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Lookonchain said the former employee bought nearly 80% of ASTEROID's supply for $10,000 before selling most of the tokens for about $638,000.
Bitcoin Rebounded in July, but Bears Target an August Pullback CryptoPotato
Essential Tips for Reclaiming Lost or Missing Bitcoin and USDT RiverBender.com
SushiSwap Introduces RWA Token Issuance Platform on Robinhood Chain Cryptonews.net
Galaxy Research Reveals $70M Bitcoin Cold Wallet Theft via Weak Seed Exploit KuCoin

State officials reported that Minnesota residents, and largely senior citizens, had lost about $1 million from scams tied to crypto kiosks from 2023 to 2025.
650 Million People Use USDT: Tether Breaks a Record… For the Wrong Reasons? Cointribune
Is XRP the Best Crypto You Can Buy Right Now? Yahoo Finance
Coinbase stock drops as Wall Street debates crypto exchange’s future Northeast Times
UFC 331 coming Sept. 19 to Crypto.com Arena Orange County Register
Bitcoin scam targets Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, residents CBS News
Coldcard Hardware Wallet Flaw Linked to $70 Million Bitcoin Theft in 41 Minutes thehackernews.com
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says AI Agents Will Expand Crypto Adoption. Here's What That Means for Crypto Investors. Yahoo Finance

Without that QQQ token, QQQB, July volume for tokenized equities would be roughly $2.03 billion, about 30% below June’s total.
ALGO Price Eyes Key Support as Real-World Asset Adoption Expands Across Algorand Coinpedia Fintech News
Regional energy officials had estimated that mining consumes 1 GW of power and could contribute to future electricity shortages.
CZ Warns Bitcoin Holders After $70 Million Wallet Exploit: 'Nothing Is 100%' Decrypt

A mystery-shopping experiment found that exchange fees, foreign exchange spreads and banking rails mean stablecoin remittances are often no cheaper than traditional transfer means.

Difficulty falls as weak mining economics reduce capacity, while forward markets signal little relief through year-end.

CME argues that because bitcoin is a commodity, options tied to its value fall under CFTC jurisdiction, not the SEC's authority.

Michigan incumbent Shri Thanedar’s re-election bid against other Democratic candidates is getting more about crypto with an infusion of ads funded by an industry-aligned PAC.

Gallup says Americans are growing more skeptical of artificial intelligence, with rising concerns about job losses, businesses' use of the technology, and the technology’s growing impact.
Minnesota's ban on crypto ATMs goes into effect after citizens report losing nearly $1 million in scams Fox Business
Bitcoin Price Falls As Strategy Plans $5bn BTC Sell To Fund Dividend MarketForces Africa
Tether posts $1.5B net profits in Q2 as USDT users hit record high: Details AMBCrypto
Emirates launches Crypto.com Pay to expand digital payment options for customers futuretravelexperience.com
Coldcard Hacked for $70M: How Do You Keep Bitcoin Safe if Cold Wallets Can Be Hacked? 24/7 Wall St.

Michael Coates, the foundation’s new CISO, said that AI vulnerabilities and fake identities will drive the next wave of blockchain security concerns.

Crypto is said to be growing up to look like Wall Street. The evidence in its biggest market points the other way, argues Bitget CEO Gracy Chen.
Skimmers, scammers and crypto ATM rackets: Ways to avoid rising fraud in New Hampshire Concord Monitor
Crypto News: Bitcoin Drops to $63,000 at July's Close — Coldcard Exploit, Fed Hawkishness, and Bearish Derivatives Positioning End the Month on the Back Foot Binance
US Digital-Asset Backers Urge Senate to Pass Clarity Act, Cite More Than 1 Million Messages en.bloomingbit.io

Russia has added Moscow, the Moscow Region and parts of Kursk Region to its cryptocurrency mining ban list, citing power supply concerns behind the restrictions.
HMRC agrees average settlements of £16,500 with crypto investors IFA Magazine
How Crypto Miners Are Stealing Power in SE Asia, Including Indonesia Tempo.co English

Galaxy Research identified 1,196 addresses that lost 1,082.65 Bitcoin in a 41-minute window, expanding the estimated scope of the Coldcard wallet incident.
How crypto miners are stealing power in Southeast Asia DW.com
Bitcoin slips to trade above $63,000 but records 7.5% July gain Investing.com

