Archives for August 7, 2026

There is already money on the chain for the feature to serve. Onchain data aggregator RWA.xyz tracks about $1.38 billion of distributed real-world assets on XRPL, including $845.7 million of RLUSD. Ondo accounts for another $212.6 million, followed by VERT Capital at $116.1 million and Archax at $55.4 million. Societe Generale sits further down the […]

Bitcoin developer Kevin Loaec, who flagged the risk on X this week, said large holders could be targeted first. Doing nothing will be a safer option, he stated, as coins that never move cannot be replayed because there is no signed transaction to copy. ⚠️IMPORTANT⚠️In the next couple of days, a new shitcoin will fork […]

Trump Media (DJT) is unwinding parts of its crypto push, including scrapping plans to establish a publicly traded CRO token accumulation company, which it unveiled near the height of last year’s digital asset treasury boom. Trump Media, Crypto.com and special purpose acquisition company Yorkville Acquisition mutually terminated plans for Trump Media Group CRO Strategy, the […]

Justin Mateen, a director of the board at American Bitcoin (ABTC), the mining company backed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s family, purchased nearly $1.93 million worth of the company’s stock over two consecutive trading sessions this week, following the company’s latest earnings report. According to regulatory filings, Mateen bought about 145,000 Class A shares on […]

Additionally, the OFAC also sanctioned a network of foreign exchange houses, shell companies and individuals on Friday that it said helped Iran’s shadow banking system move hundreds of millions of dollars, including funds tied to overseas oil sales. “The Iranian regime’s reliance on digital assets and shadow banking networks is further evidence that Economic Fury […]

The company’s deteriorating financial performance compounded these concerns. BitMEX continued to lose market share throughout the sale process as trading activity migrated to larger centralized exchanges and decentralized perpetual futures platforms. This made potential acquirers reluctant to pay the revenue multiple typically reserved for growing businesses, the person said. Both BitMEX and Exodus did not […]

“The order is intended to preserve identified stolen digital assets while the litigation continues, representing an important step in Bybit’s ongoing efforts to recover funds, support international law enforcement investigations, and reinforce accountability for large-scale cybercrime,” Bybit said in the release. “Our focus has never changed: protect our users first, recover what we can, and […]

While acknowledging bipartisan support exists for the legislation, Rafique said party politics are likely to outweigh the industry’s push for regulatory clarity. He dismissed Democratic concerns over ethics provisions as inconsistent, arguing lawmakers should instead adopt broader restrictions on public officials participating in financial markets. Despite his skepticism, Rafique described the Clarity Act as critical […]

The authors of the study examined roughly two months of five-minute bitcoin contracts. They found unusually large orders on Binance in the final seconds before settlement, followed by rapid price reversals in bitcoin. The paper did not prove traders’ intent or directly establish that the spot-market orders were placed by the same people holding positions […]

So the protections stay what they are: at the federal level not law, but an interpretive notice sorting 16 tokens, a collateral pilot, a few no-action letters, a memorandum of understanding between two federal agencies, any of it revocable without a vote. The rest is left to the states, where investors get real protection in […]