Raw News Items
86 itemsJuly 31, 2026
- CoinDeskScore: 90
Major bitcoin wallet flaw drains 594 BTC in 25-minute sweep
A hardware wallet randomness bug turned “impossible to guess” seeds into guessable ones, and $38 million is already gone.
- DecryptScore: 90
$38M in Bitcoin Drained by Coldcard Key Flaw Its Maker Thinks AI Found
Coinkite said it’s likely that an attacker used AI to review previous versions of its open source firmware to uncover a vulnerability.
- CoinDeskScore: 90
U.S. sanctions Iran-linked bitcoin insurance scheme for Strait of Hormuz ships
The Treasury Department said the Hormuz Safe platform accepted bitcoin and other digital assets as part of an alleged sanctions workaround tied to IRGC-backed shipping controls.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Circle receives New York trust charter for subsidiary
The New York trust charter allows Circle’s subsidiary to provide fiduciary and custody services under state banking law.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Coldcard issues Mk3 warning as experts examine $38M Bitcoin wallet drain
Coinkite urged Coldcard Mk3 users to migrate funds after identifying a potential seed-generation risk, as Bitcoin security experts separately examine an unexplained $38 million wallet drain.
- The BlockScore: 85
New York sues Kalshi over illegal gambling claims, seeks $36 billion in damages
New York State is seeking at least $36 billion in compensatory damages from Kalshi, pending a full accounting.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
A flaw in Coldcard seed generation lets attackers recreate private keys from the press of a button
Some Coldcard Mk3 owners may need to move their Bitcoin. Coinkite says funds tied to seeds generated on firmware 4.0.1 or a later Mk3 release may be at risk. Bitcoin Core contributor instagibbs said he recreated the vulnerable seed on a newly initialized Mk3. Coinkite says Mk4 and Mk5 devices are al...
- DecryptScore: 85
Crypto Kiosk Scams Cost Texans $57M as Lawmakers Weigh a Ban
Three states have already outlawed Bitcoin ATMs, and a committee chair says Texas will go further than regulating them.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Dubai-based crypto exchange tied to $4 billion Iran sanctioned-evasion network
Shelbit allegedly sent hundreds of millions of dollars to major crypto exchanges, including Binance, as it linked gambling sites and sanctioned Iranian entities to global crypto markets.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Circle secures New York trust charter as crypto regulatory push accelerates
The approval lets the USDC issuer offer fiduciary and custody services under New York banking law.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Judge lets FTX recovery trust chase Binance for $1.76 billion over a 2021 share buyback
The FTX Recovery Trust, which is pursuing assets for the bankrupt exchange's creditors, can keep trying to recover at least $1.76 billion that FTX alleges it transferred to Binance parties in a 2021 share repurchase. A July 24 ruling by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Karen B. Owens preserved the core clawbac...
- DecryptScore: 85
US Treasury Sanctions Iranian Firms Taking Bitcoin for Hormuz Passage
OFAC sanctioned two Iranian firms including Hormuz Safe, which “accepts payment in Bitcoin and other digital assets.”
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Coldcard's $38 million (so far) exploit shakes faith in self-custody, may push investors to ETFs
A software bug in popular hardware wallet Coldcard that led to the theft to this point of nearly 600 bitcoin worth roughly $38 million is prompting questions about security and whether managing private keys has become too risky for everyday investors.
- The BlockScore: 85
Bitcoin losses linked to Coldcard vulnerability grow to $70 million, Galaxy Research says
Galaxy said nearly 1,200 addresses were drained of more than 1,000 BTC worth roughly $70 million tied to a Coldcard vulnerability.
- The BlockScore: 80
‘Funds may be at risk’: Coinkite issues warning for Coldcard Mk3 users amid 594 BTC theft reports
Coinkite recommends that Mk3 users create a strong, unique BIP-39 passphrase on the device and move funds to the resulting wallet.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
New York sues Kalshi over alleged illegal gambling operation
The lawsuit adds to a growing clash between New York and the CFTC over whether federally regulated prediction markets are subject to state gambling laws.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
BIS Project Agorá settles $1 million in tokenized cross-border payment trials
Twenty-eight financial institutions and central banks completed real-value settlements across six currencies using tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits.
