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The July drawdown-driven transfer leaves open whether a disclosed $1.11B BTC miner basket was sold.

The cleanup covers $98.1M supplied and $15.6M debt as of July 28, with Sonic and Aptos still active but flagged for freezing.

BlackRock’s IBIT took in $183.4M, keeping July net flows at +$437.8M after two months of heavy outflows.

The market maker says liquidity is concentrating in institution-favored tokens as long-tail activity weakens.

The alert hit as investigators analyzed a tightly timed 594.48 BTC sweep from single-sig wallets with no proven link.

The BTC amount, custody setup, and whether yield strategies are allowed were not disclosed.

The counteroffer would shift enforcement of a token-issuance ban for federal officials from DOJ to state authorities.

The firm disclosed $218.4M of Bitcoin sales tied to preferred dividends and a $3.75B cash reserve to support payouts.

Irish central bank approval keeps BNY Mellon as custodian while Komainu and Licuido run the digital rails.

Only about $63M of XAUT and PAXG is posted on Aave v3 and Morpho despite $90.7B in Q1 spot volume.

The court action lands as founder Pavel Durov faces terrorism-related pressure in Russia and an ongoing French probe.

The discussions follow Samsung affiliates’ agreement to buy a combined 4% stake in Dunamu in May 2026.

The state-affiliated outlet says scammers used Proton Mail and threatened damaging reports unless paid in BTC.

A new policy report argues interim licensing guidance should precede the stalled Digital Asset Basic Act.

The actively managed vehicle targets BTC and major altcoins and is framed as track-record building ahead of a possible Japan crypto ETF shift.

The one-year voluntary term comes as the Foundation elevates L1 privacy and post-quantum security research.

The firm reported $40B in crypto trading volume split between its app and Bitstamp after the June 2025 acquisition.

No pending DCM filing was visible in CFTC records as of the day the plan was announced at Rare Evo.

White House adviser Patrick Witt rejected the reported BRCA language as Senate leaders leave no vote scheduled before Aug. 7.

The bank also rolled out spot ether and solana ETFs this week after launching a spot bitcoin ETF earlier in 2026.

The firm says the design avoids pre-funded liquidity pools as stablecoin issuance fragments across 350+ tokens.

CME pricing near 35% hike odds, rising 2Y/10Y yields, and a ~20% July WTI jump raise the stakes for Warsh’s message.

Interpol’s public Red Notice database showed no listing as of Wednesday morning, leaving cross-border enforcement unclear.

The National Bank of Hungary authorized CoinCash operator Tiwala Solutions on July 20, setting up a gradual service restart after a 2025 pause.

The platform called the payout a one-time discretionary decision after an external executed trade flowed into its oracle.

The draft is expected to set stablecoin and exchange standards, while the 2027 crypto tax fight lacks a review calendar.

Project Tachyon said the Lean verification includes 2,700+ theorems and focuses on “balance integrity” after the Orchard flaw.

A May draft set 10-years-to-life penalties for crypto scams, but the final text and start date are still unconfirmed.

MSSE and MSOL track CoinDesk’s 4PM NY settlement-rate benchmarks and extend the bank’s crypto lineup beyond MSBT.

A non-peer-reviewed ePrint paper claims seed-derived zero-knowledge proofs could harden HD wallets without fund migration.

Liquidation-map levels at $64,700 and $65,800–$66,200 are now the near-term magnets traders are tracking.

AMD can conditionally reserve another 1,925 MW through Dec. 28, 2028, and received warrants for up to 30M CORZ shares at $23.47.

Brazil’s central bank has already tightened cross-border rails under Resolution BCB No. 561 for eFX providers.

The upgrade adds 0x02 withdrawal credential support to consolidate effective balances up to 2,048 ETH and tightens node-operator accountability.

The complaint says three users entered seed phrases into an App Store impersonator, enabling transfers that drained their BTC.

A July 27 injunction blocks Aug. 1 enforcement while the court weighs CEA preemption for some event contracts.

The regulator stressed that supervised testing does not guarantee full registration or commercial launch.

The slump lands alongside tighter APAC enforcement, from India’s BitChat GitHub order to Thailand’s Bitkub disclosure case.

In Senate testimony, James argued the bill shifts oversight toward the CFTC and pushed tougher AML, surveillance, and liability rules.

X Money is framed around P2P transfers, FDIC-insured interest-bearing accounts, and a Visa debit card, with no crypto mention.

The disclosure lands as ETH beats BTC on the week and the ETH/BTC ratio hits a three-month high, per chairman Tom Lee.

Tether is positioning the gold-backed token for Islamic finance distribution, citing 707,000+ ounces of gold backing as of March 31.

Short liquidations neared $250M in 24 hours as traders focused on $64.3K and $63.3K daily SMA support.

The unified front-end spans Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai and Bermuda while compliance stays jurisdiction-specific.

The latest additions include BNY Mellon’s Belgian unit and three German banks, while token-issuer registers were unchanged.

July 23 operation logged nine arrests and dozens of warrants across four states as investigators targeted a multi-rail laundering network.

CoinEx’s Jeff Ko expects BTC to stay range-bound near $65,000 as PCE, GDP, mega-cap results and ETF flow mix steer liquidity.

The Singapore-based stablecoin payments firm said client funds were unaffected and services resumed after a three-hour maintenance window.

Garden blames a solver’s off-chain database breach and says protocol contracts and user funds were not impacted.

