Coinbase Ventures tops crypto VC list for H1 2026

Coinbase Ventures, the corporate venture capital (VC) arm of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, led the ranks of crypto-focused VC's with...

Strategy's Saylor needs clarity in BTC pivot message to convince investors: StanChart

Strategy founder and chairman Michael Saylor again took to social media on Sunday to offer his latest signal to investors as one analyst see...

Cambridge study puts Ethereum near the lower end of PoS energy intensity

A new Cambridge study placed Ethereum near the lower end of energy intensity among major proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchains, although the netw...

Bonzo Lend loses $9M in oracle exploit on Hedera

Hedera-based lending protocol Bonzo Lend lost about $9 million after an attacker manipulated the price of SAUCE used as collateral, allowing...

Dollar stablecoins could improve FX access but amplify currency runs: IMF paper

Dollar stablecoins could improve access to foreign currency in economies with fixed or heavily managed exchange rates, but may also amplify ...

Senate Democrats call for hearings into Trump’s ties to crypto amid CLARITY Act discussions

Five Democratic senators have called for committee hearings “to investigate the national security implications of President Trump’s cryptocu...

Bitcoin returns to $64.3K with new three-week BTC price highs imminent

Bitcoin (BTC) eyed new July highs on Friday as US-Iran peace momentum kept oil lower. Key points: Bitcoin bulls keep upside momentum going a...

Bitdeer stock jumps 14% as company expands US mining hardware production

Shares of Bitdeer Technologies Group rose on Thursday after the Bitcoin (BTC) mining infrastructure company announced a $36 million manufact...

Regulators invited Binance to seek new licenses after MiCA setback, co-CEO says

Binance is in talks with regulators that have invited the exchange to apply for crypto licenses following its withdrawal from the Markets in...

Officials set to revise MiCA to cover non-EU stablecoin issuers: Report

European Union officials are reportedly planning to revise the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework amid the implementation of a US law...

EU to again vote to extend ‘chat control’ rules

EU lawmakers are set to vote again on controversial legislation dubbed “chat control” by its critics, which would allow tech firms to scan m...

USDT wins payments, USDC wins DeFi as stablecoins diverge: Dune

The world’s biggest stablecoins are increasingly becoming chain-specific financial products, with Tether’s USDt (USDT) and Circle’s USDC (US...

Strategy’s Bitcoin sale may give BTC a ‘durable bottom,’ Grayscale says

Strategy's $216 million Bitcoin sale on Monday should be seen as a positive development for the price of Bitcoin and as a move that rene...

TeraWulf shares rise after $19B Anthropic AI lease, JV sale

Bitcoin miner TeraWulf, moving deeper into AI infrastructure, signed a 20-year data center lease with Anthropic expected to generate about $...

Central bankers sound alarms over agentic AI finance risks

European regulators and central bankers have warned that rulemaking cannot keep pace with rapid advances in agentic artificial intelligence ...