- DecryptScore: 80
Circle Lands New York Trust Charter as Stablecoin Issuer Expands Regulatory Footprint
The approval comes weeks after Circle won federal approval to establish a national trust bank, adding another license as the USDC issuer expands.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Ex-FTX users report funds being released in $900M distribution round
Several users of the long-defunct crypto exchange reported that distribution agents had begun releasing funds to reimburse creditors for some of their 2022 losses.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin ETFs post $233M inflows, pushing week back into the green
BlackRock’s IBIT led $233.1 million in daily inflows as US spot Bitcoin ETFs turned positive for the week and July stayed on track to end in the green.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
RWA perpetual futures volume nears Bitcoin on Hyperliquid, Binance
RWA perpetual futures reached 99.2% of Bitcoin perpetual volume on Hyperliquid and Binance as tokenized equities led trading.
- DecryptScore: 75
New York AG Seeks $36B From Kalshi Over 'Illegal Gambling'
The CFTC asked a court to stop New York enforcing against the prediction market the day before the state filed.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Zcash fixed the flaw that nearly halved ZEC, and $926 million in leverage now tests the rebound
Zcash activated Ironwood on July 28, sealing the Orchard shielded pool and opening a replacement pool under the NU6.3 rules. ZEC traded near $474 at publication, below the $500 area that held for much of July, and was 12.4% lower over seven days. Two months earlier, ZEC led one of the year’s stronge...
- The BlockScore: 75
Circle secures NYDFS trust charter, adding state layer to federal USDC oversight
Circle won a limited-purpose trust charter from NYDFS for Circle Internet Trust Company after securing final OCC national trust approval.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Biotech company asks shareholders to dilute stock by 951% to hoard illiquid crypto token instead of funding its own drug
Enlivex, a Nasdaq-listed biotechnology company, is asking shareholders to authorize up to $800 million of financing tied to the RAIN crypto token. The structure could increase its share count by as much as 951%. Despite Enlivex's biotech business, the financing is primarily a crypto-treasury transac...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bybit adds tokenized Nvidia, Apple, Tesla stocks as loan collateral
Eligible retail and institutional users can use tokenized shares of Nvidia, Apple, Tesla and three other US companies across Bybit’s trading and lending products.
- DecryptScore: 70
Claude Hacked Three Companies in Internal Testing: Anthropic
Anthropic says three Claude models compromised the companies after a testing misconfiguration exposed the AI to the public internet.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin ETFs just broke a brutal $500M losing streak, but the entire recovery is an illusion propped up by BlackRock
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs snapped a four-session losing streak on July 29 and finished the day with $32.1 million in net inflows. However, one fund did all the lifting. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF, or IBIT, pulled in $89.8 million, enough to cover the $43.1 million that left Fidelity’s Wise O...
- CoinDeskScore: 70
New York sues Kalshi, alleges it offers a gambling platform 'plain and simple'
The suit wants to bar the company from operating what it says is an unlicensed gambling business and seeks financial redress.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
ECB says digital euro app will exceed EU accessibility standards
The European Central Bank proposed accessibility standards for its planned digital euro app, saying it would be one of several ways users could access basic digital euro services.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Bitcoin price sinks to 2-week lows as US stocks fail to copy Asia rebound
Bitcoin saw fresh downside pressure as US stocks tracked sideways into the end of the month, diverging from the relief bounce seen in Asia.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Tether posts $1.5 billion operating profit in Q2 as reserve buffer falls by half
The world’s largest stablecoin issuer added 14 metric tons of gold and about 1,800 bitcoin to its reserves during the second quarter.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Why a $20 billion Bitstamp slump makes Robinhood’s retail app look far weaker than it really is
Bitstamp accounted for $20 billion, or 77%, of the $26 billion decline in Robinhood's reported crypto notional volume from the first to the second quarter of 2026. Volume attributed to Bitstamp fell 48%, from $42 billion in the first quarter to $22 billion in the second quarter. The Robinhood App de...
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
After $8.2B loss forced Bitcoin sales, Michael Saylor gives Strategy to September to repair broken dividend engine
Michael Saylor’s Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) is targeting a September recovery for its STRC preferred stock as the company seeks to revive the financing channel behind its goal of doubling Bitcoin per MSTR share within seven years. The plan follows a second quarter that demonstrated Strategy’s...
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Why DeFi giant Aave is pulling the plug on six hyped blockchains making less than $5,000 a quarter
In a July 29 forum-stage proposal, Aave risk service provider LlamaRisk recommended winding down the decentralized lender’s V3 deployments on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos. The plan would put $4.1 million of debt on a staged exit path that keeps existing positions open during the ...
