Today so far 2026-09-22 · 00:00 UTC

Bitcoin is surging toward $90,000 after hitting $87,000, reigniting bullish momentum in the market. Beyond price action, the industry is seeing significant institutional adoption, with Circle now allowing institutional clients to borrow USDC against their Bitcoin and Hana Bank using blockchain to process a $100 million transaction in record time. Meanwhile, political efforts are intensifying, as the crypto Super PAC Fairshake targets Senator Sherrod Brown with a $30 million campaign following the failure of the Clarity Act.

Tether Reports $1.5B Q2 Profit as USDT Supply Grows, Gold Holdings Rise

The latest attestation offers a snapshot of the assets backing the world's largest stablecoin, including U.S. Treasuries, repo agreements, and more than 146 metric tons of gold.

2026-07-31 · 17:10 UTC
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Ex-FTX users report funds being released in $900M distribution round

2026-07-31 · 16:56

Several users of the long-defunct crypto exchange reported that distribution agents had begun releasing funds to…

Tether earns $1.5B in Q2 as US Treasury holdings fuel profits

2026-07-31 · 16:25

Tether’s reserve surplus grew to $4.11 billion in the second quarter as USDT supply rose despite a weaker stablecoin…

Bybit adds tokenized Nvidia, Apple, Tesla stocks as loan collateral

2026-07-31 · 16:23

Eligible retail and institutional users can use tokenized shares of Nvidia, Apple, Tesla and three other US companies…

Bitcoin price sinks to 2-week lows as US stocks fail to copy Asia rebound

2026-07-31 · 15:57

Bitcoin saw fresh downside pressure as US stocks tracked sideways into the end of the month, diverging from the relief…

Circle Lands New York Trust Charter as Stablecoin Issuer Expands Regulatory Footprint

2026-07-31 · 15:32

The approval comes weeks after Circle won federal approval to establish a national trust bank, adding another license as…

Top Dubai Airline Accepts SHIB & Others For Flights

2026-07-31 · 15:22

Dubai’s cashless strategy turns out fruitful for Shiba Inu: Emirates added the

US Treasury Sanctions Iranian Firms Taking Bitcoin for Hormuz Passage

2026-07-31 · 15:05

OFAC sanctioned two Iranian firms including Hormuz Safe, which “accepts payment in Bitcoin and other digital assets.”

XDC AI and the Rise of Agentic Finance: When AI Agents Learn to Pay

2026-07-31 · 15:01

As AI agents move from giving advice to making transactions, a new layer of payment infrastructure is racing to catch up.

XRP’s Proposed Privacy Upgrade Targets a Major Institutional Barrier

2026-07-31 · 14:55

A proposed six-part XRP Led

Bitcoin Spot Trading Volume Hits 2019 Lows as Institutions Shift to Bonds

2026-07-31 · 14:15

Bitcoin's spot tr

AMLBot launches AI Tracer for self-service blockchain investigations

2026-07-31 · 13:59

Crypto forensics company AMLBot launched an AI-enabled tool allowing users with no specialist knowledge to trace their…

Claude Hacked Three Companies in Internal Testing: Anthropic

2026-07-31 · 13:47

Anthropic says three Claude models compromised the companies after a testing misconfiguration exposed the AI to the…

Uniswap (UNI) Hits Double-Top Resistance: Can Bulls Force a Breakout as Momentum Slows? 

2026-07-31 · 13:38

Circle receives New York trust charter for subsidiary

2026-07-31 · 13:27

The New York trust charter allows Circle’s subsidiary to provide fiduciary and custody services under state banking law.

Ireland Green-Lights $351B Tokenized Aviva Fund On XRP

2026-07-31 · 12:51

The XRP Ledger just got a multi-billion dollar deployment deal in Ireland,

Morning Minute: Coinbase Posts Surprise Loss as Crypto Trading Dries Up

2026-07-31 · 12:11

Plus, BTC is red this morning despite $233M in ETF inflows yesterday; and NY State is trying to shut down Kalshi and…

XRP’s Bank Adoption Could Take Weeks: Demand Case Unproven?

2026-07-31 · 11:56

Analyst asserts that banks could integrate Ripple’s payment tech

Crypto Kiosk Scams Cost Texans $57M as Lawmakers Weigh a Ban

2026-07-31 · 11:13

Three states have already outlawed Bitcoin ATMs, and a committee chair says Texas will go further than regulating them.

BIS Project Agorá settles $1 million in tokenized cross-border payment trials

2026-07-31 · 11:02

Twenty-eight financial institutions and central banks completed real-value settlements across six currencies using…

IRS Fraud Alert: Fake Letters Target Crypto Holders in Data-Stealing Scam

2026-07-31 · 10:25

New York AG Seeks $36B From Kalshi Over 'Illegal Gambling'

2026-07-31 · 10:12

The CFTC asked a court to stop New York enforcing against the prediction market the day before the state filed.

$38M in Bitcoin Drained by Coldcard Key Flaw Its Maker Thinks AI Found

2026-07-31 · 09:02

Coinkite said it’s likely that an attacker used AI to review previous versions of its open source firmware to uncover a…

Aave weighs closing 6 V3 blockchain markets, offboarding 50 low-use reserves

2026-07-31 · 08:57

DeFi risk management service LlamaRisk recommended that Aave wind down every reserve on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis,…

RWA perpetual futures volume nears Bitcoin on Hyperliquid, Binance

2026-07-31 · 08:29

RWA perpetual futures reached 99.2% of Bitcoin perpetual volume on Hyperliquid and Binance as tokenized equities led…

Bitcoin ETFs post $233M inflows, pushing week back into the green

2026-07-31 · 06:46

BlackRock’s IBIT led $233.1 million in daily inflows as US spot Bitcoin ETFs turned positive for the week and July…

Crypto’s next altseason may have fewer winners: Wintermute

2026-07-31 · 04:46

Institutional investors accounted for 72% of Wintermute’s spot OTC flow in the first half of 2026 as capital clustered…

Coldcard issues Mk3 warning as experts examine $38M Bitcoin wallet drain

2026-07-31 · 02:38

Coinkite urged Coldcard Mk3 users to migrate funds after identifying a potential seed-generation risk, as Bitcoin…

Bhutan’s Gelephu taps 3iQ to manage part of Bitcoin treasury

2026-07-31 · 00:31

3iQ will manage an undisclosed portion of Gelephu Mindfulness City’s Bitcoin treasury as Bhutan develops a digital-asset…

US senators sent revised ethics rules to White House for CLARITY Act: Report

2026-07-30 · 21:54

The window to pass a comprehensive crypto market structure bill before the Senate breaks for a month-long recess is…

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