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Latest crypto news and market updates from Decrypt.
Federal Reserve Unveils Stablecoin Rules on Reserves and CapitalThe central bank opened two proposals for comment under the GENIUS Act, requiring issuers it supervises to back tokens fully with safe assets and creating an application process for banks seeking to issue stablecoins.Decrypt
Bitget 'Potentially Hacked' as $183 Million Vanishes From Exchange WalletsA newly created wallet drained hot and cold reserves labeled as belonging to Bitget across multiple blockchains in under an hour.Decrypt
Solana Foundation Hires Binance's Former Global CMO for Institutional PushRachel Conlan arrives as chief strategy officer and Polygon Labs' Jamal Raees takes over payments, both recruited from elsewhere in crypto.Decrypt
Anthropic Says Claude Found Something Big in DNA. It Just Doesn't Know WhatAnthropic says Claude autonomously found a new CRISPR-like enzyme system. Even Dario Amodei admits nobody knows what it actually does.Decrypt
NYSE Taps Blockchain.com to Reach Crypto Investors With Tokenized StocksBlockchain.com and NYSE Group signed a preliminary agreement to give the crypto exchange's users access to tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs, pending regulatory approval.Decrypt
What Is LAPTOP? Hunter Biden's Meme Coin Targeting TRUMP HoldersThe LAPTOP token launched on Base in September 2026, peaked two minutes later, and shed almost all of its value the same day.Decrypt
Consensys Is Splitting in Two as MetaMask Goes Its Own WayConsensys Software Inc. will become MetaMask, while a newly formed Consensys will take over the firm's Ethereum protocols and institutional blockchain infrastructure business.Decrypt
Ukraine Busts Kyiv Crypto Drainer Ring Moving Up to $1M MonthlyFake investment ads on Telegram channels funneled EU victims to a lookalike exchange that emptied their wallets.Decrypt
Bitcoin Could Overtake Gold in the Next Bull Run: Binance Founder CZGold is worth around ten times more than BTC, Changpeng Zhao said, noting that countries face a years-long process to "shift into Bitcoin."Decrypt
Bitcoin ETFs Draw $2.8B in Eight-Day Streak as BTC Tests $80KAugust is heading for its strongest month of inflows since October 2025 if the pace holds, one analyst noted.Decrypt
What Traders Are Watching for Bitcoin's Next MoveBitcoin's monster rally just hit its first real test. Here's why each catalyst matters and how it could move the price from here.Decrypt
Bitcoin Climbs Higher as $1.2 Billion in Shorts LiquidatedThe largest cryptocurrency surged 7.9% in a day to around $77,000, triggering a short squeeze that wiped out roughly $1.21 billion in bearish bets amid a wave of favorable news from Washington.Decrypt
Citi to Launch Bitcoin Custody as Wall Street Pushes Deeper Into CryptoThe banking giant plans to let institutional clients hold Bitcoin and traditional assets through the same custody framework.Decrypt
Why Bitcoin Barely Moved Even as US Inflation Cools to 3.4%The tamest U.S. inflation print in months left crypto markets flat, with Bitcoin shrugging off the data hit. Here's why.Decrypt
XRP, Bitcoin Whales Are Accumulating—Is the Bear Market Nearly Over?On-chain data shows big holders quietly buying XRP near $1, yet the daily chart is still trapped below a death cross.Decrypt
Morning Minute: Bitcoin's New $15M Quantum Defense FundPlus, the Clarity Act is no longer expected to progress before the August recess. And Vlad Tenev's X was hacked to post a meme coin...Decrypt
Bitcoin May Have Already Bottomed—If the Fed Helps, Says GrayscaleThe crypto asset manager thinks the four-year cycle is dead, suggesting Bitcoin's price will follow macro forces and the Fed's next move.Decrypt
Morning Minute: Wall Street Moving Onchain Will Drive the Next Bull MarketAt least that's what Bitwise's CIO believes. Plus Republicans publish new Clarity Act draft, and the SEC Commissioner has a warning for DeFi.Decrypt
Bitcoin Is Bouncing: Here’s the Bull and Bear Case for Its Next MoveThe good news: Bitcoin is holding onto key support, and rising. The bad news: a "death cross" is still active, and prediction markets are still overwhelmingly bearish.Decrypt
Morning Minute: OpenAI Model Escapes Containment, Hacks Hugging FacePlus, the BTC ETFs stay green. The Clarity Act hits a wall over who enforces the ethics rules. And Jack Mallers walks away from XXI Capital.Decrypt