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Arthur Hayes to Lead Flop Labs, Announces FLOP Token Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, said he will head Flop Labs and revealed plans for a native token to power autonomous AI agents. Project goals Flop Labs is building Flop Network to enable AI agents to transact for compute, memory storage, and …

U.S. proposes new stablecoin rules under GENIUS Act The U.S. Treasury has published a draft implementing provisions of the GENIUS Act , outlining new requirements for stablecoin issuance and distribution. Key provisions of the proposal The proposal sets a date when principal provisions take effect: …

Reuters: Binance handed customer data to Russian authorities According to Reuters, in 2025 Binance supplied Russian authorities with personal data and transaction records linked to an IT director. Details of the data transfer Reuters reports that in 2025 the exchange provided personal information an…

Binance shared Russian user data with investigators despite exit Reuters reports that the largest cryptocurrency exchange provided Russian investigators with a full dossier on a 49-year-old IT specialist arrested for donations totaling $700 . Findings by Reuters According to Reuters, the man was det…

Criminal Case Over Trading on Polymarket Two associates allegedly used classified military information to place trades on Polymarket and generated more than $150 K before arrest. Case overview According to public reports, the scheme involved converting a military briefing into trading positions, whi…

SafePal confirms data breach affecting 39,798 customers Hardware wallet maker SafePal reported a data breach exposing personal information of 39,798 customers who ordered between 02.03.2025 and 11.04.2026 . Scope of the incident According to SafePal, attackers obtained names, email addresses, phone …

Saylor praises bitcoin while selling holdings at a loss Michael Saylor published an essay arguing that bitcoin is superior to gold and fiat, while his company sold thousands of bitcoins at a loss. Saylor's case for bitcoin In his essay, Saylor contrasts bitcoin with gold and government-issued money,…

StripChain aims to bridge existing blockchain ecosystems without rebuilding them Polkadot positioned itself as an internet for blockchains, but adoption and developer inflow did not match expectations, and market value declined substantially. Background and outcome Polkadot’s model sought a unified …

Tether Publishes First Complete Independent Audit by KPMG Tether announced that KPMG completed the company's first full independent audit, examining its financial statements and reserves as of 31.12.2025. The auditor found that reserves exceed liabilities by $6.8 billion , and noted that $180 billio…

Interactive 3D map depicts bitcoin market battlefield Newhedge launched a 3D visualization called Bitcoin Battlefield that animates buyer and seller activity on a live market map. Overview The interface represents buyers as a green army and sellers as a red army, with frontline that advances alongsi…

Glassnode outlines conditions for a new bitcoin sell-off According to Glassnode analysts, the market bottom for bitcoin has not been confirmed, as selling pressure appears to be slowly easing. They add that persistent spot demand remains absent, while derivative markets register rising open interest…

Crypto investor loses nearly $25 million for second time On 12 August, funds from two wallets tied to a single user were moved to a new address, totaling about $25 million . Incident details The transferred assets included DAI , WBTC , aUSDC , LDO , sUSDe and ETH , according to on-chain traces repor…

Lawsuit Challenges Paid Early Access to Trump Posts A coalition of news organizations has sued over a service that sells early access to posts from former president Donald Trump. Overview of the Truth API Trump Media launched the Truth API to provide ultra-low latency access to posts from a selectio…

Five years since El Salvador's bitcoin experiment began In summer 2021 President Nayib Bukele announced that El Salvador would become the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. The stated goals included providing banking services to the unbanked, reducing remittance costs, and attracting fo…

Analysts: Bitcoin Bottom Not Confirmed Amid Weak Spot Demand Analysts say current indicators do not yet confirm a bitcoin market bottom, citing weak spot demand and sustained U.S. selling pressure. Market signals Glassnode reports a gradual exhaustion of sellers, but according to analysts a key indi…

Nine Practical AI Tools That Actually Save Time We selected nine AI tools that solve concrete tasks, deliver real products, and remain relatively undiscovered by broad audiences. Meetings and calls Granola — an AI notebook that records device audio during calls and converts rough notes into a struct…

Major crypto firms request early AI access for Bitcoin developers More than 40 companies and organisations have signed an open letter asking AI developers to grant verified Bitcoin engineers early access to advanced models. Open letter and rationale The authors argue that restrictions on state-of-th…

BitMart Accused of Withdrawal Failures and Insolvency Users and market participants have reported widespread withdrawal disruptions on BitMart, while on-chain analytics and reserve estimates indicate a sharp decline in available assets. Complaints and reported losses Multiple users said they were un…

Vitalik Buterin unveils updated Ethereum development roadmap Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published an updated roadmap outlining technical priorities and changes relative to the Ethereum Foundation's Strawmap plan. New priorities The roadmap highlights a set of technical directions focused on…

Ukraine Moves Toward Regulating Cryptocurrency Market On 12.08.2026 at 18:00 , representatives of the state, the legal community and crypto businesses will discuss proposed regulation and taxation. Event overview The public event will address legal frameworks, tax treatment and likely operational co…