Binance.US Prediction Markets Bid Targets CFTC in August
Binance.US plans to apply to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission next month for a Designated Contract Market (DCM) license to offer regulated prediction markets ...
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South Korea Confirms Crypto Tax Start Date for January 2027
South Korea’s Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yoon-chul confirmed that crypto gains will be taxed starting January 2027, ending one of the longest-running delays in the ...
South Korea Crypto Account Freeze Bill Could Allow 60-Day Exchange Account Freeze
Fifteen lawmakers from South Korea’s ruling People Power Party, led by Kim Sang-hoon, filed an amendment on July 28 that would let the Financial Intelligence ...
Aave Cuts 50 Asset Reserves in Risk Overhaul
Aave, the DeFi lending protocol, is deprecating 50 low-adoption asset reserves across multiple deployments, founder Stani Kulechov announced in an X post on July 30, ...
Ethereum Foundation Board Adds Pascal Caversaccio
Ethereum Foundation board adds Pascal Caversaccio, a privacy and security researcher, for a one-year voluntary term. The move follows a 40% budget cut and the wind-down of EF's internal privacy research lab.
Tether USAT Celo Launch: First Move Beyond Ethereum
Tether USAT Celo launch marks the stablecoin's first expansion beyond Ethereum, adding native minting, burning and gas-fee payments on Celo. Anchorage Digital Bank issues the GENIUS Act-compliant token, which had a market cap of about $185 million at launch.
Aviva XRP Ledger Fund Wins Irish Regulator’s Nod
Aviva XRP Ledger fund became the first tokenised share class approved by the Central Bank of Ireland on July 29, 2026. The launch builds on a partnership Aviva Investors and Ripple first announced in February 2026.
Circle Price Target Cut to $140 by Bernstein
Circle price target guidance from Bernstein dropped to $140 from $190 on July 29, even as the firm kept its Outperform rating on the stablecoin issuer. Analyst Gautam Chhugani argues the Open USD consortium that pressured the stock poses less long-term risk than the market currently prices in.
Binance Launches Gold and Silver Options Under ADGM License
Binance launched USDT-settled, European-style options trading on gold and silver on July 29, 2026, operating through its Abu Dhabi Global Market-regulated entity, Nest Exchange Limited, ...
Vitalik Buterin Reveals Diamond iO Privacy Framework
Vitalik Buterin published the second part of his series on cryptographic obfuscation protocols on July 28, introducing a new framework called Diamond iO. The Ethereum ...
Myanmar Passes Anti-Online Scam Bill Targeting Crypto Fraud
Myanmar’s combined parliament, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, approved the Anti-Online Scam Bill on July 28 after reconciling amendments from its lower and upper chambers, according to ...
Apple Sued Over Fake Bitcoin Wallet App That Drained $1.8M
Three Bitcoin holders sued Apple on July 24, 2026, in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that a counterfeit Sparrow ...
Russia Charges Telegram Founder Pavel Durov With Aiding Terrorism
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorist activity and placed him on an international wanted list on July 29, ...
Flare Smart Accounts v1.3: XRP DeFi Now One Signature
Flare Smart Accounts v1.3 cuts XRP-to-DeFi onboarding down to a single XRP Ledger signature, replacing the previous two-signature flow. The July 28, 2026 update adds a second yield vault and three new wallet integrations, letting XRP holders mint FXRP and start earning without a separate EVM wallet or bridge step.
Zcash Ironwood Upgrade Seals Orchard After Bug
Zcash Ironwood upgrade activated on July 28, sealing the Orchard shielded pool to new deposits and opening a fresh privacy pool from zero. The move closes a four-year-old counterfeiting flaw disclosed in May 2026.
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