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Public Citizen tallies $4.7 billion in investor losses across Trump-linked crypto ventures while the president's family earned an estimated $1.4 billion, as California's Senate advances a memecoin ban for public officials.
Polish prosecutors detained Olympic Committee president Radosław Piesiewicz over an alleged luxury-watch bribe from collapsed crypto exchange Zondacrypto, deepening a probe that already drew the prime minister's accusations of Russian intelligence ties.
Polish prosecutors detained Olympic Committee president Radosław Piesiewicz over an alleged luxury-watch bribe from collapsed crypto exchange Zondacrypto, deepening a probe that already drew the prime minister's accusations of Russian intelligence ties.
The Ethena Foundation proposed a fee switch directing 95% of net protocol revenue to ENA buybacks, ending future investor unlocks, and buying out early backers who sold tokens.
Core Lightning developers confirmed AI-submitted vulnerability reports are real and urged node operators to upgrade or run offline mode while patches are prepared under a two-week embargo.
The UK is writing a new "innovation" duty for the Bank of England covering digital payments and stablecoins, while keeping financial stability as the primary objective — a shift in how a major central bank frames crypto-adjacent payment rails.
Bitcoin slipped below $79,000 as traders priced in a Federal Reserve rate hike, while spot ETF inflows cooled to $232.1 million after an eight-day, $2.8 billion streak.
StarkWare says it executed the first quantum-resistant bitcoin transaction via signature grinding routed through MARA's Slipstream, while a same-day BIP from Blockstream proposes a compact post-quantum signature scheme whose security proof is still unfinished.
Better Mortgage and Coinbase opened their Bitcoin-collateralized down-payment mortgage to all Coinbase One members, letting US buyers pledge BTC instead of selling it.
The SEC sent its crypto custody rule overhaul to the White House for OIRA review on Aug. 25, a procedural step toward letting advisers and funds hold digital assets under updated rules while the CLARITY Act idles in the Senate.
