Poolin, once Bitcoin's largest mining pool with ~20% of global hashrate, has filed Chapter 11 in New Jersey with $500M in liabilities and $164M owed to 11,700 users.
Crypto market cap slips to $2.27T with Fear & Greed at 27. BTC holds 56.5% dominance at $64,044 while SOL leads losses at -2.3% and stablecoins signal risk-off.
How the FBI used Google cookies, 500+ Uber Eats orders, and a Monero seed phrase to charge a 21-year-old Florida man over a $200K Steam malware campaign.
The U.S. State Department is launching the Freedom Tech Excellence Program with the Bitcoin Policy Institute and Palantir as founding partners to protect free expression online.
The EU has formally sanctioned crypto exchange HTX among 18 entities accused of helping Russia evade Western financial restrictions, following UK action in May 2026.
The OCC rejected Wise's US national trust bank charter over money-laundering concerns while approving charters for Ripple and other crypto firms. Wise plans to refile under the GENIUS Act.
BlackRock's IBIT posted a $202M net outflow on July 23, accounting for ~90% of the $225M that exited US spot Bitcoin ETFs and ending a seven-session inflow streak.
The Bank of the Philippine Islands is partnering with Meridian to pilot stablecoin settlement rails for OFW and freelancer payroll, with a full rollout timed to the 49th ASEAN Summit.
India's MHA ordered GitHub to pull Jack Dorsey's BitChat repositories. The IFF called the move unconstitutional and authoritarian, demanding its immediate withdrawal.
A Polymarket account registered under convicted fraudster George Cottrell's name received $8.8M in crypto from unknown sources and bet it on Trump winning in 2024.
