BitMart’s Chinese-language X account demanded an Aug. 19 repayment plan, while Sheldon Xia called its claims of blocked withdrawals and non-payment of salaries “fabricated rumors.” BitMart’s official Chinese-language X account has publicly demanded that founder Sheldon Xia explain the whereabouts of user funds and produce a repayment plan by Wednesday. The account said in a...Continue Reading

The FMA said Bitpanda breached MiCA rules on crypto white papers and marketing communications, with the decision now final. Austria’s financial regulator has fined crypto platform Bitpanda 70,000 euros ($82,000) for violating the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, in the watchdog’s first published final penalty under MiCA. The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) said...Continue Reading

Greenlane recorded a $19.1 million noncash valuation loss as BERA’s price fell nearly 76% year to date. Greenlane Holdings’ BERA-focused crypto treasury ended the second quarter valued at $16.4 million, less than a quarter of its $70 million cost basis, according to a regulatory filing.  On Friday, the company said it held 81.3 million BERA...Continue Reading

The sealed complaint leaves Chainalysis’ specific objections and requested remedy undisclosed as briefing continues. Blockchain analytics company Chainalysis has sued the United States government over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) decision to award a sole-source contract to competitor TRM Labs.  On July 27, Chainalysis Government Solutions filed the challenge in the US Court of...Continue Reading

Owners of Trezor and SafePal crypto wallets at high risk of phishing attempts after data leaks, CLARITY odds at 10% despite White House meeting next week. Galaxy Digital has lowered its estimate of the CLARITY Act’s chances of passing in 2026 to just 10%. In May it had estimated the chance of passage at 75%....Continue Reading

DefiLlama’s founder said Apple removed one fake app within days after the company documented it draining funds from a small crypto wallet. DefiLlama delayed the launch of its mobile app while it spent months trying to get Apple to remove phishing apps from its App Store that impersonated the analytics provider, according to the company’s...Continue Reading

The Hegotá upgrade aims to introduce more native privacy for Ethereum applications. Ethereum developers are currently reviewing 66 proposals to narrow them down as part of scoping the next major Ethereum upgrade, Hegotá, with several proposals aimed at bringing more privacy capabilities into the protocol. FOCIL is currently the only Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) scheduled...Continue Reading

The additions come as Bybit’s TradFi perpetuals lineup grows to more than 200 products spanning equities, ETFs, commodities, indices and private companies. Dubai-based crypto exchange crypto exchange Bybit has launched pre-IPO perpetual contracts tied to Chinese robotics firm Unitree and artificial intelligence startup Moonshot AI, expanding its push into private-market trading. The USDT-denominated and settled contracts...Continue Reading

Tokenized equities reached 1.31 million holders over the past month, as monthly transfer volume surged 179% to $23.13 billion and distributed value rose 5.9% to $2.38 billion. The number of tokenized stock holders has more than doubled over the past month to 1.31 million, according to RWA.xyz data. Monthly transfer volume surged nearly 180% over...Continue Reading

The trillions required to boost Bitcoin to a price of $1 million per coin is not going to happen by 2030… or perhaps ever, says party pooper Markus Thielen. The numbers behind the oft-cited prediction that Bitcoin will reach $1 million by 2030 simply don’t add up, according to Markus Thielen, head of research at...Continue Reading