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84 itemsJuly 22, 2026
- CoinDesk
Senator Lummis: Ethics, other provisions in crypto Clarity Act to be further discussed
Senator Cynthia Lummis, one of the lead negotiators on the bill, told CoinDesk she was "pleased" that the updated bill was ready for release.
- The BlockScore: 90
SEC reaches settlement with Coinbase over records requests from Gensler era
The SEC reached a settlement with Coinbase on Wednesday, ending a years-long legal dispute over the agency's handling of records requests.
- The BlockScore: 85
US seeks forfeiture of $25 million in crypto tied to global fraud investigations
US prosecutors seek forfeiture of $25 million in crypto recovered from five investigations into international fraud and laundering networks.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Balance Coin crashes 99% after reported $915K exploit
Blockchain security firms linked the collapse to a suspected attack on 42DAO, the decentralized organization that governs the Balance Protocol ecosystem.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
OpenAI says AI models escaped containment to hack Hugging Face
OpenAI called it an “unprecedented cyber incident” after its AI models broke out of their sandbox to hack an AI startup during a security evaluation.
- The BlockScore: 85
HTX keeps rotating wallets to evade UK sanctions screening: TRM Labs
UK authorities sanctioned the crypto exchange in May for its alleged role in facilitating Russian sanctions evasion.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
515M NIGHT bridge exploit rocks Cardano but ADA jumps 8% anyway after landmark hard fork
A major exploit involving a bridge connected to the Cardano ecosystem sent Midnight’s NIGHT token to an all-time low on July 20 after an attacker drained roughly 515 million tokens from infrastructure operated by Wanchain. The tokens were removed from a Cardano-side lock address backing NIGHT bridge...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Bitcoin breaks $66,000 but 4 key signals show this rally is far from normal
Bitcoin surged past $66,000 for the first time since early June, extending a recovery that is beginning to repair some of the losses left by the market’s recent downturn. The rebound comes from a much weaker starting point than the price alone suggests. VanEck data showed that investors who sold Bit...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
OpenAI’s model breach is not the singularity, but dismissing it as hype is dangerous
OpenAI models were asked to exploit software in a controlled test. According to OpenAI’s preliminary account, they found a flaw in the systems meant to keep them contained, reached the open internet, compromised Hugging Face infrastructure, and obtained answers to the test. Within hours, Elon Musk h...
- DecryptScore: 85
Centralized Elements 'Frequently Persist' in DeFi and Should Be Regulated: FATF
Nearly every country has yet to apply the rules, the watchdog said, warning of outright bans for platforms that don’t comply.
- DecryptScore: 85
US Seizes More Than $25M in Crypto Tied to Investment and Romance Scams
Prosecutors filed five forfeiture cases as Secret Service agents traced funds from thousands of victims to launderers in Southeast Asia.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
US targets $26.4 million in five crypto scam cases as DOJ says $800 million recovered
U.S. prosecutors filed five civil-forfeiture complaints on July 21 seeking roughly $26.4 million in cryptocurrency traced through separate international fraud investigations. Investigators can freeze suspected criminal proceeds before they know who is behind the scheme. They can then seek forfeiture...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
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.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
New CLARITY Act update bans officials including presidents from issuing or even holding crypto tokens
On July 22, US Senate Republicans released an updated version of the CLARITY Act, moving one of Washington’s most consequential cryptocurrency bills back toward a potential floor vote. The updated text follows weeks of negotiations and seeks to establish a broad federal market-structure framework fo...
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Balance stablecoin collapses 99% after $1 million exploit drains its bitcoin vaults
An attacker fed the lending system a fake, abnormally low bitcoin price, liquidated vaults that should have been safe, and pocketed the difference in a single transaction.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Zilliqa Ledger app vulnerability lets attackers recover signer’s private keys
A security vulnerability in the Zilliqa Ledger app is enabling attackers to reconstruct private keys using publicly available onchain data.
- The BlockScore: 80
‘Optimistic signals’ meet a $68,000 wall as bitcoin’s recovery faces its next test: analysts
Bitcoin holds above $65,800 as spot ETFs log a sixth day of inflows. Bitfinex analysts flag $68K resistance as the next test.
- CryptoSlateScore: 80
Celsius founders face permanent crypto bans that could cost more than their $16.5M obligations
The co-founders of Celsius, the bankrupt crypto lender, are now subject to permanent court orders that bar them from broad parts of the crypto and asset-services business. The FTC put the founders’ combined obligations at $16.5 million, though Goldstein’s entered order lists $2.014 million. Alexande...
- The BlockScore: 80
Senate releases latest version of Clarity Act including software developer protections and ethics provision with ‘sunset’ date in 2029
After months of deliberations, Republicans released the latest text for broader cryptocurrency legislation.
