Bitcoin finished July on a strong note before losing momentum at the start of August with two straight daily closes below $63,000. The decline has raised fresh caution even as blockchain data points to steady buying around current price levels. That buying activity became clearer in recent on-chain data, which shows roughly 155,000 BTC moved […]

Bitcoin Magazine Hyperscale Trims Bitcoin Holdings, Still Sits on $61M Stack After upping its Bitcoin holdings in July, NYSE-listed Hyperscale Data, Inc. on Tuesday announced a sale last week.  The company reported holding 958.5352 Bitcoin as of August 2, worth over $61 million at today’s prices. The company’s holdings sit across its subsidiaries Sentinum, Inc. […]

Bitcoin built on $64,000 as hopes of the Strait of Hormuz reopening to oil traffic sent the S&P 500 index to a record $70 trillion market cap.

Michael Saylor told the backers of a contested Bitcoin proposal to “stand down” this week, days before a deadline that could split the network in two. Saylor has rejected BIP-110 on several occasions in recent times. On Tuesday, the Strategy executive chairman posted the message on X on Aug. 4, stating: “At 961,022, BIP-110 has […]

The SEC’s case against Ripple remains one of the defining moments of his tenure and a lasting chapter in crypto history.

Bybit Payments GmbH has been granted an electronic money institution licence in Austria, giving Bybit a second regulated entity alongside its MiCA-authorised crypto business. The two companies will keep separate capital and safeguarding obligations while customers access both through a single Bybit.eu account. Regulation, Not Branding, Drives the Split Bybit EU GmbH has held MiCA […]

A judge found probable cause to move forward with the case of an FBI agent's alleged cryptocurrency theft. News4's Paul Wagner reports. A …

The share of decentralized exchanges in spot trading volume reached 24% of centralized exchange volume in July 2026. The metric, calculated by Crypto Economy using the top 30 DEXs from DefiLlarma against the highest-volume CEX group, marks the highest level since records began in 2019. The sector has interpreted this figure as validation of the decentralized […]

TL;DR: Infrastructure transfer: BitGo designated Chainlink CCIP as the exclusive cross-chain provider for WBTC, backed by $7.7 billion in value. Technical substitution: Chainlink formally replaces LayerZero as the default architecture for the wrapped token and future digital assets issued by BitGo. Network metrics: Chainlink’s infrastructure secures over $110 billion in DeFi applications and has processed […]

I’ve watched Cloudflare block bots from sites I run for years now, Turnstile challenges, bot-fight mode, the whole apparatus built to keep automated traffic out. So when I read that Cloudflare just announced Cloudflare Wallets, a stablecoin-based payment system built specifically for AI agents, along with a companion identity tool called cloudflare.pay, I had to […]

Bitcoin Magazine Nearly $32 Million in ‘Dormant’ Bitcoin Moves After Coldcard Hack Reaches Estimated $130M  The whales are on the move. An O.G. Bitcoin address holding 500 coins — worth $31.8 million at today’s prices — shifted its stash on Tuesday after not budging for 12 years.  Blockchain data shows that the legacy Bitcoin address […]

Capital One is pushing back against claims of political bias in a federal lawsuit by seeking dismissal of the case tied to its 2021 closures of Trump Organization accounts. The bank attributes those actions to months of internal analysis by its anti-money laundering specialists following standard policies and regulatory requirements, reports The Hill. Attorneys for […]

The custody giant is expanding beyond safekeeping by adding staking services, allowing eligible institutional clients to earn yield on proof-of-stake assets.

US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal have sent a letter to SEC Chair Paul Atkins asking the agency to investigate President Donald Trump’s meme coin, arguing it may have facilitated fraud or unlawful enrichment at the expense of retail investors. The lawmakers cited reports showing that nearly a million investors collectively lost over $3.8 […]

Bitcoin ETFs attracted $170.09 million at the start of the week, with seven funds recording gains and none reporting an outflow. Ether products lost $11.42 million, while XRP edged higher and HYPE resumed its decline. Blackrock Drives Nearly Two-Thirds of $170M Bitcoin Inflow Fresh August allocations arrived quickly. Investors directed more than $170 million into […]

Cryptocurrency market is not witnessing more volatility, fresh investors or high liquidity.

