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Bitcoin recovers from Strategy's BTC sale, funding rates hit 9%: Are bulls back?

Bitcoin sold off as news of Strategy selling BTC shook investors’ nerve but the quick rebound suggests bulls remain ambitiously positioned.

BonkDAO reports $20M theft from ‘malicious governance proposal’

The developers behind the memecoin project said they had informed law enforcement after the attack and were working to “recover funds and i…

Ripple secures full MiCA license for crypto services across Europe

The Luxembourg approval completes the company's MiCA licensing process, enabling it to provide regulated crypto-asset services across the E…

Bitmine announces $74M Ether buys as chair says ‘greater chances of Clarity Act passage’

Bitmine's big buy contrasts with crypto treasury peer Strategy, which reported selling millions of dollars worth of its Bitcoin holdings on…

UN agency moves Stellar blockchain payment initiative beyond pilot stage

The UN Development Programme said blockchain payment pilots in five countries cut costs, improved resilience and will now inform wider use …

TeraWulf shares rise after $19B Anthropic AI lease, JV sale

The Bitcoin miner signed a 20-year AI infrastructure lease with Anthropic and sold its majority stake in a separate AI data center joint ve…

Bitcoin price falls up to 4% on Strategy BTC sale as trader sees Summer 2022 repeat

Bitcoin wiped out much of its latest gains thanks to a market reaction to Strategy's 3,600 BTC sell-off, but analysis eyed a potential buy …

FCA warns of major shakeup as AI agents meet tokenized money

The FCA’s vision for agentic AI points toward a financial system where programmable money and tokenized assets could play a much larger rol…

Crypto hacks fell 47% in H1 but ecosystem is no safer: CertiK

Crypto exploits rose 59% quarter-on-quarter to $807.5 million in Q2, due partly to the KelpDAO and Drift Protocol exploits, which came at t…

Strategy sells 3,588 Bitcoin for $216M to fund dividends, keeps $2.55B reserve intact

Strategy sold $216 million in Bitcoin to fund its dividend payments, as wealth manager Bernstein maintained its year-end Bitcoin price targ…

Belgian regulator flags six unauthorized crypto providers after MiCA deadline

Belgium’s FSMA warned consumers about six crypto-asset service providers it added to a fraudulent CASP list days after the EU’s MiCA transi…

$60.4K Becomes 'most important area:' Five things to know in Bitcoin this week

Bitcoin saw its highest levels in nearly two weeks at the weekly close, but bulls needed a push beyond $65,000 for real trend inflection, s…

South Korea weighs action against Polymarket over gambling concerns

South Korea’s media and communications review body will hear from Polymarket before deciding whether to issue a corrective request against …

Dormant $1.9M Bitcoin tied to New York lawsuit moves after nearly 15 years

A Bitcoin address dormant for nearly 15 years moved $1.9 million in BTC as a New York lawsuit seeks ownership of thousands of inactive hold…

Nigel Farage accepted gifts from crypto-linked fraudster: Report

Before he was an MP, Nigel Farage was reportedly gifted staff, security and other benefits from George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster invo…

Stablecoin transaction volume hits record $1.79T in June

Stablecoins are maturing and are positioned for even greater reach as the market evolves, said crypto researcher Nick Ruck.

Thousands of crypto wallets at risk from ‘Ill Bloom’ vulnerability: Coinspect

Thousands of crypto wallets across multiple blockchains could be vulnerable due to weak recovery phrase generation.

Central bankers sound alarms over agentic AI finance risks

“We need to think about new tools and a different way of working with the [AI] market in a more collaborative way,” says Nikhil Rathi, CEO …