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Bhutan’s Gelephu taps 3iQ to manage part of Bitcoin treasury
3iQ will manage an undisclosed portion of Gelephu Mindfulness City’s Bitcoin treasury as Bhutan develops a digital-asset investment hub.
- The BlockScore: 65
Uniswap launches ‘Earn’ with Morpho to let users earn yield on idle crypto assets
Uniswap has teamed up with Morpho to launch Earn, a new lending product that lets users earn yield via Gauntlet-curated vaults.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Zero mining revenue, 98% cash collapse, 2 million mysterious shares sets up miner’s 7 billion share survival play
SOS Limited shareholders approved steps that could expand the crypto-linked company’s authorized share pool 100-fold, giving it far more room to raise equity after it temporarily stopped direct mining and ended 2025 with just $3.2 million in cash alongside about $79.1 million in Bitcoin and Ethereum...
- DecryptScore: 65
Tether Reports $1.5B Q2 Profit as USDT Supply Grows, Gold Holdings Rise
The latest attestation offers a snapshot of the assets backing the world's largest stablecoin, including U.S. Treasuries, repo agreements, and more than 146 metric tons of gold.
- The BlockScore: 65
Coinbase’s Q2 miss sparks split on Wall Street, analysts debate growth beyond crypto trading
Wall Street lowered Coinbase targets after second-quarter earnings but remains split on the company's outlook.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
The free ride for VanEck’s Bitcoin ETF is officially over after falling $1.4 billion short of growth target
VanEck's Bitcoin ETF ends its zero-sponsor-fee period today, July 31, with $1.076 billion in net assets, equal to 43.0% of the waiver's $2.5 billion asset threshold. The VanEck Bitcoin ETF, which trades as HODL, reported the asset figure as of July 30. It was about $1.424 billion below the threshold...
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
From crypto treasury to AI data centers: Inside the aggressive 4,375 ETH selloff that just hit a massive collateral wall
Japan-listed Quantum Solutions expanded the amount of Ether its group may sell through Oct. 30, 2026, after subsidiary GPT Pals Studio sold another 1,000 ETH to help fund its AI data-center push. The group can still sell up to 2,471 ETH, while only 1,714.8 ETH of its present balance is disclosed as ...
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Coinbase's weak quarter leaves Wall Street split on timing of a recovery
Most analysts blamed a weak crypto market for Coinbase's earnings miss, though opinions diverged on when trading activity will recover.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
A cleaning company with just $4.1M in cash and a stash of Dogecoin just committed $500M to an AI mega-deal
CleanCore Solutions, a cleaning-products and Dogecoin-treasury company pivoting into AI infrastructure, announced a Minnesota data-center venture whose operating company is a party to a 10-year colocation agreement with AI-compute company Cerebras. The estimated $800 million contract value comes wit...
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Live updates: Bitcoin steady as Japan holds rates at 1%, keeping the yen carry trade alive
The Bank of Japan left its benchmark at 1% and Governor Ueda's hawkish signals landed softly, since markets had already priced an October hike. Bitcoin held near $64,000.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Bitcoin’s calm is back and so is the setup for a volatility explosion
Bitcoin’s daily price swings have tightened to their narrowest since January, making clean trades harder to find. Here's what could happen next.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Aave weighs closing 6 V3 blockchain markets, offboarding 50 low-use reserves
DeFi risk management service LlamaRisk recommended that Aave wind down every reserve on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos, but action against most of those instances was already taken.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
As Ethereum turns 11 years old it hosts $148B in stablecoins, but daily mainnet revenue just fell to $330k
Ethereum turned 11 on July 30, the anniversary of the day users generated and loaded the Frontier genesis block in 2015. In its first decade, the network survived the DAO crisis, executed the Merge to proof-of-stake, and became the leading public venue for stablecoins, decentralized finance, and tok...
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Bitcoin, ether fall, equities rally with broader crypto market on track for best month in a year
BTC fell as July drew to a close, even as stocks gained in Asia and U.S. index futures advanced. The CoinDesk 20 index is set to post its biggest gain since July 2025.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
AMLBot launches AI Tracer for self-service blockchain investigations
Crypto forensics company AMLBot launched an AI-enabled tool allowing users with no specialist knowledge to trace their digital assets, even after they are stolen.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
US Treasury yields rise as TIPS challenge the inflation narrative
TIPS data points to rising real yields, not inflation, a dynamic that weighs on non-yielding assets like Bitcoin.
