crypto.news Circle Internet Group said on Aug. 5 that its Coinbase USDC agreement had renewed on existing terms, keeping the stablecoin at the center of the U.S. exchange’s products. Circle confirmed the renewal during its second quarter 2026 earnings call. The agreement’s initial term began in August 2023. Circle’s collaboration agreement…
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US and UK deepen stablecoin talks after GENIUS Act
By Lawrence Mondal from Crypto.news US and UK financial regulators have expanded talks on stablecoins, tokenization and digital asset oversight as Washington begins implementing the GENIUS Act. US, UK regulators discuss stablecoin policy Senior officials from HM Treasury and the US Treasury met in London for the 13th UK-US Financial Regulatory Working Group meeting, according…
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U.S.-Japan yen intervention revives bitcoin carry trade fears despite weak link
By James Van Straten from CoinDesk U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed Sunday that the U.S. joined Japan in coordinated foreign exchange intervention last Friday, calling it a move to counter “disorderly yen movements.” The USD/JPY pair almost hit 164 its weakest level since 1986 before snapping back to 156.5 on Monday. “We will not…
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SEC sets Aug. 24 deadline in Nasdaq Bitcoin options review
By Olivia Stephanie from Crypto.news SEC review leaves Nasdaq Bitcoin options unable to launch Nasdaq PHLX proposed cash-settled, European-style options under the ticker QBTC. The contracts would track the CME CF Bitcoin Real Time Index divided by 100. Final settlement would use the New York variant of the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate, also divided…
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Trump Media transfers 2628 BTC as holdings shrink
By Olivia Stephanie from Crypto.news Trump Media-linked wallets transferred 2,628 Bitcoin, valued at about $165 million, to Crypto.com on Aug. 2, according to on-chain analysts Lookonchain. Trump Media transfer is not a confirmed sale The movement reportedly reduced the wallets’ remaining balance to about 4,261 BTC. Lookonchain described the movement as another sale and estimated…
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Tokenized stock trading surged 288% in July, but one QQQ token drove most of it
By Francisco Rodrigues from CoinDesk Trading volume for tokenized stocks and ETFs surged 288% to a record $11.3 billion in July, though most of the increase came from a single Binance-linked token. Binance bStocks accounted for $9.41 billion, or 83.3% of the total, according to CoinDesk Data’s latest Stablecoins & Tokenized Assets report. A bStocks…
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Bitcoin cold-wallet attack spreads to 4,500 addresses as losses near $89 million
By Shaurya Malwa from CoinDesk The attacker working through Coldcard-generated keys is now emptying wallets worth a few thousand dollars each. Galaxy Research flagged a third wave of sweeps early Sunday, roughly 208 bitcoin drained from 1,912 addresses between Friday midday and Saturday morning UTC. That is just over a tenth of a bitcoin per…
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Crypto treasuries pivot to AI data center funding
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Quantum Solutions and Hyperscale Data each redirected part of their crypto treasuries toward AI data centers on July 30. Tokyo-listed Quantum sold 1,000 ETH for $1.903 million, while U.S.-listed Hyperscale monetized about 100 BTC and established a Bitcoin-backed credit facility. The transactions show two approaches to using digital assets as…
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Quantum Solutions sells 1,000 ETH for AI expansion
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Quantum Solutions sold 1,000 ETH for $1.903 million on July 30 through its consolidated subsidiary, GPT Pals Studio Limited. The Tokyo-listed company plans to redirect the proceeds toward its AI Infrastructure Data Center business. The sale reduced the group’s Ethereum balance to 4,764.80 ETH and is expected to produce a…
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Crypto contraction erased 3.4B from DeFi in H1
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Binance Research said on July 30 that the first half of 2026 produced a “broad on-chain contraction, not a rotation.” Crypto market contraction hit DeFi and major L1s The decline spread across capital, lending and network valuations rather than moving money cleanly from one blockchain sector into another. DeFi TVL…
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Ethereum price reclaims 1,900 as ETF inflows rise
By Rony Roy from crypto.news Ethereum price rose nearly 2% on July 29 as US spot ETF inflows and short liquidations helped ETH defend its rising support structure before the Federal Reserve’s rate decision. Ethereum price returns above $1,900 According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) price was trading near $1,913 at the time of…
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BitRiver founder detained in .9M fraud case
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news A Moscow court has moved BitRiver founder Igor Runets from house arrest to pretrial detention as investigators examine an alleged fraud involving nearly ₽1 billion. The Zamoskvoretsky District Court approved the change on July 22 and ordered Runets to remain in custody for two months. The new charge became public…
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ARK Invest researcher predicts more crypto shutdowns
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news ARK Invest’s director of digital assets research, Lorenzo Valente, said on July 28 that crypto is entering its deepest consolidation phase, with revenue and investment flowing toward fewer businesses. ARK Invest data shows application revenue concentrating He said Hyperliquid and Pump.fun account for 67% of application revenue and that adding…
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Crypto security losses hit .1B in H1 2026: Blockaid report
