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Geopolitical risks, rising rates, and fresh regulatory setbacks send crypto lower as key Democrats demand stronger safeguards in the market structure bill.

Senator Cynthia Lummis, one of the lead negotiators on the bill, told CoinDesk she was “pleased” that the updated bill was ready for release.

Several of the Democrats most likely to vote for the crypto market structure bill said they had issues with the new draft published by Republicans earlier in the day.

The electric vehicle maker maintained its 11,509 BTC treasury through the second quarter as bitcoin declined 14%, alongside mixed earnings that beat revenue expectations but missed on profit.

Lawmakers have circulated text of the latest draft that will be pushed toward a Senate finish line, but they’re still debating a core government-ethics piece.

The company reported strong 2025 performance, with a $2.3 billion pre-tax profit, $6 billion in revenue, and over 75 million customers.

The commissioner said onchain vaults and lending strategies could resemble investment funds or advisers, depending on how they are structured.

Experts say Britain’s digital gilt pilot can unlock trapped liquidity in financial markets only if regulators approve an onchain stablecoin.

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short, Lionsoul Global’s Gregory Mall writes that the primary crypto allocation decision is size, not selection.

The cases add to more than $800 million that authorities say a dedicated federal scam task force has recovered.

Franklin Templeton’s Sandy Kaul and Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire argue that as autonomous AI agents start spending money on their own, blockchain networks will power the next big AI trade.

The prediction markets platform seeks to position itself as the primary source for election odds ahead of the midterm elections this year.

Charles Hoskinson says the exploit, which briefly sent NIGHT to an all-time low, underscores why the industry needs to move beyond legacy bridge infrastructure.

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The breach stemmed from a vulnerability in transaction signing software that enabled the derivation of private keys from blockchain transaction data.

BTC retreated from a one-month high as WTI crude topped $85 for the first time since June, reigniting inflation concerns and pushing investors toward gold, silver and the safety of bitcoin over altcoins.

Payward’s xStocks pushes beyond U.S. equities as competition to bring global stock markets onchain accelerates.

An attacker fed the lending system a fake, abnormally low bitcoin price, liquidated vaults that should have been safe, and pocketed the difference in a single transaction.

A two-day chip rebound stalled ahead of Alphabet’s earnings in a sign of whether the hundreds of billions going into AI is paying off. Bitcoin has tracked that trade all month.

OpenAI said the systems had their cyber guardrails lowered for an internal benchmark, but the incident shows how autonomous exploit chains could pose a deeper threat to smart contracts.

Semiconductor stocks led a second day of gains on AI optimism, while the yen slid past 163 per dollar for the first time since 1986.

Illinois enacted a 0.2% tax on all crypto transactions last month, with the tax taking effect next year.

The White House has circulated some details of the conflict-of-interest limits the president agreed to with Republican negotiators, but talks are still underway.

BTC has rebounded 15% from the July lows, but some analysts cautioned that the next move hinges on clearing a level where many recent buyers may look to sell.

Without revealing any details about the actual agreement from President Trump on potential presidential restrictions, his White House is urging its acceptance.

The filing comes after months of upheaval that included a controversial market-making agreement, an internal investigation into its MOVE token launch, a Binance ban tied to its market maker and a last-ditch pivot from Ethereum scaling to cross-border payments.

Claude Fabel 5 disproved the Jacobian conjecture over the weekend, landing days after the capabilities of China’s Kimi AI became the biggest force moving bitcoin markets.

The crypto financial services firm is funding developers to strengthen the blockchain’s security before quantum computers become powerful enough to steal billions in crypto.

While citizens still cannot use Bitcoin to buy groceries, the Kremlin is officially letting companies use digital tokens to bypass sanctions and other global trade hurdles.

The firm, freshly valued at $1 billion, aims to replace legacy correspondent banking with always-on infrastructure that connects traditional payment systems and stablecoins.