Raw News Items
74 itemsJuly 10, 2026
- The BlockScore: 85
DOJ to drop charges against man accused in $722 million BitClub crypto Ponzi scheme: Bloomberg
A former contestant on 'The Apprentice' is one of the persons urging the DOJ to drop the charges, the report said.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Hackers tried to backdoor Injective npm package to steal wallet keys
The incident is significant for developers and applications that handle Injective wallet workflows, Socket researchers said.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
A $293 billion fight over Satoshi’s Bitcoin just got a lot more complicated
A lawsuit seeking legal ownership of long-dormant Bitcoin addresses, including wallets tied by researchers to Bitcoin’s earliest mining era, has narrowed after the plaintiffs dropped 44 defendants that moved funds after the case was filed. The July 7 voluntary discontinuance removes only a small sli...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
USDC issuer Circle wins final approval for US national trust bank charter
Circle announces it received final OCC approval for a national trust bank that will initially serve the company and affiliates, with possible future custody services for institutional clients.
- The BlockScore: 85
Stablecoin firm Circle wins final OCC approval to open national trust bank
Circle wins final OCC approval for First National Digital Currency Bank, with USDC reserve management planned for a later phase.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
SEC could start writing crypto rules before the Senate votes on CLARITY
Three SEC crypto proposals are now penciled in for July, covering token offerings, broker-dealer custody and trading venues. The agency could start writing the rules before the Senate even decides whether to take up the CLARITY Act. Earlier this week, SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the agency’s 2026 reg...
- DecryptScore: 85
Circle Stock Jumps as Stablecoin Issuer Wins Final Federal Banking Charter Approval
Circle secured final OCC approval to establish a national trust bank, shifting its $73.2 billion stablecoin to a unified federal framework.
- DecryptScore: 85
Trump Won't Sign Housing Bill With CBDC Ban—Will It Become Law Tonight Anyway?
Unless President Trump vetoes the bill, it will become law at midnight, banning the Federal Reserve from developing a CBDC until 2031.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
AscendEX shuts down after MiCA miss and warns some withdrawals may not be processed
AscendEX shut down on July 1, leaving some customers unsure whether they will recover their funds. The exchange said in a July 6 notice that it does not hold authorization under the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets framework. It also cited financial and operational pressures, including a fa...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
US CBDC ban to go into effect without Trump signoff on housing bill
Donald Trump confirmed on social media that he would not sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which includes a ban on a US CBDC until the end of 2030, setting the stage for the bill to become law on Saturday.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Senate Democrats call for hearings into Trump’s ties to crypto amid CLARITY Act discussions
Five senators called for committee hearings to investigate US President Donald Trump’s policies potentially being influenced by crypto funding from United Arab Emirates-linked and other entities.
- The BlockScore: 80
North Carolina passes bill recognizing CFTC preemption over prediction markets
North Carolina's new law taxes prediction market platforms at 6% of their net trading fee revenue that is attributable to North Carolina residents.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Live markets: Bitcoin ETFs bleed again while ether funds snap a five-day inflow streak
Spot bitcoin funds lost about $95 million on Thursday and ether funds roughly $52 million, ending the one bright spot in crypto's institutional flows even as prices rallied.
- CryptoSlateScore: 80
JPMorgan’s $4.7T private blockchain warning just gave Bitcoin bulls fresh ammunition
JPMorgan sees Wall Street’s shift toward private blockchains as a deeper threat to Bitcoin than Strategy selling its BTC. JPMorgan warned that shifting tokenization, payments, and settlement onto closed networks could drain activity, liquidity, and capital from crypto while pushing valuations lower....
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Circle soars after securing U.S. trust bank approval in crypto expansion
The approval adds to a growing list of crypto firms seeking federal banking licenses as the industry moves into the regulated financial system.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
U.S. government digital dollar set to be banned tonight under housing law's CBDC limit
Despite President Donald Trump's refusal to sign Congress' bipartisan housing bill, it's set to go into effect at midnight, and its temporary CBDC ban along with it.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Judge lets Terraform use Jump lawsuit evidence while blocking four late creditor claims
Terraform Labs’ bankruptcy court cleared the Plan Administrator to use Jump Trading documents in a lawsuit seeking at least $4 billion while rejecting four late crypto-loss claims. One order lets the administrator use Jump Trading documents in the $4 billion lawsuit. The other rejects four late clai...
