Bitget has signed a cooperation agreement with Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City Authority to establish a local presence and pursue a Financial Services Licence under the city’s virtual asset framework. According to Bitget, the agreement provides a framework for the exchange…
Step App will close all services on Aug. 21 after four years, telling users to unstake tokens as FITFI faces exchange delistings.
Hong Kong police have received 255 reports linked to the alleged Fun Coffee cryptocurrency investment scam, pushing total reported losses to about HK$104 million as investigators continue making arrests and expanding the probe. According to Hong Kong 01, Hong Kong…
Grayscale added BNB at a 30.6% weight in its Smart Contract Fund, ahead of Ether and Solana, while trimming UNI and NEAR during its Q2 rebalance.
Bitcoin price approached $65,000 on Aug. 6 as easing concerns over the Strait of Hormuz and improving technical momentum supported its recovery from the low-$62,000 region. Bitcoin price action today According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin (BTC) traded around $64,615…
PowerCompute has refinanced and consolidated $18 million of existing debt into a Bitcoin-backed credit facility using 307 BTC as collateral, lowering its borrowing cost while keeping its Bitcoin treasury intact. According to a press release issued by PowerCompute on Wednesday,…
Coinbase has begun rolling out access to nearly 4,000 U.S. stocks for eligible UK users, bringing 24/5 equities trading, zero-commission investing and USDC-funded purchases to its platform as it expands its Everything Exchange strategy. According to Coinbase, eligible UK customers…
RWA deposits across DeFi reached $7.4 billion as tokenized asset trading and collateral use grew despite declines in broader crypto activity.
An attacker has drained about $72,000 worth of STRONG and STRNGR tokens after taking control of StrongBlock’s abandoned on-chain governance system through a malicious proposal. According to blockchain security firm Defimon Alerts, the attacker acquired enough voting power in StrongBlock’s…
Block Inc. has increased its corporate Bitcoin treasury by 85 BTC, taking its total holdings to 9,117 BTC and moving the Jack Dorsey-led company to 15th place in the Bitcoin 100 corporate holdings ranking. According to Bitcoin Treasuries.NET, Block’s latest…
A single line of firmware shipped in March 2021 told every Coldcard hardware wallet to skip its dedicated randomness chip. For five years nobody noticed. Then an attacker brute-forced the weak seeds in 41 minutes, draining 1,816 BTC from more…
The UNIfication proposal passed with 99.9% support, activated the fee switch, and burned 100 million UNI tokens. Eight months later, protocol revenue has reached $23 million and Ark Invest estimates annualized burns at $90 million. The question is no longer…
Western Union launched Stablecard across 37 markets on August 4, putting its USDPT stablecoin on Solana into the hands of consumers through a Visa card. The 173 year old remittance giant is betting that 380,000 cash-out locations will beat crypto-native…
Three unresolved fights over presidential crypto income, developer liability, and $1.35 billion in stablecoin yield stand between the most ambitious digital asset bill in American history and a legislative graveyard. With Polymarket odds at 13% and the August recess days…
JPYC has raised a total of 6 billion yen ($38 million) through an extended Series B round, adding fresh corporate backing as the Japanese stablecoin issuer expands its payment network and Web3 financial services. JPYC Inc. announced on Wednesday that…
Guangdong has proposed expanding cross-border digital yuan payment pilots and other cross-border financial programs as part of a draft development plan for the China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone. According to a draft of the China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade…
Fraudsters have begun impersonating European financial regulators and licensed crypto businesses to exploit customers moving funds after the European Union’s MiCA licensing deadline reshaped the regional crypto market. The Financial Times, citing European regulators, reported that several watchdogs have identified…
A volunteer Bitcoin security initiative has identified 4,962 potential security issues across 390 Bitcoin-related projects during its first 29.8 hours of AI-assisted code reviews, with 720 classified as high or critical severity. According to Bitcoin developer Calle, the Bitcoin Red…
Uniswap launched Pools.trade on Robinhood Chain, offering crowd and instant token launches with permanently locked Uniswap v4 liquidity.
Russia will open regulated crypto trading to retail investors on Sept. 1, with a 300,000-ruble annual cap while domestic payments stay banned.