Raw News Items
76 itemsJuly 24, 2026
- CointelegraphScore: 85
EU widens Belarus ownership ban to all crypto service providers
The EU will bar Belarusian nationals and residents from owning, controlling or managing exchanges and other MiCA-regulated crypto firms from Aug. 25.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
EU hits Russia with massive 21st sanctions package targeting $120B crypto network
The EU is considering a ban on third-country crypto services providers for the first time and is targeting 14 crypto companies, which it has not named yet.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Bitcoin mining giant Poolin files for bankruptcy owing 11,700 users $164 million
Bitcoin mining pool Poolin Technology filed for Chapter 11 with $163.7 million in IOUs owed to wallet users. Its two Texas affiliates are seeking court approval for asset sales with opening offers worth $52 million. The offers equal about 31.8% of the IOUs, yet they cover assets held by Lonestar aff...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
World Foundation raises $52.5M in Pantera-led funding to expand World ID infrastructure
The organization sold locked WLD tokens to strategic investors as it seeks to grow its biometric identity network amid rising demand for human verification online.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
A 7 year Ledger bug lets attackers rebuild a private key from five signatures in seconds
Zilliqa has suspended native transactions after discovering that roughly five affected signatures from the same private key may provide enough information to reconstruct that key, creating a recovery problem that an ordinary transfer cannot safely solve. The vulnerability is confined to Schnorr sign...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
FBI used Google cookies, 500 food orders and a Monero seed phrase to identify Steam malware funder
A 15-page federal criminal complaint details how investigators combined a Bitcoin trail with Google cookies, phone records, and more than 500 Uber Eats deliveries to identify Zyaire Dontaevious Zamarion Wilkins as the alleged financier and marketer of a Steam malware campaign. A later search uncover...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
EU authorities include HTX exchange in Russian sanctions
The exchange, already sanctioned by the UK, is now on a list of 18 entities “providing crypto-assets services or payment services“ in defiance of the EU’s measures against Russia.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Bitcoin ETFs snap seven-day inflow streak with $225M in outflows
After attracting nearly $1 billion over seven trading sessions, US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded their first daily net outflow since July 13.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Poolin was bitcoin's biggest mining pool and now it's filing for bankruptcy
The Singapore-based company once controlled nearly a fifth of Bitcoin's global hashrate. Now it owes $173 million and is selling off what's left.
- The BlockScore: 80
Arthur Hayes, BitMEX co-founders face fraud claims over alleged ‘Insider Trading Desk’ as exchange winds down
BitMEX, Arthur Hayes, Samuel Reed and Benjamin Delo face a proposed class action alleging insider trading and deliberate server freezes.
- DecryptScore: 80
EU Names Justin Sun's HTX in Russia Sanctions, Two Months After UK
The 21st package stops short of a full asset freeze for HTX, which it accused of "significantly frustrating" its Russia measures.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
BlackRock’s IBIT accounted for 90% of a $225 million Bitcoin ETF reversal after a seven-day buying streak
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $225 million in net outflows on July 23, ending a seven-session inflow streak as net redemptions from BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust dominated the reversal. IBIT posted a $202 million net outflow, accounting for 89.96% of the US spot Bitcoin ETF sector’s aggregate ne...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
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.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
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.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin mining pool Poolin files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Bitcoin miner Poolin filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and initiated a $52 million sale of its two West Texas mining sites as part of its future creditor recovery program.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
BitMEX faces proposed class-action suit for theft, insider trading as crypto exchange shuts down
The complaint claims BitMEX designed a system to retain customer collateral and alleges an internal desk accessed private user data during server freezes.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
The debt clock ticking inside corporate Bitcoin treasuries could force billions back onto the market
The convertible notes, preferred shares, and credit facilities that financed a large share of corporate Bitcoin holdings carry maturities, redemption windows, and dividend dates that determine when a company might need to sell. Matthew Sigel, VanEck's head of digital assets research, shared a list o...
- CoinDeskScore: 75
A $5 billion cluster has formed in bitcoin options. It tells a bullish story
Bitcoin's $70,000 and $72,000 call strikes on Deribit have accumulated nearly $5 billion in open interest, with calls outnumbering puts by a significant margin.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Thailand SEC files complaint against Bitkub over alleged false disclosures
Thailand’s SEC filed a criminal complaint against Bitkub and two former directors over alleged false disclosures linked to a 2021 cyberattack involving $50 million in assets.
