Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Japanese authorities called for address registration, customer-specific limits and stronger authentication as part of a broader push to curb misuse of exchange accounts.Japan’s financial regulator has asked crypto exchanges to introduce withdrawal de...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
The latest bipartisan ethics proposal would reportedly require Trump to divest crypto businesses while allowing him to defer capital gains taxes on those sales. A bipartisan ethics proposal pitched to US President Donald Trump to secure passage of th...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Crypto exchange Bitget has signed an agreement with Gelephu Mindfulness City Authority to pursue a regulated local presence.Bitget has signed an agreement with Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City Authority to explore establishing a licensed local opera...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Senate Majority Leader John Thune confirmed that the chamber was “punting” the vote until September.Update (Aug. 7, 2026, at 6:20 am UTC): Added comments from Crypto Council for Innovation CEO Ji Hun Kim.Senate Republican leaders are expected to leav...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Bitcoin miner MARA posted its highest quarterly Bitcoin production in over a year, but was overshadowed by a 28% decline in the average price of Bitcoin.Bitcoin miner MARA swung to a net loss of $611.3 million from a year-earlier profit in the second...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Wintermute said the registration allows the firm to position itself for the growth of tokenized securities in the US. Wintermute’s US arm has registered as a broker-dealer, enabling the crypto trading firm to expand into traditional financial service...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
The Defend American Jobs and Protect Progress PACs reported spending more than $1.5 million on media for four House and Senate races ahead of Aug. 18 primary elections.Two groups affiliated with the cryptocurrency company-backed political action comm...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
A week-long streak of inflows into US spot Bitcoin ETFs has coincided with the Coldcard wallet exploit, fueling debate over whether some investors are shifting away from self-custody. Demand for US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has accele...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Three circuit judges disputed the former FTX CEO’s claims that the defunct crypto exchange’s investors could have been made whole and wouldn’t have experienced any losses.The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a formal mandate upholdin...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
The South Carolina lawmaker who heads the Senate Banking Committee said that the majority leader still had time to put the crypto bill on the agenda despite the narrow voting window.Senator Tim Scott, who chairs the Senate Banking Committee, said tha...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
New analysis finds AI infrastructure contracts are becoming larger and more profitable, but investors now demand stronger execution before rewarding bitcoin mining stocks. Bitcoin miners’ pivot into artificial intelligence and high-performance comput...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Bitcoin price action stayed compressed in an ongoing divergence from stocks and gold while US PMI data sparked fresh talk of “stagflation.” Bitcoin (BTC) stayed motionless at Thursday’s Wall Street open as analysis saw signs of reemergent US “stagfla...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Move-to-earn project Step App will wind down services by Aug. 21 after four years, while its FITFI token trades 99.9% below its all-time high.Step App, a move-to-earn platform, is shutting down after four years of operation, joining a growing number...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Tokenized cows may have gone viral, but they’re just the latest in a long line of strange things to find a home onchain, from farts, to human skin and destroyed artworksBrazil’s B3 stock exchange made headlines last month when its tokenized cows went...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Blockchain.com secured a VASP custody license from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, expanding its regulated crypto services in the region.Blockchain.com has secured a virtual asset service provider (VASP) license from the Cayman Islands Monetar...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Tokenized real-world assets accounted for more than a third of Hyperliquid’s quarterly trading volume, generating 6.6% of the protocol’s $169 million quarterly revenue.Tokenized real-world asset (RWA) trading now accounts for more than 33% of the tra...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
The self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning Network wallet disabled infrastructure after an incident and founder Evan Kaloudis said no customer funds were lost and no Lightning vulnerability was found.Zeus Wallet, a self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning Network...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
While only 12 of 46 documented attempts resulted in payment, data leaks and attacks on relatives are widening the physical risks facing crypto holders.Criminals stole more than $30 million through physical attacks on crypto holders in the first half...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Doubts emerge over the Bitcoin corporate treasury model as institutional BTC investment vehicles cut holdings. Bitcoin (BTC) institutional investment vehicles have shed 10% of their BTC holdings since May as analysis warns of a “breaking” sector.Key...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Hackers behind the Coldcard exploit transferred millions in digital assets to cryptocurrency mixers, while most stolen funds remained traceable in attacker-controlled wallets. About 64 Bitcoin, worth $4.17 million, and 200 Ether, worth $380,000, link...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Situational Awareness reportedly made a $400 million investment in an undisclosed company, days after the hedge fund nearly collapsed following July’s AI stock crash.Situational Awareness, the hedge fund founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold As...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a crypto law establishing market rules for exchanges, custodians and investors, with core provisions taking effect in September 2026.Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law creating a regulated framew...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 days ago
Tokenized real-world assets moved beyond issuance as RWA deposits more than tripled to $7.4 billion, while lending and trading activity expanded despite a broader industry slowdown.Real-world assets (RWAs) are gaining momentum as tokenized versions o...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
JPYC said it plans to use the new capital to expand its financial and Web3 ecosystem and accelerate adoption of its yen-pegged token.Japanese yen stablecoin issuer JPYC has completed an extension of its Series B funding round, bringing the round’s cu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 6 days ago
Nasdaq-listed PowerCompute refinanced $18 million of debt through a Bitcoin-backed facility carrying an initial interest rate of about 2%.Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company PowerCompute has consolidated its three existing debt facilities totaling $...
