The million dollar question is what prompted a Bitcoin OG to send 20 BTC to a custodian, retrieve it back, and then deliberately burn it?

Japan’s FSA requested to exempt trust-type stablecoins from mandatory tax filings starting in fiscal year 2027, arguing that it would improve their use as transaction tools.

Strategy added to its BTC treasury for the first time in two months, while continuing to bolster its cash reserves and buy back its perpetual STRC preferred stock.

Crypto projects spent a record $638 million on token buybacks so far in 2026, as more protocols are turning their revenue into buybacks to return more value to token holders.

Bitcoin approached the August monthly close below key resistance with markets once again pricing in a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike in September.

Blockaid said an attacker used an Ankr liquid staking token and E-mode to overborrow from More Markets and drain about $9.3 million in WFLOW from a lending reserve.

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Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek said the company’s app and exchange were unaffected by the Tectonic breach and continued operating normally.

Bitcoin moves toward a post quantum future, Solana validators agree to curb rampant inflation and the bull case from Bernstein is for Bitcoin to peak at $500K this cycle.

Michael Saylor’s “We’re Back” post hints Strategy may resume Bitcoin buying after a two-month pause to strengthen its balance sheet.

Russia’s largest bank, Sber, plans to accept USDT and Ether alongside Bitcoin as loan collateral as the country introduces regulated crypto trading under a new law.

Trump-linked Real Trump Coins said it never authorized GOLD or any digital token as questions persisted over its X account, associated domains and the concentrated token supply.

The vulnerabilities posed denial-of-service and validator resource risks but were patched before Polygon publicly disclosed them.

Stellar’s real-world asset market has expanded rapidly this year as institutional adoption and tokenization activity grow across the network.

Tokenized equities saw a sharp rise in onchain activity as active addresses and holders more than doubled over the past month.

Real Trump Coins promoted GOLD before deleting related X posts, while team-linked wallets sold 224.5 million tokens as its market value fell about 99%.

BIS chief Pablo Hernández de Cos said stablecoins lack credibility for payments at scale, while a new FSI study highlights sharp differences in issuer rules.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $201.8 million in net outflows Friday, led by ARK 21Shares, as total fund assets slipped back below $100 billion.

The approved proposal doubles Solana’s annual disinflation rate from 15% to 30%, reducing future SOL issuance while leaving its long-term inflation target unchanged.

According to Circle, the USDC stablecoin name will appear on the front of club jerseys for Chelsea’s upcoming football season.

The institutional crypto exchange is providing $100 million in stablecoin liquidity to support loans backed by AI computing infrastructure.

Bitcoin failed to make a decisive break above $80,000 as traders digested Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole keynote speech, which remained wary of US inflation trends.

Bitcoin’s $80,000 rebound lifts crypto stocks as Circle, Strategy and Solana show how capital markets, stablecoins and onchain growth are driving crypto’s recovery.

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Polish Olympic Committee president Radosław Piesiewicz faces charges as prosecutors investigate his ties to collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto.

The bill seeks to prohibit the listing of memecoins issued by federal public officials to California residents, citing conflicts of interest and “pay-to-play arrangements.”

The French Bitcoin treasury firm’s private placement drew support from Adam Back and TOBAM, with warrant exercises potentially unlocking another $158 million.

Bitcoin profitability data produced a bear-market reversal signal that was also present at the start of 2023.

The Ethena Foundation proposed buying the token supply held by major early investors and revealed a fee switch to turn 95% of net protocol revenue into ENA buybacks.

BitGo completed its acquisition of NYDIG’s institutional trading business, adding about 30 employees and expanding its derivatives and financing capabilities.