Apple briefly removed Telegram from the App Store after prohibited content surfaced in a public group. CEO Pavel Durov said an attacker inserted AI-altered illegal material into an edited message in an extortion attempt. Durov Describes the Attack Behind Telegram’s Removal Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov described the incident on X on Aug. 4, […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms5 Aug
Two U.S. senators urged regulators to investigate $TRUMP after nearly one million investors reportedly lost $3.81 billion while Trump-affiliated entities received $636 million. The request comes as Congress debates broader cryptocurrency legislation. Senators Ask SEC to Investigate $TRUMP U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms5 Aug
Ripple is building issuance, stablecoin, trading, custody, and credit infrastructure as financial institutions adopt tokenized assets. Its XRPL ecosystem links programmable funds with continuous settlement, liquidity, yield, collateral, and compliance tools. Ripple Expands Its Institutional Tokenization Infrastructure Ripple President Monica Long outlined the company’s broader strategy on Aug. 4 after Ripple announced strategic investments in […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms5 Aug
Binance has launched a 30-day bitcoin-backed loan offering up to 1,000 USDT, with no price-triggered liquidation during the initial term. A promotional 0.5% service fee remains available through Sept. 3. Binance Targets Smaller Borrowers With Fixed 30-Day Product On Aug. 4, Binance announced Lite Loan as a simplified borrowing product that lets eligible master-account users […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms5 Aug
Cloudflare is rolling out a new payment system built specifically for AI agents, giving them the ability to sign up for and pay for online services without a human clicking a single button. The company announced Cloudflare Wallets on X and on its blog, describing a tool that lets people claim a wallet handle for […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman4 Aug
Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi says the Coldcard vulnerability shows how artificial intelligence (AI) is rewriting cybersecurity economics. As the cost of finding flaws collapses, he argues that crypto companies must deploy frontier AI models against every software release. Coldcard Flaw Could Push Crypto Firms to Test Every Release With AI Artificial intelligence is making vulnerability discovery […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa4 Aug
Nine U.S. senators are asking the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to prohibit contracts tied to wildfire duration, growth and destruction, warning that state and local fire officials see a risk of arson. Polymarket responded, saying the removal would only make timely information harder to reach. Democratic Senators Want Wildfire Prediction Contracts Banned Over Arson […]
Bitcoin.com News•Luci Kelemen4 Aug
Bitcoin posted a 0.8% gain, trading between $63,300 and a session high of $64,360, while holding support above $63,500 and keeping market cap at $1.29 trillion. A sudden rally triggered a heavy short squeeze, wiping out $35 million in short positions. Bitcoin Defends $63,500 Support Bitcoin oscillated between $63,300 and $64,300 on Tuesday amid reports […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara4 Aug
Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA) has granted Bybit a license enabling it to build future payment features, including peer-to-peer transfers and card initiatives. Regulatory Dual Framework Cryptocurrency platform Bybit announced Aug. 4 that its local subsidiary, Bybit Payments GmbH, has been granted an electronic money institution (EMI) license by Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA). The […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara4 Aug
Crypto infrastructure firm Bitgo is replacing Layerzero with Chainlink as the exclusive cross-chain infrastructure provider for wrapped bitcoin (WBTC), marking a major change in how the $7.7 billion token will move across blockchain networks. The crypto company said on Tuesday all future Bitgo-issued digital assets will also use Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, or CCIP, by […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman4 Aug
Bitdeer has signed a 16-year agreement to provide 121 megawatts of AI computing capacity at its Tydal campus in Norway. The contract could generate as much as $8 billion if an eight-year extension is exercised. Bitdeer Secures 121 MW AI Contract at Norway Campus Bitdeer Technologies shares surged 12% on Tuesday, Aug. 4, after the […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa4 Aug
Bitcoin ETFs attracted $170.09 million at the start of the week, with seven funds recording gains and none reporting an outflow. Ether products lost $11.42 million, while XRP edged higher and HYPE resumed its decline. Blackrock Drives Nearly Two-Thirds of $170M Bitcoin Inflow Fresh August allocations arrived quickly. Investors directed more than $170 million into […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa4 Aug
Michael Saylor told the backers of a contested Bitcoin proposal to “stand down” this week, days before a deadline that could split the network in two. Saylor has rejected BIP-110 on several occasions in recent times. On Tuesday, the Strategy executive chairman posted the message on X on Aug. 4, stating: “At 961,022, BIP-110 has […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman4 Aug
MARA Foundation says its Slipstream service is now open to anyone, with no signup code required, at the same moment thousands of bitcoin holders are racing to move funds off a flawed hardware wallet. MARA Strips Away the Access Codes MARA Holdings, the Nasdaq-listed bitcoin miner and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure provider, formerly known as […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman4 Aug
BNY, the world’s largest custody bank, is folding crypto staking into its digital asset custody platform through a new partnership with Galaxy Digital, marking another step in Wall Street’s push deeper into digital assets. The two companies announced the collaboration on Aug. 4, 2026. Staking lets holders of certain cryptocurrencies lock up their coins to […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman4 Aug
Boltz, a company that lets people move bitcoin between the main blockchain, the Lightning Network, and the Liquid sidechain, shut down all of its swap services on Aug. 3 after months of automated attacks it said were increasingly powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The timing rattled bitcoiners because the disclosure landed almost alongside the Coldcard […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman4 Aug
Blackrock has introduced two tokenized money market products aimed at institutional investors and stablecoin issuers. The funds combine blockchain-based ownership records with portfolios of cash and short-term U.S. government debt. Blackrock Targets Stablecoin Reserves With 2 Onchain Funds Blackrock is pushing tokenization deeper into the financial system’s cash layer with two money market products designed […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa4 Aug
Mysten Labs (the development entity behind SUI) co-founder Evan Cheng says every digital payment on the internet will run through Sui within four years, and the network’s 2026 numbers are already backing up the bet. A Four-Year Timeline for the Whole Internet Cheng’s prediction is a sweeping one, i.e. within four years the volume of […]
Bitcoin.com News•Shiraz Jagati4 Aug
Renna Ba, Director of Partnerships. On July 22, 2026, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce put crypto vault operators and onchain lenders on notice. Her warning wasn’t about which assets count as securities. It was about the shortcuts builders take to avoid finding out. Do “headstands, backflips, and other gymnastics” to read the law so it doesn’t […]
Bitcoin.com News•Media4 Aug
The National Sheriffs’ Association is renewing its opposition to the CLARITY Act’s decentralized finance (DeFi) provisions, and the Blockchain Association says the law enforcement group has it backwards. A Renewed Warning From Law Enforcement The National Sheriffs’ Association sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer warning that the […]
Bitcoin.com News•Shiraz Jagati4 Aug