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says hardware wallets can still have bugs and suggests spreading funds across multiple wallets after the major Coldcard security failure.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $172.4 million in July inflows but remained $5.3 billion negative year to date after heavy withdrawals in May and June.
Bitcoin Repair's owner, Charlie Murtagh, has spoken out about his business as he opened the doors of his shop to the ECHO yesterday for a chat facebook.com

The xrpld 3.3.0 release is expected next week with five proposed amendments, including two revised features that were previously withdrawn after researchers found bugs that could have allowed unauthorized transactions or fee draining.
Bitcoin: Tokenized perpetual contracts threaten its dominance on Hyperliquid and Binance Cointribune

Galaxy Research said weak seed generation let an attacker recreate likely private keys offline, sweep more than 1,000 BTC from nearly 1,200 wallets and continue searching without ever accessing the devices.
Malaysia drops blockchain event backing over ex-OnlyFans star sg.news.yahoo.com
Israel’s crypto crackdown is turning into a regulatory embrace calcalistech.com
US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $265M outflows, led by BlackRock's IBIT with $123M redemptions on July 31. Pluang
BlackRock clients redeem 1,948 Bitcoin worth $1... Pluang
0.06784 Trade ESP/USDC Spot | Crypto, bStocks & tCommodities Binance
Bitget Wallet Card Turns Cashback Into Bitcoin, Gold and Tokenized Stocks The Manila Times
Bitcoin drops below $63K after Coinbase misses revenue targets and crypto bill stalls in Senate Pluang
Federal officials seek to recover Mass. residents money lost to crypto scam Western Mass News
Bitcoin holds strong above $62,000 despite Fed rate fears and $38M Coldcard hack theft. Pluang
$70M stolen from Bitcoin Coldcard wallets due t... Pluang
Bitcoin, Ethereum down 3%, Stellar drops 6% ami... Pluang
Minnesota leaders hope ban on cryptocurrency kiosks will cut down on scams KTTC | Rochester, MN
The roadmap for a baht-backed stablecoin bangkokpost.com
Ondo Finance weighs $500M deal as RWA market hits $36B Crypto News
Brale Debuts ION Interoperability Protocol to Unlock Global Stablecoin Liquidity FF News
LTP on institutional crypto's missing layer, and why DeFi will split in two Yahoo Finance Singapore
Russia bans cryptocurrency mining in Moscow, Kursk Anadolu Ajansı
Bitcoin ends July up 7.5% despite rate hike fea... Pluang

Bitcoin Magazine Coldcard Bitcoin Thief Likely Used Top Blockchain Services Provider: Report Experts have since said that those holding Bitcoin on a Coldcard device should move funds now. This post Coldcard Bitcoin Thief Likely Used Top Blockchain…

The largest crypto shrugged off a barrage of bad news this month, but traders remain cautious as rate hike fears and jobs data loom.

The Nano Banana tool let users generate fake satellite scenes from a text prompt, alarming investigators who rely on Google Earth to verify breaking news and atrocities.
Former expelled U.S. Rep. George Santos settled with CFTC over trades made on Kalshi about the State of the Union.
Tether bought 14 tons of gold for USDT reserves in second quarter Mining.com
Rising U.S. bond yields pressure crypto market, reducing investor demand and liquidity. Pluang
Galaxy said nearly 1,200 addresses were drained of more than 1,000 BTC worth roughly $70 million tied to a Coldcard vulnerability.

Researchers found that fiat conversion costs and payment infrastructure, rather than blockchain fees, accounted for most of the differences in stablecoin remittance costs and settlement times.
Bitcoin Slides Below $63,000 in Week of Volatile Risk Appetite Bloomberg.com

The decision requires AI companies to license copyrighted music used to train models and generate songs, marking another legal win for music rights holders in Europe.

New restrictions block future models of foreign-made robots and connected power inverters from receiving FCC approval after U.S. national security agencies warned they could pose cybersecurity and supply chain risks.
Wall Street lowered Coinbase targets after second-quarter earnings but remains split on the company's outlook.
Crypto Brief - Lowenstein Crypto Newsletter - July 30, 2026 JD Supra

Pump.fun co-founder Noah Tweedale reportedly attributed the layoffs to the company growing too quickly.

