Blockstream rejects ransom as Liquid hackers hold nearly 600 BTC
Blockstream said it would work with law enforcement, exchanges and forensic specialists to recover the Bitcoin if the hackers do not return it.…
Bitcoin recovers toward $79,000 as Zcash records a $500 million ETF haul
Bitcoin fell to nearly $77,600 on Tuesday before clawing most of it back, leaving it little changed on the day while zcash gained roughly 43% on the week and…
CrowdStrike and federal authorities dismantle Russian malware that secretly stole crypto for 8 years
Russiabased Sality watched for copied bitcoin and Ethereum addresses and quietly replaced them with the attacker’s. CrowdStrike and law enforcement have now…
Lawsuit challenges Tether for allegedly freezing $42.4 million USDT before U.S. warrant
The plaintiffs allege that Tether acted in response to an informal U.S. lawenforcement request more than three months before a seizure warrant was issued.…
Russia’s Sber eyes USDT loans, questions digital ruble demand
Russia’s largest bank, Sber, plans to accept USDT and Ether alongside Bitcoin as loan collateral as the country introduces regulated crypto trading under a new…
My father-in-law passed away, leaving a house with tenants. Do I evict them?
“We don’t know whether they have signed leases or are renting month to month.” Source：MarketWatch
Why the Trump-backed crypto venture is distancing itself from Hong Kong AI aggregator WorldClaw
WLFI says the AI platform is independent and uses USD1 as a payment rail, but would not say whether it has equity, financing, revenuesharing or other economic…
U.S. Treasury Department proposes GENIUS Act stablecoin rule
The Treasury proposal would establish some of the core definitions and jurisdictions in the law Congress completed last year. Source：CoinDesk
Galaxy lowers CLARITY Act odds to 10%
Galaxy cited unresolved ethics, stablecoin yield and developer protection issues, along with a narrow Senate window when lawmakers return in September.…
CFTC invokes emergency powers to keep Kalshi operating in New York fight
The order escalates a jurisdictional fight over whether states may treat federally regulated event contracts as illegal gambling. Source：Cointelegraph
Russia proposes exchange trading of Bitcoin, Ether and Tether’s USDT
Russia’s central bank proposed allowing Bitcoin, Ether and USDT to trade on regulated exchanges, following a law signed by President Vladimir Putin last week.…
US Senate to vote on advancing CLARITY Act in September after Thune files cloture
The procedural move puts crypto market structure legislation back on track as lawmakers continue negotiations over ethics and stablecoin provisions.…