Crypto companies urge AI firms to give Bitcoin developers early access
The Bitcoin Policy Institute and other industry participants urged AI companies to offer early access to their frontier models to...
Month: August 2026
Inside the fake crypto startup that fooled North Korean IT workers
Suspected North Koreans IT workers joined a fake crypto startup — without realizing their every move was being tracked to...
Harmony considers rollback after suspected exploit inflates ONE supply
Harmony is working with exchanges to freeze funds and is preparing a patch after claims that 2.8 billion unauthorized ONE...
Sharplink Earns $11M From Ethereum Staking Despite $394M Q2 Loss
Sharplink reported a $394.3 million second-quarter loss as falling ether prices triggered more than $397 million in unrealized losses and...
Buried in the FCC’s New Robot Import Ban: The 35% Foreign-Parts Rule
U.S. regulators have moved to block imports of foreign-made humanoid robots, targeting devices produced abroad, especially in China, on national...
What Is FINMA? Why Crypto Firms Keep Flocking to Switzerland
Switzerland has turned financial regulation into a competitive machine, pairing the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, better known as FINMA,...
SEC, CFTC Target Goliath Ventures Over $400M Crypto Ponzi
Federal regulators have targeted Goliath Ventures over an alleged crypto Ponzi scheme involving more than $400 million. The CFTC cites...
Following Senate delay, crypto bill has narrow window to become law
After an August recess, lawmakers in the Senate will have just 36 days in session before the end of the...
CFTC invokes emergency powers to keep Kalshi operating in New York fight
The order escalates a jurisdictional fight over whether states may treat federally regulated event contracts as illegal gambling.The US Commodity...
Ravencoin hits record low as network exploit puts transactions at risk
Mining pools controlling most of Ravencoin’s hash rate are building a competing chain that could trigger a three-day reorganization.Ravencoin dropped...
SEC, CFTC sue Goliath Ventures over $400M crypto Ponzi scheme
Regulators allege Goliath promised crypto liquidity-pool returns but instead paid earlier investors and funded its founder’s luxury spending.The US Securities...
Connecticut Judge Says Kalshi Sports Contracts Were Never Swaps
A federal judge denied Kalshi’s request for a preliminary injunction against Connecticut regulators, holding that its sports-event contracts are not...
Sui Co-Founder Is Building Quantum-Safe Hardware Wallets For $10
Mysten Labs co-founder and chief cryptographer Kostas Chalkias says he has quietly leased a factory to mass-produce quantum-resistant hardware wallet...
Empery Sells 1,635 BTC for $102.2M as Liquidity Tightens
Empery Digital sold 1,635 BTC for $102.2 million after the second quarter, cutting its bitcoin holdings to 1,279 BTC. With...
FSB Raids Moscow City Crypto Hub in Major Fraud Bust
Russian authorities disrupted nine foreign-coordinated cryptocurrency channels operating out of the Moscow City business district. Over 20 employees from unregistered...
