Raw News Items
90 itemsJuly 27, 2026
- CoinDesk
U.S. Senate puts off crypto Clarity Act for now as it focuses limited bandwidth elsewhere
The majority leader is pursuing floor time for unrelated bills as the crypto industry waits for its policy effort to get its chance for votes.
- CoinDesk
Kalshi, Polymarket win pause against Minnesota's prediction market ban
A federal judge ruled that Minnesota's law criminalizing prediction markets would probably violate the federal Commodity Exchange Act.
- Decrypt
Elon Musk: Humans Will Lose Control of AI Within a Decade
The SpaceX founder says artificial intelligence is advancing too quickly to stop and is urging leading AI companies to coordinate on safety before releasing their most powerful models.
- Cointelegraph
New York AG warns CLARITY Act could weaken state crypto enforcement
New York Attorney General Letitia James said the federal crypto market structure bill could restrict state regulators and urged Congress to impose stronger consumer protections on digital asset platforms.
- DecryptScore: 90
Thailand's SEC Files Criminal Complaint Against Bitkub Over Undisclosed $47M Hack
The regulator says the exchange and two former directors left a $47 million theft out of its filings in 2021.
- CoinDeskScore: 90
Thailand's SEC alleges Bitkub concealed cyberattack that led to $50 million hack
Bitkub was the victim of a cyberattack in May 2021, which led to hacks stealing 1.7 billion baht across 16 different digital assets.
- DecryptScore: 90
SparkKitty Malware Found in App Stores Targets Crypto Wallet Seed Phrases
A newly detailed report says SparkKitty malware scanned photos on infected iPhones and Android devices for cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases after infiltrating Apple's App Store and Google Play.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Triple-A confirms treasury-wallet breach after losses reach $11.8M
The stablecoin payments company said client funds were unaffected and that the financial impact would be absorbed through its treasury reserves.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
31 newly discovered vulnerabilities expose 99% of x402 crypto payments to asset theft and free shopping
A new security study reported 31 previously unknown vulnerabilities across 15 major facilitators supporting x402, an HTTP-native standard for programmatic payments. The tested group represented 99% of observed transactions in the study window, and each facilitator failed at least one of eight rules ...
- The BlockScore: 85
SparkKitty malware hidden in mobile apps scans photos for crypto wallet seed phrases
Check Point detailed SparkKitty, malware hidden in mobile apps that scans photos to steal cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
BitMart’s sudden shutdown triggers withdrawal delays and on-chain panic, echoing the ghosts of 2022
With ETH drained from its wallets, BitMart faces a wave of stuck user withdrawals after abruptly announcing its closure BitMart said it will wind down its trading platform after nine years, abruptly reversing an expansion push that continued into the summer. The exchange stopped accepting new regist...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
SEC warning over crypto yield vaults puts DeFi’s secret human controllers in the crosshairs
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has warned that crypto vaults may face federal securities-law scrutiny when people control how assets earn yield. Morpho Vault V2 offers a clear case study because its architecture divides the same powers Peirce highlighted. Curators choose the strategy and appoint all...
- The BlockScore: 85
IBM portfolio acquisition makes Circle the largest US blockchain patent holder
Circle acquired IBM's blockchain patent portfolio of 680+ patent families and nearly 1,000 issued patents.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
On-chain data shows 5,280 ETH draining into single address following quiet Triple-A wallet breach
Triple-A, a Singapore-based stablecoin payments firm, said unauthorized access to wallets holding its own digital assets was contained without affecting client money. The company has not disclosed the size of its treasury loss or explained how the wallets were accessed. Triple-A said it identified t...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Lawsuit claims BitMEX used server freezes and internal trading to seize 622 Bitcoin ahead of its September closure
BitMEX customers are seeking the return of 622.66 Bitcoin in a proposed class action that accuses the exchange of engineering liquidations and retaining traders’ collateral. The complaint, filed July 23 in the Southern District of New York, arrived as BitMEX began a regulator-approved wind-down ahea...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Compromised owner contract just let hackers print 5.2 million WEMIX stablecoins out of thin air, forcing a complete network freeze
The WEMIX team said compromised ownership of a contract tied to its WEMIX$ stablecoin enabled approximately 5.23 million tokens to be minted without authorization, prompting it to suspend bridges, liquidity pools, and several services on the WEMIX3.0 network. Contract-owner breach tested WEMIX$'s 1:...
