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Tether announced it has obtained its first full independent audit of financial statements from KPMG US. The El Salvador-based stablecoin issuer said KPMG issued an unqualified opinion, but the audit report itself has not been made public. The firm had previously relied on quarterly reserve attestations amid difficulties obtaining audits from major …
Trezor disclosed that a data breach at one of its shipping partners exposed personal information for 11,742 customers and partially compromised data for another 1,947. The company says the incident affects orders delivered within 90 days before Aug. 8 across several countries and has deleted older records. Trezor cautioned that affected customers c…
Wolfe Research strategists Rob Ginsberg and Read Harvey say recent crypto rallies have been weaker than earlier gains and that the sector remains in a downtrend. They cite rising long-term Treasury yields and the dollar as primary headwinds and expect Bitcoin and Ethereum to move lower, while favoring crypto-related equities over tokens.
<p>Bitcoin remained confined below $64,000 after U.S. consumer prices for July came in line with expectations. The CPI print eased near-term pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise rates in September, but the data did not provide enough momentum for the largest cryptocurrency to break above recent resistance. Traders and investors now await furthe…
<p>Bitcoin registered only a modest move on Wednesday as diminishing expectations for a U.S.-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and investor caution ahead of a key U.S. consumer price index reading kept digital assets subdued. The largest crypto fell 0.4% to $63,700.1 by 02:20 ET (06:20 GMT), remaining largely trapped between $60,000 and…
Zama has listed its native token, $ZAMA, on Revolut's main app across the European Economic Area, making the privacy-focused token accessible to Revolut’s more than 70 million customers and the 15 million-plus crypto traders on the platform. The move pairs retail access with a forthcoming Learn & Earn educational campaign and highlights recent prod…
ForumPay introduced a new payment flow that lets customers pay with any Visa or Mastercard and with bank transfers in selected markets. Payments are automatically converted and routed through ForumPay’s crypto infrastructure, enabling merchants to accept card and bank payments without registering as card-accepting businesses, while receiving precis…
CT3 has started a coordinated program of infrastructure upgrades, reserve-building and architectural changes to ready its ecosystem for the future public listing of the CT3GB token. The company is expanding storage capacity and computing resources, implementing segmented smart-contract-based storage, and commissioning an independent audit of core c…
SCANDIC TRADE Ultimate 2.6 has gone live, delivering a unified platform intended to reduce fragmentation in crypto workflows by combining live market data, AI-driven analysis, non-custodial trading, portfolio management and staking functionality for the SNC SCANDIC COIN. The release incorporates a personalised dashboard, TradingView charting, walle…
Syntetika, a tokenization hub for regulated investment strategies, has opened deposits for BTC Basis+, its first strategy, with hBTC vault tokens issued and redeemed at third-party attested NAV. The strategy is managed by publicly traded Hilbert Group and the platform goes live on Base with partners handling curation, infrastructure and liquidity s…
Standard Chartered has started coverage on Chainlink’s LINK token, assigning a $200 target for the end of 2030. The bank’s digital assets research head links the forecast to anticipated growth in tokenization and decentralized finance, and models steep increases in oracle and platform fee revenue that would support significant appreciation in LINK’…
Bitcoin is trading in a tight corridor between $63,500 and $65,500 on the five-hour chart, with volatility compressed and trend indicators weak. Average True Range sits at 0.63% and volume is falling, heightening the probability of false breakouts. Key technical levels include the 200-period simple moving average at $63,733.70 and a SuperTrend read…
Bitcoin traded around the $65,000 mark on Monday, holding modest gains after a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report. Traders are positioning ahead of U.S. consumer price data and watching oil-market risks tied to reports that Iran seeks concessions before reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with energy and equity moves influencing crypto sentiment.
Bitcoin slipped below $65,000 after modest overnight losses as strong U.S. spot ETF inflows counterbalanced concerns about a stalled BIP-110 minority chain. ETF inflows totaled about $1.1 billion across Bitcoin and Ether products last week, led by BlackRock’s IBIT, while the BIP-110 fork produced just two blocks in roughly eight hours, exposing the…
Bitcoin traded just under $65,000 amid scrutiny over a recent vulnerability in BTCPay Server that allowed attackers to seize credentials for Lightning Network nodes and concerns about a possible BIP-110 chain split that could enable replay attacks. Market moves were modest as operators race to patch systems and holders weigh the risk of a contentio…
Carbon has opened public trading for more than 250 TradFi markets that are hedged one-for-one at regulated off-chain brokers, joining over 530 crypto perpetuals and 150 24/7 real-world assets (RWAs) in a single on-chain venue. The architecture hands traders institutional price and depth while they retain self-custody and on-chain settlement.
CoinMarketCap has launched seven new real-world asset (RWA) endpoints on its Pro API, enabling developers to access tokenized versions of traditional financial instruments through a single, stable-identifier-based data workflow. The endpoints cover tokenized equities, commodities, currencies, government securities, exchange-traded funds and real es…
Bitcoin edged lower on Friday and remained confined to a narrow trading band as markets awaited U.S. nonfarm payrolls that could influence interest-rate expectations. Optimism over an Iranian agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz waned after no deal emerged. Miner Mara reported worse-than-expected second-quarter results, and most major altcoins …
CoinZoom reported notable increases in usage of its crypto-linked debit card in the first half of 2026. Card transaction counts and transactions per active cardholder both rose sharply, with average monthly rewards around $150 per user. The company and industry data point to growing consumer demand for debit cards that return meaningful rewards on …
Sui announced the adoption of two NIST-standardized post-quantum signature algorithms to enable accounts to migrate to quantum-resistant keys derived from existing recovery phrases. The platform will use ML-DSA-65 for native account authentication and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s inside Move smart contracts for vaults. The migration is designed to be additive…
CT3 says its recently introduced Storage Contracts enabled rapid expansion of connected capacity to absorb higher volumes of user data after the rollout of an automatic backup service. To avoid excess idle capacity, the company will limit the sale of new contracts to the amount of storage that can be productively used, with some larger-capacity con…
Bitcoin advanced modestly as optimism over a potential agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and improving capital flows into spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds provided support. Broader cryptocurrency prices showed a mixed pattern, with some tokens rising and others slipping, while corporate results in the sector remained tepid and one issuer r…
ChangeNOW has appointed Martin Masser as Director of Strategic Partnerships to lead relationship-building with blockchain networks, wallets, fintechs, payment providers and infrastructure partners as the company consolidates crypto services into a single super app. Masser, who previously held senior growth and business development roles in the TON …
CoinRabbit and ChangeNOW published a joint report, "Financial Privacy in the Digital Age," that contends transactional privacy is essential as blockchain adoption grows. Drawing on data from TRM Labs, Chainalysis, RAND Corporation, and internal research, the study outlines personal safety and corporate exposure risks tied to transparent ledgers and…
<p>ChangeNOW and CoinRabbit released a joint report titled "Financial Privacy in the Digital Age," presenting a data-driven look at the legitimate uses and criminal abuses of privacy-preserving cryptocurrency tools. Drawing on findings from TRM Labs, Chainalysis, the RAND Corporation, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Statista, and U.S.…
