Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 8 hours ago
Malta has joined Italy, Portugal, and Spain to block a possible EU-wide online gambling levy, four diplomats told Politico, in a budget fight any one of the 27 governments can veto. Commission modeling would bill Malta about $190 million (€165 millio...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 8 hours ago
In response to recent events where AI agents escaped their sandboxes and attacked real-world targets, Kaijern Lau, Senior Director of Engineering at CertiK, believes the industry must prepare by increasing its investment in AI security as the blockch...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 hours ago
Google pulled a newly launched AI-generated satellite imagery feature from Google Earth less than 24 hours after release, after experts warned it could be used to create realistic fake scenes and fuel misinformation. The tool let users generate satel...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 hours ago
The decision comes after Majority Leader John Thune stressed that Democrats insisted on no vote as they still consider that the CLARITY Act needs work regarding the ethics provision. Thune ensured that the crypto bill would be on the agenda after the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 hours ago
For anyone who stores cryptocurrency in a hardware wallet, one tiny computer chip quietly performs one of the most important security jobs in the entire device. Most people never see it, never interact with it and rarely hear it mentioned. Yet this s...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 hours ago
European financial watchdogs warn that criminals are exploiting this market transition to steal funds. Fraudsters are impersonating official regulators or licensed exchanges to trick users into sending assets to fraudulent websites. Hundreds of Firms...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 hours ago
Fake XRP airdrops, reward scanners, and phishing campaigns are targeting investors, prompting the XRP Ledger Foundation and RippleX to issue security warnings on X. The alerts highlight impersonation accounts, fraudulent promotions, and wallet traps...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 12 hours ago
Dubai Duty Free has introduced Crypto.com Pay as a regulated digital payment option for eligible UAE residents, allowing customers to use their Crypto.com accounts at airport stores and online. The rollout integrates crypto-enabled payments into glob...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 12 hours ago
Swift’s new cross-border payment framework is now live with Bank of America and J.P. Morgan, improving international transfers for U.S. users. The rollout adds to competition among banks, blockchain firms, and crypto companies reshaping global paymen...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 13 hours ago
XRP holders can now use FXRP to borrow RLUSD through Sentora’s reported $280 million vault on Ethereum. The integration expands XRP’s role in decentralized finance while allowing holders to access liquidity without selling their underlying tokens. XR...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 17 hours ago
The final implementation of all MiCA provisions has created a regulatory sandbox that leaves Europe disconnected from major stablecoin providers. Circle’s Senior Director, EU Strategy & Policy, Patrick Hansen, stressed that a review is nece...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 18 hours ago
A player in Bitonto, near Bari, matched all five MillionDay numbers on July 31 for a $1.15 million (€1 million) prize, then threw the ticket out after misreading the receipt. Public waste company SANB stopped the compactor before it reached landfill...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 18 hours ago
A single bitcoin miner solved block height 960804 on Aug. 2, 2026, at 02:11 UTC, earning the full block reward of about 3.1569 BTC, worth roughly $200,000 at the time. The payout went to a bitcoin address tied to CKPool, a solo mining service that le...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 19 hours ago
Bitcoin briefly approached $65,000 on Thursday, holding support above $64,500 despite intraday pullbacks to $64,144 and bringing its gains since Aug. 1 to roughly 3%. Market Momentum and Intraday Volatility Bitcoin nearly reached $65,000 on Thursday...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 20 hours ago
Wells Fargo will launch tokenized deposits for corporate clients this fall, starting with US dollar-to-pound transactions. The move has won support from blockchain infrastructure advocates, while critics argue that banks are using distributed ledgers...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 20 hours ago
New York, August 5, 2026 — MoonPay, the global financial technology company powering the movement of value across fiat and digital assets, today announced the integration of the TRON network with MoonPay’s Trade infrastructure, enabling users t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 20 hours ago
JPYC Inc., the company operating Japan’s first fully regulated yen-pegged stablecoin, has extended its Series B funding round, pushing total investment to roughly 6 billion yen, or about $38 million. Logistics Giant Backs Japan’s Yen Stablecoin Bet T...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 21 hours ago
Grayscale added BNB to its Smart Contract Fund during its second-quarter review, giving the token a larger weighting than ether and solana. The asset manager also reduced exposure to Uniswap and NEAR across two other diversified crypto products. Gray...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 21 hours ago
Strategy’s founder, Michael Saylor, says artificial intelligence (AI) helped Strategy design a financial product that unlocked roughly $15 billion in capital, a milestone he argues demonstrates how AI is changing business just as profoundly as...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 22 hours ago
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs attracted $244.42 million on Wednesday, extending their inflow streak to three sessions. Ether funds added $60.86 million, while HYPE ETFs ended a prolonged run of withdrawals with a modest gain. Bitcoin ETFs Add $244M as Strea...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 23 hours ago
Criminals stole more than $30 million from cryptocurrency holders through violence in the first half of 2026, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis reported on Thursday, putting the year on pace to break 2025’s record of $58 million. The crimes...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 day ago
Coinbase has begun offering nearly 4,000 U.S. stocks to eligible U.K. users, combining equities and crypto in a single app. The service includes fractional shares, zero commissions and funding through pounds or USDC. Coinbase Opens 24/5 US Stock Trad...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 day ago
Singapore, Singapore, August 6th, 2026, Chainwire. 25,000 attendees, 500 exhibitors, 300 speakers and 1,000 side events will bring the global crypto industry to Singapore this October. TOKEN2049, the world’s largest crypto event, returns to Marina Ba...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 day ago
Bitcoin is closing in on a possible chain split after block 961,632 as BIP-110 backers prepare to enforce rules that barely register across the network’s computing power. BIP-110 Faces Its Moment of Truth At block 961,289 on Thursday morning, Bitcoin...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 day ago
Canadian Bitcoin holders account for 25% of all attributable losses in the Coldcard wallet exploit. Total stolen assets reach $116 million while Galaxy Research traced the attack to a March 2021 firmware update. Geographic Distribution of Losses Cana...
