Two men have been arrested after allegedly impersonating federal agents in an attempt to steal more than $200,000 in gold from an 85-year-old Washington, DC, resident. Chu Lin, 50, of Fresh Meadows, New York, and Xiean Cheng, 42, of Cornelius, North Carolina, were taken into custody after authorities say they arrived at the victim’s home […]

This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week, with a comment on each story. Last Friday, Bitcoin dropped from $64.7K to $62.8K, […]

$0.000005 level becomes an important price area for traders watching SHIB’s next move.

… cryptocurrency exchange to transfer funds and evade sanctions. According to the agency, the amount of funds transferred through this system is …

Ethereum is attempting to stabilize around $1.9K after its recent recovery, but the broader technical picture remains constrained by major overhead resistance. While short-term structure has improved, ETH still needs a decisive breakout to confirm that buyers are regaining control. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, ETH is trading around $1.92K […]

The enforcing fork remains stuck at Bitcoin’s full mining difficulty as mandatory signaling proceeds with little hashpower support.

Bitcoin barely flinched through two potentially disruptive events, holding near $65,000 as losses tied to the Coldcard hardware wallet exploit mounted and the BIP-110 minority chain stalled almost immediately after splitting from the main network. Over the past 48 hours, BTC traded largely between $64,500 and $65,250. By Sunday morning, Aug. 9, bitcoin was changing […]

The minority chain has rapidly fallen behind the main Bitcoin network due to a severe lack of miner support.

A new cryptocurrency does not stack $10.6 million in presale entries by accident. BlackRock's IBIT just absorbed 9,269 Bitcoin worth $604 million …

Just a day or so after it became known that the most anticipated crypto legislation in the US will not be voted on in August, more details have emerged on when it will hit the Senate floor. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has filed cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633, the Digital […]

Crypto is growing up thanks to trading in real world assets, and Bitcoin will never dip below $60K again, says Nansen founder founder Alex Svanevik.

Michael Saylor has identified what he believes could become the next billion-dollar opportunity in finance. The Strategy executive chairman advised entrepreneurs and investors to examine an emerging market that could reshape how companies and investors access capital. Saylor Points Investors Toward a Billion-Dollar Finance Opportunity Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor shared his […]

Bitcoin’s implied volatility has fallen to a new 2026 low just as U.S. Treasury yields have climbed to their highest levels of the year.

Cryptocurrency transfers in Brazil may be delayed up to 24 hours: new central bank rules will affect amounts over $10000 and stablecoins.

The conversation about financial infrastructure based on distributed ledgers is usually framed as a clash between two mutually exclusive camps: open validators with no entry restrictions, or permissioned networks managed by an identifiable consortium. That simplification, while useful for early-stage debates, proves insufficient for a sector integrating tokenized real-world assets, bank liabilities, and securities subject […]

The procedural move puts crypto market structure legislation back on track as lawmakers continue negotiations over ethics and stablecoin provisions.

Scammers impersonating financial regulators and licensed exchanges are targeting crypto holders who are still moving assets five weeks after the EU’s licensing deadline under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). This is according to several regulators, including France’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), and the European Securities […]

Truth Social’s parent firm is terminating a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency treasury agreement with Crypto.com (CRO) to streamline operations around its main platform and an energy partnership. Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), Crypto.com and the special purpose acquisition company Yorkville Acquisition Corp have all agreed to abandon plans for a CRO treasury venture announced in Q2 […]

At 7:56 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Following Bitcoin’s chain split at block height 961632, BIP-110-aligned mining pool Roughnecks managed to squeeze out a second block at height 961633, while the main chain has already left it in the dust at 961651. After two years of bitter bickering, Bitcoin has blown past the BIP-110 signaling line […]

Shiba Inu’s surge in outflows certainly creates a possibility of a rapid price dive.

… cryptocurrency transactions, sanctions evasion and money laundering on behalf of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and other groups …

The spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds registered their third-strongest showing since October as institutional demand showed signs of renewed momentum.

A Georgia man has been arrested after allegedly impersonating a bank employee and tricking a Connecticut business into handing over $50,000. Junior Astre, 41, of Loganville, Georgia, faces charges including first-degree identity theft, second-degree money laundering, first-degree larceny, criminal impersonation and second-degree telephone fraud, reports CT Insider. The case began in June 2025 when a […]

Bitcoin’s 30-day implied volatility has declined to 36%, reaching a long-term support level last observed in May 2026, according to data cited by Crypto Economy. The asset has traded in a narrow range below $65,000 for seven consecutive sessions, with maximum daily price movement recorded at 1.18%. Price registered at $64,739.1 on August 6, reflecting […]

XRPL has released version 3.3.0, which takes another step toward becoming infrastructure for institutional tokenization. It introduces several proposed amendments focused on privacy, payments, and managing real-world assets (RWAs). Confidential Transfers Perhaps the most significant new feature is called Confidential Transfer. It’s designed to allow institutions to hide balances and transaction amounts for Multi-Purpose Tokens […]

Ripple says the regulatory groundwork for its European crypto business is now in place, shifting its focus from winning approvals to scaling. The push follows full MiCA authorization as Europe tightens rules for crypto service providers. Ripple Declares Europe Ready for Its Next Phase Ripple said in an Aug. 5, 2026, insight that the regulatory […]

Trading support has been disabled for five crypto tokens on major crypto exchange Coinbase at the start of August.

The deployment milestone tests whether enforcing nodes can sustain the change amid limited miner signaling and discussion of a hard-fork fallback.

The incident highlights persistent lapses in security plaguing the largely unregulated cryptocurrency industry. … The cryptocurrency firm has since …

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin’s BIP110 Moment: Three Possible Scenarios Author’s note: In my view BIP110 is both useless and harmful, and I do expect it to fail (see scenario 1). Despite this I tried to write this article as factually as I could, entertaining different possible scenarios, as I do hope it may provide some clarity […]

John Reed Stark, a former official at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), warned that the rapid advancement of quantum computing poses a critical “ticking clock” problem for the cryptocurrency market. According to the former SEC attorney, progress in this technology threatens to breach the cryptographic pillars that underpin the security of decentralized networks […]

Ever since bitcoin started plunging real hard at the start of the new year and dumped to and eventually below $60,000, analysts have been focused on trying to determine where the bottom is. As usual, they are split into two camps: two who believe another crash is coming, and the optimists indicating that the worst […]