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The first half of 2026 was the most active period for onchain security threats on record, with Blockaid verifying 212 high-threshold exploits, a 3.4-fold increase over all of 2025. North Korean Hackers Drive $600M in Stolen Funds The first half of 20...
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The Nairobi Securities Exchange and Tether signed a memorandum of understanding to advance digital asset adoption, blockchain infrastructure and investor education in Kenya. Expansion of Digital Assets The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and digita...
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A EuroMillions ticket worth £177,547.30, roughly €200,000, bought in Watford just north-west of London for the January 16, 2026, draw was never claimed before the UK’s 180-day cutoff at midnight on July 15. With no valid claim filed, the still-unknow...
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Crypto exchange Luno is reducing its global workforce by 20%, though the exact number of impacted employees—including those in South Africa—has not been disclosed. Second Wave of Layoffs Cryptocurrency exchange Luno is cutting 20% of its global workf...
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Federal prosecutors allege a crypto investor orchestrated a scheme that caused about $20 million in losses. The case now heads toward a trial as investigators highlight the alleged misuse of investor funds and cryptocurrency exchanges. Federal Indict...
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Binance users can now trade options with expirations as short as one day on gold and silver settled in USDT without owning either metal. The launch pushes the exchange deeper into traditional markets as crypto platforms compete for commodity trading...
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CME Group announced plans to launch futures tied to sports performance indexes, opening the $650 billion global sports industry to exchange-based risk management. The first cash-settled contracts are expected this summer, pending regulatory review. C...
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Doppler Finance is expanding to Base, bringing new financial infrastructure for Coinbase Wrapped XRP, which is backed by more than $113 million in XRP reserves. The phased deployment is intended to expand lending and collateral opportunities while po...
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New service launched July 4, 2026, giving qualified borrowers a structured way to finance Bitcoin purchases and build long-term ownership over time FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 29, 2026 — CoinMortgage Inc. today announced the launch of its Bitcoin pur...
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Tether Data has open-sourced a 460-million-parameter vision-language model built to run directly on smartphones instead of relying on cloud servers. Released Wednesday by the company’s AI research arm, QVAC, VisionPsy-Nano can examine images, documen...
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Underdog’s in-house UDX exchange recorded a reported $1.2 million in July 27 trading volume, reaching its first million-dollar day ten days after initial test trades. The result suggests Underdog avoided the usual cold-start problem for a new e...
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Türkiye has blocked 47,493 illegal betting websites and detained 5,629 suspects in 680 operations since the start of 2026. Authorities are increasingly following the payment infrastructure behind the sites, with recent investigations targeting thousa...
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BNY Mellon is launching a digital transfer agency that will record fund transactions and investor ownership onchain. Baillie Gifford, Blackrock and BNY’s Dreyfus unit are expected to be among its first users. Baillie Gifford to Use BNY Platform for U...
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Bitcoin briefly surged to $64,500 before pulling back to $63,700, ending down 0.6% on the day with its market cap holding at $1.277 trillion. Moderate Pullback Limits Liquidations Bitcoin seesawed July 29 as global markets reacted to a surprise Irani...
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The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady at 3.50% to 3.75% on July 29, but the decision came over the objections of three officials who wanted to raise borrowing costs instead. The Federal Open Market Committee voted 9 to 3 to keep...
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Stablecoin market value has declined by about $14 billion from its May peak, marking the sharpest monthly contraction since 2022. Yet record settlement volumes suggest the sector is becoming a faster-moving payments network rather than a store of idl...
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Moonpay launched a payment vault built for artificial intelligence agents on Wednesday, giving Claude and ChatGPT users a way to trade tokens, book travel and move money without handing an AI custody of their funds. The Moonpay new product, called Pa...
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Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced Wednesday that it has formally charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorist activities and placed him on an international wanted list. The charge against Durov is the latest step i...
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Sui Network’s native token SUI is releasing an estimated $15.4 million in new supply this week through its ongoing vesting schedule, part of a broader token unlock wave topped by artist-token platform Audiera (BEAT) at roughly $81.66 million. A...
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Bitcoin traded near $64,400 on Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m. EDT, up roughly 1.6% over the previous 24 hours as positioning accelerated ahead of the Federal Reserve’s afternoon rate decision. Price Rebounds From Overnight Low The move higher c...
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Twelve years after the first hardware wallet shipped, holding your own bitcoin has never been easier, and more people than ever are handing that job to someone else. There is a difference between owning bitcoin and owning a claim on bitcoin, and most...
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in Jordan yesterday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed, sending West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude up nearly 4% and putting bitcoin’s fragile...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 days ago
South Korea’s Kospi index triggered a market-wide circuit breaker for the second consecutive time today, tumbling to an intraday low of 5,532.33 after opening more than 1% higher. Bitcoin (BTC), by contrast, climbed 1% above $64,000 even as Kor...
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Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) says its stock has returned 42% annualized since the company adopted bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset in August 2020, outpacing bitcoin itself, the Magnificent Seven and the S&P 500. A Long-Term Bet, Rest...
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The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold its benchmark rate at 3.50% to 3.75% for a fifth straight meeting when Chair Kevin Warsh delivers the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) decision on July 29, but TD Securities says the U.S. dol...