The simultaneous endorsements from BlackRock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs, and SoFi for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act do not represent a victory for the crypto-asset sector. They constitute a warning signal. The legislation, presented under the argument of providing clear rules of the road, actually functions as a regulatory capture mechanism that transfers […]

TL;DR: The Claude Mythos Preview model from Anthropic identified an attack that accelerates the breaking of reduced seven-round versions of the AES algorithm by 200 to 1,000 times.  The artificial intelligence tool halved the key strength in HAWK, a candidate signature scheme for NIST’s post-quantum standardization.  The Bitcoin network currently uses the ECDSA elliptic curve […]

More than 60 cryptocurrency companies, blockchains, and decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols shut down or filed for bankruptcy between January and July 2026, a pace that accelerated sharply in the final weeks of July. The past several months have exposed the part of the crypto industry that rarely gets attention during bull markets. Since bitcoin retreated […]

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Minnesota from enforcing a first-of-its-kind law that would have prohibited prediction markets in the state. The latest decision hands a temporary legal victory to Kalshi, Polymarket, and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Early Court Victory According to Reuters, US District Judge Katherine Menendez granted a preliminary injunction […]

Dogecoin co-founder Billy Markus reveals DOGE purchase that tops everything else.

TL;DR Jersey Mike’s, the American fast-casual sub sandwich company with more than 3,300 stores across the US and Canada, has filed to go public on the NYSE under the ticker JMKE. For the first time, eligible US Kraken customers can also submit interest in real, book-entry Jersey Mike’s shares (JMKE). Eligible Kraken customers outside the […]

Cryptocurrency, however, raises an obvious question: what happens when an asset worth $250,000 at separation is worth $1 million by trial, or worth …

July 28th, 2026 – New York, United States class=”ql-align-center”>BitSafe has released infrastructure for builders launching decentralized financial applications on Canton Network. Backed by a Canton Foundation Development Fund grant of over $1 million (8,500,000 $CC), BitSafe today opened the public beta of Decentralization Manager, an open-sourced framework allowing apps and institutions to build resilient products […]

Small businesses are suing the Trump administration over newly enacted tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act. These challenges target duties of 10 percent or 12.5 percent on goods from more than 60 countries, reports Axios. The tariffs took effect after temporary Section 122 measures lapsed last week and aim to address concerns over […]

RL1 began operations as a member-owned blockchain cooperative backed by 10 European financial institutions, including ABN AMRO, DekaBank and Natixis CIB.

Institutional participation continued lifting Ethereum staking to record levels even as staking yields became increasingly dependent on token issuance rather than transaction fees. Protocol upgrades reduced transaction costs and expanded network capacity, allowing activity to grow while revenue across major chains declined. Avalanche and Solana demonstrated that stronger network usage does not necessarily translate into […]

James argued the proposed federal crypto framework would reduce states’ ability to investigate fraud and protect investors. The attorney general urged tougher compliance rules, stronger market monitoring and greater liability for platforms that fail customers. She also called for tighter ethics rules for public officials and restrictions on untraceable digital assets. New York Attorney General […]

Emirates has launched Crypto.com Pay on its website and mobile app, giving eligible UAE residents a new way to pay for flights priced and settled in Emirati dirhams. The rollout allows customers with a Crypto.com account to select the payment service during checkout on emirates.com or through the Emirates App. Transactions are processed through Crypto.com’s […]

TL;DR: Crypto.com Custody integrated XYO and XL1 tokens for institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals. The infrastructure utilizes user-segregated Multi-Party Computation (MPC) wallets and cold storage. $XL1 secured its first key exchange listing after finalizing its public token sale. On Monday, Crypto.com announced the integration of the decentralized XYO network into its institutional custody service. With […]

PayPal offsets an $81 million crypto loss with an EPS beat and $486 billion in payment volume, holding steady amid rumors of a $53 billion Stripe acquisition.

