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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 […]

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, […]

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.

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 […]

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

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…

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…

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 […]

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

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.

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.…

The proposed policies under Ireland’s AML framework included stricter measures on transfers from private crypto wallets and overseas digital asset companies.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said it granted "preliminary conditional approval" to World Liberty Trust Co. on Friday.

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…