São Paulo Sues World and Amazon AWS for $47 Million Over Abusive Biometric Data Collection

The Consumer Prosecutor’s Office of Sao Paolo stressed that World focused on attracting people in situations of economic vulnerability and maintained this practice even after the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) ordered the suspension of offering crypto rewards for biometric data. São Paulo Files Lawsuit Against World and Amazon São Paulo has taken action against […]

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Abu Dhabi’s $430B Asset Giant Makes Blockchain Leap, Coinbase Buys In

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Capital has moved one of its private market strategies onto public blockchains, and Coinbase is putting its own money behind it. Mubadala Capital, the alternative asset management arm of Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, oversees roughly $430 billion in assets managed, advised, or administered. That scale puts weight behind the move. A […]

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SEC’s Peirce Warns Crypto Vaults May Fall Under Securities Laws

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said crypto vaults and onchain lending products may trigger U.S. securities rules, depending on how they are structured and managed. She urged developers to engage with regulators rather than assume that moving financial activity onchain places it beyond the law. Hester Peirce Says 4 Lending Controls Could Pull On-chain Products Under […]

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Bitcoin Shows New Resilience as Stocks Retreat and Volatility Stays Subdued

Crypto outperformed US equities this week as softer inflation data and progress on the CLARITY Act improved sentiment. Yet low volatility, rising leverage and continued tension in oil markets suggest the calm may not last. Traders Price 75% Odds of a Fed Hold as Yields Near 4.60% and Crypto Stays Firm The crypto market showed […]

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Hackers Hijack Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X Account to Push Fake VLAD Meme Coin

Hackers broke into the X account of Robinhood co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev on July 23, 2026, and used it to promote a fake meme coin called Vladhood. The post told Tenev’s nearly 800,000 followers that Vladhood, ticker VLAD, was the official mascot of Robinhood Chain, the company’s new blockchain network. It included a contract […]

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Discover Cardholders Gain Crypto Access as Moonpay Expands Its Payment Network

Moonpay now accepts Discover Network payments, giving U.S. cardholders a third major card option for buying crypto on its platform. A Third Major Card Network The latest addition puts Discover Network alongside Visa and Mastercard in Moonpay’s lineup of supported U.S. card brands. Moonpay already processes payments through Apple Pay, Google Pay, Paypal, Venmo, bank […]

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Bitcoin ETFs Add $69 Million as 7-Session Streak Nears $1 Billion

U.S. spot ether ETFs attracted $72.64 million on Wednesday, surpassing the $68.99 million added to bitcoin funds. Bitcoin funds extended their inflow streak to seven sessions, while solana ETFs recorded modest outflows, and XRP and HYPE funds posted no net flows. Blackrock Pulls $53 Million Into ETHA as Ether Beats Bitcoin ETF Inflows The balance […]

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Bitcoin Slides Below $64,700 as Senate CLARITY Act Talks Stall and Oil Tops $101

Bitcoin dropped nearly 2% to trade below $64,700, wiping out around $20 billion in market cap and triggering $42.3 million in liquidations of long positions. Morning Sell-Off Drives $42 Million in Long Liquidations Bitcoin reversed course on Thursday, tumbling from just over $66,000 to well under $65,000 as momentum driven by the CLARITY Act began […]

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Brent Cracks $100 as Houthis Hit Saudi Tankers and Trump Raises War Threat

Brent crude futures broke above $100 a barrel on Thursday for the first time since late May, after Yemen’s Houthi movement claimed strikes on two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea and President Donald Trump warned Iran it would face “major military punishment” for further attacks. Oil Jumps as a Second Front Opens […]

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Bitcoin Treasury Firm Smarter Web Sells 177 BTC in Early Debt Repayment Move

The Smarter Web Company sold nearly 178 bitcoin to repay a $11.7 million convertible instrument about two weeks ahead of schedule, becoming the latest public bitcoin treasury company to reduce its holdings during a difficult year for digital asset treasury (DAT) firms. Early Repayment Funded With Bitcoin Sale The London-listed company disclosed on Thursday that […]

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