A former Nashville banker has been charged with multiple felonies after allegedly stealing more than $139,000 from two elderly customers. Karl Stephen Richardson was arrested Tuesday following a four-month probe by the Metro Nashville Police Department’s Fraud Unit, reports NewsChannel 5. He is charged with two counts each of financial exploitation of an elderly adult, […]

Swyftx’s fourth quarterly Industry Report, published July 8, found trading volumes across global exchanges at some of their lowest levels since 2023, with total crypto market capitalisation down 12% over the quarter. Hyperliquid rose 75% across Q2 according to the report, while tokenised private credit passed US$6 billion (AU$8.64 billion) on-chain and Coinbase launched its […]

XRP continues to display signs of weakening market conditions, as key indicators suggest that sellers remain in control, according to the latest analysis from CryptoQuant. The data show Open Interest has dropped to $350.6 million, one of its lowest levels in recent months, indicating that traders are closing futures positions and reducing leverage. Bearish Signals […]

Bitdeer has begun construction on a $36 million electronics manufacturing facility in Sparks, Nevada, its first U.S. assembly site for Sealminer machines. Bitdeer Targets 10,000 Monthly Sealminer Units With New $36 Million Nevada Factory Bitdeer is moving ahead with a major U.S. manufacturing push, breaking ground on a $36 million advanced electronics facility in Sparks, […]

Zcash’s next upgrade will replace the once-compromised Orchard pool and may offer clues about whether counterfeit tokens were created via a recent bug.

TL;DR:  Regulatory compliance: The crypto treasury firm AVAX One Technology has officially restored its compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).  Supply adjustment: The company executed a 1-for-12 reverse stock split to raise the trading price of its shares in the public market.  Assets under management: The firm holds approximately 14 million Avalanche (AVAX) tokens in […]

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) revealed that its coordinated artificial intelligence agents are successfully identifying real vulnerabilities in the network’s critical infrastructure. However, the Protocol Security team pointed out that the true challenge has not been finding the errors, but the immense amount of time required to filter real bugs from the flood of false positives […]

JPMorgan analysts believe that the flagship cryptocurrency could be threatened by tokenless, institutional blockchains.

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Crypto giant Circle is rebuffing efforts to help scam victims, law enforcement officials say. According to a report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the issuer of the USDC stablecoin is allegedly declining to cooperate in assisting scam victims recover their funds. The ICIJ report says some unnamed law enforcement officials are raising […]

Coinbase Prime has picked up one of the more interesting institutional custody signals in crypto: a deal with the US Marshals Service. The agreement puts federal seized-asset management back into focus at exactly the moment traders are watching government wallets more closely than ever. This is not just a Coinbase headline. It is a sign […]

Despite showing signs of short-term stabilization above a major support zone, Bitcoin’s downtrend might not be over yet. While momentum has improved on lower timeframes, the broader trend is still tilted to the downside, with price trading below key moving averages and facing heavy overhead resistance. Meanwhile, on-chain data suggests that large holders may still […]

Bitcoin Magazine JPMorgan Says the Real Threat to Bitcoin Isn’t Strategy (MSTR) — It’s Private Blockchains Strategy’s recent bitcoin sales and its formal monetization program have rattled investors, but JPMorgan analysts see a bigger danger to bitcoin: blockchain adoption that routes around public networks and the tokens that ride on them. In a report led […]

Robinhood’s choice to use Ethereum further solidifies its position as the “ultimate settlement layer and liquidity foundation for tokenized assets,” said HashKey Group’s Tim Sun.

Bitwise senior investment strategist Juan Leon characterised the roughly 50% drawdown as Bitcoin’s mildest structural bear market on record, against 78% in 2022 and 84% in 2018. CryptoQuant’s July 8 report put its Bull Score Index at 20, well below the 60 it says a sustainable rally requires, and read the rebound from about US$57,700 […]

Debra Bickle, a 69-year-old IT worker in Waterloo, Iowa, matched the first five Mega Millions numbers on June 5, earning $2 million while missing the $368 million jackpot by one number. She retired immediately instead of waiting until year’s end, and says the money will go toward home renovations and helping cover her grandchildren’s education. […]

The Ripple-linked XRP token continues its multi-month slide against Bitcoin (BTC), hovering at 0.00001735 BTC.

We’re thrilled to announce that SN51 is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading SN51 trading is live as of July 9, 2026. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’.  Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits […]

Ten days remain before the statutory deadline for federal agencies to publish the implementing rules under the GENIUS Act. As of this week, the rulebook is still missing, leaving stablecoin issuers to prepare against proposed texts rather than binding regulations. Seven federal agencies – the OCC, FDIC, Federal Reserve, NCUA, Treasury, FinCEN and OFAC – […]

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This Thursday, the prediction market World admitted that its announced departure from the Solana network to migrate to Robinhood Chain was completely fake. They achieved millions of views and confused a large part of the crypto industry, only to later confirm that it was all a strategic digital marketing prank. update: 2.3M views thanks for […]

Tether is again making it clear that it does not want to be viewed only as a stablecoin issuer. Its $25 million investment in telecom infrastructure pushes the company deeper into the world of physical networks, decentralized connectivity, and strategic capital deployment. That shift matters because Tether now sits on one of the largest capital […]

Bitcoin Magazine Russia’s Largest Private Bank Alfa-Bank To Test Bitcoin and Crypto Trading Alfa-Bank, Russia’s largest private lender, is preparing to launch its own digital depository and a full slate of crypto services once national regulation takes effect, joining a widening race among Russian banks to capture a market that does not yet legally exist. […]

EU lawmakers have again allowed tech firms to scan chats for abuse material, but exempted end-to-end encrypted messages.

The end of another week has arrived, which brings another Bitcoin and Ethereum options expiry event as spot markets remain sideways. Around 23,400 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, July 10, with a notional value of roughly $1.4 billion. This one is smaller than usual expiry events, so there is unlikely to be any […]

Stablecoin issuer Circle is facing scrutiny from prosecutors in Wisconsin and New York for allegedly delaying or refusing to comply with court orders to return stolen digital assets to scam victims. State Prosecutors Clash With Stablecoin Giant The USDC stablecoin issuer, Circle, faces mounting criticism from prosecutors in Wisconsin and New York who say the […]

XRPSCAN data showed 89% of the XRP Ledger’s 35 default UNL validators running the v3.2.0 server software as of July 8, above the 80% share amendments needed to activate. The release’s fixCleanup3_2_0 amendment held 19 of the 28 required validator votes and must sustain 80% support for two consecutive weeks before it takes effect. Node […]

New volatility fueling sources have appeared, but the momentum is certainly there.

We’re thrilled to announce that USDPT is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading USDPT trading is live as of July 9, 2026. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’.  Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits […]

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Circle’s EURC launch on Base is a small but important stablecoin infrastructure move. It brings a native euro-denominated token to one of the most watched Ethereum layer-2 networks at a time when European regulation is becoming much more concrete. That combination matters. Base needs more native liquidity tools, and Circle needs to show that its […]

AssuranceAmerica, an insurance-related company handling customer records, revealed a massive data incident involving millions of customer records. The Atlanta-based firm confirms the cybersecurity attack impacting the personal and driver’s license information of 6.9 million people, reports TechCrunch. In a notice to customers, AssuranceAmerica says an unauthorized party infiltrated its systems, accessed files and stole customer […]