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Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal steps down, remains in advisory role
Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal joined the firm in mid-2020 to lead its legal, compliance and government rel…
Circle Brings Native EURC To Base As MiCA Gives Euro Stablecoins A Clearer Lane
Circle’s EURC launch on Base is a small but important stablecoin infrastructure move. It brings a native euro-denom…
Stripe-owned Privy and Jito co-develop Solana transaction inclusion tool FullSend
FullSend works by automatically routing every transaction signed in a Privy wallet directly to the current Solana blo…
CFTC Chair Selig warns regulators will end up ‘writing all the rules’ for crypto if Clarity Act stalls
CFTC Chair Michael Selig warned regulators may end up writing crypto rules if Congress fails to pass the Clarity Act.
BitGo introduces quantum protection for institutional Bitcoin wallets
Some experts have argued the greater risks posed by quantum computing revolve around a failure to implement new techn…
BitGo CEO says single-digit percentages of bitcoin’s supply are ‘probably right’ for large holders amid Strategy’s sale
BitGo CEO Mike Belshe said single-digit bitcoin ownership levels make sense for large holders like Strategy after its…
Swift launches blockchain ledger for tokenized deposit pilot with 17 banks
Swift launched a blockchain-based ledger that enables 17 banks to pilot 24/7 cross-border payments using tokenized de…
INTERPOL-led global fraud crackdown arrests over 5,800, uncovers crypto laundering network tied to $122.5 million wallet
The operation uncovered a crypto laundering network using cross-chain swaps to obscure funds, with one wallet process…
Russia’s Alfa Bank plans to launch digital depository to offer crypto services: report
The move aligns with similar announcements from other major Russian banks, amid the development of the country's cryp…
Sony Bank gets conditional OCC approval for US trust bank to issue dollar-backed stablecoin
The trust bank subsidiary, Connectia Trust, is expected to issue and manage a dollar-backed stablecoin, pending final…
Hyundai Card completes its first real-world stablecoin pilot with Avalanche, Tether
Visa and Circle will participate in Hyundai Card's second stablecoin PoC, which is set to begin later this month.
AscendEX crypto exchange shuts down, no assurance on user payouts
AscendEx announced on July 6 that its platform ceased operations effective July 1, citing regulatory, financial, and …
Sen. Wyden urges Senate leaders to preserve contested blockchain developer protections in broader crypto bill
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden is urging Senate leaders to ensure a provision protecting blockchain software developers re…
Binance Wallet adds Plume’s yield vault offering access to Invesco and Bitwise funds
Binance Wallet has added Plume's yield vault, giving users access to tokenized funds managed by Invesco and Bitwise.
‘Best course of action:’ DeFi dashboard Zapper to shut down after 7 years
Zapper, which started as a portfolio tracker, raised a $15 million Series A led by Framework Ventures in May 2021.
Cash App owner Block to pay $45 million after states say it made false security promises
Block Inc. has agreed to pay $45 million to settle allegations brought by regulators in nearly every U.S. state.
Paradigm raises $1.2 billion fourth fund, expanding beyond crypto into AI and robotics
Crypto venture firm Paradigm has raised its fourth fund, a $1.2 billion vehicle that will invest in crypto, AI, robot…
European Commission looks to expand MiCA to cover emergence of tokenization, non-EU stablecoin issuers: report
The European Commission is reportedly seeking comment from stakeholders on expanding MiCA rules until Sept. 30.
Cardano founding entity EMURGO steps down from Pentad governance role after wallet exploit
The exploit, which leveraged a flaw in the wallet's address generation system, drained roughly 16 million ADA worth a…
Ripple becomes Kansas Jayhawks sports sponsor with XRP patch to appear on jerseys
Besides the sports partnership, Ripple has committed to fund financial and technology education programs for student-…
Strategy’s 3,588 BTC sale puts future bitcoin selling in focus: analysts
Strategy sold 3,588 BTC last week, with CF Benchmarks suggesting continued sales would become a concern if they stop …
BNB Chain builds new Layer 1 for agentic trading, targets 2027 mainnet
BNB Chain is building a new Layer 1 for agentic trading with sub-50ms preconfirmation and no public mempool, targetin…
India central bank seeks to bar financial institutions from exposure to crypto assets: Reuters
India's central bank called for banks to be barred from crypto exposure as it reiterated support for tighter restrict…
Bitcoin ETFs draw $500M but weak demand leaves rebound exposed
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds drew nearly $500 million across the last two trading sessions, giving traders t…
Nigel Farage to quit UK Parliament, seek new mandate amid probes into crypto-linked gifts
Nigel Farage resigned as an MP amid two probes over gifts from Tether investor Christopher Harborne and convicted fra…
Tom Lee’s Bitmine adds $70 million worth of ETH to treasury: onchain analyst
Bitmine's most recent disclosure shows that it holds 5.74 million ETH, roughly 4.8% of Ethereum's circulating supply.
Federal judge denies Kalshi’s bid to block New York gambling law enforcement
The judge said New York gambling laws, as applied to Kalshi's sports-event contracts, are not preempted by the federa…
Ethereum is losing ownership of crypto payments as Base moves $565B in stablecoins
Visa's adjusted June data shows L2s competing for the dollar flows that could define crypto payments. The post Ethere…
Kraken wins $22 million arbitration against auditor Mazars for ditching the firm during Operation Choke Point 2.0
Payward sued its former auditor, Mazars, for abandoning a nearly complete audit during Operation Choke Point 2.0.
CFTC charges North Carolina man over alleged $14 million crypto, futures fraud
The CFTC charged a NC man and his company after the agency said he swindled about 60 people out of $14 million in a c…