Strategy sells MSTR shares, buys back $25M in STRC preferred stock
Strategy raised $544.5 million through MSTR stock sales as it repurchased $25 million of STRC shares and expanded its US dollar reserve to $3.75 billion.…
BNY Mellon unit joins MiCA register as ESMA adds 15 providers
BNY Mellon’s European subsidiary joined the MiCA register as ESMA added 15 CASPs, including banks and crypto platforms, in the third postdeadline update.…
Brazilian police bust cocaine traffickers in crypto-linked transnational probe
Brazilian police suspect the group of shipping around 6.5 metric tons of cocaine and laundering billions in Brazilian reals through cryptoenabled illicit money…
Coinbase CEO touts agentic finance as Base tops 100M AI payments
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says AI agents will expand crypto adoption, pointing to Base, USDC and x402 as key pieces of agentic finance. Source:Cointelegraph
Triple-A confirms treasury-wallet breach after losses reach $11.8M
The stablecoin payments company said client funds were unaffected and that the financial impact would be absorbed through its treasury reserves.…
BitMart withdrawals appear to slow following wind-down announcement
Users reported withdrawal delays and freeze notices as wallets attributed to BitMart fell to about $69 million and its BMX token extended an 81.5% weekly…
Garden Finance disables app as Blockaid reports $450,000 exploit
Garden Finance said no user funds or smart contracts were affected after an attacker compromised an independent solver’s offchain database and inserted…
Storj files for bankruptcy, explores equity path for tokenholders
The decentralized storage provider says its network will continue operating during Chapter 11 as it explores a courtapproved ownership mechanism for STORJ…
CLARITY hopes fade, BitMEX shuts as lawsuit looms: Hodler’s Digest, July 26
Despite support from Goldman Sachs, Fidelity and law enforcement bodies, the Clarity Act’s chances dim. BitMEX to close as crypto consolidates into five big…
WEMIX says attacker moved about $724,000 after contract breach
WEMIX suspended bridges, liquiditypool trading and several services after an attacker compromised a WEMIX$linked contract and moved 724,198 USDC.e.…
CFTC issues second warning to prediction markets on cookie-cutter self-certifications
For the second time this year, the regulator told prediction markets to stop issuing overly broad, templatestyle certifications of events contracts.…
Russia’s Sberbank to launch crypto trading infrastructure this year
Russia’s biggest bank plans to create cryptocurrency trading infrastructure by Dec. 1 as the country is set to establish rules for market participants while…