Funding USDC deposits and withdrawals via Injective are now live. Deposit link below. Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits made using other networks will be lost. Injective on Kraken About USDC USDC is a fully reserved digital dollar stablecoin issued by Circle, backed 1:1 by US dollar reserves held […]

Bitfarms, Galaxy Digital, HIVE Digital Technologies, Digi Power X, Soluna, ZenaTech, and Greenidge Generation are the seven Cryptocurrency stocks …

Crypto critic Ben McKenzie has urged Congress to block the CLARITY Act due to President Trump’s financial ties to the digital asset industry. McKenzie joined Senate Democrats like Richard Blumenthal and Chris Van Hollen at a Capitol Hill anti-corruption forum on Monday to lobby against the bill. Trump Crypto Concerns The actor argued that lawmakers […]

Three users allege a fake Sparrow Wallet app on Apple’s App Store drained their Bitcoin holdings, with losses totaling more than $1.8 million.

Check Point published an analysis on Sunday of SparkKitty, a cross-platform stealer that reached Apple’s App Store and Google Play, then scanned users’ photo libraries for wallet recovery phrases. The malware is not new: Check Point credits Kaspersky with discovering it in early 2024 and detailing it publicly in June 2025, and describes it as […]

U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez blocked Minnesota from enforcing the first state felony ban on prediction markets days before its Aug. 1 start. The ruling gives Kalshi and Polymarket US broad temporary protection, even as the judge found that entertainment and other contracts may fall outside federal swap regulation. A broad injunction built on a […]

Flare CEO Hugo Philion targets Bitcoin for FBTC integration following a 150 million FXRP surge.

Funding PYUSD deposits and withdrawals via Stellar are now live. Deposit link below. Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits made using other networks will be lost. Stellar on Kraken Stellar Stellar is an open-source blockchain built for payments. Transactions settle in roughly five seconds and network fees typically cost […]

The sole purpose is to convince the victim to wire money to a subject-controlled bank account or, in some cases, send funds to a cryptocurrency …

For decades, SWIFT has served as the backbone of international banking. Financial institutions in more than 200 countries rely on the network to exchange payment instructions and coordinate cross-border transactions. Few financial systems have achieved the same global reach or institutional trust. Business expectations, however, have changed. Companies now operate across multiple jurisdictions, digital commerce […]

TL;DR Regional Proposal: CZ backed Crypto License Passporting to let firms licensed in one ASEAN market enter others through simplified approvals, reducing duplication and easing regional expansion. Existing Models: The ACMF’s cross-border fund and adviser frameworks show how streamlined authorization could support Crypto Passporting without requiring full relicensing. Market Impact: Zhao said Crypto License Passporting […]

I’ve walked past a Bitcoin ATM in a gas station parking lot more times than I can count without ever using one, and I always assumed they’d just keep multiplying quietly in the background. They didn’t. In the span of just 68 days this year, more than 10,000 of them disappeared from the map entirely, […]

Pseudonymous trader CrediBULL Crypto is calling for Ethereum (ETH) to reach $20,000 or higher, repeating a target he first laid out three weeks ago when the token was trading near $1,500. According to him, Ethereum is finishing a multi-year base against Bitcoin (BTC) and is about to enter its first bull run since 2017. The […]

The new system marks an apparent departure from the institution-focused layer-1 blockchain Ondo announced in 2025.

Nvidia has surrendered its position as the biggest American company by market capitalization back to Apple after its stock price fell sharply. The decline unfolded amid widespread weakness across AI chip stocks, reports the Wall Street Journal. Every stock in the PHLX Semiconductor Index finished below its 50-day moving average for the first time since […]

Zimbabwean regulator approved seven fintech solutions to test their products under its supervised regulatory sandbox framework. The selected cohort includes blockchain platforms, synthetic trading, crowdfunding, and tokenization services. Controlled Environment for Innovation The Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SECZ) has announced the approval of seven financial technology, or fintech, solutions to participate in its […]

Ondo Finance launched the Ondo Network on Monday, an execution layer that runs application code inside hardware enclaves and settles asset transfers on a public blockchain. The network replaces Ondo Chain, the proof-of-stake Layer 1 Ondo announced in February 2025 and never launched. Ondo Perps is the first application on it, and Ondo’s protocol holds […]