- The BlockScore: 75
World Foundation raises $52.5 million in WLD token sale with one-year lockup
The "first close" of the WLD token sale was led by Pantera and included Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco Holdings, Selini, Susquehanna other investors.
- DecryptScore: 75
World Foundation Raises $52.5M to Scale Sam Altman’s ‘Proof of Human’ ID
Pantera Capital led the one-year locked token sale, joined by Bain Capital Crypto, as World scales its ID network for AI agents.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Sam Altman-backed World Network secures $52.5 million in fresh funding to fight online AI deepfakes
The project is moving away from basic network expansion to focus entirely on integrating its biometric screening devices across enterprise software suites.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
CLARITY Act splits Wall Street and crypto as Goldman Sachs breaks with banks and Charles Hoskinson backs Warren
The revised CLARITY Act is exposing unusual divisions across Wall Street, Washington and the crypto industry as lawmakers struggle to build support for a Senate vote. Senate Republicans this week released a new draft that would bar the president and other federal officials from issuing or sponsoring...
- DecryptScore: 75
Bitcoin ETFs Shed $225M, Snapping Seven-Day Inflow Streak as Iran Tensions Spook Markets
BlackRock's IBIT led the exit as Bitcoin briefly dipped under $65,000 and stocks fell on renewed US-Iran hostilities—though the week still closed in the green.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
SEC sets September talks on move toward 24-hour stock trading
Nasdaq, Cboe and the London Stock Exchange are among major exchanges moving toward longer trading hours.
- The BlockScore: 70
Former bitcoin miner Poolin files Chapter 11, sets $52 million floor bid for Texas operations
Poolin Technology filed for Chapter 11 with $173 million in claims, lining up a $52 million stalking-horse bid for its Texas mining assets.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Bitcoin treasury companies sell up, repay debt, pivot to AI as share prices collapse
Falling share prices, debt obligations and difficult market conditions are forcing former bitcoin accumulators to sell their holdings and restructure operations.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
DeFi’s next institutional hurdle is deciding who can be trusted to price real-world assets
DTCC now runs a tokenization trial with roughly 40 firms, including JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Vanguard and the NYSE, to represent shares and Treasuries on-chain, tokens that become usable collateral only when a lending market can answer who prices them and what happens once the venues behi...
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin declines below $65,000 as Trump threatens Iran after tanker attacks send Oil above $100
Bitcoin fell below $65,000 as surging oil prices and higher Treasury yields triggered a broader retreat from risk assets. Data from CryptoSlate shows the largest cryptocurrency traded near $64,980 as Brent crude remained on track for a weekly gain of almost 10%. Oil settled 7% higher at $100.69 a ba...
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Institutional crypto trading platform LMAX is exploring sale, IPO
LMAX is working with Morgan Stanley and investment bank KBW to assess its options, which could lead to a sale or a public offering.
- The BlockScore: 70
Galaxy cuts Clarity Act passage odds to 30%, says bill needs ‘last-ditch effort’
Seven Democratic negotiators say the latest Clarity Act draft needs stronger ethics and consumer protections.
- DecryptScore: 70
Poolin, Once One of Bitcoin's Biggest Mining Pools, Files for Bankruptcy
The Singapore-based pool never recovered from freezing withdrawals in 2022. Now it's auctioning off its last Texas mining sites to pay back 11,700 users still holding IOUs.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
BitMEX shuts down without an FTX style crisis, revealing where crypto’s real danger has moved
BitMEX completed a review of its business and will close on Sept. 23, telling customers to close their positions and withdraw funds before then. The announcement came with no balance-sheet hole, withdrawal freeze, or bankruptcy filing, with Kaiko data putting BitMEX's market share below 0.01% and it...
- CoinDeskScore: 65
India orders takedown of Jack Dorsey’s bitcoin-linked messaging app Bitchat
The order targets Bitchat, an offline Bluetooth mesh app built to relay encrypted messages and bitcoin transactions, as 'Cockroach Janta Party' protesters in Delhi use mesh tools to communicate through internet shutdowns.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Crypto home invasions jump 20x as wrench-attack exposure hits $124 million
CertiK tracked just one crypto-related home invasion in the first half of 2025. A year later, its publicly verifiable tally had surged 20-fold. Physical-coercion crimes, often called wrench attacks, bypass digital defenses by threatening a holder or relative until someone surrenders access or moves ...