- The BlockScore: 60
Tether’s excess reserves fall by more than $4 billion amid weaker Q2 financial results
Tether swung from $4.9 billion in net profit for Q2 2025 to $1.5 in net operating profit during the second quarter of this year.
- The BlockScore: 55
Ethereum’s 43-day staking queue isn’t a clean demand signal, Sygnum says
Sygnum's Thomas Brunner says Ethereum’s 43-day staking queue reflects mechanics, not just fresh demand from investors.
- CointelegraphScore: 55
Tether earns $1.5B in Q2 as US Treasury holdings fuel profits
Tether’s reserve surplus grew to $4.11 billion in the second quarter as USDT supply rose despite a weaker stablecoin market and continued pressure across the crypto sector.
- DecryptScore: 55
US Is Banning Foreign Robots—Even Roombas
New restrictions block future models of foreign-made robots and connected power inverters from receiving FCC approval after U.S. national security agencies warned they could pose cybersecurity and supply chain risks.
- CoinDeskScore: 55
Bitcoin holds July gain as 'forced-selling fuel was already spent,' analysts say
The largest crypto shrugged off a barrage of bad news this month, but traders remain cautious as rate hike fears and jobs data loom.
- The BlockScore: 50
TD Cowen cuts Sharplink price target to $13 on lower 2026 ether outlook
TD Cowen cut Sharplink's price target after lowering its 2026 ether forecast while maintaining its long-term Ethereum investment thesis.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Quantum Solutions, Hyperscale Data tap crypto treasuries to fund AI data centers
The firm’s board raised the sale cap to 4,375 ETH through Oct. 30, nearly 66% of June holdings, although 3,050 of its remaining ETH is pledged.
- The BlockScore: 50
Senate Democrats propose anti-corruption bureau as Trump’s crypto portfolio draws more scrutiny
Recent financial disclosures showed that Trump made hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto-related income.
- The BlockScore: 50
Bernstein sees 78% upside for Robinhood as tokenization, prediction markets expand its crypto business
Bernstein held its $160 Robinhood price target, citing tokenization and prediction markets as Robinhood's next crypto growth drivers.
- DecryptScore: 50
Morning Minute: Coinbase Posts Surprise Loss as Crypto Trading Dries Up
Plus, BTC is red this morning despite $233M in ETF inflows yesterday; and NY State is trying to shut down Kalshi and seeking $36B in damages
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Quantum computing nears commercial breakthrough, IBM CEO says
Arvind Krishna said quantum computing will begin generating meaningful revenue before the decade ends as investment in the sector accelerates, in an interview on CNBC.
- The BlockScore: 50
Analysts back Strategy’s cash buildup as Saylor shifts from ‘100% bitcoin’ approach
TD Cowen and Benchmark reiterated buy on Strategy after an $8.2 billion Q2 loss and a corporate STRC-to-par push.
- DecryptScore: 50
Google Yanks Google Earth AI Image Tool a Day After Launch Over Deepfake Fears
The Nano Banana tool let users generate fake satellite scenes from a text prompt, alarming investigators who rely on Google Earth to verify breaking news and atrocities.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
RWA perps will outpace tokenization
Tokenization was crypto's first big export to TradFi. Perps are next, says Martin Lee, markets insight lead at DWF labs.
- The BlockScore: 40
Stablecoins and Cross-Border Payments: How Digital Dollars Move Across Borders
Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency designed to hold a fixed value against a reference currency, most commonly one U.S. dollar. Transferring stablecoins across countries is unlike transferring money through a bank: A sender converts their local currency into a stablecoin, sends it to the recipi...
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Crypto’s next altseason may have fewer winners: Wintermute
Institutional investors accounted for 72% of Wintermute’s spot OTC flow in the first half of 2026 as capital clustered in fewer tokens and altcoin rallies became more selective.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
How a PPE company’s highly publicized $32M Bitcoin strategy quietly expired without purchasing a single coin
Rectitude Holdings’ $32.625 million financing intended mainly to fund Bitcoin purchases ended without producing shares or cash, according to the Singapore safety equipment supplier’s annual report filed July 30. The agreement was terminated on Oct. 9, 2025. That was 31 days after Rectitude publicly ...
