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BNY Mellon European Unit Joins ESMA's MiCA Register
The Wall Street giant's Belgian subsidiary is among 15 new CASPs added in the register's third post-deadline update.
India's Fintech Sector Posts First Aggregate Profit as WealthTech Leads Turnaround
After years of growth-at-all-costs, the industry crossed into profitability in FY25, though payments remain unprofitable despite leading revenue.
Saylor's Cryptic Post Signals Fresh Bitcoin Buy for Strategy
Executive Chairman's social media hint follows $263.5 million share sale that bolstered cash reserves to $3.2 billion.
ANNA Money Acquires BDG and UKBF to Build AI Operating System for SMEs
London fintech buys company formation platform controlling 30% of UK independent market and 160,000-member community to capture entrepreneurs from day one.
Crypto Governance, Not Code, May Be Quantum Computing's First Casualty
Bitcoin's BIP-361 debate exposes a deeper vulnerability: decentralized networks struggle to coordinate existential defenses.
KEO Capital Shareholder Pushes Board Overhaul for Fintech Pivot
KEO Aggregator LP seeks to replace three directors with fintech and capital markets veterans as the company exits energy assets.
Flex Taps Ex-Chime Engineering VP Michael Barrett as CTO
The finance super-app builder recruits seasoned fintech infrastructure leader to scale its technical operations.
Strategy Unveils Bitcoin Treasury Metrics Accounting for Debt, Preferred Stock
Executive Chairman Michael Saylor introduces net reserve calculations and modified NAV ratios to clarify common shareholder value in the company's 843,775 BTC treasury.
BitMart Users Face Withdrawal Bottlenecks as Exchange Winds Down
On-chain data shows severe withdrawal friction following the nine-year-old platform's shutdown announcement, with BMX token collapsing 81%.
Triple-A Confirms Treasury Wallet Breach, Losses Estimated at $11.8 Million
Singapore-based stablecoin payments firm says client funds remain secure in segregated accounts as it absorbs the hit from multi-chain hot wallet exploit.
CLARITY Act Stalls as BitMEX Shuts Down Amid $40.7M Fraud Lawsuit
Regulatory uncertainty deepens while a crypto derivatives pioneer exits under legal pressure.
POSCO International Tokenizes Live Trade Receivables on Injective With LG CNS
South Korean trading giant moves beyond simulated proofs-of-concept to put real commercial invoices on-chain.
Garden Finance Shuts App After $450K HTLC Exploit Across Four Chains
Cross-chain bridge protocol suffers second major breach in under a year as Blockaid flags ongoing drain.
Storj Labs Files Chapter 11, Seeks Equity Path for Tokenholders
The decentralized storage company says network operations will continue uninterrupted while pursuing an untested reorganization strategy.
Bitcoin Rally Hinges on CLARITY Act as Seven Senate Democrats Block Vote
Citi cuts price target to $112,000 while institutional investors wait for regulatory clarity that remains stuck in procedural limbo.
Treasury Sanctions Turkish Fintech Zedpay in Iranian Crypto Network Crackdown
OFAC targets Babak Zanjani's Dot One conglomerate with fresh designations aimed at severing fiat-to-crypto gateways used for sanctions evasion.
Public Companies Sell 511 Bitcoin to Escape $31.7 Million Debt Burden
KULR Technology and Smarter Web Company liquidated Bitcoin reserves to retire corporate obligations, highlighting tensions in crypto treasury strategies.
Saylor Hints at Bitcoin News Before $15M Security Consortium Launch
Strategy chairman's cryptic social media post preceded multi-firm pledge to fund open-source Bitcoin development and quantum-resistant cryptography.
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab Releases Inkling, a 975B-Parameter Open-Weight AI Model
The Western-developed model targets enterprise customization and agentic workflows with Apache 2.0 licensing and strong MCP Atlas performance.
BlackRock, Coinbase Lead $15M Push to Quantum-Proof Bitcoin
Nine founding firms pledge three-year funding for post-quantum cryptography research, with each member directing its own grants independently.
Crypto Rally on CLARITY Act Progress Meets Fed Rate Hike Fears
Bitcoin and Ether gains driven by regulatory optimism face headwinds from oil-driven inflation and a hawkish Federal Reserve outlook.
CFTC Warns Prediction Markets Against Template Contract Filings
Regulator escalates oversight amid explosive growth and jurisdictional battles with states.
TeraWulf Signs $19B AI Deal as Bitcoin Miners Exit Mining
Landmark Anthropic lease validates data center pivot while network difficulty drops offer temporary relief.
Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust Tops $400M as Institutions Embrace Crypto
The first spot Bitcoin ETF from a major US bank has drawn strong demand even as competing funds face outflows.
T. Rowe Price Launches First Actively Managed Multi-Token Crypto ETF
The $1.9 trillion asset manager's TKNZ fund opens with $15 million and a dynamic allocation across eight digital assets, marking a shift from passive holding to strategic trading within the ETF wrapper.
KB Kookmin Bank First Korean Lender to Adopt JPMorgan's Kinexys Blockchain
South Korea's largest bank will launch a blockchain-based USD remittance service for corporate clients in August 2026, enabling 24/7 settlement across 10 countries.
Tesla Holds 11,509 BTC Through Q2 2026, Books $112M Paper Loss
Tesla held its Bitcoin position unchanged since 2022 despite a 14% price decline in Q2.
Bitcoin ETFs Lose $225M as Iran Tensions Snap Seven-Day Inflow Streak
BlackRock's IBIT accounts for 90% of redemptions while Ethereum ETFs post gains in signs of intra-crypto rotation.
Wall Street's Bitcoin Clearing Glitch Costs Institutions $25 Million Annually
Purdue study finds CME futures and IBIT options carry diverge by 2.58 percentage points due to fragmented margin infrastructure.
State Department Embeds Bitcoin and Defense Tech Experts in New Diplomacy Program
The Freedom Tech Excellence Program integrates private sector specialists into foreign policy operations to counter digital surveillance.
BitMart Exchange to Wind Down Operations as BMX Token Crashes
The centralized exchange will halt trading by August 26 and cease all operations by January 2027 following a steep decline in its native token and user withdrawal concerns.
Binance Tests Employees With Monthly Phishing Drills, Cuts Failure Rate to 0.4%
The exchange's internal Red Team runs simulated social engineering attacks on all staff as part of a zero-tolerance security program.
Nine Major Firms Pledge $15M to Defend Bitcoin Against Quantum Threats
BlackRock, Coinbase, and Strategy lead decentralized consortium funding post-quantum cryptography research ahead of projected 2030 'Q-Day'.
North Korea Arrests Former State Hackers for Raiding Domestic Banks
In a rare internal crackdown, Pyongyang detains ex-intelligence cyber operators who allegedly turned their skills on the regime's own financial institutions.
Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust Tops $400M as BTC Tests $65,000 Resistance
Institutional inflows clash with daily ETF outflows as Bitcoin battles critical technical level.
Bitcoin Treasury Companies Sell Holdings to Repay Debt as Leverage Model Falters
At least 20 public firms have liquidated or reduced Bitcoin positions since July 2026 as debt maturities and falling share prices force corporate divestment.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs Post $5.4 Billion Outflows in H1 2026, Ending Two-Year Rally
The first negative half-year since launch signals a potential shift in institutional appetite as Bitcoin faces headwinds and capital chases AI alternatives.
Sberbank to Launch Crypto Wallet for 110 Million Users by December 2026
Russia's largest bank will integrate cryptocurrency trading and custody into its consumer platforms following new federal legislation.