Management says it will propose a court-approved path for STORJ holders to participate in post-reorg equity.

WEMIX says unauthorized minting was converted into 724,198.27 USDC.e and moved cross-chain before swaps into ETH and USDT.

No new purchase was confirmed in the excerpt, leaving traders waiting for an official disclosure to validate the signal.

The agency also extended Kraken Derivatives Exchange’s dormant status after no trading since early 2025.

Coin days destroyed fell in parallel, pointing to a cooldown in long-term holder profit-taking after 2024–2025 distribution.

The service targets importers and exporters and is described as integrating with SWIFT across 10 countries.

Upbit’s SHIB/KRW pair topped $62M in volume and printed a small premium as liquidations trailed the move.

Trading is slated to end Aug. 26, 2026, with full closure on Jan. 31, 2027 as withdrawals face added review delays.

The July 29 PoX-5 hardfork is still on schedule, but traders are focused on whether Binance completes required consensus changes.

Security chief Jimmy Su said an internal red team runs the drills to measure employee “security hygiene.”

The designation is part of the EU’s 21st Russia sanctions package adopted on July 23.

Russia’s regulated trading, custody, and settlement framework starts Sept. 1, with intermediary routing delayed to July 2027.

The potential expansion lands as Bernstein ties HOOD upside to prediction markets amid a CFTC-state jurisdiction fight.

The Bitcoin advocacy group says it will embed staff into limited-term roles focused on digital freedom, privacy tech, and counter-surveillance.

The OCC denied Wise’s prior bid over AML/CFT and illicit-finance risk controls as GENIUS guidance slips ahead of 2027.

An opinion argues a ~$25B notional niche could broaden onchain if verified temperature and rainfall feeds mature beyond pilots.

The claim names the central bank and Foreign Trade Bank as targets, but the report has not been independently verified.

Republicans released updated bill text this week, but some Democrats say the ethics language still falls short.

Analysts see early bottoming via Supply in Loss near 50%, but say hawkish macro and geopolitics can delay a durable low.

Restructuring papers show $163.7M of claims are unsecured debts tied to Poolin Wallet’s 2022 withdrawal freeze.

The scenario sits alongside negative late-July BTC demand readings and early-August $75K–$77K call flow on Deribit.

The Freedom Tech Excellence Program roster links a bitcoin policy group with major U.S. tech-defense names, but terms of participation are unclear.

The listing follows UK action in May 2026 and raises access and counterparty risk for EU-linked flows.

He argues credible Core messaging could remove a perceived ~30% “quantum discount” before any code ships.

Tokenized RWA perps hit $25.1B in July 13–19 volume as Hyperliquid posted $7.6M in weekly revenue.

CryptoQuant data shows profitability back above 50%, while LTH-SOPR’s 30-day SMA stays below 1 after an April–June fakeout.

The web-and-API platform arrives with RLUSD near a $1.6B market cap and ranked ninth among USD-pegged stablecoins.

The reversal hit as BTC briefly broke $65,000 in a risk-off session, while spot Ether ETFs stayed net positive.

RLUSD value moved fell to about $11B/$10.95B in a month even as holders and active addresses climbed.

The suit landed the same day BitMEX set Aug. 26, 2026 position limits and a Sept. 23, 2026 service stop, with BMEX reported down about 90%.

A near-44-day entry backlog coincides with positive U.S. spot ETH ETF flows and call-heavy options targeting $2K–$2.4K.

The dispute over an ethics ban covering all federal officials, including the president, adds timing risk to the market-structure bill.

The exchange tied removals to weak activity and its planned closure, with a hard end-time of 04:00 UTC.

Whale buys and a public Multicoin long helped drive a 27% daily move despite low float and annual 1.98B unlocks through 2030.

Negotiators had eyed Aug. 7 as the practical deadline for a viable 2026 path, but vote math and floor time look tight.

The donation landed weeks after a joint court motion to unwind a January 2025 deal, with the $5M penalty set to stay paid either way.

The rollout pairs agent-initiated payments with conditional AI trading tools and a developer SDK for agent-powered apps.

Robinhood Chain’s explorer flagged the posted contract as a scam as the post hit 175,000+ views in under 20 minutes.

The bill text is out, but Senate leaders have not scheduled a vote and stablecoin yield rules remain contested.

TokenizeThis 2026 speakers framed GENIUS as a stablecoin green light and CLARITY as the bigger market-structure unlock.

The group’s stated purpose is preparing for potential quantum computing threats to Bitcoin security, with few other details confirmed.

BitMEX’s planned Sept. 23 shutdown adds a market-structure stress point as real yields hit a 17-year high.

BMEX started selling off about an hour before the shutdown post and later bounced to around $0.0063, per CoinGecko.

Bitwise also flagged Bitcoin “apparent demand” as re-accelerating using a dormant-supply-adjusted metric.

The plan lifts the local team from 150 and focuses hiring on engineering, support, and institutional-facing roles.

Europe accounted for 39 incidents and France for 33, while recorded financial exposure was estimated at $124.1 million.

The work targets payments, remittances, and merchant settlement as Korea’s issuer-eligibility rules remain unresolved.

The cohort split coincided with XRP rebounding from about $1 in late June to around $1.16.

Treasury signaled sanctions and Entity List designations could follow if distillation is deemed IP theft.

The agreement, filed Wednesday, ends a two-year dispute tied to missing Gensler-era text messages.

Offchain Labs said the incident came from a third-party protocol and Arbitrum’s native bridge was not exploited.