- The BlockScore: 85
NY Attorney General Letitia James warns Clarity Act would ‘dilute’ states’ ability to go after fraud as pressure mounts
NYAG Letitia James urged Congress to tighten a crypto bill, warning that it would weaken states' ability to police the industry.
- The BlockScore: 80
The Funding: Are crypto vaults funds and curators fund managers?
The SEC's Hester Peirce says some of them may be — which could mean registration. Here's what that means, and what comes next.
- The BlockScore: 80
STORJ token falls 20% as decentralized storage firm files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid crypto shutdown wave
STORJ dropped 19% to $0.06 after Storj Labs filed voluntary Chapter 11 on July 26 to resolve legacy liabilities.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Binance disappears from Google Play in certain EU countries
Binance’s Android app is unavailable on Google Play in some EU markets amid scrutiny over MiCA compliance.
- DecryptScore: 80
Bitmine Nears Goal of Controlling 5% of Ethereum Supply With $11.8 Billion Treasury
The company says it now holds 5.79 million ETH, equal to 4.8% of the cryptocurrency's circulating supply, while expanding its staking operations and share buyback program.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Bitcoin shrugs off AI selloff but high-stakes Fed meeting could determine what's next
BTC held near $65,000 even as Nvidia and AI stocks fell sharply. This week's Fed decision could determine whether bitcoin finally breaks higher or revisits June's lows, analysts said.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Inside the $87 million BTC sell-off driving a Bitcoin treasury pivot into AI data centers
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Empery Digital has added a completed AI-infrastructure investment to its strategy, closing a $20 million preferred-equity stake in Cardinal Data Power while a much larger property commitment remains conditional. The company said it signed and closed the Cardina...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
CLARITY hopes fade, BitMEX shuts as lawsuit looms: Hodler’s Digest, July 26
Despite support from Goldman Sachs, Fidelity and law enforcement bodies, the Clarity Act’s chances dim. BitMEX to close as crypto consolidates into five big players.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Storj files for bankruptcy, explores equity path for tokenholders
The decentralized storage provider says its network will continue operating during Chapter 11 as it explores a court-approved ownership mechanism for STORJ holders.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Garden Finance disables app as Blockaid reports $450,000 exploit
Garden Finance said no user funds or smart contracts were affected after an attacker compromised an independent solver’s off-chain database and inserted fraudulent swap records.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
BitMart withdrawals appear to slow following wind-down announcement
Users reported withdrawal delays and freeze notices as wallets attributed to BitMart fell to about $69 million and its BMX token extended an 81.5% weekly decline.
- The BlockScore: 75
South Korea’s KB Kookmin Bank to launch cross-border payment service on JPMorgan’s Kinexys: report
The largest bank in South Korea plans to launch a blockchain-based cross-border corporate payments service next month, according to Yonhap.
- DecryptScore: 75
BitMart Becomes Latest Crypto Exchange to Shut Down
BitMart’s closure, citing the market environment and “future strategic direction,” comes days after crypto perps exchange BitMEX shut down.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Bitcoin’s $65,000 rebound looks like a relief rally, but Wednesday’s Fed decision could turn it into a trap
Bitcoin reclaimed $65,000 on Monday as a pause in US-Iran strikes revived demand for risk assets ahead of a pivotal Federal Reserve meeting. Data from CryptoSlate showed that the largest cryptocurrency rose about 1% to $65,155, while Ethereum gained 4% to around $1,964, its highest level since early...
- DecryptScore: 75
Bitcoin ETFs Shed $465M Over Two Days, Led by BlackRock's IBIT
The selling reversed a seven-day, $1 billion inflow streak, with analysts blaming renewed U.S.-Iran tensions and Fed rate-hike fears.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
USDC issuer Circle to acquire nearly 1,000 IBM blockchain patents
IBM’s blockchain portfolio includes more than 680 patent families and nearly 1,000 issued patents worldwide, with a particular focus in supply chain applications.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Lido begins moving $16.5 billion in staked ether to cut validator count by a third
The liquid staking protocol is consolidating 8 million ETH and requiring its professional node operators to post bonds for the first time.