Bitcoin Magazine Younger Democrats Understand Clarity Act And Bill Should Pass, Says Coinbase’s Chief Policy Officer The Clarity Act will likely get through despite some — older — Democrats holding it back, according to Coinbase’s Chief Policy…
Bitcoin stalls near $63,000 amid weak crypto ma... Pluang
Florida Enacts Stablecoin Licensing Framework and Government Payment Pilot JD Supra
Ethra Invest Founder's Take On Maritime RWA Benzinga

The world’s largest stablecoin issuer added 14 metric tons of gold and about 1,800 bitcoin to its reserves during the second quarter.
EU's MiCA rules shift stablecoin liquidity to U... Pluang
States Push Back on the Clarity Act: What the Crypto Ethics and Enforcement Debate Means for Compliance Teams regulatoryoversight.com

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.
Tether swung from $4.9 billion in net profit for Q2 2025 to $1.5 in net operating profit during the second quarter of this year.

Bitcoin Magazine Coinkite Releases Fixed Firmware After Coldcard Bug; AI Likely Involved In The Breach NVK stated that AI-assisted code review can now find latent bugs at a speed outpacing even the industry’s most seasoned experts, calling it a…

Both retail and institutional traders worry about the funding rate.
TD Cowen and Benchmark reiterated buy on Strategy after an $8.2 billion Q2 loss and a corporate STRC-to-par push.
Stablecoin issuer Circle receives New York trust charter. How does it fit with OCC charter? ledgerinsights.com

The latest attestation offers a snapshot of the assets backing the world's largest stablecoin, including U.S. Treasuries, repo agreements, and more than 146 metric tons of gold.

A software bug in popular hardware wallet Coldcard that led to the theft to this point of nearly 600 bitcoin worth roughly $38 million is prompting questions about security and whether managing private keys has become too risky for everyday…

Several users of the long-defunct crypto exchange reported that distribution agents had begun releasing funds to reimburse creditors for some of their 2022 losses.
World Cup betting activity peaked around major knockout matches, with markets ranging from match outcomes to player-specific outcomes.

Tether’s reserve surplus grew to $4.11 billion in the second quarter as USDT supply rose despite a weaker stablecoin market and continued pressure across the crypto sector.
Bitcoin Falls To 3-Week Low—Here’s Why Forbes

Eligible retail and institutional users can use tokenized shares of Nvidia, Apple, Tesla and three other US companies across Bybit’s trading and lending products.

Bitcoin Magazine US Closes in on Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Bitcoin Insurance Policy, Sanctions Companies The news comes after the U.S. froze Iran's other digital assets. This post US Closes in on Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Bitcoin Insurance Policy,…

TIPS data points to rising real yields, not inflation, a dynamic that weighs on non-yielding assets like Bitcoin.
Today's Crypto News: Bitcoin, Ether and Altcoin Insights Investing News Network

Bitcoin saw fresh downside pressure as US stocks tracked sideways into the end of the month, diverging from the relief bounce seen in Asia.
AfriVest and eduBox Partner to Tokenize Africa’s Back-to-School Economy via Blockchain FF News

Arvind Krishna said quantum computing will begin generating meaningful revenue before the decade ends as investment in the sector accelerates, in an interview on CNBC.

The approval comes weeks after Circle won federal approval to establish a national trust bank, adding another license as the USDC issuer expands.
Digital Asset Innovators Already Moving Offshore as Crypto Legislation, the CLARITY Act, Stalls in the Senate: Report Crowdfund Insider

Bitcoin Magazine COLDCARD SECURITY RISK: IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED IMPORTANT: Major security vulnerability discovered in Coldcard hardware wallets. For your own safety read disclosures and take necessary actions immediately. This post COLDCARD…

Bitcoin Magazine Coldcard Wallet Flaw Exposes Years of Bitcoin Seeds After $70M in BTC Stolen Over $70 million in Bitcoin has been pinched. Coldcard has since urged its users to take precautions. This post Coldcard Wallet Flaw Exposes Years of…
Russia drafts Bitcoin margin trading rules, boo... Pluang

OFAC sanctioned two Iranian firms including Hormuz Safe, which “accepts payment in Bitcoin and other digital assets.”
STS Digital CEO sees three major headwinds for crypto markets CoinDesk

As AI agents move from giving advice to making transactions, a new layer of payment infrastructure is racing to catch up.
Uniswap has teamed up with Morpho to launch Earn, a new lending product that lets users earn yield via Gauntlet-curated vaults.

