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Wallets linked to the OFAC-sanctioned Lazarus Group moved $30 million in digital assets through Hyperliquid, Cointelegraph reported, weeks after regulators discussed a path for the exchange to enter US markets.
Ontology has paused mainnet transactions while its technical team examines a potential security issue. No incident or asset loss has been confirmed, and the project has not disclosed when transactions will resume.
Strategy has challenged MSCI’s proposal to remove it from the Global Investable Market Indexes. Michael Saylor and Phong Le called the plan flawed and accused MSCI of discriminating against digital asset businesses.
Webull is adding cryptocurrency trading to its Canadian brokerage platform through a collaboration with Coinbase. The expansion comes as crypto ownership rises in Canada and regulators move toward clearer industry rules.
Bitcoin is on track for its best August since 2017, CryptoSlate reported, trading near $78,400 as renewed US-Iran hostilities and a hawkish Federal Reserve stance test the digital asset’s recovery.
CryptoSlate reported that the SEC’s proposed $75 million crypto pathway differs from Congress’s unfinished ancillary-asset framework in eligibility, enforceable investor rights and how overlapping rules would apply.
Ireland’s new tax-advantaged investment accounts will permit listed stocks, bonds and ETFs but exclude cryptocurrencies. Providers will handle tax reporting to make compliance easier for investors, CoinDesk reported.
Cronos validators halted the network after an alleged $75 million exploit at Tectonic. CoinDesk said the attacker inflated thinly traded TONIC by 100 times, used it as collateral and left most borrowed funds stranded.
Bitcoin barely reacted to the latest U.S.-Iran escalation as oil prices rose and stocks fell. CoinDesk reported that BTC remained August’s best-performing asset despite the broader geopolitical market pressure.
More than 100 AI, cybersecurity, finance and technology organizations are urging governments and industry to improve defenses against attacks powered by increasingly capable AI models, following cases in which AI systems hacked real companies.
Crypto stock tokens barely moved over the weekend, while four Aerodrome pools displayed $6.07 million in liquidity. CryptoSlate said Aave V3 records listed no liquidity for the B20 assets examined.
Real Trump Coins denied authorizing GOLD or any other digital token, while questions persisted over its X account, related domains and the token’s concentrated supply. The company blamed “bad actors,” according to Cointelegraph.
Stellar’s tokenized real-world asset market has expanded more than fourfold this year to nearly $4 billion, as institutional adoption and tokenization activity accelerate across the network, Cointelegraph reports.
Bitcoin ETF inflows posted a $201.9 million reversal after a roughly $3 billion streak, but the week remained positive. Ethereum, XRP and Solana continued to see buying, according to CryptoSlate.
