Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court has moved Igor Runets, founder of crypto-mining firm Bitriver, from house arrest to a pretrial detention facility for at least two months. Stricter Measures Requested Amid Witness Tampering Concerns A Moscow court on July 29 ordered the transfer of Igor Runets, founder of Russia’s largest cryptocurrency mining company Bitriver, from house […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara30 Jul
Core Scientific (NASDAQ: CORZ) has paid $41.9 million to terminate a bitcoin miner contract with Block and its Proto unit, underscoring the data center operator’s accelerating retreat from bitcoin mining toward AI infrastructure. This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The Miner Mag) […]
Bitcoin.com News•Guest Author30 Jul
The first half of 2026 was the most active period for onchain security threats on record, with Blockaid verifying 212 high-threshold exploits, a 3.4-fold increase over all of 2025. North Korean Hackers Drive $600M in Stolen Funds The first half of 2026 marked the most active period for onchain security threats on record, with security […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara30 Jul
The Nairobi Securities Exchange and Tether signed a memorandum of understanding to advance digital asset adoption, blockchain infrastructure and investor education in Kenya. Expansion of Digital Assets The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and digital asset company Tether have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore asset tokenization, blockchain-based settlement, and investor education across Kenya’s financial […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara30 Jul
A EuroMillions ticket worth £177,547.30, roughly €200,000, bought in Watford just north-west of London for the January 16, 2026, draw was never claimed before the UK’s 180-day cutoff at midnight on July 15. With no valid claim filed, the still-unknown winner has permanently missed out and the prize will now be routed into National Lottery-funded […]
Bitcoin.com News•Guest Author30 Jul
Crypto exchange Luno is reducing its global workforce by 20%, though the exact number of impacted employees—including those in South Africa—has not been disclosed. Second Wave of Layoffs Cryptocurrency exchange Luno is cutting 20% of its global workforce and reorganizing its operations into three distinct units amid a downturn in retail trading and an increased […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara30 Jul
Federal prosecutors allege a crypto investor orchestrated a scheme that caused about $20 million in losses. The case now heads toward a trial as investigators highlight the alleged misuse of investor funds and cryptocurrency exchanges. Federal Indictment Alleges $20 Million Investment Scheme The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Dakota announced that a […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms30 Jul
Binance users can now trade options with expirations as short as one day on gold and silver settled in USDT without owning either metal. The launch pushes the exchange deeper into traditional markets as crypto platforms compete for commodity trading activity. Binance Moves From Perpetuals to Options Crypto exchange Binance launched gold and silver options […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms30 Jul
CME Group announced plans to launch futures tied to sports performance indexes, opening the $650 billion global sports industry to exchange-based risk management. The first cash-settled contracts are expected this summer, pending regulatory review. CME Targets an Unhedged Sports Market CME Group announced a long-term partnership with Futuresports on July 29. The Chicago-based administrator turns […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms30 Jul
Doppler Finance is expanding to Base, bringing new financial infrastructure for Coinbase Wrapped XRP, which is backed by more than $113 million in XRP reserves. The phased deployment is intended to expand lending and collateral opportunities while positioning tokenized assets for wider institutional use. Doppler Brings XRP Infrastructure to Base Doppler Finance, an institutional-grade yield […]
Bitcoin.com News•Kevin Helms29 Jul
New service launched July 4, 2026, giving qualified borrowers a structured way to finance Bitcoin purchases and build long-term ownership over time FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 29, 2026 — CoinMortgage Inc. today announced the launch of its Bitcoin purchase financing services, which became available on July 4, 2026. CoinMortgage enables qualified borrowers to obtain loans […]
Bitcoin.com News•Media29 Jul
Tether Data has open-sourced a 460-million-parameter vision-language model built to run directly on smartphones instead of relying on cloud servers. Released Wednesday by the company’s AI research arm, QVAC, VisionPsy-Nano can examine images, documents, and charts, then answer questions without sending the source material to a remote system. The phone handles both the input and […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman29 Jul
Underdog’s in-house UDX exchange recorded a reported $1.2 million in July 27 trading volume, reaching its first million-dollar day ten days after initial test trades. The result suggests Underdog avoided the usual cold-start problem for a new exchange, but UDX appears to be handling only a small fraction of the company’s broader prediction-market activity. Existing […]
Bitcoin.com News•Luci Kelemen29 Jul
Türkiye has blocked 47,493 illegal betting websites and detained 5,629 suspects in 680 operations since the start of 2026. Authorities are increasingly following the payment infrastructure behind the sites, with recent investigations targeting thousands of bank accounts and crypto wallets allegedly used to move betting proceeds. Crypto wallets become a repeated enforcement target Türkiye has […]
Bitcoin.com News•Luci Kelemen29 Jul
BNY Mellon is launching a digital transfer agency that will record fund transactions and investor ownership onchain. Baillie Gifford, Blackrock and BNY’s Dreyfus unit are expected to be among its first users. Baillie Gifford to Use BNY Platform for UK’s First Native Regulated Tokenized Fund BNY (Bank of New York) Mellon is putting one of […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa29 Jul
Bitcoin briefly surged to $64,500 before pulling back to $63,700, ending down 0.6% on the day with its market cap holding at $1.277 trillion. Moderate Pullback Limits Liquidations Bitcoin seesawed July 29 as global markets reacted to a surprise Iranian strike on a U.S. military base in Jordan and the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara29 Jul
The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady at 3.50% to 3.75% on July 29, but the decision came over the objections of three officials who wanted to raise borrowing costs instead. The Federal Open Market Committee voted 9 to 3 to keep the target range unchanged, citing solid economic growth alongside inflation that […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman29 Jul
Stablecoin market value has declined by about $14 billion from its May peak, marking the sharpest monthly contraction since 2022. Yet record settlement volumes suggest the sector is becoming a faster-moving payments network rather than a store of idle digital dollars. Stablecoin Issuers Lose $7.7 Billion in June as Transaction Volume Jumps 63% Stablecoin supply […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa29 Jul
Moonpay launched a payment vault built for artificial intelligence agents on Wednesday, giving Claude and ChatGPT users a way to trade tokens, book travel and move money without handing an AI custody of their funds. The Moonpay new product, called PayBox, connects to Claude or ChatGPT through a custom connector. A user types a request […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman29 Jul
Geneva, Switzerland, July 29, 2026 — TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), today announced the listing of TRX spot trading and perpetual contracts on Backpack Exchange. The listing expands market support and access to the native utility token of the TRON […]
Bitcoin.com News•Media29 Jul