Crypto news

Hong Kong crypto giant HashKey merges regional exchange into one

Hong Kong’s HashKey will unify its crypto exchange branches, with users from its Hong Kong, Global, Singapore and Middle East regions using…

Rate path still divides investors: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week

Bitcoin traders prepared to navigate a slew of volatility catalysts as US inflation data and US-Iran war triggers keep risk-assets in an un…

Binance disappears from Google Play in certain EU countries

Binance’s Android app is unavailable on Google Play in some EU markets amid scrutiny over MiCA compliance.

USDC issuer Circle to acquire nearly 1,000 IBM blockchain patents

IBM’s blockchain portfolio includes more than 680 patent families and nearly 1,000 issued patents worldwide, with a particular focus in sup…

Strategy sells MSTR shares, buys back $25M in STRC preferred stock

Strategy raised $544.5 million through MSTR stock sales as it repurchased $25 million of STRC shares and expanded its US dollar reserve to …

BNY Mellon unit joins MiCA register as ESMA adds 15 providers

BNY Mellon’s European subsidiary joined the MiCA register as ESMA added 15 CASPs, including banks and crypto platforms, in the third post-d…

Brazilian police bust cocaine traffickers in crypto-linked transnational probe

Brazilian police suspect the group of shipping around 6.5 metric tons of cocaine and laundering billions in Brazilian reals through crypto-…

Coinbase CEO touts agentic finance as Base tops 100M AI payments

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says AI agents will expand crypto adoption, pointing to Base, USDC and x402 as key pieces of agentic finance.

Triple-A confirms treasury-wallet breach after losses reach $11.8M

The stablecoin payments company said client funds were unaffected and that the financial impact would be absorbed through its treasury rese…

BitMart withdrawals appear to slow following wind-down announcement

Users reported withdrawal delays and freeze notices as wallets attributed to BitMart fell to about $69 million and its BMX token extended a…

Garden Finance disables app as Blockaid reports $450,000 exploit

Blockaid said an attacker drained about $450,000 in USDT from Garden Finance’s HTLC contracts across Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum and BNB Smart…

Storj files for bankruptcy, explores equity path for tokenholders

The decentralized storage provider says its network will continue operating during Chapter 11 as it explores a court-approved ownership mec…

CLARITY hopes fade, BitMEX shuts as lawsuit looms: Hodler’s Digest, July 26

Despite support from Goldman Sachs, Fidelity and law enforcement bodies, the Clarity Act’s chances dim. BitMEX to close as crypto consolida…

WEMIX says attacker moved about $724,000 after contract breach

WEMIX suspended bridges, liquidity-pool trading and several services after an attacker compromised a WEMIX$-linked contract and moved 724,1…

CFTC issues second warning to prediction markets on cookie-cutter self-certifications

For the second time this year, the regulator told prediction markets to stop issuing overly broad, template-style certifications of events …

Russia’s Sberbank to launch crypto trading infrastructure this year

Russia’s biggest bank plans to create cryptocurrency trading infrastructure by Dec. 1 as the country is set to establish rules for market p…

Bitcoin OG selling eases as dormant BTC movement hits 4-year low: Thorn

Dormant Bitcoin activity fell to its lowest level since Q3 2022, suggesting long-term holders have slowed distribution after heavy profit-t…

South Korea’s largest bank to launch payment service on JPMorgan’s Kinexys

South Korea’s largest lender will use JPMorgan’s blockchain platform to support US dollar cross-border payments for import and export busin…