- The BlockScore: 75
Lido begins consolidating $16 billion worth of staked ETH as Curated Module v2 rolls out
Ethereum staking protocol Lido has begun consolidating more than 8 million ETH onto Ethereum’s larger post-Pectra 0x02 validators.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Crypto’s favorite $90 trillion trading product is coming to Wall Street, but big banks are taking it slow
Regulated perpetual futures are officially landing in the U.S., but while agile trading firms and crypto exchanges race to capture massive retail demand, traditional Wall Street banks are holding back until liquidity, rules, and infrastructure mature.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitmine keeps buying Ether as ETH outperforms Bitcoin
The company added nearly 10,000 ETH over the past week, bringing its holdings to 5.79 million Ether, about 85% of which is staked through its validator operations.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Bitcoin is back above $65,000 as U.S. and Iran hold fire. Oil drops 5%
ETH outperforms BTC, hinting at potential altcoin rally, as the U.S. and Iran hold fire and oil drops.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Brazilian police bust cocaine traffickers in crypto-linked transnational probe
Brazilian police suspect the group of shipping around 6.5 metric tons of cocaine and laundering billions in Brazilian reals through crypto-enabled illicit money brokers.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Crypto steadies as Iran-U.S. pause sends oil tumbling, lifts risk assets
Brent crude plunged 7% after the U.S. and Iran paused Strait of Hormuz strikes, lifting equities and DeFi tokens while bitcoin held near $65,000 ahead of a pivotal Fed decision Wednesday.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Bitcoin ETFs post third straight weekly inflows despite $465 million in late-week losses
The vast majority of the activity was concentrated in BlackRock’s IBIT product accounting for nearly $415 million of the outflows.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Circle buys nearly 1,000 blockchain patents from IBM
The portfolio covers blockchain technology, banking, insurance, and cloud security, though the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Securitize builds Wall Street credentials with SEC adviser license as tokenization expands
The license broadens the BlackRock tokenization partner's offering as regulators weigh rules for onchain investment products.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Bitcoin price eyes $66K as US stocks rise on Iran-strike pause
Bitcoin copied US stocks as relief over end of US-Iran strikes spread to risk assets at the start of the US trading session.
- DecryptScore: 70
Circle Buys IBM Blockchain Patent Estate—And Becomes America's Biggest Holder
The USDC issuer acquired nearly 1,000 patents from IBM in a single deal, but IBM is still backing USDC's most dangerous rival.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Kraken parent Payward acquires Magic Labs’ wallet business
The deal brings wallet technology to Payward’s enterprise platform, potentially reducing the number of infrastructure providers businesses need to integrate with.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Securitize Capital becomes SEC-registered investment adviser
The registration expands Securitize’s regulated platform for tokenized assets, adding investment advisory services to its institutional offering.
- DecryptScore: 70
Fanatics Buys CFTC-Registered Exchange in Prediction Markets Land Grab
The deal for BGC's Water Street Labs and CX Clearinghouse lets Fanatics list and settle its own event contracts, echoing DraftKings and FanDuel as sports-betting giants scramble for a foothold in the sector.
- The BlockScore: 70
NFL urges CFTC to strengthen rules on sports prediction markets: report
The NFL responded to the CFTC’s recent draft rulemaking calling for stricter prediction markets oversight, including age restrictions.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
South Korea trading giant puts receivables onchain in tokenization test with LG CNS
POSCO International and LG CNS is tapping Injective network to tokenize live commercial invoices, another sign blockchain rails are moving deeper into corporate finance.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Cloud data firm Storj files for Chapter 11, extending a week of crypto failures. Token slides 16%
The decentralized data storage company says operations continue and proposes that token holders take equity in the restructured business — an unusual arrangement in bankruptcy.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Bitcoin options traders are dropping their hedges going into the Fed meeting
The put/call ratio has fallen to about 0.52 from 0.76 in late June, and one-week downside protection has collapsed in price. The options market is positioned for a quiet week that contains an FOMC decision.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Hong Kong crypto giant HashKey merges regional exchange into one
Hong Kong’s HashKey will unify its crypto exchange branches, with users from its Hong Kong, Global, Singapore and Middle East regions using the same platform.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Fanatics buys regulated exchange in bid to grow prediction markets business
The deal gives Fanatics control of its own prediction market infrastructure as event-based trading gains traction across sports, finance and crypto.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Digital asset trading platform Uphold cuts 17% of global headcount as crypto winter bites
The crypto trading platform said the layoffs reflect a strategic shift toward its fast-growing enterprise business.
