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Copper Markets (US) Inc. has secured a regulated presence in the US by becoming an SEC-registered broker-dealer and a FINRA member, enabling it to offer institutional crypto custody and trading services.
Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich denied selling 5,014 BTC, worth approximately $320 million, clarifying that the movement was a routine custody transfer between internal addresses. The company's bitcoin holdings remain at 43,000 BTC.
Over three dozen Bitcoin and crypto firms, including Coinbase and Block, are urging major AI labs to grant open-source security researchers early access to their most powerful AI models. They argue that current safety guardrails hinder legitimate security work, leaving de…
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan predicts crypto valuations could at least double as more protocols adopt revenue-capture mechanisms like token buybacks and burns, linking network activity directly to token value.
Brazil's data protection agency ordered Discord to suspend livestreams after a teenager's suicide linked to the platform. Authorities criticized Discord for failing to protect minors from harmful content during livestreams, prompting the agency to demand protective measur…
Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich clarified that a recent transfer of 5,014 BTC ($322 million) was a routine custody operation, not a sale, confirming the company's Bitcoin holdings remain at 43,000 BTC.
Dogecoin's price has fallen by nearly 70% over the past year to about 7 cents, yet leveraged futures bets on the token have surged to levels last seen in October 2025.
Bitcoin dipped to around $63,500 after an expected U.S. inflation report failed to ignite a crypto rally, with most major tokens declining despite eased nerves.
An Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) shareholder, Rosherville Pty Ltd, plans to seek Federal Court permission to sue former ASX officers and directors over alleged breaches of duty related to its abandoned blockchain-based CHESS overhaul.
Grayscale asserts that Bitcoin's adoption is poised for continued growth, irrespective of its current price fluctuations, citing three key drivers.
Bitmine bought just 7,391 ETH last week, its smallest 2026 weekly purchase, while repurchasing 3 million of its own shares worth up to $58 million.
Solstice Finance launched strcUSX on Solana, a structured product that splits exposure to Strategy's STRC preferred stock into senior and junior tranches targeting 7% and 20%+ yields.
Bitdeer mined 2,694 BTC in Q2 2026, nearly five times its output a year earlier, but held just 150 BTC after liquidating its treasury. Revenue rose 47% to $228.8M, beating Wall Street estimates.
Strategy sold 1,690 Bitcoin for $108.6 million between Aug. 3 and Aug. 9 to repurchase STRC preferred shares, its second weekly BTC-funded buyback in a row.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in roughly $854 million last week, their strongest inflow week since May, while ETH ETFs booked $244M in net inflows.
Crypto exchange Coinsbuy suffered an $8 million loss in a coordinated attack across TRON and Ethereum, with funds routed through instant exchanges. Blockchain researchers linked the operations via a cross-chain swapper, though the attack vector remains unknown.
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is developing new rules for tokenized gold as part of a broader digital asset strategy to maintain London's leading position in global gold trading.
Bitcoin reached a new August high as markets anticipate key US inflation data, with expectations shifting towards a Federal Reserve interest-rate pause rather than a hike.
Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Chainlink, projecting its price to reach $200 by 2030, driven by an anticipated $4 trillion in tokenized assets and a 37-fold increase in DeFi deployments.
Sweden-listed H100 Group significantly increased its Bitcoin holdings to 3,506 BTC after acquiring Norwegian Bitcoin companies holding 2,455 BTC, making it Europe's second-largest Bitcoin treasury.
Hedge funds on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) have flipped their bitcoin futures positions to net long, a significant shift after years of maintaining structural shorts.
Crypto exchange Bybit has filed a civil lawsuit against North Korea, its Reconnaissance General Bureau, and the Lazarus Group over a $1.5 billion theft from the exchange in February 2025.
Crypto Week Ahead is a comprehensive list of what's coming up in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain, as well as the major macroeconomic events that will influence digital asset markets.
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is reportedly developing a regulatory framework for tokenized gold, including its potential use as collateral in wholesale markets.
Simple Mining used Ocean pool's DATUM protocol to mine block 961,634 on bitcoin's main chain without signaling support for BIP-110, even though its pool backed the proposal by default.
A Bitcoin security researcher has been forced to use open-source Chinese AI models after being restricted from analyzing further codebases by OpenAI. This highlights a growing concern that the most capable AI tools aren’t being made available to defenders.
Bitcoin climbed above $65,000, gaining nearly 3 percent over the week, as a weak U.S. jobs report eased fears of further Federal Reserve rate hikes ahead of key inflation data on Wednesday.
Australia's financial watchdog has suspended Cryptolink's registration for three months due to 'ongoing concerns' about its compliance with anti-money laundering obligations.
XRP fell about 5% over the past week to around $1.03, even as bitcoin, ether and solana rose and the broader crypto market added 1.4% in value. XRP-focused exchange-traded funds saw net inflows for a fourth straight week, but new capital dropped roughly 93% to about $1 mi…
The first sign that quantum computing has broken modern cryptography probably won't be a splashy theft of Satoshi Nakamoto's dormant Bitcoin. It could just be a wave of unrelated crypto wallet breaches with no trace of how an attacker did it, according to the founder of b…