BitMEX hit with 623 BTC lawsuit on day it announces shutdown
The proposed class action alleges BitMEX used privileged trading access and server freezes to profit from forced liquidations.
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Bitcoin holds near $65,000 as $800 billion AI selloff leaves crypto largely untouched
Bitcoin held near $65,000 in Asia morning hours on Friday, barely moving while nearly $800 billion evaporated from the biggest U.S. technology stocks - a rare stretch of independence for an asset that…
Robinhood CEO X Hack: Fake $VLAD Token Yields $1.2M in $22M Trading Frenzy
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenevâs X account was hacked and used to shill the fraudulent memecoin named Vladhood (VLAD).
Dem senator calls GOP’s CLARITY ethics proposal a ‘piece of shit’: Politico
On Wednesday, Senate Republicans released the proposed text for the CLARITY Act, which has been met with pushback from Democrats regarding ethics provisions.
BitMEX delists 65 trading pairs, derivatives in July amid exchange shutdown
BitMEX will have removed 65 derivative contracts and trading pairs in July, compared with just 19 across the first six months of the year.
SEC sets September talks on move toward 24-hour stock trading
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is set to host a public roundtable in September to discuss moving toward 24-hour trading in US equity markets.
Black Forest Labs Unveils FLUX 3 AI: Ditches Stills for Video—And Robot Hands
Black Forest Labs released FLUX 3 on Thursday, and for the first time, the company’s flagship model generates video instead of just still images. The German AI lab, known for the FLUX line of image ge…
Goldman Sachs CEO Breaks With Wall Street to Back Crypto Clarity Act
Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon has come out in favor of the Clarity Act, positioning one of Wall Street's biggest banks apart from much of the industry as the crypto market-structure bil…
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's X Account Hacked to Shill Fake 'Vladhood' Token
Robinhood's communications team said Thursday that CEO Vlad Tenev's X account was briefly taken over by attackers who used it to promote a fraudulent meme coin, the latest scam to piggyback on the bro…
Bitcoin Indicators Flag Best Entry Point for Long-Term Investors
Long-term Bitcoin investors are now primed for accumulation as the Bitcoin Sharpe Ratio and the 200-week SMA are indicating final capitulation phases.
Coinbase lets businesses accept USDC payments from AI agents
Coinbase is expanding its push into AI-powered finance, enabling businesses to accept USDC payments from autonomous AI agents as part of a broader expansion of its payment, trading and developer tools…
Bitcoin slides below $65K as Iran conflict fuels $100 oil and bond-yield surge
Bitcoin price forecasts diverge as US-Iran war tensions fueled an ongoing oil and bond-market surge, while July Fed rate-hike odds neared 40%.
As BitMEX exits, analysts warn crypto consolidation is accelerating
BitMEX’s shutdown marks the end of one of crypto’s earliest derivatives exchanges as analysts point to rising regulatory costs, market concentration and the shift toward licensed trading venues.
Clarity Act expected to miss its window before Congress' summer break, leadership says
Industry and congressional negotiators working on crypto market structure legislation had focused on August 7 as the day that the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act needed to get done if it were to have…
Crypto industry to contribute $55B to US economy in 2026: NCA study
The research released by the organization said that crypto companies will directly or indirectly lead to 232,000 jobs across the entire US economy in 2026.
Nasdaq-Listed Zhibao Wants a Bitcoin Treasury, Plans to Sell $220M in Stock for BTC
Zhibao Technology Inc., a Nasdaq-listed Shanghai-based company that sells digital insurance products in China, announced Wednesday that it has signed a non-binding term sheet to receive roughly 3,500 …
TRX Price Eyes $0.45 as TRON’s Stablecoin Activity Rivals Solana
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Ripple Launches Ripple Mint for Institutional RLUSD Stablecoin Management
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Goldman Sachs CEO backs ‘not perfect’ CLARITY Act as vote expected soon
Goldman chief David Solomon will support the crypto market structure bill now in Congress, even as financial companies and banks are hesitant over provisions on stablecoins.
SEC Plans Roundtable Meeting for 24-Hour Stock Trading Just Like Crypto
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Gemini sent $10M in Bitcoin to Trump PAC after joint motion with CFTC
The Bitcoin donation can be used to support Donald Trump as a New York court considers whether to reverse a $5 million settlement between the CFTC and Gemini.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's X account hacked to promote token amid memecoin frenzy
Robinhood (HOOD) CEO Vlad Tenev's X account was compromised on Thursday and used to promote a fake memecoin as traders have piled into tokens on the brokerage's recently-launched blockchain network.
Brazilian Farmers Are Tokenizing Cows to Get Farm Loans—And It's Working
Ten cows on a dairy farm in Paraná, Brazil, just became the first livestock collateral formally registered on the country's stock exchange. The deal—backed by blockchain-tracked animals wearing AI-pow…
Coinbase's corporate customers can now accept payments from AI agents
U.S.-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) has moved to close what it sees as gaps in the AI agentic economy, stitching together ways for businesses to be paid by agents, while better accommo…