… cryptocurrency from digital accounts tied to a suspect. Yaroch reportedly said the situation was "eating him up inside" and wanted to get it "off …

A financial software provider is preparing to distribute millions of dollars to consumers impacted by a data security incident. The company has agreed to the $5.5 million class action resolution in federal court, reports Claim Depot. The underlying lawsuit alleged inadequate protection of sensitive files at Doxim Inc., a Michigan-based third-party service provider serving credit […]

Illinois residents are pursuing a massive class-action lawsuit against Apple over facial recognition features in the Photos app. The case alleges unauthorized collection of biometric data from users’ photos, reports AppleInsider. Plaintiffs claim the app scans faces to generate unique identifiers that help organize images and identify device owners. These identifiers are stored locally on […]

Ethereum’s layer‑2 ecosystem carries a technical contradiction seldom addressed directly. Rollups are presented as scalability solutions that inherit the security of the base layer, yet most operate with a centralized sequencer that introduces a single point of trust. A sole operator decides transaction order, can censor addresses and captures the extractable value generated on the network. Users […]

Bitcoin Magazine Republicans Continue To Blame Democrats Over Stalled Crypto Clarity Act  Republicans continue to criticize Democrats for dragging their feet when it comes to the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act.  Speaking to Fox News on Tuesday, Senator Bill Hagerty said that the U.S. could not afford to fall behind the rest of the world with […]

In a July 8 meeting, US and UK regulators highlighted the implementation of the GENIUS Act, payment modernization and cross-border cooperation, reinforcing a shared framework for digital asset oversight.

Bitdeer has signed a 16-year agreement to provide 121 megawatts of AI computing capacity at its Tydal campus in Norway. The contract could generate as much as $8 billion if an eight-year extension is exercised. Bitdeer Secures 121 MW AI Contract at Norway Campus Bitdeer Technologies shares surged 12% on Tuesday, Aug. 4, after the […]

US financial regulators have delivered the largest civil penalty ever assessed against a broker-dealer for anti-money laundering rule breaches. The U.S. ?Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has fined UBS Financial Services $125 million for willful Bank Secrecy Act violations linked to inadequate oversight of foreign currency wires, reports Reuters. Authorities say […]

Just a few days after admitting to a key vulnerability that left millions and millions worth of BTC in jeopardy, the team behind the self-proclaimed ‘best bitcoin hardware wallet’ published a key message urging users to migrate their funds. Coldcard’s official X account informed customers that they should “treat this as urgent” and move their […]

Shiba Inu might be in a better spot than it seems at the first glance, despite the most recent shot sell-off.

… cryptocurrency markets. The 76.6% drawdown experienced by Bitcoin in 2022 illustrates the core problem: an investor who experiences a 76% loss …

The first US-Japan joint yen intervention in 28 years came amid record bond yields and worries about the yen carry trade.

Bitcoin Magazine FBI Agent Accused of $1 Million Crypto Theft From ‘Adversarial Nation’  A Federal Bureau of Investigation agent allegedly took $1 million in seized cryptocurrencies before turning himself in, according to court records.  Documents unsealed this week allege Patrick Steven Yaroch, who was a FBI Supervisory Special Agent working at the FBI Headquarters Counterintelligence […]

A coalition of US states have filed suit against the Trump administration over broad new tariffs covering imports from roughly 60 economies. The lawsuit targets the latest round of levies imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, reports Bloomberg. States including Oregon, New York and California argue the duties are arbitrary and […]

TL;DR: Paytaca introduced a self-custodial NFC payment card powered by smart contracts during the Cash 3.0 conference. The zk-SNARK-based privacy solution is currently operational only on the blockchain’s Chipnet testnet. The Directional Indicator (-DI) recorded a level of 19.49 against a (+DI) of 16.23 on the daily price chart. Following the Cash 3.0 conference held […]

Crypto infrastructure firm Bitgo is replacing Layerzero with Chainlink as the exclusive cross-chain infrastructure provider for wrapped bitcoin (WBTC), marking a major change in how the $7.7 billion token will move across blockchain networks. The crypto company said on Tuesday all future Bitgo-issued digital assets will also use Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, or CCIP, by […]