Raw News Items
20 itemsJuly 5, 2026
- Cointelegraph
Dubai tops Asian crypto hubs, India isolates banks from crypto: Asia Express
Japan's SBI Crypto shuts down 12th largest Bitcoin mining pool in the world, Russia gears up to launch digital ruble despite EU sanctions, and more: Asia Express.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Why Binance’s reported $2B Mesh investment could decide who controls stablecoin payments
Binance's reported move to lead a new Mesh funding round puts a strategic price on the payment routes stablecoins need to leave exchanges, wallets, and trading venues. A July 2 Axios Pro report said Binance is set to lead a Mesh round valuing the crypto payments company at up to $2 billion. Mesh ann...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Crypto hacks hit a record count but the biggest threat isn’t smart contracts
Crypto hack counts just set a record. The warning in TRM Labs' latest data is where the money is actually being lost. In its H1 2026 crypto hack review, TRM Labs said attackers carried out 207 separate hacks in the first half of the year, the most the firm has recorded in any six-month period. Yet t...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Binance outflows triple to $1.2B as ETH withdrawals hit 3-year high
Binance recorded $1.23 billion in weekly net outflows, up 207% from the previous week, as Ethereum withdrawals surged to a three-year high.
- The BlockScore: 85
Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum’s next rebuild will rival the Merge, and take three to four years
He said quantum safety has "shifted up a LOT in priority" and that Hegota, slated for later this year, will likely be Ethereum's last "pre-Lean" hard fork.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Vitalik Buterin shares top priorities for new 'Lean Ethereum' strawmap
Part of the Ethereum Foundation’s plan to make Ethereum more private and scalable is to introduce a new virtual machine, with leanISA and RISC-V among the top candidates.
- DecryptScore: 75
Fake Mac Clipboard App Delivers New Password-Stealing Malware
A new Mac infostealer dubbed PamStealer impersonates the open-source Maccy clipboard manager to steal passwords and more.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Funds are buying crypto stocks. Are they exposed to less risk — or more?
Cathie Wood's ARK Invest bought roughly $77 million of crypto stocks in June, adding $44 million of Coinbase (COIN), $25.25 million of Circle (CRCL), and $8.2 million of Bullish (BLSH) during Bitcoin's worst month in four years, according to ARK's daily trade disclosures. The purchases extend a thes...
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Moonbeam to pivot from Polkadot to Base, unveils AI agent framework
Moonbeam didn’t provide a timeline for when it would launch the AI agent platform but told GLMR holders to bridge their tokens from the Polkadot parachain to Base before July 31.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
South Africa proposes crypto tax rules under existing tax framework
South Africa’s tax authority proposed draft guidance clarifying how crypto assets are taxed under existing income and capital gains tax rules, seeking public input until Aug. 31.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Banks have stopped asking if stablecoins belong in finance, now they're considering how
Financial institutions are racing to become the secure gateways for stablecoins as digital asset volume is projected to explode by 2030.
- The BlockScore: 65
Nigel Farage failed to declare funding from crypto gambling figure convicted of fraud: Sunday Times
Farage already faces a parliamentary standards investigation over an undisclosed £5 million gift from Tether stakeholder Christopher Harborne.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Kalshi and prediction market sector embroiled in mixed bag of legal fights across U.S.
Some of the many battles with state gaming regulators aren't going well for the industry at the moment, but it isn't without its would-be government protectors.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Americans traded $571 million on Polymarket politic bets despite U.S. ban
U.S.-linked wallets traded $571 million in political contracts over the past year, more than any other country, even though the platform legally cannot serve them. The money leans toward the foreign-conflict markets U.S. venues do not list.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bitcoin nears $63.5K into weekly close as trader warns of 'terrible' Monday
Bitcoin reached its highest levels in nearly a fortnight over the weekend, but BTC price action faced an "absolutely terrible" Monday track record.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Clarity and Congress's summer break: State of Crypto
All parties are still optimistic that Clarity can happen before the midterms, but time is really starting to run out.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
The $124 trillion Boomer wealth transfer could change crypto forever
The next leg of crypto adoption may already be taking shape in estate planning offices instead of on trading floors or in congressional hearing rooms. Analysts have spent a decade modeling adoption through ETF approvals, halving cycles, interest rates, and regulatory milestones. But one of the most ...
- CryptoSlateScore: 30
The death of the crypto startup: RIP 2017 – 2026
In 2017, a handful of developers with a whitepaper and a GitHub repository could launch a token or a crypto startup in a matter of days. Capital requirements were low, licensing was either non-existent or seen as an afterthought, and a compelling idea was usually enough to draw thousands of retail b...
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Collateral, not yield, will decide which stablecoins win
As yield-bearing stablecoins race toward a $50 billion market capitalization, the industry is optimizing for the wrong metric, argues Artem Tolkachev, chief RWA officer at Falcon Finance.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Barstool's Portnoy plans to hold bitcoin down to zero after timing it wrong every time
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said he will hold bitcoin all the way down to zero after buying near $100,000.