Crypto Hacks Surged to $763M in Q2 2026 as Operational Failures Spike
Crypto attacks in Q2 accounted for over $763M in losses, with operational vulnerabilities being the single most common attack vector.
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AFX protocol reportedly loses $24M in bridge exploit
Offchain Labs said the incident involved a third-party protocol and did not affect Arbitrum’s native bridge infrastructure.
Key Democratic lawmakers say crypto Clarity Act 'falls short' on ethics, other issues
The newest draft of the crypto market structure bill "falls short" of where it needs to be on ethics and other provisions, a group of U.S. Senate Democrats said Wednesday.
Bitcoin Is Bouncing: Here’s the Bull and Bear Case for Its Next Move
The crypto market has been watching Bitcoin very carefully this week, and for once, what it found on the chart was at least partly reassuring.
Senator Lummis: Ethics, other provisions in crypto Clarity Act to be further discussed
The U.S. Senate's Digital Asset Market Clarity Act draft is still open to changes on a number of big-ticket items that include its government-ethics section, Senator Cynthia Lummis, one of the lead ne…
New Ethics Rule Bars President From Digital Asset Profits
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Crypto PAC pours $1M into Michigan Democratic primary race
Donavan McKinney, running against Michigan incumbent Shri Thanedar, said that “the crypto lobby is paying my opponent back for helping Trump“ with the PAC-funded ads.
SEC’s Peirce says crypto vaults and onchain lending may fall under securities laws
The SEC commissioner said crypto vaults, onchain lending products and other asset management tools may trigger US securities laws depending on how they are structured and operated.
Coinbase Wants to Be Canada's One-Stop Shop for Stocks, Crypto and Prediction Markets
Coinbase has a new pitch for Canada: stop thinking of the company as just a crypto exchange, and start seeing it as the only financial app the country needs.
ARB Price Eyes Recovery as Robinhood Chain Revenue and RWA Push Boost Arbitrum Ecosystem
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Tesla holds bitcoin treasury steady, reports $112M impairment loss
The electric vehicle maker reported an after-tax impairment loss of $112 million on its digital asset holdings, according to its latest earnings release. Tesla has neither bought nor sold any bitcoin …
APT Price Holds Near ATL as Aptos Ecosystem Expands Onchain Trading Capabilities
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Kraken Parent Company Makes Moves to Offer xStocks From Global Markets
Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, teamed up with global fintech GTN on Wednesday to push xStocks outside the U.S. market for the first time.
XRP Price Prediction For July 23
XRP is holding near the $1.13 on Friday, a level that has served as critical support for several weeks and remains the most important price point on the chart heading into the weekend.
S&P launches blockchain fundamentals index for digital assets
The benchmark tracks blockchain networks using protocol revenue, offering an alternative to traditional market capitalization-weighted crypto indexes.
Revolut hits $115 billion valuation in employee share sale: WSJ
Crypto-friendly digital bank Revolut has been valued at $115 billion in a secondary share sale, lifting the company’s valuation by 53% in less than a year.
US officials barred until 2029 from issuing or sponsoring tokens under CLARITY’s proposed ethics rules
Senate Republicans have released the proposed text for the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act, including language on ethics that would bar all US federal officials — including President Donald…
BitGo, OTC Markets plan tokenized securities access for broker-dealers
The proposed alliance would enable more than 150 broker-dealers to trade and settle digital asset securities through OTC Link ATS using BitGo’s custody infrastructure.
US Seizes More Than $25M in Crypto Tied to Investment and Romance Scams
U.S. prosecutors have seized more than $25 million in cryptocurrency tied to international scams that defrauded thousands of victims across the United States and Canada, the Justice Department said Tu…
Alibaba's New Qwen Image 3 AI Wants to Be Useful, Not Just Pretty
Alibaba's Qwen team launched Qwen Image 3.0 on Tuesday, and the pitch has nothing to do with how beautiful the output looks. It's about whether the output can actually be used at work.
Franklin Templeton Says Agentic AI Is Crypto's 'Killer Use Case'
Sandy Kaul, Head of Digital Assets and Innovation at Franklin Templeton, has a message for anyone who thinks buying Nvidia stock covers their AI exposure: It doesn't.
Matt Damon’s Crypto Links Stay Charitable as $33.8M Real Estate Portfolio Takes Center Stage
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New draft of Clarity Act is out, and it would impose limits on Trump's crypto empire
A would-be final version of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is circulating as the U.S. Senate sets up for its last major effort to get the crypto industry's long-awaited market structure bill int…
Politicians And Crypto Leaders Clash Over Newly Released CLARITY Act Text
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