Popular crypto wallet MetaMask launches its own stablecoin mUSD
New the trend for stablecoins did not pass by MetaMask. The popular cryptocurrency wallet from Ethereum studio Consensys has introduced MetaMask USD (mUSD), a native stablecoin. mUSD will be issued by Bridge, a stablecoin platform owned by Stripe. The exchange will take place via the M0 decentralized infrastructure.
Ukraine. Ukraine ranks 4th among the world's countries by the number of bitcoins
12 countries own 525,753 bitcoins worth almost $60 billion, which is 2.50% of the coins in circulation. Interestingly, Ukraine ranks fourth in this list with about 463,51 BTC. Only the United States, China, and the United Kingdom have more. The richest countries in bitcoin Government USA got his bitcoins through a series of high-profile…
Britain imposes sanctions on crypto companies from Kyrgyzstan that helped Russia launder money
On August 20, the United Kingdom announced new sanctions against Kyrgyz financial networks used by russia to circumvent western sanctions. The British government has imposed restrictions on several companies and individuals, joining a list of more than 2,700 organizations and individuals. London took these steps after the United States announced…
Kanye West launches YZY memecoin, which has tripled in value in an hour
Kanye West, who has long promised to issue his own coins, has finally done so. It turned out that it was not about nazi tokens Swasticoin. The memecoin on Solana, dubbed YZY, reached a market capitalization of $3 billion and a price of over $3 in just over an hour. But given the reputation of the rapper and memecoins in general, traders quickly had…
Crypto loans disrupt South Korea's market, authorities suspend credit services
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) was forced to ban domestic cryptocurrency exchanges from offering credit services following problems in the market. This was due to the rapid introduction of credit trading products that attracted $1.1 billion in loans within just one month.
Tether hires former White House chief crypto officer
Tether has appointed Beau Hines, a former cryptocurrency adviser to the Trump administration, as a strategic advisor for US strategy. Hines helped shape the company’s GENIUS Act, as far as stablecoinsduring his tenure at the White House and resigned last week.
North Korean hackers Lazarus destroyed the British crypto platform Lykke
The British cryptocurrency company Lykke lost £17 million ($23 million) and was forced to close due to hackers from North Korea. A well-known cyber group Lazarus is suspected of committing the hack. The attack was aimed at Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies of the Lykke platform.
Altseason is coming soon: Coinbase Institutional forecast
Altcoin season in July has not come. In addition, analysts talk about the so-called the August curse of bitcoin. But it can play into the hands of altcoins.
The Rada will finally start legalizing cryptocurrencies next week
On August 19, the Ukrainian parliament will finally begin consideration of the first reading of the draft law No. 10225-d on the legalization of the virtual asset market. The document has already passed the relevant committee and is recommended for adoption as a basis for further work. In addition, by October of this year, the distribution of…
You'll be surprised: how much has the Trump family earned on cryptocurrencies?
In July, Bloomberg wrote that the family of the US President earned $620 million on participating in or investing in cryptocurrency projects. But The New Yorker conducted its own investigation based on official financial documents. The journalists believe that the number of their colleagues is too low. According to The New Yorker’s estimates,…
Will Ethereum be able to break through the all-time high?
As of August 13, 2025, ETH is worth $4,675. And there are very high chances that the coin is about to set a new record. The all-time high for the Ethereum network’s native token was $4,878, and it was reached in November 2021. Several analysts believe that current market conditions have created a solid foundation […]
BNB price to exceed $2 thousand, — Hash Global report
The native token of Binance crypto exchange and BNB Chain called Binance Coin (or BNB) may break through to $2 thousand or even higher. According to a report by investment firm Hash Global, the token is ready for a price of $2039.58, which is 155% higher than the current price of $852. On the back of this news, the price of BNB has already jumped…
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon pleads guilty to the TerraUSD stablecoin crash
Back in 2023, the co-founder of Terraform Labs was indicted on nine counts related to the TerraUSD collapse, which resulted in $40 billion in losses. On August 12, 2025, Do Kwon pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by electronic means and conspiracy to commit fraud. These charges could cost him up to 25 years in prison if they are run…
ETH targets $5K: Meanwhile, $152 million worth of traders' positions are liquidated
Ethereum continues to grow and set record after record. August 8 the maximum number of coins was in circulation — more than 121 million ETH. Moreover, 97% of the network’s addresses are currently in the profit zone. That is, the average cost of purchasing coins by these addresses is lower than the current market rate of $4,452.
Ethereum has set a record: 121 million ETH in circulation
Ethereum, which was almost given up on after transition to the Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism and Pectra update, has begun to show who’s boss. Over the past week, the value of the network’s native token has increased by +17.25% and ETH is currently trading at $4,275.67. This brings it closer to the all-time high set in 2021. Back then,…
The main attribute of the Dogwifhat meme dog was sold for $800k
Shiba-inu, wearing a knitted hat, became the main meme of 2019. In fact, the animal’s name is Achi, but thanks to the creation of the Dogwifhat meme, it has become more often associated with this nickname. It is no secret that meme coins are not so popular now, as they were a year or two ago. Perhaps for this reason, Achi’s owner…
The value of bitcoins mined by Bhutan has reached 38% of the country's GDP
Bhutan is among the three countries with the largest bitcoin reserves (although currently ranked fifth). Thanks to the use of excessive hydroelectric power, the country managed to accumulate 13,029 BTC worth $1.3 billion. This is equivalent to almost 38% of GDP, which is $3.42 billion.