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Bitcoin falls under $64K as surging US bond yields boost Fed rate-hike odds
Bitcoin saw several dips under the $64,000 mark as a Binance “plunge protection team” reemerged with bid liquidity to avoid a deeper BTC price rout.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Senate Dems should accept the victory they won on Trump's crypto limits: White House
U.S. Senate Democrats got President Donald Trump to accept potential limits on his lucrative crypto dealings, but they say the Clarity Act's restrictions aren't enough.
- DecryptScore: 65
Clarity Act on the Ropes as Ethics Fight and Shrinking Calendar Threaten Passage
Senate Majority Leader John Thune signals the crypto market-structure bill likely won't clear the chamber before the August recess, as Democrats reject the GOP's ethics language and analysts slash the odds of passage.
- The BlockScore: 65
Bitcoin Policy Institute, Palantir and Anduril join US State Department’s Freedom Tech Excellence Program
The Bitcoin Policy Institute, Palantir and Anduril are partners in the U.S. State Department's Freedom Tech Excellence Program.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Mirae plans to turn crypto exchange Korbit into something Korea hasn't seen before
The South Korean financial giant says its Korbit – soon to be rebranded as Digital X – is just the starting point for a broader ecosystem that connects RWAs, stablecoins and digital assets.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Live updates: Dogecoin and ether lead pullback as investors digest tech earnings
Dogecoin dropped 4.5% and ether 2.5%, leading a broad but shallow retreat across the majors, though most remain higher on the week ahead of next week's Fed meeting.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Ripple launches Mint to expand institutional access to RLUSD
Ripple launches Mint to expand RLUSD access for institutions as the stablecoin’s market cap approaches $1.6 billion.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Philippine bank BPI plans stablecoin payments pilot
The Philippine bank is preparing a stablecoin settlement pilot intended to speed up and reduce the cost of overseas payments to Filipino remote workers.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Crypto market maker B2C2 held sale talks with multiple potential buyers
The SBI-owned crypto trading firm is said to have attracted takeover interest from a number of suitors over the past 18 months, but valuation has been a sticking point.
- DecryptScore: 60
Morning Minute: Bitcoin's New $15M Quantum Defense Fund
Plus, the Clarity Act is no longer expected to progress before the August recess. And Vlad Tenev's X was hacked to post a meme coin...
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Crypto Biz: Is the AI-to-crypto rotation underway?
Bitcoin ETF inflows, cooling AI momentum and potential regulatory progress under the CLARITY Act are fueling speculation that capital is rotating back into crypto.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Internet Freedom Foundation calls India’s BitChat GitHub takedown order ‘unconstitutional’
The digital rights group says India’s order to remove Jack Dorsey’s BitChat repositories from GitHub exceeds the government’s legal authority and threatens free speech.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Crypto advocacy groups support CLARITY passage as ethics rules face pushback
The window for US lawmakers to address a comprehensive crypto market structure bill before the 2026 elections is closing, and industry organizations are calling for action.
- DecryptScore: 60
Samsung Wallet Will Add Stablecoin Support, Including USDC
Samsung showed a wallet mockup holding Circle's USDC at Galaxy Unpacked. But details are scarce.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Strategy now publishes the Bitcoin return threshold below which it may have to restructure
Strategy’s newly published metric shows Bitcoin could decline at a constant annual rate of 11.34% across the weighted duration of the company’s credit structure before its modeled coverage falls below 1.0x. The BTC Floor ARR stood at -11.34% at 3:35 p.m. BST on July 24, when Strategy’s dashboard sho...
- CointelegraphScore: 55
South Korea’s Korbit to rebrand as Digital X under Mirae: Report
Mirae Asset reportedly plans to use the South Korean crypto exchange as a hub for tokenized assets, stablecoins and digital finance.
- CointelegraphScore: 55
Samsung Wallet plans stablecoin support in digital payments expansion
Samsung Electronics plans to add stablecoin support to Samsung Wallet, expanding its mobile payments and rewards platform to include digital assets.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Saylor and team overhaul Strategy's bitcoin metrics as bear market persists
New framework gives common shareholders a clearer view of net bitcoin exposure after preferred stock and convertible debt obligations
- DecryptScore: 55
Nvidia, Meta, and Microsoft Tell Washington: Don't Kill Open-Source AI
Twenty-five companies signed a letter defending open-weight models days after a Chinese AI helped Hugging Face survive a hack triggered by OpenAI's own systems.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Ripple’s RLUSD gets two boosts as transfer volume drops 25%
Ripple launched an institutional minting platform and added RLUSD to Notabene’s compliance network as holder growth rose but monthly transfer volume fell to $10.95 billion.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
RWAs become Hyperliquid’s largest trading category
Tokenized RWA trading became Hyperliquid’s largest trading category for the first time, accounting for more than half of the decentralized exchange’s weekly trading volume.
