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The CLARITY Act’s chances are fading after the Senate left for its five-week August recess without having voted on the digital asset legislation, Reuters reported Monday (Aug. 10). Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Saturday (Aug. 8) pushed a procedural vote that could help the...
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said in a Sunday (Aug. 9) post on X: “Crypto doesn’t get enough credit for the financial access it’s already unlocked for the world.” Stablecoins brought the dollar onchain, allowing anyone to own a low-inflation currency and send it around the...
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsbuy reportedly lost more than $8 million in a weekend attack. The coordinated attack happened across the TRON and Ethereum blockchains on Sunday (Aug. 9), CoinDesk reported, citing on-chain data reviewed by blockchain security researchers. According to the report, the attacker began with a 5 USDT...
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are reportedly seeking stronger inflows following a recent crypto hack. The U.S.-listed ETFs, which provide investors with exposure to bitcoin’s price without requiring them to hold the coins themselves, drew more than $850 million last week, Bloomberg News reported Monday (Aug. 10). These...
The first seven months of 2026 have been a rough period for cryptocurrency efforts. More than 100 crypto projects have either shuttered, filed for bankruptcy or gone dark for good so far this year, CoinDesk reported Sunday (Aug. 9), citing numbers from RootData. The pace...
Brazil’s new fraud-prevention rules require cryptocurrency exchanges to delay some overseas transfers by 24 hours. The requirement by Brazil’s central bank goes into effect Jan. 1, according to a resolution published Friday (Aug. 7) and flagged in a report by CoinDesk. According to the report,...
The U.S. Senate is reportedly inching closer to passing its long-delayed cryptocurrency legislation. As Reuters reported, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., moved Saturday (Aug. 8) to set up a procedural vote on the CLARITY Act when lawmakers come back from their recess in mid-September....
The momentum Hyperliquid (HYPE) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) had in May and June faded in July and early August, CoinDesk reported Thursday (Aug. 6), citing a report from JPMorgan. Inflow into HYPE ETFs have “largely ground to a halt” after leading non-bitcoin crypto funds in inflows...
Europe’s new cryptocurrency regulations have reportedly given fraudsters a new pathway to scamming consumers. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Thursday (Aug. 6), officials are warning that scammers are capitalizing on the disruption caused by the new rules to steal funds by impersonating crypto firms and digital...