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Crypto security losses reached $1.1 billion across 212 verified incidents during the first half of 2026, according to an H1 report published by Blockaid on July 28. Blockaid says operational failures drove crypto security losses Blockaid described the six-month incident count as a record and said it verified more exploits…
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Bitcoin shrugs off AI selloff as a key Fed week could decide what’s next
By Krisztian Sandor from CoinDesk Bitcoin and the broader crypto market have stayed relatively steady even as AI-linked tech stocks came under pressure. Bitcoin held around $65,000, up about 4% since Friday, while ether (ETH) hit its strongest price in nearly two months. That resilience now faces a major test. With the Federal Reserve’s policy…
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South Korea’s largest bank brings cross-border payments to Kinexys
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news KB Kookmin Bank will launch a blockchain-based cross-border payment service for import and export companies in August 2026. The South Korean lender will use Kinexys by J.P. Morgan to support U.S. dollar payments across 10 countries. The service will connect Kinexys with existing SWIFT payment rails. It will support near-real-time…
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MiCA compliance costs could trigger Europe’s next crypto M&A wave
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Europe’s crypto market has moved beyond the race to secure a Markets in Crypto-Assets licence. The next test is whether authorised firms can afford the staff, capital and controls required to keep operating under the European Union’s full rulebook. The cost pressure may push smaller crypto companies towards mergers, sales…
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Bitcoin consolidates below 66000 as a 13% July recovery runs out of steam
By Oliver Knight from CoinDesk The crypto market is consolidating, with bitcoin modestly lower since midnight UTC as it settles into a range between $64,000 and $66,800 that has held for the past week. The price action reflects a market catching its breath. Bitcoin has rallied more than 13% since its July 1 low of…
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Odos Protocol to shut down DEX aggregator on July 30
By Rony Roy from Crypto.news Odos Protocol has announced plans to shut down its decentralized exchange aggregator, giving users until July 30 to withdraw assets from the platform. According to a Thursday announcement posted on X, the project will discontinue operations and has asked users to remove funds before the deadline. The team did not…
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John Thune rules out a CLARITY Act vote before August recess
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news Fortune reported on July 24 that Thune does not expect the Senate to approve the crypto market structure bill before lawmakers leave Washington, removing a deadline that industry supporters had viewed as critical to its passage this year. Attention has now moved to the short period after the November midterm…
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24/7 financial rails: How BNY plans to eliminate the weekend lag in U.S. Treasuries
By Francisco Rodrigues from CoinDesk BNY, the world’s largest custody bank, plans to support round-the-clock settlement of conventional and tokenized U.S. Treasuries in 2027, after completing an after-hours trade involving the reserves of 2 stablecoin issuers. The bank will test tokenized Treasuries on a private blockchain by the end of the year and will extend…
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Swiss bank BancaStato launches Bitcoin, ETH, SOL trading with Sygnum
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Swiss cantonal bank BancaStato has launched regulated cryptocurrency trading through a new integration with Sygnum and banking technology provider Avaloq. Clients can now buy, hold and sell Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Solana from the bank’s existing web and mobile applications. The service connects Sygnum’s business-to-business digital asset infrastructure directly with…
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Circle partners with Kakao, Toss on South Korea stablecoin push
By Olivia Stephanie from Crypto.News Circle has signed separate memorandums of understanding with Kakao Group and South Korean fintech operator Toss to explore stablecoin payments, blockchain settlement and digital asset infrastructure in South Korea. The agreements bring Circle’s USDC and payment technology into discussions with some of Korea’s largest consumer finance platforms. Kakao, Kakao Pay…
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Japan’s first Bitcoin ETF could arrive by 2028 with ¥3T inflows
By Olivia Stephanie from Crypto.News Japan could launch its first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund as early as 2028 as regulators prepare rules that would allow investment trusts and ETFs to hold crypto assets directly. A July 23 Nikkei report said the Financial Services Agency plans to revise investment-fund rules after lawmakers approved amendments that bring crypto…
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Kraken launches crypto options with simpler USD-settled contracts
By Will Canny from CoinDesk Kraken has launched cash-settled bitcoin and ether options, positioning the product as the first step in a broader push to grow, rather than simply compete for, the crypto options market. The exchange on Thursday introduced European-style, USD-settled options on bitcoin and ether through Kraken Pro, initially via request-for-quote (RFQ). The…
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Japan logistics giant plans JPYC payments for 2,300 partners
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Japanese logistics group AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings plans to introduce the yen-backed JPYC stablecoin for payments to about 2,300 partner carriers and independent drivers, according to a Nikkei report. AZ-COM Maruwa brings JPYC into logistics payments AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings operates third-party logistics, transportation, warehousing and delivery services in Japan. Its planned…
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OKX Europe opens USDT-to-USDC conversion route as MiCA rules tighten
