The breach involves taxpayer data in the General Directorate of Public Finances’ custody, which has already confirmed that threat actors had access to the addresses and real estate of 678K users. Crypto holders fear that this leak might spark a new wave of violence. Massive 678K Taxpayer Data Breach Worries French Crypto Holders A new […]
French Tax Agency Admits Data Breach as Hacker Steals 678k Records
World Liberty Financial, the Trump family-linked decentralized finance (DeFi) firm, cleared its first major banking hurdle on Friday after the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted preliminary conditional approval for a national trust bank. The Aug. 14 decision gives World Liberty Trust Company, National Association, a route to bring USD1 issuance, […]
Trump-Linked World Liberty Financial Gets OCC Green Light
Those involved in a meeting of CEOs from the worlds of crypto, prediction markets and AI anticipate President Donald Trump will take part in next week's gathering.
Trump expected to attend White House meeting with crypto CEOs, sources say
MSCI’s proposed eligibility screen would remove Strategy from its global equity benchmarks, the largest of three companies flagged in a May simulation at $23.9 billion. The bitcoin treasury firm answered on Aug. 14 with a flat refusal. Strategy Pushes Back Against Its Own Index Provider Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) issued a public rebuttal to MSCI […]
Strategy Pushes Back on MSCI Plan to Drop MSTR From Global Indexes
Key Takeaways The proposed trust company plans to take over USD1 issuance, redemption and reserve management from BitGo. It would not accept insured deposits or handle WLFI tokens. The organizers need at least $20 million in tier 1 capital and must open the bank within 18 months. On August 14, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency gave preliminary conditional approval to
World Liberty Gets Preliminary OCC Nod for Bank Charter
Coinbase and Ripple executives have been named among the expected attendees at an Aug. 19 White House meeting involving at least six crypto and prediction market companies. Semafor reporter Eleanor Mueller said executives from Coinbase, Ripple, a16z, Chainlink, Paradigm and…
Coinbase, Ripple to join Aug. 19 White House crypto meeting
SpaceX has completed its $60 billion stock-based acquisition of Anysphere, bringing the Cursor coding platform into its SpaceXAI business as SPCX shares fell during Friday trading. An SEC filing dated Aug. 14 showed that SpaceX completed the acquisition through X67…
SpaceX stock falls as $60B Cursor deal closes
Bitwise is working with Superstate to let investors hold shares of certain funds in tokenized form while preserving the same legal and economic rights. Its Solana staking ETF is expected to be the first product considered for the blockchain-based structure. Bitwise Taps Superstate to Bring ETF Shares Onchain Bitwise Asset Management is preparing to bring […]
Bitwise Targets Solana Staking ETF for First Tokenized Shares
Key Takeaways The proposed funds would gain exposure through CME futures rather than holding Bitcoin or Ether directly. The 3x target resets after each session, so returns over longer periods could differ sharply from three times the underlying move. The SEC filing starts the review process; the products have not been approved and have no confirmed launch date. If approved and l
Cboe Seeks First US 3x Leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs
Binance data showed Gen Z allocating a growing share of equity activity to ETFs while trading less frequently and using less leverage than older working-age cohorts.
Gen Z favors ETFs and trades less than older cohorts: Binance
BNB Chain has scheduled its Pasteur hard fork for Aug. 25, introducing three changes intended to strengthen cross-chain transfers, tighten validator controls, and raise tested transaction capacity from 1,237 to 2,324 transactions per second. BNB Chain said in an Aug.…
BNB Chain schedules security-focused Pasteur hard fork for Aug. 25
The proposed policies under Ireland’s AML framework included stricter measures on transfers from private crypto wallets and overseas digital asset companies.
Ireland plans industry standards for illicit crypto use
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said it granted "preliminary conditional approval" to World Liberty Trust Co. on Friday.
Trump-backed World Liberty wins conditional bank charter from federal regulator
Ireland has introduced its first national anti-money laundering strategy through 2030, placing enhanced checks on private-wallet transfers and overseas crypto firms among its main digital-asset controls. Ireland’s crypto strategy increases transfer checks Ireland’s Department of Finance said on Thursday that…