On August 13, Trezor disclosed that a data breach at its shipping partner, ShipMonk, exposed the personal information of roughly 13,700 recent customers, including names, phone numbers, and home addresses. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) responded by arguing that the incident shows a real advantage of software self-custody wallets, since they don’t require shipping a […]
Chainlink has surged by almost 8% over the past week despite choppy price action across the broader crypto market. The crypto asset may be setting up for a major move, according to crypto analyst Ali Martinez. What makes the setup particularly interesting is that some of the signals now appearing on LINK’s chart have historically […]
Boltz has suspended its Bitcoin swap service after a series of AI-assisted attacks caused losses for the bootstrapped five-person company, with the shutdown announced on August 3 and a new group of veteran Bitcoiners now preparing to take over the project. The episode points to a growing security problem for small open-source crypto services, where […]
Layer-1 chain Flare has announced that FXRP now works as collateral on Derive, letting XRP holders trade on-chain options and perpetual futures from their own wallets. According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, holders can mint FXRP through Flare’s FAssets system, deposit it on Derive, and run positions from a single Portfolio Margin V2 […]
Goliath Ventures and its CEO, Christopher Alexander Delgado, are facing action from two US financial regulators over the same alleged crypto Ponzi scheme. The actions came two months after Delgado pleaded guilty to charges in the case. Regulators Target Goliath The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a complaint against the company and Delgado in the […]
US President Donald Trump was sued on August 12 in federal court in Manhattan over Truth API, the Truth Social feed that delivers his posts to paying subscribers for as much as $100,000 a month. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed the complaint alongside Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, […]
Although the official X account behind the project hasn’t yet announced it as complete, numerous social media users claimed that Pi Network had deployed its second-to-last major upgrade by its deadline. We will take a deeper look into that. There’s also some regulatory news to be explored in this article, as well as the native […]
Bitcoin moved toward the top of its range last week as institutional demand through U.S. spot ETFs strengthened. Cooler employment data reduced expectations for an immediate Federal Reserve rate hike, but persistent selling pressure kept the move contained. The stronger ETF demand was reflected in $865.3 million of net inflows across five straight sessions, the […]
The world’s leading crypto exchange will briefly halt certain trading services later this week to successfully perform a scheduled upgrade. It will also delist trading pairs and digital assets that no longer meet the necessary standards. TRX Investors, Take Note Binance will conduct wallet maintenance for the Tron Network on August 13, which is expected […]
Arthur Hayes published a new essay this week arguing that the US Treasury and Japan’s Ministry of Finance have settled on a single method to strengthen the yen: running newly printed dollars through the Federal Reserve’s currency swap facility. Hayes says the mechanics point to a wave of dollar liquidity hitting the global markets, and […]