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news OKX Europe has opened a one-way conversion route across 30 EU and EEA countries, allowing customers to deposit USDT and exchange it for MiCA-compliant USDC. According to an OKX announcement, eligible customers can send Tether’s USDT to their OKX Europe accounts before converting the tokens into Circle-issued USDC. OKX also…
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Citadel Securities invests 00M in Crypto.com at 0B valuation
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in Crypto.com, valuing the digital asset platform at $20 billion in its first institutional funding round. The deal brings together a leading U.S. market maker and one of the world’s best-known crypto exchanges. Crypto.com announced the investment on July 16. The company said it…
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CLARITY Act Senate showdown: Why the July 17 hearing decides crypto 2026
By Rony Roy from Crypto.news The United States Senate returned from its holiday recess on July 13 with one piece of paper waiting on its desk that matters more to crypto markets than any price chart. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, the market structure bill the industry has chased for the better part of…
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Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin sinks 95% as stake loses 00M
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news American Bitcoin shares have fallen more than 95% from their peak, according to Bloomberg, cutting over $600 million from the value of Eric Trump’s roughly 6% stake. The Bitcoin miner and treasury company reached a record low on Wednesday after months of selling pressure. ABTC closed at $6.13 on July…
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Stablecoin market loses 0B as crypto liquidity quietly contracts
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news The stablecoin market has lost about $10 billion since reaching a record high in May 2026. Total supply fell by $7.7 billion during June to about $312 billion, marking the largest monthly decline in dollar terms since the TerraUSD collapse in May 2022. The decrease equaled roughly 2.4% for June…
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EU prepares MiCA overhaul after US GENIUS Act
By Lawrence Mondal from Crypto.news The European Union has begun preparing changes to its Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework after the United States enacted the GENIUS Act, with regulators expected to review stablecoin rules and other digital-asset provisions from 2027. According to a report published by Euronews on Wednesday, European Commission officials are preparing to…
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Robinhood Chain challenges Base as daily transactions hit 7.6M
By Lawrence Mondal from Crypto.news Robinhood Chain has processed 7.6 million daily transactions just 11 days after its mainnet launch, narrowing the gap with Coinbase’s Base and intensifying competition among Ethereum layer-2 networks. According to on-chain data shared by MSBIntel and verified by Token Terminal, Robinhood Chain recorded 7.6 million transactions in a single day…
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Robinhood Chain shocks DeFi as Uniswap volume hits 00M in 8 days
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news Robinhood Chain has recorded $500 million in daily Uniswap trading volume within just eight days of launch, lifting total value locked above $106 million and pushing the Arbitrum-powered network into the top ranks of decentralized finance activity. DeFiLlama data shows the network’s total value locked climbed to more than $106…
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Circle faces July 18 GENIUS Act test as CRCL stock risks fresh slide
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news Share Circle stock has remained under pressure ahead of the July 18 deadline for U.S. regulators to publish implementation rules for the GENIUS Act, while technical indicators continue to point to downside risks for CRCL shares. According to the GENIUS Act signed by President Donald Trump on July 18, 2025,…
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Strategy sells Bitcoin: The never-sell era is over
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news For six years, one rule anchored the most influential trade in crypto: Strategy buys Bitcoin and never sells it. On July 6 the company disclosed it sold 3,588 coins at a loss to pay dividends on the securities it issued to buy them. The amount is a rounding error. The…
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By Rony Roy from crypto.news On July 6, 2026, someone spent about four million dollars buying BONK, used it to control almost a hundred percent of a seven-wallet vote, and legally walked off with twenty million from the DAO’s treasury. No code was hacked. The voting worked exactly as designed. Here is how governance attacks…
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What is a governance attack? How BonkDAO lost $20M in a single vote
By Rony Roy from crypto.news On July 6, 2026, someone spent about four million dollars buying BONK, used it to control almost a hundred percent of a seven-wallet vote, and legally walked off with twenty million from the DAO’s treasury. No code was hacked. The voting worked exactly as designed. Here is how governance attacks…
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Tether abandons Europe as MiCA ban wipes USDT from exchanges
By Lawrence Mondal from crypto.news The European Union has completed its MiCA transition, leaving Tether’s $186 billion USDT without a compliant route onto regulated crypto exchanges across the bloc from July 1, 2026. According to the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, the transition period has now ended, requiring regulated crypto platforms to support…
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Bitcoin to 70K by July? Scaramucci and Novogratz see a path
By Olivia Stephanie from crypto.news SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci and Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz said Bitcoin could reclaim $70,000 by the end of July 2026. They made the call on the latest All Things Markets episode, which centered on SpaceX, U.S. debt, inflation, crypto rules, and Strategy’s Bitcoin moves. Scaramucci said he expects…