- DecryptScore: 80
Clarity Act Latest Draft Bars Trump From Crypto Ventures—But Only Until 2029
The long-awaited market-structure bill would block officials and their spouses from issuing digital assets and shield non-custodial developers, but the ethics ban expires in 2029 and enforcement rests solely with the DOJ.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
US officials barred until 2029 from issuing or sponsoring tokens under CLARITY’s proposed ethics rules
According to Senator Cynthia Lummis, one of the bill’s advocates, the ethics language would apply to US presidents’ crypto ventures, including Donald Trump’s.
- The BlockScore: 80
Bipartisan support ‘critical’ as Democrats push back on GOP crypto bill on ethics grounds
Latest Clarity Act draft is drawing praise from the crypto industry and criticism from Democrats and bankers, highlighting deep divisions.
- DecryptScore: 75
DAT Went Wrong: Satsuma to Unwind Bitcoin Treasury, Sell Off $43 Million in BTC
The UK Bitcoin treasury company raised $218 million less than a year ago. Now it's returning whatever is left.
- The BlockScore: 75
BIS warns USD stablecoins can evade capital controls, challenging traditional market regulations
BIS says that FX restrictions and capital controls are less effective against stablecoins than against foreign currency bank deposits.
- The BlockScore: 75
Pakistan launches crypto investigation unit to crack down on digital asset crimes: report
FIA's Muhammad Athar Waheed suggested that other major agencies form dedicated teams to tackle digital asset crimes.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin ETFs extend inflow streak to six days with $203M added
US spot Bitcoin ETFs extended their inflow streak to six sessions, bringing in about $930 million while remaining down $4.84 billion on a net basis year to date.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
As Bitcoin breaches $66K its latest bottom signal trapped buyers in a 20% loss
Bitcoin has climbed back from its June 30 low near $58,500, trading at near $66,000 as of press time. Options traders are still paying steep premiums for protection against another leg down, and traders on perpetual futures markets have resumed paying to hold leveraged long positions. Both readings ...
- CoinDeskScore: 75
SecondFi to shut down after $2.4 million ADA wallet theft
The breach stemmed from a vulnerability in transaction signing software that enabled the derivation of private keys from blockchain transaction data.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin analysis eyes ‘serious volume’ after Binance sees 9K BTC daily outflow
Binance set multimonth records for net BTC outflows on Tuesday, adding to an emerging trend of positive inflows to the US spot Bitcoin ETFs.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
The digital euro: Surveillance money, or a better alternative to cash?
Proponents of the digital euro say its a better alternative to cash that’s fully backed by the ECB. But critics argue it could provide the EU with too much power over its citizens.
- The BlockScore: 75
Tokenized equity perps drive RWA trading boom to $470 billion monthly volume
Within the broader RWA category, tokenized equities have been the more popular asset class to trade over tokenized commodities.
- The BlockScore: 75
‘You will have a painful fall’: SEC’s Peirce warns crypto vault builders against twisting securities law
Hester Peirce, aka "Crypto Mom", issued a statement clarifying that onchain vaults and lending may fall under the SEC's remit.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
SEC's Peirce warns some DeFi vaults, onchain lending may fall under securities laws
The commissioner said onchain vaults and lending strategies could resemble investment funds or advisers, depending on how they are structured.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Digital Chamber sues Illinois officials over new state 0.2% crypto tax
The group alleged that the tax signed into law in June “discriminates against people who transact in digital assets“ and should be blocked from implementation and enforcement.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
MVMT Labs bankruptcy lists under $1 million in assets after $38M raise
Movement Labs raised $38 million in an April 2024 Series A led by Polychain Capital. By July 22 this year, MVMT Labs’ bankruptcy filing showed just $100,001 to $1 million in estimated assets against $1 million to $10 million in liabilities, with 200 to 999 creditors listed. After the company filed f...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
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.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
AI models escaped OpenAI’s sandbox and hit Hugging Face. Crypto is where that gets dangerous
OpenAI said the systems had their cyber guardrails lowered for an internal benchmark, but the incident shows how autonomous exploit chains could pose a deeper threat to smart contracts, where losses are final.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Foundry asks Bitcoin miners to vote on BIP-110 support
Foundry USA asked its mining customers to signal their support for BIP-110, an actively debated proposal seeking to shrink the amount of data that can be stored in a Bitcoin transaction.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
US seeks forfeiture of $25M in crypto tied to romance, investment scams
US prosecutors are seeking more than $25 million in cryptocurrency allegedly connected to international fraud and laundering networks.
- The BlockScore: 70
Zilliqa halts native transactions over bug in its Ledger app dating to 2019
Zilliqa halted native transactions after revealing a bug in its Ledger app dating to 2019 that exposed private keys via onchain signatures.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
U.S. seeks forfeiture of $25 million in crypto tied to romance and investment scams
The cases add to more than $800 million that authorities say a dedicated federal scam task force has recovered.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Revolut hits $115 billion valuation in employee share sale: WSJ
The company reported strong 2025 performance, with a $2.3 billion pre-tax profit, $6 billion in revenue, and over 75 million customers.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
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.
