A $550,000 community audit contest uncovered two critical vulnerabilities in XRP Ledger features that could have drained user accounts without private keys. The findings reveal how Ripple’s audit-before-release model diverges sharply from the broader crypto industry’s patch-after-exploit norm. XRP Ledger…
Grayscale withdrew its Cardano, Polkadot, and Hedera ETF registrations in under four minutes on August 7, exactly two days before ADA cleared the SEC seasoning threshold. With Bitwise and Canary still in the race, the retreat says more about the…
The agency cancelled its August 14 Regulation Crypto meeting one day before commissioners were set to vote, citing an “unforeseen scheduling issue” that no one inside or outside the building predicted. With Congress already on recess and the CLARITY Act…
Coinbase and Ripple executives have been named among the expected attendees at an Aug. 19 White House meeting involving at least six crypto and prediction market companies. Semafor reporter Eleanor Mueller said executives from Coinbase, Ripple, a16z, Chainlink, Paradigm and…
SpaceX has completed its $60 billion stock-based acquisition of Anysphere, bringing the Cursor coding platform into its SpaceXAI business as SPCX shares fell during Friday trading. An SEC filing dated Aug. 14 showed that SpaceX completed the acquisition through X67…
BNB Chain has scheduled its Pasteur hard fork for Aug. 25, introducing three changes intended to strengthen cross-chain transfers, tighten validator controls, and raise tested transaction capacity from 1,237 to 2,324 transactions per second. BNB Chain said in an Aug.…
Ireland has introduced its first national anti-money laundering strategy through 2030, placing enhanced checks on private-wallet transfers and overseas crypto firms among its main digital-asset controls. Ireland’s crypto strategy increases transfer checks Ireland’s Department of Finance said on Thursday that…
Nigel Farage has returned to the UK Parliament with 63.34% of the Clacton by-election vote, restarting an investigation into a $6.7 million gift and other support from two crypto-linked figures. The UK Parliament’s Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards listed Farage on…
Tokenization-linked stocks have fallen as much as 11.2% after legal and market concerns reportedly delayed the SEC’s planned innovation exemption for blockchain-based securities. According to fresh reports on Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission was preparing to delay its innovation…
Israel’s largest bank has partnered with Galaxy to offer Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana trading through its investment app from early 2027. Galaxy announced the partnership with Bank Leumi on Aug. 14, saying the planned service will let customers buy, hold,…
The CFTC has ordered Kalshi to continue operating under federal rules as a Washington judge restricted seven contract categories and set two geofencing deadlines for the prediction market. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Aug. 11 that it had…
Bitcoin’s 48% decline from its 2025 peak has holders exploring alternatives to selling, with SHR Miner promoting cloud mining as another option. Bitcoin remains the world’s largest cryptocurrency, but even long-term BTC holders have been forced to rethink what simply…
Morgan Stanley has increased its reported holding in BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF by 23% to about 16.5 million shares while adding exposure to Ether, Solana, and several crypto-linked companies during the second quarter. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing…
StablecoinX shares have climbed more than 12% after the Nasdaq-listed company disclosed a 3-billion-token ENA treasury and reported its first quarterly results since going public. StablecoinX values its ENA treasury at $218.4 million StablecoinX said in its Aug. 14 quarterly…
P2P.org has integrated its staking infrastructure with Arkis, allowing institutional clients to use staked Solana and Avalanche assets as collateral while continuing to earn protocol rewards. P2P.org staking enters Arkis collateral system P2P.org said in an Aug. 13 announcement that…
A player reportedly deposited 1 million USDC on 1win and backed Paris Saint-Germain at 1.74 odds against Aston Villa, receiving a $1.749 million USDC payout after the win. Just this week, a player deposited 1,000,000 USDC and placed the full…
XRP’s decline amid liquidity pressures and fund outflows is driving interest in alternative approaches, including EX DeFi’s cloud mining platform. On August 13, Ripple (XRP) briefly fell to $0.999, dropping below the critical psychological support level of $1 and further…
AI agents have started executing trades and moving funds without constant human approval, prompting Brickken CEO Edwin Mata to argue that liability must follow the authority granted to the software rather than attach to the AI itself. Sandmark reported on…
Lynq CEO Jerald David has said institutional finance needs interoperable settlement systems capable of moving cash and collateral 24/7 as firms adopt several forms of digital money. In comments shared with crypto.news, David said the Bank of England’s latest digital…
Hyperscale Data has sold about 685 Bitcoin for approximately $43 million, cutting its holdings to around 275 BTC as it directs more capital toward its Michigan data center. Hyperscale Data said Friday that most of the proceeds will be used…