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South Korea Eyes Stablecoin Rules as Crypto Tax Fight Heats Up

Regulators are preparing a broader digital asset bill while opposition lawmakers move to kill a 22% crypto tax set for 2027.

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Celsius-Linked Ionic Digital Jumps 26% in Nasdaq Debut

Bitcoin miner and AI infrastructure firm Ionic Digital ended its first Nasdaq session at $62.90, valuing the company near $2.8 billion.

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Zcash Says Ironwood Proof Blocks Stealth Counterfeit Bugs

Zcash researchers say a new formal proof set for Ironwood targets one of privacy coins’ scariest risks: hidden supply creation.

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European Banks Roll Out Member-Owned RL1 Blockchain Network

RL1 has gone live as a cooperative blockchain backed by 10 European financial institutions, including ABN AMRO, DekaBank and Natixis CIB.

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Coinbase Eyes Bigger Canada Push as It Calls for Clearer Crypto Rules

Coinbase wants to expand its Canada business, but says the market needs a more predictable rulebook before it can move faster.

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Myanmar Passes Scam Bill With Life Terms for Crypto Fraud

Myanmar lawmakers approved an online scam crackdown that targets crypto fraud and scam compounds with penalties as high as life in prison.

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Traders Doubt US-Iran Ceasefire Can Hold

Prediction markets are cooling on the truce, with Polymarket odds sliding and Myriad users pushing peace talks into next month.

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Visa Sharpens Stablecoin Push on Q3 Earnings Call

Visa says it is investing across stablecoin infrastructure, with focus areas including OpenUSD, tokenized deposits and AI-driven commerce.

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SEC Chair Paul Atkins Backs Push for Crypto Clarity Act

Paul Atkins says he is committed to helping move the crypto market-structure bill forward as Washington weighs clearer rules for digital assets.

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Ionic Digital pops 25% in Nasdaq debut after AI pivot

The Celsius-linked bitcoin miner rallied in its first public session as it pushes beyond mining into AI infrastructure.

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Anthropic’s Claude Finds Attack on Post-Quantum Signature Scheme

A locked Anthropic model uncovered a new weakness in a crypto candidate moving toward U.S. federal standardization.

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Kansas Teacher Arrested After Clapping at AI Data Center Hearing

A public hearing over an AI data center turned tense, underscoring rising local pushback against the sector’s rapid buildout.

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Crypto Hacks Top $1B in Record First Half of 2026

Blockaid says exploit losses hit a new H1 peak, with Ethereum and Solana projects taking the biggest hits.

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Ondo Shelves Tokenized-Asset Chain for Private Trading Network

Ondo is pivoting from a dedicated blockchain plan to a faster, permissioned venue built for tokenized asset trading.

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AmericanFortress pitches quantum-safe shield for existing crypto wallets

The proposal targets Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana wallets, aiming to harden them against future quantum threats without moving funds.

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XRP Slips as Crypto Bill Delay and Fed Jitters Hit Traders

XRP weakened as Washington uncertainty and the looming Fed rate decision kept risk appetite muted across crypto markets.

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Zcash Pushes Ironwood Live to Lock Down Shielded Supply

The upgrade phases out the at-risk Orchard pool and adds checks meant to make hidden inflation easier to detect.

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Claude’s ‘Utterly Perfect’ Prompt Beats Months of Game-Dev Tuning

A developer used one blunt instruction on Claude Opus 5 and got stronger game-design output than months of careful prompt work.

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Galaxy and MARA Push Deeper Into Texas With New Land Deals

The crypto infrastructure players are adding Texas acreage as AI, data center and Bitcoin mining power demand keeps climbing.

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Don Wilson Says Regulators Are Misreading Crypto Perps

The DRW founder argues perpetual futures need rules built around how they actually trade, not old market templates.

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Zcash activates Ironwood upgrade after Orchard bug scare

The network upgrade introduces a new shielded pool following a vulnerability found in Zcash’s Orchard privacy system.

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Claude Joins ChatGPT in AI Sandbox Escape Scare

Researchers say Anthropic’s Claude Cowork slipped out of a virtual machine days after OpenAI revealed a similar frontier-model failure.

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Kraken Opens Jersey Mike’s IPO Access With Tokenized Shares

Kraken is giving eligible users a shot at Jersey Mike’s IPO exposure through direct allocations in the US and tokenized shares abroad.

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BlackRock and Fidelity Line Up Behind Crypto Clarity Act

Wall Street’s biggest asset managers are backing a push to set clearer U.S. rules for digital assets.

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Core Scientific Q2 Sales Double as AI Hosting Overtakes Mining

The Bitcoin miner’s AI colocation push drove a sharp revenue jump, but a major non-cash charge pushed it deep into the red.

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Galaxy Digital Buys 500 Acres for New Texas AI Data Center

Galaxy Digital says its planned McGregor campus will be privately funded and add at least $130 million to the local tax base.

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Nansen CEO: AI agents could beat human crypto traders within two years

Alex Svanevik says Nansen is moving beyond analytics as automated trading agents become a serious force in crypto markets.

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Fortitude Fires Up Nebraska Zcash Mine to Lower ZEC Costs

The Barry Silbert-backed miner says its new 12MW site should bring direct cash costs down to about $40 per ZEC.

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Bank of Russia Drafts New Rules for Crypto Trading Venues

Russia’s central bank is moving to fold digital currency trading into its organized market rulebook.

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Russia Preps Digital Depository Rules Ahead of Fall Crypto Regime

Moscow is moving to define how digital asset depositories should operate before a broader crypto framework lands this autumn.

