Crypto

Senate crypto bill dies as Democrats cite Trump's coin

The CLARITY Act failed a 49-50 cloture vote, ending 2026's push to regulate crypto.

House readies crypto tax bill before Wednesday markup

The bill would let Bitcoin miners and Ethereum stakers delay paying tax on new coins until they actually sell them — if the provision survives this week's review.

Senate's crypto bill now covers Trump's own coin

Senate Republicans released final CLARITY Act text with ethics rules Trump agreed to, ahead of Tuesday's vote.

UK's Lords defeat government, force a crypto strategy

In a 194-138 vote, the House of Lords is forcing the Treasury to write a national digital-asset strategy within a year, over the government's objection.

Blockstream refuses to pay ransom for stolen Bitcoin

Hackers are holding $46 million in bitcoin from a hack of Blockstream's Liquid Network. The company says it won't pay to get it back.

Malone Lam, 22, admits to $240M bitcoin heist

The 22-year-old pleaded guilty to conning one victim out of $240 million in bitcoin, one of the biggest crypto thefts in U.S. history.

GameStop's best quarter ever came with a $75M Bitcoin hit

The retailer's record operating profit was partly offset by a $75 million loss on the Bitcoin it holds as a corporate treasury asset.

Hunter Biden launches his own memecoin called $LAPTOP

The coin airdrops tokens to people who lost money on the $TRUMP coin, with part of its supply set to burn or go to charity based on real events.

Liquid Network gets back $268M in stolen bitcoin

So-called white-hat hackers returned 3,400 of the 4,000 bitcoin they took, keeping $47M and still in talks over the rest.

Hackers take $320M from Bitcoin network, claim good intent

Liquid Network halted all transactions after 4,000 bitcoin left its reserve wallet in an apparent exploit.

Trezor says shipping partner exposed 67K more customers

ShipMonk promised Trezor it deleted old customer data. It hadn't, exposing 67,000 more people's information.

UK's biggest broker reverses itself, opens Bitcoin trading

Hargreaves Lansdown once said bitcoin 'is not an asset class.' Now its 2 million clients can buy it.

Standard Chartered opens Bitcoin trading in the UAE

It's the first major global bank to offer institutional Bitcoin and Ether trading inside the country.

New Jersey asks Supreme Court to rule on prediction markets

New Jersey wants the Supreme Court to decide whether platforms like Kalshi must follow state gambling laws or answer only to federal regulators.

DOJ seizes $560K in crypto meant to fund Hamas

The Justice Department also shut down the fundraising and recruitment sites the group used to solicit online donations.

Michael Saylor's Strategy resumes Bitcoin buying

Strategy bought $370 million in Bitcoin, ending a 10-week pause driven by a slumping stock and mounting losses.

Crypto network Cronos halts itself after a $75M hack

An attacker pushed a thinly-traded token's price up 100-fold, then borrowed real crypto against it as fake collateral.

Crypto neobank Avici hacked, token crashes 49%

Hackers drained a Solana-based crypto debit-card startup's customer funds one account at a time, crashing its AVICI token as much as 49%.

Bitcoin sinks below $78K after Warsh's Fed speech

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's hawkish Jackson Hole speech on inflation sent Bitcoin sliding to its lowest price in over a week, erasing most of this month's rally.

Circle's USDC becomes Chelsea's shirt sponsor

The stablecoin issuer is now the first crypto brand to land a Premier League front-of-shirt deal, debuting on Chelsea's jersey this weekend.

Coinbase and Better open Bitcoin-backed mortgages to all

The token-backed home loan, piloted since June, is now available nationwide, letting buyers pledge Bitcoin for a down payment.

Bitcoin hit $81,000 as Bessent's move rattled the dollar

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's bond buybacks sparked bitcoin's best week in years, on a bet the dollar is about to weaken.

Bitcoin tops $80,000 for the first time since May

A three-day rally over 20% — Bitcoin's best since 2023 — pushed the price past $80,000 and wiped out over $220 million in short bets.

Bitcoin, Ether ETFs pull in $2.6B, best week since Oct

The combined weekly haul more than tripled trading volume as institutions piled back into crypto funds.

Zcash hits 8-year high as Grayscale pushes for ETF

The privacy coin jumped to prices last seen in 2018 as futures trading surged and Grayscale moved its Zcash trust closer to becoming an ETF.

Bitcoin nears $80K as Congress pushes the Clarity Act

Bitcoin is having its best week since 2023, and Washington's crypto rulebook might finally get a vote.

Bitcoin tops $72,000 in a historic short squeeze

A Treasury bond-buyback announcement triggered the biggest wave of short-seller liquidations since 2021, pushing Bitcoin to its highest price since May.

Trump hosts crypto leaders, pushes Congress on Clarity Act

Trump hosted crypto executives at the White House, pushing the Senate to pass crypto's Clarity Act — while Bitcoin surged toward $70,000 the same day.

Citi to offer Bitcoin custody for big investors

The bank will let institutional clients hold Bitcoin the same way it already holds stocks and bonds, starting later this year.

Jane Street's Bitcoin ETF bet grows back to $1B

The Wall Street trading firm cut its Bitcoin ETF holdings 71% early this year, then rebuilt most of it by June.