- The BlockScore: 65
Securitize expands regulated platform with SEC adviser license
This will enable Securitize to work more closely with asset managers and institutional investors on tokenized investment strategies.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Cross River to enable P2P payments, banking services for X Money
The banking-as-a-service provider will power X Money’s peer-to-peer payments, FDIC-insured accounts and Visa debit cards as the platform expands its financial services.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Crypto is the canary in the coal mine for the quantum computing threat, experts say
As estimates for “Q-Day” move closer, experts warn that crypto’s slow governance, not its cryptography, may be the biggest obstacle to defending against quantum attacks.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
BNY Mellon unit joins MiCA register as ESMA adds 15 providers
BNY Mellon’s European subsidiary joined the MiCA register as ESMA added 15 CASPs, including banks and crypto platforms, in the third post-deadline update.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Ballooning U.S. debt sends investors to bitcoin, gold to shelter from dollar devaluation
Your day-ahead look for July 27, 2026
- The BlockScore: 60
Kraken parent Payward acquires Magic Labs’ embedded wallet business
Magic Labs is selling its wallet business to Payward and rebranding as Newton Labs to focus on onchain finance infrastructure.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Rate path still divides investors: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin traders prepared to navigate a slew of volatility catalysts as US inflation data and US-Iran war triggers keep risk-assets in an unpredictable state.
- The BlockScore: 60
Bitmine adds nearly 10,000 ETH while repurchasing 6.1 million common shares
The company has repurchased 11.6 million shares of common stock as part of its $4 billion share repurchase program.
- The BlockScore: 60
Metaplanet’s brokerage deal ‘badly undersells’ plans for bitcoin-backed ‘Bitbonds,’ Benchmark says
Metaplanet envisions launching 4% to 6% bitcoin-backed bonds before eventually moving them on-chain with stablecoin settlement.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Tether’s XAUt gold token receives Shariah certification to expand Islamic finance access
The certification could expand access to Tether’s gold-backed token among Islamic financial institutions and investors seeking Shariah-compliant exposure to physical gold.
- The BlockScore: 60
Ethereum, Solana and Avalanche get busier and cheaper even as token prices fall: Bitwise
Although activity rose, revenues declined and ETH, SOL and AVAX are all down over 50% when compared to a year ago.
- DecryptScore: 60
Prediction Market Traders Brace for Surprise Fed Rate Hike
Prediction market traders have pushed the odds of a July Fed rate hike to 27% on both Polymarket and Myriad, rising double digits in the last 24 hours.
- DecryptScore: 55
Strategy Adds $525M to Cash Reserve, Skips Bitcoin Buy for Fifth Week
The Bitcoin treasury firm also tapped its $1 billion preferred buyback for the first time, spending $25 million on STRC.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Cantor is advising crypto bank AMINA on path to potential public listing
The Swiss bank is exploring multiple paths to the public markets, though discussions are ongoing and no final decision has been made.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Live updates: Ether leads crypto higher as bitcoin trades around $65,500
CoinEx's Jeff Ko sees bitcoin staying range-bound near $65,000 while retreating oil, a 4.7% 10-year yield and a week of mega-cap earnings set the tone.
- DecryptScore: 50
Morning Minute: Tokenized Stocks Jump 5x on Robinhood Chain
Plus markets are green after oil fell 8%; ETH is greatly outpacing BTC in ETF inflows; and another major crypto exchange has shut down
- The BlockScore: 50
Benchmark reiterates $570 Strategy target, says cash reserve strengthens bitcoin acquisition plan
Benchmark reiterated its $570 Strategy target, citing disciplined capital allocation, growing cash reserves and continued long-term BTC plan.