- The BlockScore: 70
Kraken parent Payward partners with GTN to scale xStocks internationally, beyond US equities
xStocks is tokenizing equities from Hong Kong before expanding to the UK, Europe, South Korea, and other international markets.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Galaxy puts $5 million behind Bitcoin’s race to migrate before quantum risk arrives
Galaxy Digital pledged up to $5 million on July 21 to help Bitcoin prepare for the quantum era. The initiative will back developers as they reach key milestones, while supporting research and a Quantum Advisory Council. Quantum computers cannot crack Bitcoin’s signature security today, but the progr...
- DecryptScore: 70
Kraken Parent Company Makes Moves to Offer xStocks From Global Markets
Payward and fintech GTN are teaming up to bring xStocks—blockchain-based copies of real company shares—to Hong Kong, the UK, Europe, and South Korea.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Key Democratic lawmakers say crypto Clarity Act 'falls short' on ethics, other issues
Several of the Democrats most likely to vote for the crypto market structure bill said they had issues with the new draft published by Republicans earlier in the day.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Galaxy pledges $5M for developers quantum-proofing Bitcoin
Galaxy pledged up to $5 million in grants for developers working on Bitcoin’s quantum security and elected a council of quantum-advisory experts to research quantum-resistant migration solutions.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Kraken parent expands tokenized stocks to Hong Kong, UK and South Korea equities
Payward's xStocks pushes beyond U.S. equities as competition to bring global stock markets onchain accelerates.
- DecryptScore: 65
Justin Sun's HTX 'Rotating' On-Chain Wallets Amid UK Sanctions: TRM Labs
TRM Labs says the UK-sanctioned exchange has rotated hot wallets across blockchains, leaving address-list screening struggling to keep pace.
- The BlockScore: 65
Polymarket ‘surprised’ France blocked site as information source, plans legal challenge
Last week, the ANJ ordered French internet service providers to block access to Polymarket ahead of the World Cup final.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
UK digital bond plans hinge on one missing piece: onchain cash
Experts say Britain's digital gilt pilot can unlock trapped liquidity in financial markets only if regulators approve an onchain stablecoin.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
New Clarity Act emerges that's a start on the final draft, makes ethics rule temporary
Lawmakers have circulated text of the latest draft that will be pushed toward a Senate finish line, but they're still debating a core government-ethics piece.
- The BlockScore: 65
Clarity Act’s impact on Circle could be negative over the long term, Mizuho says
On Wednesday, the Clarity Act took one step closer to becoming law as Republicans released the latest text for the legislation.
- DecryptScore: 60
Coinbase Wants to Be Canada's One-Stop Shop for Stocks, Crypto and Prediction Markets
The company's "Everything Exchange" is heading north. No launch date set yet, but the Coinbase Canada CEO says phase two for the company is in motion.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
SecondFi to wind down after $2.6M ADA theft linked to wallet flaw
SecondFi will wind down after a $2.6 million ADA theft, while users still await recovery tools that were initially expected within weeks of the exploit.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
South Korea crypto volumes shrink as retail investors shift to stocks
Trading activity on South Korea’s five major crypto exchanges fell sharply as the KOSPI surged, signaling a shift in retail investors toward equities.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Midnight token rebounds 19% after Wanchain bridge hack, Hoskinson calls for ZK revamp
Charles Hoskinson says the exploit, which briefly sent NIGHT to an all-time low, underscores why the industry needs to move beyond legacy bridge infrastructure.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Why OKX hired Andrew Cuomo: Crypto’s next battle isn’t for users
OKX added Andrew Cuomo to its board of directors this month, framing it as a natural progression from two years of him advising the company. Cuomo also co-chairs a joint venture between OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, the operator of the New York Stock Exchange. That venture is building infrastru...
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Franklin Templeton calls agentic AI next ‘killer’ use case for blockchain
Franklin Templeton’s digital assets lead said that the autonomous AI agent economy will increase demand for blockchain protocols hosting machine-to-machine micropayments.
