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⚖️ US Regulators Miss GENIUS Act Stablecoin Deadline Federal agencies failed to finalize implementing regulations by the GENIUS Act's one-year deadline, issuing 10 proposed rules instead of final ones. The GENIUS Act, which established a federal framework for stablecoin regulation, required regulators to complete rulemaking within a set timeframe. With agencies still at the proposal stage, the ru…

📊 US traders pile into 100x leveraged perpetual futures The Trump administration has opened American markets to perpetual futures contracts — highly leveraged derivatives long available offshore but previously restricted for US retail traders. US day traders are now piling into "perps" offering up to 100x leverage. The products are widely considered among the riskiest in crypto, with data showing…

🌐 Zcash launches node targeting 50,000 private transactions per second The Zcash ecosystem has released Zakura, a new node client and the first live component of Project Tachyon — a broader initiative to scale Zcash from approximately one private transaction per second to Visa-level throughput of 50,000 TPS. The upgrade is tied to the planned NU7 network upgrade and aims to make fully shielded tr…

🔐 BonkDAO treasury drained via governance exploit An attacker exploited BonkDAO's governance mechanism to drain 4.426 trillion BONK tokens from its treasury. The exploit allowed the attacker to pass a malicious proposal and withdraw the funds. Of the stolen tokens, 800 billion BONK have already been sold for approximately $2 million. The attacker still holds an estimated 2.4 trillion BONK, leavin…

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🏦 SBI Holdings Acquires Majority Stake in Singapore's Coinhako Japanese financial group SBI Holdings has acquired a controlling stake in Singapore-based crypto exchange Coinhako, with the deal receiving final approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The transaction was executed through SBI's subsidiary, SBI Ventures Asset. The acquisition gives SBI Holdings exposure to Coinhako's…

⚖️ Warren demands Trump disclose 2026 crypto earnings before Senate vote Senator Elizabeth Warren has called on Donald Trump to disclose his 2026 crypto earnings ahead of an expected Senate vote on a crypto bill within days. Warren's request follows Trump's financial disclosure reporting $1.4 billion in crypto-related income in 2025. She is seeking information on earnings between January and July…

🟠 Iran strikes push Bitcoin below $73K amid $700M in liquidations Iranian drone and missile strikes on Kuwait's power and water infrastructure have rattled crypto markets, sending Bitcoin below $73,000 and triggering over $700 million in liquidation cascades. The escalation in Gulf tensions coincided with US sanctions freezing $130 million in Iranian crypto assets. Nearly $1 billion in total cryp…

🔐 UK gang jailed for £4M crypto impersonation scam A UK criminal gang has been sentenced after stealing over £4 million ($5.4M) in cryptocurrency from eight victims by posing as police officers. The group used convincing fake police websites to deceive targets into handing over their crypto holdings. The fraud involved direct impersonation of law enforcement, a tactic designed to pressure victims…

🟠 Project Eleven proposes post-quantum wallet recovery for Bitcoin Project Eleven has outlined a proposal for a post-quantum cryptographic proof system that would allow Bitcoin users to verify wallet ownership in the event of a quantum computing attack — commonly referred to as "Q-Day." The mechanism is designed to let users prove control of their wallets without exposing the private key data tha…

💵 Aptos Launches Open USD Stablecoin with Mastercard, Visa and Stripe Aptos has unveiled Open USD (OUSD), a new stablecoin initiative developed in partnership with Mastercard, Visa, and Stripe, positioning the project as a potential accelerant for global stablecoin adoption. The collaboration brings together major payments infrastructure players alongside the Aptos blockchain. The initiative aims…

🟠 Strategy holds $3B cash as Bitcoin position sits $9.9B underwater Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) has halted Bitcoin purchases and built a $3 billion U.S. dollar reserve alongside its 843,775 BTC holding, currently valued at roughly $55 billion but sitting $9.9 billion below cost basis. Executive chairman Michael Saylor is framing the cash-and-Bitcoin barbell structure as the company's approach to…