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin zips higher to nearly $64,000 as chip rally and yen strength drive gains
Bitcoin is up 4.2% over seven days that contained an oil shock, a bond selloff and two rounds of U.S. strikes on Iran.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
EU parliament passes ‘chat control,’ allowing private chat scans until 2028
EU lawmakers have again allowed tech firms to scan chats for abuse material, but exempted end-to-end encrypted messages.
- The BlockScore: 75
UK Labour MPs push to permanently ban crypto political donations
Labour MPs are gathering support for proposed amendments to a key bill that would permanently ban crypto political donations.
- The BlockScore: 75
DOJ charges federal inmate over alleged theft of $290,000 in crypto forfeited to US government
Federal inmate Rossen Iossifov faces new charges for allegedly taking $290,000 in government-forfeited cryptocurrency.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
SEC reviews more than 24 ETFs that could bring election betting to brokerage accounts
More than 24 prediction market ETFs proposed by Roundhill, Bitwise, and GraniteShares remain in regulatory limbo, with the SEC yet to act despite the issuers filing their applications in February. The agency pushed back the expected launch timing to gain clarity on fund mechanics and investor disclo...
- The BlockScore: 75
Binance co-CEO says 70% of EU withdrawals went to self-custody after MiCA deadline, with just 30% going to licensed platforms
Richard Teng said 70% of EU user withdrawals following its service suspension moved to self-custody rather than MiCA-regulated platforms.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
GENIUS Act deadline puts stablecoin issuers on the clock
Regulators have until July 18, 2026, to turn the GENIUS Act from a statute into access rules for stablecoin issuers that want a clear regulatory path into the US. That date is the Act's one-year rulemaking deadline, not a blanket cutoff for users or every restriction on issuers. Public Law 119-27 re...
- The BlockScore: 75
Cambridge research puts 31% of Ethereum node activity in the US, where a third offline can stall finalization
Cambridge finds 31% of Ethereum node activity in the U.S., clustered on AWS, Hetzner and OVH, raising jurisdictional/counterparty questions.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Zcash targets July 28 launch for Ironwood network upgrade
Zcash’s next upgrade will replace the once-compromised Orchard pool and may offer clues about whether counterfeit tokens were created via a recent bug.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Robinhood Chain sees over $70M in ETH bridged during first week
Robinhood’s choice to use Ethereum further solidifies its position as the “ultimate settlement layer and liquidity foundation for tokenized assets,” said HashKey Group’s Tim Sun.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Bitcoin returns to $64.3K with new three-week BTC price highs imminent
Bitcoin bulls faced "crucial resistance" at $65,000 next as BTC price action diverged from oil and US dollar strength.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
TeraWulf eyes $3.5B debt raise for Anthropic-linked data center: Report
Bitcoin miner TeraWulf is reportedly seeking $3.5 billion in debt financing led by Morgan Stanley for its Kentucky data center campus leased by AI company Anthropic.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Phantom pulls on-chain perps into the US wallet war ahead of July 9 deadline
On July 9, Phantom and the Hyperliquid Policy Center urged the CFTC to remove rules they say “unduly impede” fintech firms from working with registered derivatives markets. Phantom presents itself as the software in the middle, rather than the custodian. Users retain control of their fun...
- DecryptScore: 70
Morning Minute: Robinhood Chain Explodes Onto the Crypto Scene
Plus, Circle wins a national bank charter and pops 10%. And the Clarity Act gets a new draft while the clock is ticking…
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Will the crypto lobby's $189M campaign get CLARITY over the line?
As the CLARITY Act advances, crypto's growing political influence in Washington is under scrutiny. But the crypto lobby's massive campaign spend is only part of the story.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
MiCA licensing only the beginning as crypto custodians face scrutiny
A MiCA license allows crypto firms to operate in the EU, but the ESMA’s review will test whether custodians can meet the required security and resilience standards.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Bitcoin whales sent BTC price to $64K as Coinbase Premium broke key level: CryptoQuant
Bitcoin price gains came thanks to US whales propeling the Coinbase Premium above a key trend line, new analysis from CryptoQuant reported.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Hong Kong gives crypto platforms one year to ditch one-time passwords or cover user losses
Hong Kong crypto platforms have until July 8, 2027, to ditch one-time passwords for client logins and device registration under new security rules. By then, licensed virtual asset service providers and internet brokers must use authentication that can resist phishing for client logins and the regist...