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Citadel buys bulk of Situational Awareness stock portfolio after AI rout: Reports
Situational Awareness retained about $10 billion in assets, including its Anthropic stake, after reportedly selling leveraged public stock positions to Ken Griffin’s Citadel.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Robinhood’s crypto revenue plunged 38%, but a sudden explosion in options trading saved its record quarter
Robinhood's crypto-related transaction revenue in the fourth quarter of 2024 generated $358 million of the company's $672 million in transaction-based revenue, about 53% of the total. That concentration had flipped by the second quarter of 2026, when crypto revenue fell 38% year over year to $100 mi...
- DecryptScore: 40
AI Company Sues Town for Trying to Block Data Center Near National Park
A proposed $4.8 billion AI data center near Mammoth Cave National Park has sparked a legal battle that could test how far local governments can go to slow the industry's rapid expansion.
- DecryptScore: 40
XDC AI and the Rise of Agentic Finance: When AI Agents Learn to Pay
As AI agents move from giving advice to making transactions, a new layer of payment infrastructure is racing to catch up.
- The BlockScore: 40
World Cup 2026 prediction markets topped $20 billion, with Ronaldo tears among the biggest wagers
World Cup betting activity peaked around major knockout matches, with markets ranging from match outcomes to player-specific outcomes.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Dogecoin treasury firm borrowed $1.4M at 10.7% interest – promising repayment in CleanCore stock already pledged elsewhere
House of Doge’s wholly owned Dogecoin Ventures unit borrowed $1.4 million from lender Devlin DeFrancesco under an unsecured note, according to a July 29 SEC filing. Secured creditors get paid first, while the $1.4 million principal is due in 2,227,300 CleanCore Solutions shares already pledged to Ho...
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
New Bitcoin study shows the strongest recurring liquidation warning signs cannot warn of an individual crash
A new arXiv preprint studying seven major Bitcoin crashes found the warning signal shifting among price, leverage, and order flow from one event to the next. One clue echoed across six usable cases. Taker order-flow variance tightened before each cascade, a faint weather front across the group rathe...
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Pump.fun laid off workers before they received millions in PUMP tokens: Report
Pump.fun co-founder Noah Tweedale reportedly attributed the layoffs to said the company growing too quickly.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Bank of Italy finds no consistent cost advantage for stablecoin remittances
Researchers found that fiat conversion costs and payment infrastructure, rather than blockchain fees, accounted for most of the differences in stablecoin remittance costs and settlement times.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
BOJ intervenes to defend yen near 160, holds rates steady
The Japanese yen crosses a key psychological level after the country’s central bank reportedly conducted a major currency intervention.
- The BlockScore: 30
Stablecoin Reserve Requirements Explained
A stablecoin is a digital asset designed to maintain a steady value by pegging its price to another asset, most commonly a fiat currency like the U.S. dollar. Stablecoin reserve requirements are the rules determining the assets an issuer must hold to back up every stablecoin it puts into circulation...
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Bitcoin flat near $64,000 as Kospi's record 17% surge leaves crypto untouched
Samsung and SK Hynix both jumped more than 23%. Bitcoin moved a fraction of a percent in the past 24 hours, and most majors are still lower on the week.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Bitcoin $60,000 put leads the pack as mood swings bearish for August
Your day-ahead look for July 31, 2026
- CoinDeskScore: 30
World Cup bets smash records as prediction markets hit $20 billion in volume
Markets ranged from the simple question of who would win the tournament to whether Cristiano Ronaldo would cry when Portugal were eliminated (he did).
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Crypto faces 3 barriers to next bull run, STS Digital CEO says
Institutional options selling, AI and delayed U.S. crypto regulation are weighing on bitcoin, according to STS Digital CEO Maxime Seiler.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
The good and the bad of perps, according to crypto traders
Both retail and institutional traders worry about the funding rate.
- The BlockScore: 30
Former Rep. George Santos agrees to pay $35,000 in CFTC settlement over Kalshi SOTU bet
Former expelled U.S. Rep. George Santos settled with CFTC over trades made on Kalshi about the State of the Union.
- DecryptScore: 25
AI Music Company Suno Loses Copyright Case in Germany
The decision requires AI companies to license copyrighted music used to train models and generate songs, marking another legal win for music rights holders in Europe.