Binance phishs its own staff monthly, India censors BitChat code: Asia Express
Binance has been phishing its own staff to get ahead of potential attacks. South Korean crypto volumes tank 89% — plus all of the week’s other crypto news from Asia.
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Why is Crypto Down Right Now?
The crypto market fell 2.9% over the past 24 hours, reducing its total value to $2.16 trillion, as Bitcoin led a broad selloff and more than $670 million in leveraged positions were liquidated. Investors turned cautious…
Ethereum Signals Bullish Reversal via Key MVRV Metric
Ethereum daily MVRV its 160-day SMA have formed the rare Golden Cross, signalling a bullish reversal.
Hong Kong prepares banks for quantum threats amid tokenization push
The HKMA aims to make Hong Kong’s banking sector fully prepared for quantum-related security risks by 2030 as the city expands tokenized finance.
SparkKitty Malware Found in App Stores Targets Crypto Wallet Seed Phrases
A new report from cybersecurity firm Check Point details how the SparkKitty malware campaign targeted cryptocurrency users by scanning photos stored on infected Android and iPhone devices for wallet recovery phrases and…
Prediction Market Traders Brace for Surprise Fed Rate Hike
Prediction-market traders today sharply raised the implied odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike, one day before the central bank’s two-day July meeting begins.
U.S. Senate puts off crypto Clarity Act for now as it focuses limited bandwidth elsewhere
The U.S. Senate has shelved the crypto Digital Asset Market Clarity Act for the moment as it proceeds with different bills on Russian sanctions and federal nominations, further setting aside the industry's central polic…
CLARITY Act Myths Could Mislead Investors, Crypto Council Warns
Crypto Council says several CLARITY Act myths are misleading investors ahead of the Senate vote.
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Will Arrive by September, Markets Predict
AI users the world over are eagerly awaiting the next frontier release from OpenAI. And if prediction market odds are any indication, they won’t have to wait much longer for GPT-6.
Elon Musk: Humans Will Lose Control of AI Within a Decade
Artificial intelligence could surpass the combined intelligence of humanity within about five years, and humans are unlikely to remain in control of the technology within a decade, according to Elon Musk.
ZRO Price Breaks Over 10% Despite $1.13M Binance Deposit From LayerZero-Linked Wallet
LayerZero-linked wallet transferred 1.2 million ZRO to Binance, extending a month-long pattern of exchange deposits.
Bitcoin shrugs off AI selloff but high-stakes Fed meeting could determine what's next
BTC held around $65,000, up 4% since Friday, while ether (ETH) hit its strongest price in nearly two months. Meanwhile, Nvidia’s 4.8% decline led AI-favorites lower, even as the overall Nasdaq was about flat thanks to g…
Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson Compares Ethereum Questions to Reliving Trauma
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How a Phishing Email Drained 400,000 XRP From One Holder’s Wallet
An XRP holder lost 400,000 tokens overnight after falling for a phishing email disguised as a routine hardware wallet update, according to an account shared by crypto adviser George Kaltekis.
Kraken parent Payward acquires Magic Labs’ wallet business
The deal brings wallet technology to Payward’s enterprise platform, potentially reducing the number of infrastructure providers businesses need to integrate with.
Cross River to enable P2P payments, banking services for X Money
The banking-as-a-service provider will power X Money’s peer-to-peer payments, FDIC-insured accounts and Visa debit cards as the platform expands its financial services.
Fanatics Buys CFTC-Registered Exchange in Prediction Markets Land Grab
Fanatics is buying its way deeper into prediction markets, striking a deal to acquire a federally regulated exchange and clearinghouse from brokerage giant BGC Group as sports-betting heavyweights race to stake out grou…
A Man Gave Border Agents His Phone Passcode. It Wiped Everything. Now He's Facing Federal Charges
The Atlanta resident has been charged under a rarely invoked federal statute—18 U.S.C. § 2232, a law that makes it illegal to knowingly destroy property to prevent authorities from seizing it—after he allegedly triggere…
Securitize Capital becomes SEC-registered investment adviser
The registration expands Securitize’s regulated platform for tokenized assets, adding investment advisory services to its institutional offering.
Searchable NYC Property Database Puts Wealthy Residents at Risk, Critics Warn
A searchable database built from New York City's public property assessment records is drawing backlash from prominent figures in the crypto industry, who argue that making the information easier to search effectively c…
Microsoft Says MDASH Beats Claude Mythos and GPT-5.6 Sol in Cybersecurity Test
Microsoft has released its first dedicated cybersecurity model named MAI-Cyber-1-Flash and plugged it into MDASH, a vulnerability-hunting system that it says beats Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol while cos…
Crypto’s favorite $90 trillion trading product is coming to Wall Street, but big banks are taking it slow
Perpetual futures have spent years as one of crypto’s most popular trading products, especially for investors outside the United States. Now that the contracts are entering regulated American markets, Wall Street is try…
Bitcoin Price Prediction for August: Why the Realized Price Near $53K Matters
Bitcoin is trading roughly 50% below its all-time high set back in October, and more than 40 weeks into the current downturn, four separate long-term indicators are converging in a way that has historically marked the l…
Bitmine keeps buying Ether as ETH outperforms Bitcoin
The company added nearly 10,000 ETH over the past week, bringing its holdings to 5.79 million Ether, about 85% of which is staked through its validator operations.