US Treasury seeks public comment on GENIUS Act stablecoin rules
Under the law, entities generally cannot issue payment stablecoins in the U.S. without obtaining an appropriate federal or state license.
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page 17 of 61The Block•Jason Shubnell17 AugUS Treasury seeks public comment on GENIUS Act stablecoin rules
Under the law, entities generally cannot issue payment stablecoins in the U.S. without obtaining an appropriate federal or state license.
The Block•Jason Shubnell17 Aug
Harmony plans pre-attack rollback after exploiter forged 3 trillion ONE tokens
Harmony considered alternatives, including a token burn & blacklisting wallets, but concluded a rollback was "fairest and most secure."
The Block•Kyle Baird17 Aug
Bitmine adds 9,926 ETH, taking total holdings to roughly $11 billion
Bitmine added 9,926 ETH last week, taking holdings to 5.82 million tokens while buybacks reached 20.8 million shares since July.
The Block•Brian Danga17 Aug
Austria’s FMA fines crypto broker Bitpanda $81,000 in first published MiCA penalty
Austria's FMA fined Bitpanda €70,000 in its first published MiCA penalty, citing white paper and marketing disclosure failures.
The Block•Brian Danga17 Aug
Strategy sells $334 million in MSTR shares, makes no bitcoin purchases or sales as USD reserve hits $4.8 billion
Strategy's total holdings account for around 4% of the 21 million bitcoin supply cap — worth roughly $53.4 billion.
The Block•James Hunt17 Aug
Bitcoin miner HIVE inks five-year $350 million AI cloud contract, adds $70 million in annualized revenue
HIVE's BUZZ HPC signed a five-year, $350M GPU cloud deal, adding $70M in ARR, its second large NVIDIA cluster deal in two months.
The Block•Naga Avan-Nomayo17 Aug
Prediction market Novig sues Wisconsin AG in latest spat over sports contracts
Novig, which recently announced a partnership with the New York Mets, has sued officials in five states including Wisconsin since Aug. 4.
The Block•Zack Abrams16 Aug
Wallet provider SafePal says data breach exposed personal info of nearly 40,000 customers
SafePal said it found the root cause of the breach recently, though customers had posted online about being targeted by phishing attempts as early as July.
The Block•Zack Abrams16 Aug
Hackers exploited macOS Screen Sharing flaw to install Monero miners, Dutch cyber agency says
U.S. officials rated the severity of the vulnerability a critical 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale, and experts are warning users to update their devices.
The Block•Zack Abrams16 Aug
JPMorgan cut Polymarket’s banking ties in October but still wants a role in a potential IPO: FT
Polymarket has moved its accounts to a lender the report could not identify but says it still maintains a "close, active relationship" with JPMorgan.
The Block•Zack Abrams15 Aug
Harvard leaves bitcoin ETF stake untouched in Q2 after cutting it 43% in the prior quarter
UAE-based Mubadala Investment Company and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council also retained their combined 22.9 million IBIT shares.
The Block•Zack Abrams15 Aug
Trump, CFTC Chair Selig expected at Wednesday White House meeting with crypto and prediction market executives
The session is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday and is intended as a kickoff for the CFTC's first Innovation Advisory Committee meeting the next day.
The Block•Sarah Wynn and Zack Abrams15 Aug
OCC grants conditional approval for Trump-backed World Liberty National Trust bank
President Donald Trump-backed World Liberty Financial secured preliminary approval to become a national trust bank on Friday.
The Block•Sarah Wynn14 Aug
Mizuho cuts BitGo price target to $11, but says Clarity Act delays could prove advantageous
Mizuho views the company as a "high-growth/recurring revenue business," citing a 27% year-over-year increase in the customer base.
The Block•RT Watson14 Aug
‘Honestly, I don’t care’: Tether CEO dismisses critics following first KPMG audit
A source with direct knowledge told The Block that Tether does not publicly share its audited statements because it is a private company.
The Block14 Aug
French tax breach exposes nearly 678,000 people as crypto wrench attacks pile up
Crypto wrench attacks in France are on pace to make 2026 the worst year ever for violent crimes targeting crypto holders in the country.
The Block•Kyle Baird14 Aug
Cboe seeks SEC nod for first US 3x bitcoin and ether ETFs
LeverageShares debuted the world’s first 3x bitcoin and ether ETFs in Europe. These would be the first in the U.S., if approved.
The Block•Daniel Kuhn14 Aug
Israel’s largest bank taps Galaxy to offer bitcoin, ether and solana trading
Israel received an estimated $22 billion in onchain crypto value during the 12 months ending June 2025, according to Chainalysis.
The Block•RT Watson14 Aug
Binance to block transactions with HTX, 10 other exchanges under EU Russia sanctions
Binance said it will no longer process transactions from 16 exchanges, including five already blocked, citing regulatory compliance needs.
The Block•Daniel Kuhn14 Aug