Bitcoin holds steady near $64,000 as monero, hyperliquid outperform
Crypto markets remain in a low volatility holding pattern, trading in a tight range following Wednesday’s CPI report.
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‘DeFi doesn’t exist anymore,’ just onchain finance: Andre Cronje
Flying Tulip founder Andre Cronje contends that DeFi protocols have evolved into a new financial paradigm of “onchain finance” but have sacrificed some of their inherent immutability and decentralization.
CEO of Crypto Lender Delio Gets 15 Years Over $49M Fraud
A botched search of the platform’s server host cost prosecutors the bulk of their case, cutting it from 2,800 alleged victims to about 1,100.
MUFG to test real-time blockchain settlement for Japanese government bond trades
MUFG is preparing a proof-of-concept for onchain JGB transactions using the Canton network.
Binance bStocks passes xStocks as second-largest tokenized stock issuer
Binance bStocks became the second-largest tokenized stock issuer less than two months after launch, narrowly ahead of Kraken’s xStocks.
Brazil’s largest bitcoin treasury firm plans ETF with 95% allocation to Strategy’s STRC
DIGY11 aims for annual distributions matching Brazil’s interbank rate plus 3–5 percentage points, net of costs, though investors’ actual returns are not guaranteed.
Bitcoin speculators keep BTC price ‘pinned’ below $68.7K: Glassnode
Bitcoin’s weakness near range highs stems from short-term holders trying to break even on underwater BTC investments, Glassnode says.
Live updates: U.S. inflation is stickier than July’s mild CPI reading suggests
Bitcoin’s choppy price action as in-depth analysis of the U.S. CPI released Wednesday suggests the underlying price pressures remain sticky.
Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet unveils BitBonds with $1.3 million private debt sale
The inaugural unsecured bonds offer annual interest of up to 4.3%, while exposing investors to metaplanet’s credit and bitcoin-linked balance-sheet risks
Securitize falls 16% after earnings miss, tokenization revenue drops
Securitize shares fell 16% from Wednesday’s close after the tokenization platform’s $14.4 million second-quarter revenue missed Wall Street estimates.
BitGo posts $19M Q2 loss despite 80% revenue surge to $4.3B
An $18.8 million unrealized digital asset loss and weaker trading margins pushed BitGo into the red in the second quarter.
Copper US arm becomes FINRA member, SEC-registered broker-dealer
Copper Markets US will offer qualified custody, staking, financing and OTC services after securing its regulated US presence.
Metaplanet denies selling bitcoin worth $320 million
Metaplanet CEO dismisses bitcoin sale rumors, confirms 43,000 BTC holdings
Bitcoin firms ask AI labs for same tools attackers already have
Coinbase, Block, BitGo and dozens of others signed a letter arguing that safety guardrails on frontier models are blocking legitimate security work while adversaries face no such limits.
Crypto valuations could double as protocols link revenue to tokens: Bitwise CIO
Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said he expects revenue-capture mechanisms to spread across DeFi applications and layer-1 networks over the next 12 to 24 months.
Metaplanet CEO shuts down Bitcoin sale speculation after $322M transfer
Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich said no Bitcoin was sold after the company moved 5,014 BTC between custodial addresses for about $8 in fees.
Speculation on dogecoin is back to October 2025 levels. The price is down 70%
Futures positioning has rebuilt to levels last seen when dogecoin traded at three times today’s price, and more than three accounts are betting on a rebound for every one betting against.
Bitcoin slips near $63,500 as traders look past CPI to Fed’s next tests
An in-line inflation print removed a tail risk but gave BTC little reason to rally, leaving Jackson Hole, jobs data and the next CPI release as the market’s next catalysts.
ASX shareholder plans to sue former directors over failed blockchain project
ASX’s failed blockchain-based CHESS overhaul faces renewed governance scrutiny after the exchange admitted misleading the market.
Arizona crypto ATM law helps 35 scam victims recover $171K
Qualifying new customers can receive full reimbursement, including fees, if they notify both the operator and law enforcement within 30 days.
Prediction markets should dial back faulty filings for incentives to boost trading: CFTC
The U.S. regulator of platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket suggests the industry is getting into bad compliance habits that may allow for market abuse.
Securitize falls 20% after earnings miss as tokenization revenue falls short
Tokenized assets hit a record and trading activity jumped, but revenue slipped in the firm’s first earnings report since going public.
Morgan Stanley’s infrastructure partner Zerohash rebuffed in pitch to be U.S. trust bank
Zerohash, which handles crypto plumbing for Morgan Stanley’s E*Trade, said it’s planning on re-filing and hoping for a swift resolution.
The AI-Generated Pattern Hides You From Surveillance Cameras—Including Flock
A Kansas City security researcher ran 31 million tests to teach a model how to paint camouflage for the algorithm age.
Hawaii crypto ATM ban to take effect on Oct. 1
Hawaii will join Minnesota, Tennessee and Indiana in becoming the fourth US state to completely ban the use of cryptocurrency ATMs and kiosks in response to scams.
Goldman Sachs to acquire ETF manager NEOS in $2.25B deal
The deal would add NEOS’ $30 billion ETF business, including Bitcoin- and Ether-linked income funds, to Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
‘Inner Thoughts’ of Every Major AI Model Exposed in Massive Exploit
Researchers found every major AI provider encrypts reasoning tokens with a single global key—and exploited it to decode 315,320 hidden thinking blocks from public logs, recovering passwords and live API keys along the way.
NYC council announces probe into ‘predatory marketing practices’ on prediction markets
Council Speaker Julie Menin sent letters to four companies offering prediction market services to New Yorkers as part of an investigation into their marketing practices.
China’s DeepSeek Upgrades V4 Pro: Claude Fable Is Only 5% Better at 4,500% the Price
The April preview got benchmarked to death and landed 18 points behind Anthropic’s flagship. DeepSeek’s own numbers for the finished model tell a very different story.
SpaceXAI Wants Grok Bot to Do Your Job—But It Needs Access to Your Accounts
The AI agent can navigate workplace software and coordinate with other bots, raising questions about security and control.