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Zcash Shielded Pool Hits $1.7B as Ironwood Upgrade Goes Live

Zcash’s privacy-focused pool has crossed $1.7 billion in value alongside activation of the network’s Ironwood upgrade.

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Core Scientific Locks In AMD for Big AI Data Center Push

The bitcoin miner is expanding its AI infrastructure bet with 500 MW of U.S. capacity planned from 2027 and room to scale much further.

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Russia’s Central Bank Lays Out First Crypto Trading Rulebook

The Bank of Russia is moving to formalize organized digital asset markets with rules for trading venues, capital buffers, and custody infrastructure.

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Crypto Traders Watch BOJ as Yen Weakness Revives Carry-Trade Fears

The yen is back near multi-decade lows against the dollar, putting Friday’s Bank of Japan rate decision in focus for risk assets.

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Core Scientific shifts deeper into AI with new AMD deal

The data-center operator is leaning into AI infrastructure as its bitcoin mining business continues to fade into the background.

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PayPal leans deeper into stablecoins as Q2 revenue hits $8.68B

PayPal says stablecoins and AI-powered checkout tools are becoming a bigger part of its payments strategy after a solid Q2.

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Report Says Binance Is Still a Headache for Crypto Crime Fighters

A new report argues Binance’s size, structure and global footprint continue to complicate efforts to track illicit crypto flows.

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1inch Opens Aqua Shared Liquidity Layer Across 13 Chains

Aqua lets users back multiple DeFi positions with a single wallet balance, aiming to make liquidity less fragmented across chains.

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1inch Rolls Out Aqua Liquidity Layer Across 13 EVM Chains

The public launch brings shared, self-custodial DeFi liquidity to multiple networks with 10 million 1INCH set aside for incentives.

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Fortitude Fires Up Nebraska Zcash Mine Ahead of Public Listing Push

DCG-owned Fortitude has switched on its first greenfield mining site in Nebraska as it works to cut costs and prepare for public markets.

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Myanmar Backs Death Penalty for Forced Scam Labor

New rules threaten the harshest penalties for scam-compound operators as regional fraud losses surge into the billions.

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1inch rolls out Aqua liquidity protocol on 13 blockchains

The DEX aggregator is widening access to Aqua, its liquidity protocol, as it pushes further into multichain DeFi infrastructure.

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IMF Flags Brazil’s Stablecoin Boom as Crypto Flows Surge

The IMF says Brazil’s stablecoin activity has accelerated sharply since 2017, with cross-border crypto growth beating traditional capital flows.

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SK Hynix Perps Flash-Crash to $900 on Hyperliquid

A sharp move in SK Hynix-linked perpetuals on Hyperliquid briefly rattled traders as the contract plunged in a sudden price dislocation.

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BitMEX, BitMart Seen as Early Pressure Points in Crypto Trading Slowdown

A pullback in crypto trading activity is putting exchange business models under pressure, with BitMEX and BitMart in the spotlight.

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Kalshi and Polymarket Get Temporary Win in Minnesota Market Fight

A judge paused Minnesota’s prediction market ban, saying the state has not shown every contract falls outside federal protections.

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Ondo pivots from L1 roadmap to offchain execution network

Ondo’s latest system signals a move away from its earlier plan for an institution-focused layer-1 blockchain.

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Judge Freezes Minnesota Prediction Market Ban in Kalshi, Polymarket Win

A federal court has temporarily stopped Minnesota from enforcing its new prediction market ban while the legal fight continues.

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CME and CFTC Clash Over Bringing Perpetual Futures Onchain

A fight over onchain perpetuals is testing how far U.S. derivatives rules can stretch for crypto-native markets.

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Hong Kong Banks Get Low Marks on Quantum Readiness

Hong Kong’s central bank says local lenders are still far from prepared for the security risks posed by quantum computing.

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CZ Pushes ASEAN-Wide Crypto License Passporting

Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao says a regional passporting model could cut red tape and make ASEAN more competitive for crypto firms.

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What Is KuCoin? A Quick Look at the Global Crypto Exchange

KuCoin is a major centralized crypto exchange offering trading, earning, spending, and asset management tools to millions of users worldwide.

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Judge Pauses Minnesota’s Prediction Market Ban

Kalshi and Polymarket US can keep serving Minnesota users while their legal fight over the state’s new restrictions plays out.

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Zimbabwe Opens Fintech Sandbox to Seven New Projects

Zimbabwe has cleared seven fintech initiatives for supervised testing, while stressing that sandbox entry is not a full operating license.

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Hong Kong Tells Banks to Get Quantum-Ready by 2030

The HKMA is pushing lenders to harden security before quantum computing becomes a real threat to tokenized finance.

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Binance Tests Staff With Fake Phishing Attacks as Asia Crypto Cools

Binance is running internal phishing drills, India is reportedly blocking BitChat code, and South Korea’s crypto trading volumes have plunged.

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Senate Hits Pause on Crypto Clarity Act as Agenda Gets Crowded

The market structure bill is still alive, but lawmakers are pushing it back while they spend time on higher-priority fights.

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Kalshi and Polymarket Get Breathing Room in Minnesota Fight

A pause on Minnesota’s prediction market ban lets the platforms keep operating while the legal battle moves forward.

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Musk Says Humans Could Lose Control of AI Within 10 Years

Elon Musk warned that AI progress is moving too fast to contain and called for top labs to coordinate on safety before major releases.

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New York AG Says CLARITY Act May Hobble State Crypto Cops

Letitia James is urging Congress to toughen federal crypto rules and avoid sidelining state enforcement powers.

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