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Crypto News Bitcoin (BTC) is the most liquid proxy for South Korea’s new crypto-tax regime after Seoul confirmed that digital-asset income will be taxed at 22% from Jan. 1, 2027. The National Tax Service framework places crypto gains in a separate “other income” bucket rather than conven
Crypto News U.S. regulators placed Bitcoin (BTC) at the center of a new sanctions case on Wednesday, when the Office of Foreign Assets Control designated two Iran-linked firms accused of supporting an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-backed maritime toll program. The official Treasury d
ONDO News Ondo Finance (ONDO), the New York-based tokenized-assets firm behind the Ondo protocol, is evaluating an acquisition valued between $250 million and $500 million, based on company comments and market information. The potential tran
AAVE News Aave (AAVE), the largest decentralized lending protocol by locked value, is weighing a governance proposal to withdraw from six blockchains that each generated less than $5,000 in quarterly revenue. The affected networks are S
Crypto News BingX has opened a public Trust Center that places Bitcoin (BTC) custody metrics at the center of its user-protection narrative, with the exchange’s official announcement showing a 142.82% Bitcoin reserve ratio as of July 15, 2026. The new page consolidates security certifica
Crypto News Bitcoin (BTC) and the wider digital-asset sector are under a Korean legal spotlight after prosecutors again asked a Seoul court to sentence Delio chief executive Jung Sang-ho to 20 years in prison over a freeze tied to roughly 250 billion won in customer funds. The Seoul Sout
Crypto News Bitcoin (BTC), the largest proof-of-work network, is facing a reputational spillover from Russia’s industrial mining sector after Igor Runets, founder of BitRiver, was transferred from house arrest to a pretrial detention facility. The case centers on an alleged 12.5 million
Worldcoin News Worldcoin (WLD) is entering the latest AI-asset stress test from a fragile price base, after Situational Awareness LP, the hedge fund founded by former OpenAI safety researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, sought fresh capital from existing investors and lenders. The fund, which
Crypto News Bitcoin (BTC) investors watching large technology earnings received a mixed signal from Microsoft, whose Xbox division reported a 7% decline in gaming revenue for fiscal 2026 even as the platform attracted more than 200 million new players. The company’s investor-relations di
XRP News A fake staking portal that imitated Flare Network and its FXRP token drained 3.4 million units of XRP (XRP) from 71 investors over eight days last October, Seoul police said on July 30. The loss was valued at 12.3 billion won, or $8.5 million, making it one of the more concentra
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Bitcoin News Bitcoin (BTC) posted its first monthly advance since April, climbing 9.3% in July after starting the month near $58,000, its lowest point of the period. The recovery, however, was accompanied by unusually thin participat
XRP News Open-interest data for Binance’s XRP (XRP) derivatives, as of July 30, shows that the altcoin’s leveraged exposure has fallen to roughly $369.6 million, the lowest level seen since 2024. The decline places XRP’s futures and
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Crypto News A Bitcoin-focused anti-money-laundering pilot involving 17 firms has moved closer to commercialization, with Hitachi preparing an institutional support service and a tentative October 2026 launch outlined in a public business pitch, although formal pricing, service name and p
Worldcoin News Worldcoin (WLD) is being watched by altcoin traders as an AI-adjacent asset after OpenAI told employees that its annualized recurring revenue in July exceeded the company’s entire second quarter. The disclosure, made i
Toncoin News Toncoin (TON) is back inside a regulatory story after Australia’s eSafety Commissioner opened Federal Court civil penalty proceedings against Telegram. The regulator’s official statement, reviewed July 30, alleges that Telegr
Hyperliquid News Hyperliquid (HYPE), the native asset of the Hyperliquid network, has fallen about 24% over 30 days as 159,563 tokens moved to Coinbase infrastructure within hours. On-chain data shows Multicoin Capital transferred 137
Ethereum News The Ethereum (ETH) Foundation has appointed security researcher Pascal Caversaccio, widely known as pcaversaccio, to its board, restoring the panel to four members. The foundation’s official blog said on July 29 that Cavers
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USDT News OKX will open spot trading for GRVT against Tether (USDT) on July 30, giving the altcoin a direct USDT market on one of the largest crypto exchanges. The exchange's official announcement confirms the GRVT/USDT pair is sched
Crypto News Bitcoin (BTC) exchange Luno will reduce its global headcount by about 20% after Chief Executive James Lanigan confirmed the restructuring on July 28, marking the Digital Currency Group-owned platform’s second major workforce contraction since January 2023. The exchange’s offi
Crypto News Bitcoin (BTC) is being pulled into a new U.S. market-structure fight after Binance.US said it will seek a designated contract market license from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as soon as August. The application, disclosed by Binance.US chief executive Stephen Grego
Crypto News Bitcoin (BTC), the largest crypto asset by market value, is being treated as the desk’s macro barometer after Kioxia Holdings Corp. equity has plunged 65% since its June high, a move that has pulled risk sentiment into focus. The Japanese memory chipmaker lost about $245 bill
Crypto News Pi Network (PI), the mobile-mining altcoin, began rolling out Protocol 26 on Wednesday, marking the ninth protocol release shipped by the project over the past several months and the first of two remaining updates require
Toncoin News Russian officials have turned their dispute with Telegram into a direct warning for holders of Toncoin (TON), the altcoin long associated with the messaging platform. Andrey Svintsov, deputy chair of the State Duma infor
Ethereum News At WebX2026, Tom Lee framed Ethereum (ETH) as the neutral settlement layer for future financial infrastructure, pointing to Bitmine Immersion Technologies' treasury strategy as evidence that institutional holders are moving
