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Payward gains access to Claude Mythos 5, Anthropic's frontier cybersecurity model, to hunt vulnerabilities across Kraken's exchange infrastructure — the first crypto firm in the program.
World Liberty Financial won conditional approval to operate as World Liberty Trust Company, clearing the way for USD1 stablecoin issuance and digital asset custody — amid ethics objections from Senate Democrats.
The Treasury Department issued its first major proposal to implement the GENIUS Act, defining what it means to issue U.S. stablecoins and who must follow the rules, with a 60-day public comment window now open.
Pre-IPO perpetual contracts for Chinese robotics maker Unitree traded near $93 on Hyperliquid, four times its $22.37 Shanghai IPO price — a premium that could trigger liquidations when shares debut.
Russia, the world's second-largest Bitcoin mining power, banned crypto mining in Moscow and parts of Kursk through Dec. 31, 2032 under a government decree aimed at preserving power grid stability.
President Donald Trump is expected to attend a Wednesday White House gathering of crypto, prediction market and AI executives, a prelude to the CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee's inaugural Thursday meeting.
UBS reported call options on 1.95 million underlying IBIT shares as of June 30, up from 80,000 a quarter earlier, as direct holdings also rose 12% to 407,890 shares.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted World Liberty Trust Co. preliminary conditional approval to operate as a national trust bank and take over issuance of the USD1 stablecoin.
Bitcoin's network hash rate reached a record 520 exahashes per second in August 2026, signaling unprecedented computational power securing the network despite regulatory challenges and market volatility.
The Ethereum Foundation announced the formal launch of development for EIP-8361, a proposal implementing tapered ETH issuance to address staking saturation and improve long-term economic sustainability.
OpenAI announced expanded cryptocurrency integration with a new on-chain payment protocol enabling autonomous AI agents to execute transactions directly on Ethereum, Solana, and Base networks without human intermediaries.
Bitcoin mining revenue reached $2.8 billion in Q3 2026, up 23% from the previous quarter, driven by rising transaction fees and sustained hash rate growth despite network difficulty hitting new all-time highs.
The breakaway BIP-110 chain has produced only two blocks since splitting from Bitcoin on Saturday and is now estimated to be over six years from its next difficulty adjustment, effectively cementing the fork's collapse.
Bitcoin slipped below $65,000 for a fourth consecutive day while whale wallets added $1.5 billion in BTC. Analysts see $70,000 as the key level that could shift sentiment as U.S. inflation data looms Wednesday.
The Bitcoin payment processor is offering up to 3 BTC for information leading to recovery of stolen funds, as the AI-powered Bitcoin Red Team continues to expose vulnerabilities across the ecosystem.
The crypto asset manager asked the SEC to drop three altcoin ETF registration statements, citing no intention to proceed. The affected tokens have lost 35-54% year-to-date.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will vote this week on launching its first formal crypto rulemaking, creating a tailored offering regime for digital assets after the Senate failed to advance the Clarity Act.
The breakaway Bitcoin chain from the BIP-110 user-activated soft fork attempt produced just two blocks in eight hours before effectively grinding to a halt, inheriting Bitcoin's full mining difficulty with a tiny fraction of its hashpower.
Bitcoin held above $65,000 over the weekend with $853 million in spot ETF inflows last week, the strongest since April. All eyes turn to US inflation data due this week.
BTCPay Server warned users running LND to update immediately or take servers offline after attackers exploited a vulnerability to steal credentials controlling Lightning wallets and move funds.
An industry-wide reckoning is weeding out unsustainable crypto startups. More than 100 projects have shut down this year, leaving behind only protocols with real cash flow and actual users.
The Senate left for recess without holding a procedural vote on the Clarity Act, delaying the market-structure legislation until at least September. The crypto industry expressed frustration despite procedural steps that keep the bill alive.
The mandatory signaling window for BIP-110 has begun at block 961,632, but miner support remains near 2.5%. Proponents are pushing it as a user-activated soft fork, setting up a potential chain split scenario.
The U.S. economy shed 23,000 jobs in July — the first negative print since the pandemic recovery. Fed rate hike odds dropped sharply, but Bitcoin remains trapped below key moving averages.
A critical vulnerability in BTCPay Server exposed Lightning node credentials, allowing attackers to drain funds from merchants and publishers. The flaw was found by the AI-powered Bitcoin Red Team before attackers began exploiting it.
The U.S. Senate has begun the first procedural stage of voting on the Clarity Act, giving the market-structure bill a chance next month. XRP continues to underperform as regulatory uncertainty persists.
The $1.9 trillion asset manager says including established memecoins like Dogecoin in its actively managed crypto ETF is a deliberate strategy, not speculation — calling memecoin seasons a blockchain stress test.
The prediction market will replace instant price snapshots with time-weighted averages after researchers identified 821 accounts profiting from last-second price manipulation on Binance.
The first negative jobs print since February caught markets by surprise. Bitcoin barely moved, but the probability of a September Fed rate hike dropped sharply.
The Treasury's OFAC designated two more crypto exchanges tied to Iran's sanctions evasion network, intensifying a campaign that has now hit at least six platforms in 2026.