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Binance founder CZ calls for wallet diversification after $70 million Coldcard exploit
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says hardware wallets can still have bugs and suggests spreading funds across multiple wallets after the major Coldcard security failure.
Bitcoin ETFs end July in the green despite late-month selling
Spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $172.4 million in July inflows but remained $5.3 billion negative year to date after heavy withdrawals in May and June.
XRP Ledger upgrade brings back features once pulled over critical bugs
The xrpld 3.3.0 release is expected next week with five proposed amendments, including two revised features that were previously withdrawn after researchers found bugs that could have allowed unauthor
How bitcoin cold wallets lost $70 million in an attack that never touched the devices
Galaxy Research said weak seed generation let an attacker recreate likely private keys offline, sweep more than 1,000 BTC from nearly 1,200 wallets and continue searching without ever accessing the de
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.
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.
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.
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.
The good and the bad of perps, according to crypto traders
Both retail and institutional traders worry about the funding rate.
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 privat
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.