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Russia expands crypto mining ban to Moscow through 2032

Russia has added Moscow, the Moscow Region and parts of Kursk Region to its cryptocurrency mining ban list, citing power supply concerns behind the restrictions

Mortgage and refinance interest rates today, Saturday, August 1, 2026: Rates higher than Friday

Best CD rates today, Saturday, August 1, 2026: Best CD account earns 4.15% APY

Coldcard Bitcoin loss estimate rises to $70M after Galaxy analysis

Galaxy Research identified 1,196 addresses that lost 1,082.65 Bitcoin in a 41-minute window, expanding the estimated scope of the Coldcard wallet incident.

Binance founder CZ calls for wallet diversification after $70 million Coldcard exploit

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says hardware wallets can still have bugs and suggests spreading funds across multiple wallets after the major Coldcard security

Bitcoin ETFs end July in the green despite late-month selling

Spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $172.4 million in July inflows but remained $5.3 billion negative year to date after heavy withdrawals in May and June.

XRP Ledger upgrade brings back features once pulled over critical bugs

The xrpld 3.3.0 release is expected next week with five proposed amendments, including two revised features that were previously withdrawn after researchers fou

How bitcoin cold wallets lost $70 million in an attack that never touched the devices

Galaxy Research said weak seed generation let an attacker recreate likely private keys offline, sweep more than 1,000 BTC from nearly 1,200 wallets and continue

Bitcoin holds monthly gain, faces 'choppy' August as 'forced-selling' exhausted, analysts say

The largest crypto shrugged off a barrage of bad news this month, but traders remain cautious as rate hike fears and jobs data loom.

Bank of Italy finds no consistent cost advantage for stablecoin remittances

Researchers found that fiat conversion costs and payment infrastructure, rather than blockchain fees, accounted for most of the differences in stablecoin remitt

Want to trade SpaceX for Apple? 1inch says skip the dollars

Pump.fun laid off workers before they received millions in PUMP tokens: Report

Pump.fun co-founder Noah Tweedale reportedly attributed the layoffs to the company growing too quickly.

Tether posts $1.5 billion operating profit in Q2 as reserve buffer falls by half

The world’s largest stablecoin issuer added 14 metric tons of gold and about 1,800 bitcoin to its reserves during the second quarter.

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The good and the bad of perps, according to crypto traders

Both retail and institutional traders worry about the funding rate.

Coldcard's $38 million (so far) exploit shakes faith in self-custody, may push investors to ETFs

A software bug in popular hardware wallet Coldcard that led to the theft to this point of nearly 600 bitcoin worth roughly $38 million is prompting questions ab

Ex-FTX users report funds being released in $900M distribution round

Several users of the long-defunct crypto exchange reported that distribution agents had begun releasing funds to reimburse creditors for some of their 2022 loss

Tether earns $1.5B in Q2 as US Treasury holdings fuel profits

Tether’s reserve surplus grew to $4.11 billion in the second quarter as USDT supply rose despite a weaker stablecoin market and continued pressure across the cr