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Law Enforcement Says CLARITY Act Aids Criminals. Industry Says They’re Wrong
The National Sheriffs’ Association is renewing its opposition to the CLARITY Act’s decentralized finance (DeFi) provisions, and the Blockchain Association says the law enforcement group has it backwards. A Renewed Warning From…
The Coldcard Hack Just Hit $116 Million. A Fourth Wave Is Still Draining
The Coldcard hardware wallet hack has grown to $116 million (potentially more) across four separate waves, and Coinkite says the last three days have been among the hardest in the company’s history. Four Waves in Four Days What…
Sen. Thune Says a CLARITY Act Vote Is Coming This Week
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he still expects a floor vote on the CLARITY Act this week, even as the chamber has just four legislative days left before its August recess. A Vote “This Week,” Again Thune’s latest…
Saylor Calls Strategy the “JPMorgan of Crypto”
Michael Saylor is comparing Strategy to Wall Street’s biggest bank, just weeks after JPMorgan itself warned that Strategy’s bitcoin sales policy could rattle the market. A Bold Comparison, Days After a Warning Saylor’s…
Fireblocks Says 99% of EU Firms Back Crypto Rules as Funding Accelerates
European and U.K. financial institutions are investing heavily in digital asset infrastructure, but regulation is shaping their priorities in different ways. Continental firms are building within an established framework, while U.K.…
George Santos Settles CFTC Case Over Trading His Own Kalshi Market
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos will pay $35,069.98 and accept a three-year trading ban to settle CFTC findings that he manipulated a Kalshi market tied to his own State of the Union attendance. A final order reveals he profited first from…
Tokenized Stock Holders Near 1 Million After 92% Growth in 30 Days
Tokenized equities are attracting a fast-growing onchain audience as investors seek access beyond conventional market hours. Yet rising wallet counts have not resolved questions about liquidity, ownership rights or secondary-market depth.…
An AI Just Flagged 250,000 Cancer Studies as Possibly Fake. The Fight Is Now One AI Against Another
A study published in The BMJ used a BERT-based “scientific spam filter,” trained on 2,202 retracted paper-mill papers, to screen 2.6 million cancer studies from 1999 to 2024. Led by Queensland University of Technology biostatistician Adrian…
US Interest in Bitcoin Sinks to Near 5-Year Low
According to Google Trends, searches for bitcoin have fallen to a near-historic low, even as one of the industry’s key regulatory pieces, the Clarity Act, is expected to be voted on in the U.S. Senate this week. Interest in Bitcoin…
AI Agents Can Bypass Robinhood’s Stock Token Blocks, Per Coinfello
Robinhood Chain blocks U.S. persons from its tokenized Nvidia and Tesla stock, but the same permissionless network that powers 24/7 trading may let artificial intelligence (AI) agents and third-party wallets route around that block…