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The CLARITY Act has cleared an initial procedural step toward a Sept. 15 Senate vote, but the outcome still depends on cross-party support and unresolved negotiations.
Crypto.news reported ADA near $0.20 on Aug. 7 after a gain of more than 25% over the prior week. The report presents a continuation of an earlier move, not a demonstrated new catalyst.
Russia's FSB says it shut nine unlicensed Moscow crypto exchanges and alleges they moved scam proceeds abroad via Ukrainian call centers. The allegation has not been independently confirmed.
Bitcoin rose above $65,000 after July payrolls reportedly fell 23,000 against an expected gain, shifting rate expectations, though thin liquidity may amplify reversals.
OFAC sanctioned an individual and two exchanges under its Economic Fury campaign, citing more than $3 million in transfers between Shelbit and IRGC-linked wallets.
Older Bitcoin wallets have moved roughly 210,000 BTC amid the reported Coldcard fallout, while victim reports indicate confirmed theft above $111 million.
A US court allowed Bybit to seek expedited account records and freeze assets as it pursues funds tied to a reported $1.5B hack.
Trump Media is reportedly unwinding a multibillion-dollar CRO treasury plan and shelving prediction-market integration, shifting attention toward media, data licensing, and a planned TAE merger.
BTCPay Server warns of an actively exploited fund-drain flaw, while a separate exploit is reportedly draining merchant Lightning payment servers.
BIP-110 enforcement is nearing its stated activation height despite near-zero miner support, raising a live risk of a Bitcoin chain split and operational confusion.
A volunteer group says its AI-assisted review of Bitcoin codebases has filed about 4,962 findings across 390 projects, including 720 reported as high-severity or critical.
EU watchdogs warn that fraudsters are exploiting MiCA-related wind-downs by posing as crypto firms or regulators to redirect customers’ assets to fake sites.
Ondo Finance faces a control dispute after founder Nathan Allman’s death, with his mother seeking leadership changes and removal of CEO Ian De Bode.
Wintermute’s New York subsidiary is now registered with the SEC and FINRA, positioning the market maker to trade stocks, options and crypto ETFs.
Bitcoin held near $64,300 as reported whale buying and spot ETF inflows contrasted with Q2 BlackRock ETF redemptions and a reported decline in corporate treasury holdings.
CoinShares data puts tokenized real-world-asset deposits at $7.4B after more than tripling year over year, while broader DeFi contracted by about 15%.
The Coldcard exploit contributed to $247M in reported July crypto losses, while some stolen BTC and ETH moved into mixers and the broader self-custody impact remains unclear.
Senate leadership delayed a planned CLARITY Act vote until after the August recess, extending uncertainty over U.S. crypto market-structure rules.
Intersect’s Budget/Treasury documentation repository recorded two untitled commits on 2026-08-05, providing evidence of activity but no disclosed treasury decision.
Hydra now pins Mithril 2630.0 and uses the v2 database backend after aggregator certification for the v1 backend was dropped.
Hydra merged a deposit-size guard intended to prevent an incremental-commit path from wedging and leaving funds recoverable only at deadline.
Binance-linked entities are seeking nearly $473M from RedotPay over alleged diversion of more than 470,000 Binance Card users; RedotPay says it will defend itself vigorously.
Bitcoin has stalled near $64K as cited indicators show deep capitulation and a break from record equities, while reported whale accumulation offers a competing signal.
US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $626 million across three days while spot BTC stalled, adding a regulated-exposure signal to an otherwise uncertain market picture.