- DecryptScore: 50
India Orders GitHub to Take Down Jack Dorsey's Bitchat Amid Protests
The order gave GitHub three hours to pull three code repositories, citing the messaging app's use during protest internet shutdowns.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
A quantum roadmap would push Bitcoin much higher: Charles Edwards
A Bitcoin development roadmap that addresses quantum computing risks could see the price surge by “double digits” very quickly, according to Charles Edwards.
- DecryptScore: 50
Strategy Overhauls Bitcoin Metrics, Debuting 'Net Bitcoin Per Share'
The firm says its "digital credit" shift needs new yardsticks that strip out debt and preferred claims to show what common shareholders own.
- The BlockScore: 50
Wise plans to resubmit national trust bank application under GENIUS Act framework
The OCC has granted conditional approval to several stablecoin-focused entities since December.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
House passes bill on lawmakers using insider information for stock trading
According to Senator Elizabeth Warren, the House bill “won’t solve the problem“ of insider trading in Congress as lawmakers will still be allowed to own and sell stocks.
- DecryptScore: 50
Stocks Just Topped Crypto on Hyperliquid. ARK Says That Changes Everything
For the first time, real-world assets—stocks, commodities, and market indices—outpaced crypto on the world's biggest decentralized derivatives exchange.
- DecryptScore: 45
Polymarket Account in Farage Backer's Name Took $9M in Crypto From Unknown Sources: FT
The "GCottrell93" account bet the funds on Trump's election win and cashed out the profit, though who paid in and who collected is unclear.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Bitcoin holds near $65,000 as $800 billion AI selloff leaves crypto largely untouched
The Magnificent Seven had their worst day since April 2025 after Alphabet and Tesla spooked investors on AI spending. Bitcoin fell less than 1%, and dogecoin led the majors lower.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
BTC supply in profit eyes 60%, but analysis hints recovery may ‘roll back over’
Bitcoin supply profitability improved versus its 2026 low, but analysis warned that a fake recovery had already broken down at the start of June.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Brazil puts tokenized cows to work as loan collateral: Report
Ten tokenized dairy cows backed a $19,600 loan registered on Brazil’s B3, in one of Brazil’s first uses of tokenized livestock as loan collateral.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Bitcoin settles near $65,000 as oil's march toward $100 fails to spook the market
BTC held just under $65,000 and crypto broadly rose on Friday even as Brent crude surged to $97.66, its highest since May, as the Iran conflict persists and traditional markets stay muted.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Odos Protocol to shut down, gives users until July 30 to withdraw assets
Odos Protocol will shut down on July 30, giving users one week to withdraw assets. The team did not provide a reason for the decision.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Brazilian farmers tokenized dairy cows to get loans, bypassing bank lending limits
Smart collars monitor herd health in real time to prevent fraud, allowing local agricultural businesses to secure thousands in funding backed by livestock.
- The BlockScore: 40
Cardano co-founder Hoskinson says Bitcoin could lose top spot if governance fails quantum test
Cardano’s governance and ability to enact upgrades make it better equipped to respond to existential technical threats, said Hoskinson.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Crypto's institutional influx has killed the memecoin craze
Your day-ahead look for July 24, 2026
- The BlockScore: 25
The Largest Stablecoins Ranked
In recent years, stablecoins have emerged as crypto’s breakout use case. Assets that were created to streamline cryptocurrency trading are now being recognized as a more efficient, flexible, transparent medium of exchange for the world financial system. The total stablecoin market cap has surged on ...
- DecryptScore: 20
Claude Opus 5 Outscores Fable 5 on Most Benchmarks—At Half the Price
Anthropic's new everyday model undercuts its own frontier product on cost and beats it almost everywhere that counts.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
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.
- The BlockScore: 20
How Do Stablecoins Maintain Their Peg?
A stablecoin peg is the target price a stablecoin is designed to hold. For the vast majority of stablecoins, this target is one U.S. dollar. Stablecoins maintain that price through two mechanisms. The first is reserves or collateral that give each token its underlying value; the second is an arbitra...
- CointelegraphScore: 20
Strive’s SATA recovers most of June decline, trades within 3% of par
Jan3 CEO Samson Mow says the recovery could signal renewed confidence in preferred-share products used by Bitcoin treasury companies.