Month: August 2026
Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves
Exclusive: anonymous flagging service says cases have surged, as watchdog says AI is making sexualised…
New XRP Ledger amendments target $530 million in tokenized Wall Street assets
A new XRPL amendment proposal would let institutions encrypt token balances and transfer amounts while…
Bitcoin holders risk losing real BTC if they sell coins from BIP-110 fork, says developer
If a minority chain appears this weekend, buyers could replay signed fork-coin sales on bitcoin…
Trump Media pulls back from crypto, scraps Crypto.com’s CRO token treasury deal
The Truth Social parent company is refocusing on media and its pending merger with a…
Trump-Backed American Bitcoin director Justin Mateen buys nearly $2 million of ABTC stock
Mateen purchased more than 306,000 shares across two days following the company’s quarterly earnings, lifting…
U.S. widens Iran crypto crackdown with sanctions on two exchanges
The Treasury’s OFAC targeted Shelbit and Aban Tether as Washington continues its effort to cut…
BitMEX sale collapsed as buyers balked at founder ownership and shrinking business
Potential buyers, including Exodus, passed on BitMEX amid concerns over founder ownership and its shrinking…
Bybit sues North Korea and Lazarus Group over $1.5 billion hack, secures asset freeze
The exchange has secured a preliminary injunction freezing stolen assets.
UK house prices flat in July, says Lloyds, as buyers struggle with affordability
Property prices in ‘suspended animation’ owing to higher mortgage rates and uncertainty in Middle East…
OKX’s Rafique doubts Clarity Act will pass, warns optimism is already priced into bitcoin
The OKX executive says Democrats have little incentive to hand Republicans a crypto victory before…