- The BlockScore: 50
Ondo launches new execution network, calling it ‘evolution’ of Ondo Chain
CEO Ian De Bode said the Ondo Network is the "evolution" of the company's earlier Ondo Chain initiative and now underpins Ondo Perps.
- DecryptScore: 50
A Man Gave Border Agents His Phone Passcode. It Wiped Everything. Now He's Facing Federal Charges
Samuel Tunick allegedly triggered a GrapheneOS duress password during a warrantless airport search. Federal prosecutors call it destruction of property. His lawyers call it a digital right.
- DecryptScore: 50
Your Shared Claude Chats Were Being Quietly Published on Google
A missing line of code meant "share with a link" and "searchable by anyone" were the same thing—and someone already saved 11,241 of those messages to GitHub.
- CoinDeskScore: 45
Bitmine buys more ether as Tom Lee says rising ETH/BTC ratio points to stronger crypto prices
The Ethereum treasury company added nearly 10,000 ETH while expanding its stock buyback, citing ether outperforming bitcoin is sending a bullish signal.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Coinbase CEO touts agentic finance as Base tops 100M AI payments
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says AI agents will expand crypto adoption, pointing to Base, USDC and x402 as key pieces of agentic finance.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong criticizes crypto startups that rebrand to AI
Armstrong said blockchain technology acts as a general-purpose infrastructure that will underpin future automation rather than competing with it.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Strategy sells MSTR shares, buys back $25M in STRC preferred stock
Strategy raised $544.5 million through MSTR stock sales as it repurchased $25 million of STRC shares and expanded its US dollar reserve to $3.75 billion.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Nvidia forms 37-member AI security alliance without OpenAI, Anthropic or Google
The chipmaker and 36 other companies say defenders need AI they can run themselves. Major AI players OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are not among them.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
What are perps, anyway? Everything you need to know about crypto’s hottest trading instrument
Perps, which launched on BitMEX in 2015, have become one of the most traded financial products in the world.
- DecryptScore: 40
Nvidia, Microsoft and IBM Launch Open Secure AI Alliance to Strengthen AI Cybersecurity
More than 40 technology companies and organizations have allied to develop open-source AI security tools and standards for cyber defense.
- DecryptScore: 40
Microsoft Says MDASH Beats Claude Mythos and GPT-5.6 Sol in Cybersecurity Test
Microsoft says its new cyber model lets more than 100 AI agents find software flaws at half the cost of its current best MDASH configuration.
- CoinDeskScore: 35
Michael Saylor's Strategy boosted cash reserve to $3.75 billion, repurchased $25 million of STRC
The company last week raised $544.5 million in cash via sales of its common stock.
- The BlockScore: 35
Strategy extends bitcoin pause to five weeks, sells $544.5 million in MSTR as USD reserve hits $3.75 billion
Strategy bought no bitcoin for a fifth straight week, while raising its USD reserve to $3.75 billion and selling $544.5M in MSTR.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Interest rates in U.S., U.K., Japan and Coinbase, Strategy earnings: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting July 27.
- DecryptScore: 30
Crypto Firms Pivoting to AI Is 'Zero-Sum' Thinking: Coinbase CEO
Brian Armstrong says crypto is infrastructure that underpins AI, and that AI agents will need it to transact on their own.
- The BlockScore: 30
TD Cowen cuts David Bailey’s Nakamoto target 58% after bitcoin outlook reset
The firm updated its valuation for David Bailey-led Nakamoto, citing pressure from BTC's decline on the company's capital structure.
- DecryptScore: 30
Searchable NYC Property Database Puts Wealthy Residents at Risk, Critics Warn
A searchable database built from New York City's public property assessment records has drawn backlash from critics who say it creates privacy and security risks.
- CoinDeskScore: 25
Crypto is rewriting how Wall Street traders spend their weekends
Around-the-clock crypto markets are forcing Wall Street to reevaluate one of its oldest assumptions: that weekends are for waiting.
- DecryptScore: 20
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Will Arrive by September, Markets Predict
Money is moving on a September bet for OpenAI’s next major model on both Polymarket and Myriad prediction markets.