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin’s $10 billion credit market keeps growing after its first major selloff
Bitcoin’s more than $10 billion corporate credit market is still attracting new entrants after a June selloff triggered margin calls and drove its leading preferred shares far below par. A new report from BitcoinTreasuries.net described the downturn as the sector’s first meaningful stress test, offe...
- DecryptScore: 70
Democrats Call for Senate Hearings on Trump's Massive Crypto Profits
Top Democrats on key Senate committees demanded inquiries into the more than $1.2 billion that President Trump made on crypto last year.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Kraken to overhaul app with AI investing assistant
The redesigned app will use AI to recommend trades and tailor investing tools around users' financial goals as Kraken expands into broader financial services.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Metaplanet explores bringing bitcoin-backed digital credit to Japan
The bitcoin treasury company is working with JPYC and Progmat to explore tokenized credit products backed by bitcoin, aiming to create efficient, 24/7 credit markets in Japan.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Crypto defies equity weakness as altcoin optimism builds into the weekend
The price of bitcoin hit $64,400, retesting a level it failed to penetrate on Monday, with a break higher opening the path toward the June 15 peak of $67,250.
- The BlockScore: 65
Ledger researchers disclose Tangem card flaw; Tangem says risk to everyday users is ‘virtually non-existent’
Ledger researchers disclosed a laser attack that resets Tangem card passwords by bypassing a recovery-state check in the firmware.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Backpack joins race for 24/7 stock markets with tokenized equities
The launch comes as tokenized stocks become one of the fastest-growing corners of crypto, with exchanges and traditional finance firms racing to expand 24/7 trading.
- DecryptScore: 65
Bitcoin Treasury Firm Empery Digital Dumps Nearly Half of BTC Holdings for $87 Million
Nasdaq-listed Empery Digital said it sold 1,400 Bitcoin since May to help fuel an AI data center deal, legal bills, and other expenses.
- The BlockScore: 60
Polymarket files applications to offer regulated margin trading in US
Polymarket's rival platform, Kalshi, already received US regulatory approval to provide margin trading back in March.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Bitcoin gets a green light from a reliable momentum gauge. Here are key levels to watch
A smoother long-term MACD just flipped bullish, pointing to more upside. Here are key levels that will decide if the ongoing bounce turns into a full blown uptrend.
- The BlockScore: 60
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest buys $14 million worth of Circle, offloads Robinhood shares
Circle Internet Group's stock dropped 1.65% during Thursday's trading session, extending its one-month decline to 20.2%.
- The BlockScore: 60
New Hampshire’s $100 million bitcoin bond proposal fails to pass final vote
Governor Ayotte had expressed support for the proposal, touting it as an innovative way to bring more investment opportunities to the state.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Japanese lender launches Bitcoin-backed loans of up to $6.2M
CRYL is offering Bitcoin-backed loans to individuals and businesses as Japanese firms explore broader uses for BTC in lending and credit markets.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
US charges prisoner over alleged laundering of seized Kraken crypto
US prosecutors charged Rossen Iossifov over the alleged laundering of $290,000 in forfeited crypto from a Kraken account.
- DecryptScore: 60
Strategy Bitcoin Sales 'Mostly Noise,' Standard Chartered Says, Holding $100K BTC Call
The bank argues that the treasury giant's Bitcoin sales are a short-term distraction, reiterating its $100,000 year-end price target.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
A16z’s Andreessen lands Federal Reserve role as AI reshapes policy debate
The Fed named a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen to co-lead an AI productivity and jobs task force under Chair Kevin Warsh’s policy review.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Hyundai becomes first major South Korean company to introduce internal stablecoin transfers
The initiative builds on a broader shift by companies exploring stablecoins to move money between international operations more efficiently.
- The BlockScore: 60
Kraken to relaunch its mobile app with agentic trading and advice at the center
Kraken is adding autonomous AI agents capable of monitoring markets, suggesting trades and even executing on behalf of users.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
New Hampshire council votes down $100M Bitcoin bonds
State representative Keith Ammon said the New Hampshire executive council's vote against Bitcoin-backed bonds was “short-sighted,” urging the body to reconsider the measure.
