Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Sandbox participation permits supervised testing but does not guarantee full commercial registration.Zimbabwe’s securities regulator has admitted seven financial technology projects to its regulatory sandbox, with tokenization accounting for most of...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The HKMA aims to make Hong Kong’s banking sector fully prepared for quantum-related security risks by 2030 as the city expands tokenized finance.The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has launched a framework to assess banks’ preparedness for quantu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Binance has been phishing its own staff to get ahead of potential attacks. South Korean crypto volumes tank 89% — plus all of the week’s other crypto news from Asia. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been running simulated phishing attacks against...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
New York Attorney General Letitia James said the federal crypto market structure bill could restrict state regulators and urged Congress to impose stronger consumer protections on digital asset platforms.New York Attorney General Letitia James urged...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The banking-as-a-service provider will power X Money’s peer-to-peer payments, FDIC-insured accounts and Visa debit cards as the platform expands its financial services.Cross River said Monday it will provide the banking infrastructure for X Money, th...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The company added nearly 10,000 ETH over the past week, bringing its holdings to 5.79 million Ether, about 85% of which is staked through its validator operations.Bitmine Immersion Technologies said Monday it holds 5.79 million Ether, or about 4.8% o...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The registration expands Securitize’s regulated platform for tokenized assets, adding investment advisory services to its institutional offering.Securitize Capital, a subsidiary of tokenized asset platform Securitize, has registered with the US Secur...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The certification could expand access to Tether’s gold-backed token among Islamic financial institutions and investors seeking Shariah-compliant exposure to physical gold.Tether’s gold-backed token XAUt has received Shariah certification from Amanah...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The deal brings wallet technology to Payward’s enterprise platform, potentially reducing the number of infrastructure providers businesses need to integrate with. Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, has agreed to acquire the wallet...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Bitcoin copied US stocks as relief over end of US-Iran strikes spread to risk assets at the start of the US trading session.Bitcoin (BTC) sought to build on local highs at Monday’s Wall Street open as US stocks opened in the green.Key points:Data fro...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Hong Kong’s HashKey will unify its crypto exchange branches, with users from its Hong Kong, Global, Singapore and Middle East regions using the same platform.Hong Kong digital asset services business HashKey Holdings has merged its HashKey Exchange a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Bitcoin traders prepared to navigate a slew of volatility catalysts as US inflation data and US-Iran war triggers keep risk-assets in an unpredictable state.Bitcoin (BTC) heads into the end of July juggling volatility catalysts as the Federal Reserve...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Binance’s Android app is unavailable on Google Play in some EU markets amid scrutiny over MiCA compliance.Update (July 27, 7:30 PM UTC): This article has been updated to include a statement from Binance and an additional user report from Latvia.The B...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
IBM’s blockchain portfolio includes more than 680 patent families and nearly 1,000 issued patents worldwide, with a particular focus in supply chain applications.Circle will acquire IBM’s blockchain patent portfolio, the USDC (USDC) issuer said on Mo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
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.Strategy, the business intelligence firm that has built the largest corporate Bitcoin treasury, c...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
BNY Mellon’s European subsidiary joined the MiCA register as ESMA added 15 CASPs, including banks and crypto platforms, in the third post-deadline update.European authorities added 15 crypto companies including a BNY Mellon unit to the Markets in Cry...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Brazilian police suspect the group of shipping around 6.5 metric tons of cocaine and laundering billions in Brazilian reals through crypto-enabled illicit money brokers. The Brazilian Federal Police last week busted an alleged international drug cart...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says AI agents will expand crypto adoption, pointing to Base, USDC and x402 as key pieces of agentic finance.Update (July 28, 8:30 AM UTC): This article has been updated to include additional details on x402 activity and...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The stablecoin payments company said client funds were unaffected and that the financial impact would be absorbed through its treasury reserves.Stablecoin payments firm Triple-A confirmed that unauthorized access to its treasury wallets resulted in t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Users reported withdrawal delays and freeze notices as wallets attributed to BitMart fell to about $69 million and its BMX token extended an 81.5% weekly decline.Withdrawals from crypto exchange BitMart appeared to slow after it announced plans to wi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Garden Finance said no user funds or smart contracts were affected after an attacker compromised an independent solver’s off-chain database and inserted fraudulent swap records.[Updated July 27, 2026, 2:16 UTC: Revised to reflect clarifications from...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
The decentralized storage provider says its network will continue operating during Chapter 11 as it explores a court-approved ownership mechanism for STORJ holders.Decentralized cloud storage provider Storj Labs has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy pr...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
Despite support from Goldman Sachs, Fidelity and law enforcement bodies, the Clarity Act’s chances dim. BitMEX to close as crypto consolidates into five big players. Despite wealthy memecoin entrepreneur President Donald Trump agreeing to an ethics d...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
WEMIX suspended bridges, liquidity-pool trading and several services after an attacker compromised a WEMIX$-linked contract and moved 724,198 USDC.e.[Updated July 27, 2026, 22:30 UTC: Included comments from a WEMIX spokesperson.]Layer-1 blockchain ne...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 weeks ago
For the second time this year, the regulator told prediction markets to stop issuing overly broad, template-style certifications of events contracts.For the second time this year, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a warning to...
