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Brazil's flag (Rafaela Biazi/Unsplash) Brazil will require exchanges to delay some crypto transfers abroad and to self-custody wallets for up to 24 hours. The rule applies to transfers above $10,000 and smaller transactions flagged as risky by exchanges. The measure takes effect Jan. 1, 2027 as the central bank seeks to curb crypto use in financial fraud. Brazil’s central bank will require crypto exchanges to delay some customer transfers to foreign platforms and self-custody wallets for up to 2

Bitwise's CIO Matt Hougan said trillions of dollars will pour into bitcoin in the next 10 years, lifting its price to roughly $1.5 million (Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan. (Suzanne Cordiero/CoinDesk/Shutterstock) Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan predicts that institutional investors could allocate trillions of dollars to bitcoin over the next decade as it becomes a mainstream financial asset. Hougan estimates that a 1 percent bitcoin allocation from institutions controlling $100 trillion to

T. Rowe Price head of digital assets Blue Macellari at Consensus Miami. (CoinDesk) T. Rowe Price says including established memecoins in its actively managed crypto ETF is part of a disciplined investment strategy, not a bet on internet hype. Digital assets chief Blue Macellari argues memecoin trading serves as a real-world stress test for blockchain networks, offering insights into scalability and reliability. The $1.9 trillion asset manager expects crypto ETFs to evolve beyond bitcoin into act

T. Rowe Price head of digital assets Blue Macellari at Consensus Miami. (CoinDesk) T. Rowe Price says including established memecoins in its actively managed crypto ETF is part of a disciplined investment strategy, not a bet on internet hype. Digital assets chief Blue Macellari argues memecoin trading serves as a real-world stress test for blockchain networks, offering insights into scalability and reliability. The $1.9 trillion asset manager expects crypto ETFs to evolve beyond bitcoin into act

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Senate Majority Leader filed the motion to proceed on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act early Saturday, after a marathon overnight Senate voting session. While the motion came too late for the Senate to vote on the crypto market structure bill before the body breaks for its August recess, the move sets the bill up for an initial vote almost immediately after the Senate returns next month. There are a number of outstanding issues

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Senate Majority Leader filed the motion to proceed on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act early Saturday, after a marathon overnight Senate voting session. While the motion came too late for the Senate to vote on the crypto market structure bill before the body breaks for its August recess, the move sets the bill up for an initial vote almost immediately after the Senate returns next month. There are a number of outstanding issues

Another bitcoin infrastructure exploit hits, this time draining merchant Lightning nodes. (Max Bender/Unsplash) Attackers exploited a critical vulnerability in BTCPay Server to steal funds from Lightning nodes running LND, prompting urgent calls to update to version 2.4.2 or take servers offline. The flaw allowed unauthenticated access to LND “.macaroon” credential files, enabling attackers to seize control of affected Lightning nodes and drain their channels, though BTCPay’s standard on-chain w

New XRP Ledger amendments target $530 million in tokenized Wall Street assets.(Ripple Labs) The latest XRP Ledger software release, version 3.3.0, introduces a proposed “Confidential Transfers” feature that would let institutions encrypt balances and payment amounts on certain tokenized assets while keeping accounts and token types visible. The upgrade targets the growing market for tokenized real-world assets on XRPL, where about $1.38 billion is already issued, including major positions from R

Bitcoin holders risk losing real BTC if they sell coins from possible BIP-110 fork. (Shutterstock) A planned Bitcoin fork tied to the controversial BIP-110 proposal could create duplicate balances on two chains, tempting holders to sell the new coins for what looks like free money. Because both chains would initially accept identical transactions, selling the forked coins could trigger a replay attack that also spends the seller’s real bitcoin on the main chain. Developers warn that, without bui

Donald Trump and Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek (Crypto.com) Trump Media and Crypto.com scrapped plans for a publicly traded company designed to accumulate and stake Crypto.com's CRO token, citing market conditions and shifting priorities. The firms also dropped a separate agreement for Crypto.com to service certain planned Yorkville America ETFs. The pivot follows Trump Media's aggressive crypto expansion in 2025, during which the company bought $105 million in CRO and pursued digital asset prod

Trump-Backed American Bitcoin director Justin Mateen buys nearly $2 million of ABTC stock. (ABTC) American Bitcoin board member Justin Mateen bought a combined 306,981 shares of the company on Aug. 5-6 for roughly $1.93 million. The purchases came days after the Trump-backed bitcoin miner reported second-quarter results and highlighted growth in its bitcoin treasury and mining operations. Following the transactions, Mateen owns 492,297 Class A shares, adjusted for the company's recent reverse st

Iranian flag (Akbar Nemati/Unsplash) The U.S. Treasury sanctioned crypto exchanges Shelbit and Aban Tether, saying they helped Iran move money and evade sanctions. The action extends a 2026 crackdown that has targeted Nobitex, other Iranian exchanges and crypto wallets linked to Iran's central bank. The sanctions come amid the U.S.-Iran war, raising the stakes for stablecoin issuers and exchanges handling funds connected with Iranian entities. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned two crypto e

BitMEX sale collapsed as buyers balked at founder ownership and shrinking business. (Shutterstock) Reputational baggage, fading growth and founder control combined to drive potential acquirers away, according to a source familiar with the discussions. The crypto exchange failed to secure a buyer before deciding to wind down operations last month. BitMEX's declining business made it difficult to justify a growth valuation, the person said. Before once-popular crypto exchange BitMEX announced plan

hack, hacker, hoodie(Shutterstock) Bybit filed a civil lawsuit against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), its intelligence agency, the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), and state-sanctioned hacking organization the Lazarus Group. The preliminary injunction from a federal U.S. court prohibits the transfer or dissipation of identified assets connected to the case while litigation continues. Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, has filed a civil lawsuit again