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Vietnam to Fine Retail Crypto Traders Using Offshore Exchanges

Most crypto enforcement globally has focused on exchanges rather than individual users. Vietnam’s decree extends liability directly to retail traders ...

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong clarifies social media posts are not token endorsements

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says his social media posts are not token endorsements after a profile picture change sent memecoin $BRIAN surging 3,000%...

South Korea’s KOSPI index now more volatile than Bitcoin, and it’s not even close

South Korea's KOSPI index now has higher realized volatility than Bitcoin, with 57% annualized swings versus BTC's 47%, flipping long-held risk assump...

Best Triple-A Alternatives in 2026

Triple-A is a licensed stablecoin payment institution that helps businesses collect, send, and convert digital currencies without directly holding cry...

Meta Platforms is not abandoning its massive AI investment, it is doubling down

Meta Platforms is not abandoning its AI investment. With 2026 capex guidance up to $135 billion, the company is doubling down alongside $700B in Big F...

How to Swap Zcash to Monero With No KYC, in One Step

Zcash’s Orchard implementation has increased interest in how users move between different privacy-focused assets, including swaps between Zcash and Mo...

A Working Demo Is Not Proof of Demand

Cardano Triggers First Fully Onchain Governed Hard Fork in Network History

Cardano activated its Van Rossem hard fork on July 18, 2026, at approximately 21:44:51 UTC, moving the network to Protocol Version 11 without any repo...

Kenya Investigates President William Ruto Website Breach as Hackers Demand 5 Bitcoin

Hackers briefly disabled the official website of Kenyan President William Ruto on July 18, demanded a ransom of five bitcoins and threatened to leak u...

a16z Reveals What TradFi Really Wants From Blockchain

Institutional adoption may be a big opportunity, but a16z said that it is not simply an extension of DeFi.

FIFA’s Wenger says hydration breaks did not affect World Cup results, but the $1B ad windfall tells a different story

FIFA's Arsne Wenger defends 2026 World Cup hydration breaks as a health measure, but $250M in Fox Sports ad revenue raises harder questions. The post ...

Trump administration opts for voluntary AI safety reviews, not an independent regulator

Trump's new executive order creates voluntary AI safety reviews and a cybersecurity clearinghouse, explicitly banning mandatory licensing for AI The p...

BitMine Stock Slides Despite $73M Ethereum Treasury Purchase

BitMine Immersion Technologies has added a major Ethereum position to its balance sheet, but the market reaction shows investors are not automatically

Bitcoin’s Coinbase Premium Has Been Negative for 60 Days – Why It Matters

The metric just set another new record low. But it may not be as bad as it sounds.

Attack, not defend: Israel’s rock-solid security consensus replaces passive ‘stability’ – opinion

Israel's aggressive security stance reduces chances for talks with Hezbollah. Meeting by July 31, 2026 at 2.4% YES. The post Attack, not defend: Israe...

Trump-Backed CLARITY Act Text Set to Drop With No Democrats on Board, and It Needs 7 of Them

Senate Republicans planned to release the updated CLARITY Act text on July 17, immediately after a White House meeting with President Donald Trump, ev...

Balaji seeks Malaysia deal, threatens exit after Network School probe

“If we are not welcome, there are many other countries that would welcome us,” said Network School founder Balaji Srinivasan in a message to the Malay...

Argentina’s World Cup superstitions are moving crypto markets, not just vibes

Argentina's World Cup superstitions highlight the intertwining of cultural beliefs and financial markets, underscoring crypto's volatile influence. Th...

US Lawmakers Propose Facial Age Verification Across Online Betting Markets

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers wants online sportsbooks and prediction markets to scan users’ faces to estimate their age before allowing them t...

France’s World Cup Exit Erases Sportsbook Liability as Prediction Volume Surges

France’s 2-0 semifinal defeat to Spain eliminated one of the most heavily backed teams on U.S. sportsbooks, wiping out major outright and player-prop ...

Federal Reserve’s Logan warns inflation not on track for 2% target

Persistent inflation pressures may necessitate further rate hikes, impacting economic growth and increasing volatility in financial markets. The post ...

Coinbase CPO says USDC and bank deposits are growing together, not competing

The parallel growth of USDC and bank deposits suggests stablecoins can coexist with traditional banking, potentially reshaping financial ecosystems. T...

Blackrock Ignites Crypto ETF Comeback as Bitcoin, Ether Flows Turn Green

Crypto ETF flows stayed constructive on Wednesday, July 15, as bitcoin ETFs added $107.80 million and ether ETFs brought in $53.83 million, with no ou...

Citadel Securities Takes $400M Stake in Crypto.com as Digital Markets Strategy Accelerates

Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in Crypto.com, valuing the exchange at $20 billion. It is Crypto.com's first institutional funding round ...

Kraken Launches USD-Settled Crypto Options for Institutional Traders

Kraken has launched cash-settled, USD-denominated options on BTC and ETH with portfolio margin enabled by default, entering a segment of the crypto de...

Federal Reserve’s Logan says wages are not fueling inflation, points to energy prices instead

Logan's focus on energy prices over wages for inflation suggests potential rate hikes, impacting risk assets and crypto market dynamics. The post Fede...

Fed’s Schmid: Inflation data encouraging but not enough for policy change

Cautious Fed stance suggests prolonged economic uncertainty, impacting market expectations and potential future monetary policy adjustments. The post ...

Ethics in crypto market structure ‘really not our concern,’ says Blockchain Association CEO

A former CFTC commissioner urged lawmakers not to “kill all the hard work that we put in the rest of the bill” by making ethics a make-or-break issue ...

Ethics debate shouldn’t derail crypto market structure, says Blockchain Association CEO

A former CFTC commissioner urged lawmakers not to “kill all the hard work that we put in the rest of the bill” by making ethics a make-or-break issue ...

Ripple’s Schwartz Says SEC Treated XRP Like a Security Despite Calling the Crypto ‘Just Code’

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz says the SEC effectively treated XRP as a security despite acknowledging the crypto token was not inherently one, c...