- The BlockScore: 60
Benchmark lowers Coinbase earnings estimates but says Clarity Act could eclipse weak second quarter
Coinbase trading activity stabilized in June after crypto spot volumes slumped throughout most of the quarter.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Bitcoin price avoids major Iran jitters as S&P 500 ‘short squeeze’ on horizon
Bitcoin and US stocks stayed strong in the face of US-Iran escalation as analysis predicted BTC price action outperforming equities later.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Anthropic joins UK FCA’s AI regulatory sandbox as second cohort launches
Anthropic will provide Claude AI models to companies participating in the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s next Supercharged Sandbox cohort, as the regulator pushes to test AI applications in financial services.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Tesla holds bitcoin treasury steady, reports $112M impairment loss
The electric vehicle maker maintained its 11,509 BTC treasury through the second quarter as bitcoin declined 14%, alongside mixed earnings that beat revenue expectations but missed on profit.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Bitcoin retreats from one-month high as oil tops $85, inflation concerns resurface
BTC retreated from a one-month high as WTI crude topped $85 for the first time since June, reigniting inflation concerns and pushing investors toward gold, silver and the safety of bitcoin over altcoins.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Forget Nvidia: The next big AI trade could be crypto and blockchain
Franklin Templeton’s Sandy Kaul and Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire argue that as autonomous AI agents start spending money on their own, blockchain networks will power the next big AI trade.
- The BlockScore: 55
Benchmark sees Hut 8 becoming a ‘power-first data center REIT,’ raises target another 18%
Benchmark’s new price target implies roughly 75% upside, with Hut 8 shares already up nearly 120% year to date.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Live updates: Bitcoin under $66,000 as traders await Alphabet earnings to gauge AI trade
A two-day chip rebound stalled ahead of Alphabet's earnings in a sign of whether the hundreds of billions going into AI is paying off. Bitcoin has tracked that trade all month.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Talos brings institutional trading tools to Kalshi prediction markets
The integration provides institutional clients with access to Kalshi’s event contracts and crypto perpetuals via Talos’ existing trading infrastructure.
- DecryptScore: 50
Jack Dorsey's Block Launches Buzz, a Nostr-Based Slack and GitHub Rival for AI Agents
The free, open source workspace runs on Nostr, gives AI agents their own cryptographic identities, and challenges Slack and GitHub.
- The BlockScore: 50
Crypto ‘wrench attacks’ persist as total climbs to 52 and value targeted jumps more than tenfold, CertiK says
CertiK recommends limiting public information that connects a person’s identity, location or routine to their crypto holdings.
- DecryptScore: 50
Bitcoin Is Bouncing: Here’s the Bull and Bear Case for Its Next Move
The good news: Bitcoin is holding onto key support, and rising. The bad news: a "death cross" is still active, and prediction markets are still overwhelmingly bearish.
- DecryptScore: 40
Franklin Templeton Says Agentic AI Is Crypto's 'Killer Use Case'
The asset manager argues that AI software capable of paying for things autonomously will need blockchain rails to work—and that most investors aren't positioned for it.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Balaji’s Network School turns to Kazakhstan amid Malaysia setback
The agreement gives Balaji Srinivasan’s tech community a potential new base as Malaysian authorities clamp down on the Network School over alleged licensing breaches.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Easy money on Polymarket and Kalshi is disappearing as prop firms deploy AI agents
On July 28 and 29, the Federal Reserve meets to set its next rate decision, and traders will try to price the outcome through bonds, currencies, crypto and contracts that settle directly on what the central bank announces. Reuters polled 104 economists on July 21 and found every one of them expected...
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Kalshi rolls out Midterm Hubs ahead of the November elections in the U.S.
The prediction markets platform seeks to position itself as the primary source for election odds ahead of the midterm elections this year.
- The BlockScore: 40
Crypto directly employs 34,000 in the US and contributes $55 billion to the economy: NCA report
Crypto directly employs 34,000 in the U.S. and contributes $55 billion to the economy in 2026, according to an NCA-funded report.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
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.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Bitcoin holds near $66,300 as chips extend their rally and the yen hits a 40-year low
Semiconductor stocks led a second day of gains on AI optimism, while the yen slid past 163 per dollar for the first time since 1986.
- DecryptScore: 30
Morning Minute: OpenAI Model Escapes Containment, Hacks Hugging Face
Plus, the BTC ETFs stay green. The Clarity Act hits a wall over who enforces the ethics rules. And Jack Mallers walks away from XXI Capital.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Crypto Long & Short: The crypto question isn't what to own — it's what you can survive holding
In this week's Crypto Long & Short, Lionsoul Global’s Gregory Mall writes that the primary crypto allocation decision is size, not selection.
- DecryptScore: 30
Hugging Face CEO Thanks Chinese AI for Saving the Day After OpenAI Hack
When American commercial AI refused to help investigate the breach, Hugging Face ran Chinese model GLM 5.2 locally. Its CEO now says there's an important lesson in this.
- DecryptScore: 20
Alibaba's New Qwen Image 3 AI Wants to Be Useful, Not Just Pretty
Qwen Image 3.0 generates dense newspapers and infographic grids in one shot and renders text down to 10 pixels. The catch: no benchmarks, no open weights.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Here's why bitcoin bulls should take a closer look at interest rates
Your day-ahead look for July 22, 2026