The new rules establish penalties as much as $1,900 for crypto violations, including unlicensed trading and AML breaches, ahead of Vietnam’s regulated crypto market launch. Vietnam has decreed administrative penalties for use of unlicensed cryptocurrency platforms, adding an enforcement framework to the country’s upcoming regulated market. Decree No. 284/2026/NĐ-CP, issued last Thursday, imposes fines of...Continue Reading

Zilliqa said exchanges paused ZIL deposits and withdrawals after an exchange partner’s cold wallet was compromised, with the amount stolen still undisclosed. Zilliqa, a layer-1 blockchain network, said it is investigating a security incident involving an exchange partner after ZIL was stolen from a cold wallet. In an X post on Monday, Zilliqa said it...Continue Reading

Bitcoin preserved a key long-term trend line as support for a third week as US-Iran war tensions delivered new five-week highs in oil prices. Bitcoin (BTC) starts the last full week of July holding key support while macro clouds continue to gather. Key points: In a familiar move, Bitcoin saw sell-side pressure soon after the...Continue Reading

Institutional due diligence is shifting toward continuous monitoring, signer controls and incident readiness after operational failures accounted for most crypto losses. Institutional investors are looking beyond smart contract audits after traditional trust signals such as prior audits and operating history failed to predict which crypto projects would be exploited, according to Hacken. In its Q2...Continue Reading

Europe’s second-biggest Bitcoin treasury company said the September reverse stock split should attract more institutional investors to the French company. Capital B, Europe’s second-largest Bitcoin treasury company, will consolidate its shares in a 10-for-1 reverse stock split aimed at broadening its institutional investor base. The reverse split will reduce the number of shares to about...Continue Reading

Russia’s State Duma is set to consider the crypto regulation bill in second and third readings, with rules for investors and cross-border payments included. Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, is preparing to hold final readings on a bill to regulate the cryptocurrency market. The draft bill No. 1194918-8, titled “On Digital Currency and Digital Rights,”...Continue Reading

Grayscale plans to establish regular cash distributions from staking rewards generated by its Ether and Solana exchange-traded products. Asset manager Grayscale plans to establish regular cash distributions from rewards generated by its Ether (ETH) and Solana (SOL) staking exchange-traded products (ETPs), giving holders recurring access to yield generated by underlying assets.  In Form 8-K filings...Continue Reading

US spot Bitcoin ETFs extended their inflow streak to two weeks with $75.7 million in net inflows, but analysts said demand remains insufficient to fuel a sustained uptrend. US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are seeing renewed investor demand, but the latest inflow streak has yet to provide enough momentum for a stronger recovery. Bitcoin...Continue Reading

The Bank of Korea’s CBDC pilot will add two regional banks, new payment features and tests of government subsidy payments using tokenized bank deposits The Bank of Korea may launch the second phase of Project Hangang, its wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot, as early as September, according to Yonhap News. The next stage...Continue Reading

The upgrade reduces smart contract execution costs while laying the groundwork for Ouroboros Leios, a major scalability upgrade expected later this year. Cardano has activated its van Rossem hard fork as of Saturday, upgrading the Cardano mainnet to version 11, which is expected to lower smart contract execution costs and lay the groundwork for Ouroboros...Continue Reading