City of Baltimore goes after prediction markets for sports betting 
Tether completes first full financial audit, receives clean KPMG opinion 
Delio CEO sentenced to 15 years in prison on crypto fraud in South Korea 
Bullish shares jump 10% as Q2 adjusted EBITDA more than triples 
CFTC to join SEC in exploring crypto regulations without CLARITY bill 
Drake Drops $1.5M USDT Bet on Argentina Despite Spain’s World Cup Edge
Rap superstar Drake has placed a $1.5 million bet in USDT on Argentina to beat Spain in Sunday’s FIFA World...
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Larry Fink Comes out as Bullish, CFTC Intervenes With Kalshi, and More – Week in Review
This week’s crypto storylines mixed balance-sheet stress, regulation, venture hindsight, geopolitics, and macro sentiment. Michael Saylor built a $3 billion...
World Cup Betting Frenzy: $5.5B Wagers Back Spain to Crush Argentina
Two prediction market platforms are pricing the same outcome for Sunday’s World Cup final, with Polymarket and Kalshi bettors both...
Kaspersky identifies malware framework targeting crypto investors
Cybersecurity company Kaspersky said a newly identified malware framework is targeting cryptocurrency investors through social engineering tactics and trojanized GitHub...
French gambling regulator orders ISPs to block Polymarket
France’s gambling authority has ordered the country’s internet service providers to geoblock Polymarket, citing illegal gambling and market manipulation concerns.France’s...
Why Crypto Tokenization Fails—and the One Mistake Institutions Keep Making
Traditional wealth management is constrained by slow, expensive, siloed legacy settlement layers that rely on redundant manual compliance checks. Abdul...
Fhenix Upgrades Sedona With Confidential FHE to Keep Balances Hidden From AI Agents
Self-custodial trading platform Sedona has partnered with Fhenix to integrate confidential fully homomorphic encryption infrastructure into its system. Cryptographic Security...
SBI Holdings Acquires Coinhako Majority Stake, Deepens its Asia Crypto Footprint
SBI Holdings has acquired a majority stake in Singapore-based crypto exchange Coinhako after securing regulatory approval. The deal strengthens the...
‘Useless Plastic’: NSPK CEO Declares the End of Visa and Mastercard in Russia
Dmitry Dubynin, CEO of the National Payment Card System (NSPK), stressed that cards issued by Visa and Mastercard “don’t provide...
Ripple Commits $250,000 to 25 Veteran-Owned Businesses Through Hire Heroes USA
Ripple has committed $250,000 in RLUSD-funded grants to 25 veteran- and military spouse-owned businesses through a collaboration with Hire Heroes...
T. Rowe Price Launches Active Spot Crypto ETF With BTC, ETH, XRP Among Top Holdings
T. Rowe Price, which manages $1.89 trillion in client assets, has launched TKNZ, an actively managed multi-token spot exchange-traded fund...
Underdog Files First 7 Sports Contracts for Its Own Prediction Exchange
Underdog has filed the first seven sports event-contract templates for UDX, the federally regulated exchange it acquired in March. The...
Nigerian President Tinubu Signs Executive Order to Regulate Country’s Crypto Sector
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order on virtual assets to address a fragmented regulatory landscape and protect...
$1.38 Billion in One Month: How Venezuela’s Binance P2P Market Now Rivals Its Oil Exports
According to Econalitica, an economic consulting firm, Binance P2P volumes reached nearly 1.38 billion USDT between June 11 and July...
Bitcoin Traders Pull BTC Below $63K as Middle East Tensions Trigger Fresh Risk-Off Selling
Bitcoin fell for a second straight day, dropping 1.4% to trade just under $63,600. It hit a session low of...