Institutional options selling, AI and delayed U.S. crypto regulation are weighing on bitcoin, according to STS Digital CEO Maxime Seiler.
The infrastructure for tokenized bank deposits is beginning to take shape Atlantic Council
Europe sanctioned crypto exchange HTX. Experts say the firm is deploying tactics that could blunt the impact. International Consortium of Investigative Journalists - ICIJ
Bitcoin Slides As Strategy Plans Up To $5 Bil In Crypto Sales Investor's Business Daily
Tokenization future opens up all kinds of investing for those shut out in past: Abra CEO Fox Business
Sygnum's Thomas Brunner says Ethereum’s 43-day staking queue reflects mechanics, not just fresh demand from investors.
Bitcoin price 2026: has it bottomed after the fall from $126k? ig.com

The European Central Bank proposed accessibility standards for its planned digital euro app, saying it would be one of several ways users could access basic digital euro services.

A proposed $4.8 billion AI data center near Mammoth Cave National Park has sparked a legal battle that could test how far local governments can go to slow the industry's rapid expansion.
Crypto forensics company AMLBot launched an AI-enabled tool allowing users with no specialist knowledge to trace their digital assets, even after they are stolen.

Anthropic says three Claude models compromised the companies after a testing misconfiguration exposed the AI to the public internet.
Real-world asset perpetual futures hit $62B wee... Pluang
TD Cowen cut Sharplink's price target after lowering its 2026 ether forecast while maintaining its long-term Ethereum investment thesis.
Circle won a limited-purpose trust charter from NYDFS for Circle Internet Trust Company after securing final OCC national trust approval.
What are tokenized deposits? Elliptic

Plus, BTC is red this morning despite $233M in ETF inflows yesterday; and NY State is trying to shut down Kalshi and seeking $36B in damages
Circle Granted Trust Charter by the New York Department of Financial Services Circle Internet Financial
Bitcoin and ether dip as crypto market nears be... Pluang

Three states have already outlawed Bitcoin ATMs, and a committee chair says Texas will go further than regulating them.
Stablecoins and (Non)Crypto Shocks: A 2026 Update Liberty Street Economics
Bernstein held its $160 Robinhood price target, citing tokenization and prediction markets as Robinhood's next crypto growth drivers.

The CFTC asked a court to stop New York enforcing against the prediction market the day before the state filed.

The lawsuit adds to a growing clash between New York and the CFTC over whether federally regulated prediction markets are subject to state gambling laws.
$40M Bitcoin stolen from Coldcard wallets sparks crash fears below $58K Pluang
Iran gambling network helped channel $4 billion through crypto exchange - Reuters iranintl.com
Recent financial disclosures showed that Trump made hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto-related income.
FinregE targets FCA crypto ‘Execution Gap’ with new framework IBS Intelligence

Coinkite said it’s likely that an attacker used AI to review previous versions of its open source firmware to uncover a vulnerability.
Scam artists are posing as IRS agents to drain crypto wallets The Star
FinregE Launches Strategic Framework to Bridge 'Execution Gap' for 2026 FCA Cryptoasset Regime FF News
Bitcoin and Ethereum hover near key levels as t... Pluang
New York State is seeking at least $36 billion in compensatory damages from Kalshi, pending a full accounting.
Unlimit gains MiCA licence to offer crypto-asset services across EU Electronic Payments International
Ondo Finance CEO explains what happens when Fidelity and Schwab enter tokenization Yahoo Finance Singapore
DTCC tokenization platform goes live with Wall Street giants MarketScale
MoMo: Dial Motion Mode in Robot Manipulation with Spatiotemporal Action Tokenization Apple Machine Learning Research

The window to pass a comprehensive crypto market structure bill before the Senate breaks for a month-long recess is closing, with ethics a dividing issue for many lawmakers.
3 Ways Tokenization Is Moving To Traditional Finance Law360

Bitcoin Magazine ‘Bitcoin Senator’ Cynthia Lummis Blasts Democrats For Stalling Crypto Clarity Act Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis has again attacked the Democrats for holding back the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act. Speaking on the Crypto in…

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Treasury Strategy Posts $8.2B Loss As BTC Price Suffered The Bitcoin treasury company posted massive losses but aims to continue making digital credit a "new asset class." This post Bitcoin Treasury Strategy Posts $8.2B…
Strategy Swings to Loss as Bitcoin Price Declines WSJ
Strategy Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results Strategy
Crypto exchange Coinbase logs third straight quarterly loss on trading slowdown Reuters