- The BlockScore: 60
Here’s what’s next for the Clarity Act as Congress returns to Washington
Congress returns to Washington next week, ready to take up cryptocurrency legislation before the midterm election calendar takes over.
- DecryptScore: 60
Apple Sues OpenAI, Claims Former Employees Stole Trade Secrets
Apple alleges former employees took confidential designs, supplier information, and engineering files before joining OpenAI.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Polymarket seeks approval to bring margin trading to U.S. customers
Polymarket's application to allow users to take positions that are not fully collateralized follows authorization granted to rival Kalshi in March.
- DecryptScore: 55
North Carolina Bill Recognizes CFTC's ‘Federal Regulatory Authority’ Over Prediction Markets
The state's budget law leaves oversight of Kalshi and Polymarket to the CFTC and taxes them at 6%, far below what other states are pursuing.
- DecryptScore: 55
Jailed Fraudster Charged With Moving $290K in Forfeited Crypto From Prison
A convicted launderer serving time for a $5 million scheme allegedly moved crypto that a court had ordered him to forfeit.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
OKX, MetaMask, Matter Labs back dispute resolution court for AI agents
The Genlayer Foundation is leading the 27-firm consortium that makes AI-based payments, escrow and dispute resolution interoperable.
- The BlockScore: 55
Empery Digital offloads 1,400 bitcoins to help fund AI pivot, pay debt
Empery Digital used part of the proceeds for a 25% stake in an AI data center campus project.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bitcoin's quiet split: Strong in USD, lagging in JPY as Yen rises on intervention fears
A sharp rise in the yen has left bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies underperforming in yen terms compared with their dollar-based trading pairs.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bitcoin's $60,000-$70,000 range becomes third longest consolidation in history
Bitcoin has spent 307 days in the $60,000-$70,000 range, the third longest consolidation in any $10,000 price band.
- The BlockScore: 50
Revolut integrates its crypto exchange with AI assistants as agentic trading spreads
Revolut X now connects to Claude, Gemini, OpenClaw, and Cursor, letting crypto users analyze, backtest, and execute trades via AI prompts.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Wall Street banks tighten prediction market rules for staff as insider fears spread
Wall Street banks, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, are restricting employee prediction market trades as insider trading fears spread across Polymarket and Kalshi.
- The BlockScore: 50
‘Communication challenge, nothing more’: Standard Chartered keeps $100,000 bitcoin target, calls Strategy selloff a signaling problem
Standard Chartered retained its $100,000 end-2026 bitcoin target, calling Strategy's STRC pivot a signaling problem, not a solvency one.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Crypto Biz: How stablecoins found their niche
Stablecoins are carving out specialized roles as regulation reshapes the market, while Strategy’s Bitcoin sale and Vanguard’s tokenization push highlight crypto’s evolving financial landscape.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Meta's Chief Data Officer Says Agentic Commerce is the "Next Tier of Business"
Alex Schultz says stablecoins are assumed inside Meta. The harder problem is getting the rest of the world there.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
DeFi may be ‘quietly re-rating’ given outperformance against Bitcoin: Bitwise
“DeFi usually swings much harder than Bitcoin, so holding up this well is unusual,” says Bitwise, as DeFi tokens have outperformed Bitcoin.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
XRP up 2% as buyers push through $1.10 resistance
A late-session volume surge carried XRP above its recent range, with traders now watching whether $1.10 can hold as support.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Metaplanet explores Bitcoin-backed digital credit with JPYC in Japan
Metaplanet said it is studying Bitcoin-backed digital credit products in Japan with JPYC and Progmat, but no product has been launched.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Japan's 'invest locally' plan likely to spur demand for assets like bitcoin, gold
Your day-ahead look for July 10, 2026
- The BlockScore: 40
SK Hynix’s $26.5 billion US listing brought to Telegram users via xStocks
Solana said that tokenized SK Hynix shares on SOL can be acquired through Backpack, xStocks and Ondo Finance.
- DecryptScore: 30
Xbox CEO Joins Fed AI Jobs Task Force Days After Announcing 3,200 Layoffs
Asha Sharma will advise the Federal Reserve on AI’s impact on jobs and productivity as Xbox undergoes the biggest restructuring in its history.