Ethereum owners, get ready: whales are muddying the waters
The crypto market has seen a significant outflow, Ethereum’s daily Net Taker Volume decreased by USD 418.8 million on August 5. This means that sellers using market orders (takers) withdrew 115.4 thousand ETH more than buyers were willing to buy.
Bitcoin rises in price amid another Trump decision
Bitcoin is storming again. First, it fell, and is now growing rapidly as US President Donald Trump prepares to sign an executive order that will allow use of cryptocurrencies in pension plans. Although, experts are confident that the crypto market will be corrected in the near future.
Will the August curse of bitcoin destroy the crypto market?
In July, crypto users were eagerly waiting for the start of the alt-season. It’s already August, and the situation seems to be getting worse. Well-known experts, investors, and analysts generally believe that the crypto market will undergo a correction in the coming months (read: prices will plummet). And while some investors are once again…
North Korean hackers have stolen $1.6 billion in cryptocurrency since the beginning of 2025
North Korean hacker groups have become more active in attacking using lures in the form of freelance work in IT and crypto to gain access to cloud systems and steal cryptocurrencies. A report from Google Cloud says that the Google Threat Intelligence Group is “actively tracking” UNC 4899 (TraderTraitor, Jade Sleet, or Slow Pisces) — a…
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes sold millions worth of cryptocurrencies in anticipation of BTC and ETH fall
Back in May, Arthur Hayes, a well-known businessman, chief investment officer of the Maelstrom fund and former chairman of the BitMEX exchange, said that it’s time to long cryptocurrencies and stocks, and bitcoin will reach $1 million by 2028. But in August, his vision of the short-term trend changed to a pessimistic one. At the beginning of…
A cute panda image turns Linux systems into hackers' crypto mining machines
The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) has led to increase in the number of malicious bots and cyberattacks. But that was more the case for criminals with superficial programming knowledge. More advanced hackers are now able to use AI to create sophisticated malware.
After 12 years, a British man has stopped looking for a hard drive with 8 thousand BTC, which he accidentally threw away
That’s it. James Howells, an IT engineer from Newport, ended a 12-year search for a hard drive with 8,000 bitcoins that ended up in a landfill in 2013. At that time, the contents of the hard drive were estimated at $600 thousand, but the value of bitcoin was growing every year. Now, 8 thousand bitcoins are worth about $915 million.
It's a betrayal: a CoinDCX crypto exchange developer's side job cost the company $44 million
On July 26, the 30-year-old software developer of the CoinDCX crypto exchange was detained by the police of the Indian city of Bengaluru. He is suspected of helping hackers. The criminals managed to steal $44 million worth of cryptocurrencies because malware was installed on his work laptop.
A rare Telegram nickname was offered for $25 million
Telegram user receives $25 million offer for nickname @crypto purchased back in 2023 for $350 thousand. But the owner, known as JF, backed out of the deal. Instead, he emphasized that he would continue to collect usernames.
The Golden Age of Cryptocurrencies: The Trump Administration Wants to Push Digital Assets Into All Spheres
Donald Trump before he became president for the second time, promised to do The US is the crypto capital of the world. It’s not for nothing that major crypto companies spent hundreds of millions of dollars on his election campaign and the promotion of lobbyists to Congress. It’s time to give back. Trump himself, according […]
SEC to approve altcoin ETFs in the fall
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has changed the vector and made changes to the regulation of crypto funds (ETPs). The new rules are designed to facilitate the creation and management of ETPs that include popular altcoins, including XRP, Solana (SOL), Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), Hedera (HBAR), Polkadot (DOT) and others.
Christie's International Real Estate launches crypto division to trade $1 billion luxury houses
One of the world’s largest luxury real estate brokerage companies has launched a division dedicated exclusively to the use of cryptocurrencies. Christie’s International Real Estate has hired a team of lawyers, analysts, and crypto experts. The new division is headed by Aaron Kirman, CEO of Christie’s Los Angeles branch. He is…
Malware stealing cryptocurrency and user data found in Steam game Chemia
As of at the end of June, the value of stolen cryptocurrency reached $3 billion, which exceeded the amount of losses for the entire previous year. And this is far from over. A cybercriminal known as EncryptHub (or Larva-208) used the popular Steam gaming platform to spread ransomware.
Boyfriend stole $18 million worth of XRP from the widow of legendary country musician George Jones
The widow of country music legend George Jones has accused her former partner of stealing millions of dollars in cryptocurrency and cash. Nancy Jones said that 58-year-old Kirk West took $400 thousand in cash and Ledger crypto wallet containing more than 5.5 million XRP tokens from two safes in her home.
Bitcoin goes down: $514 million worth of traders' positions liquidated
It’s time for a correction. After a record rise in the price of BTC to $123 thousandThe value of the asset dropped to $115 thousand. This led to massive liquidations of positions.
In just six months, hackers stole more than $3 billion worth of cryptocurrency
More than $3.1 billion in cryptocurrencies were lost in 2025. Access control exploits have become the main channel for theft (59% of the total amount of losses). Hackers also used phishing (19.2%) and errors in smart contracts (8.*%), rag pools (9.7%), and various types of fraud. That is, in just half of this year, the amount has already exceeded…
$54,000 turned into $9.6 billion: a mysterious owner sold bitcoins that had been lying around since 2011
Recently, an unknown owner who bought bitcoins 14 years ago sold them and became a billionaire (if, of course, he wasn’t before). This is the second such transaction in recent times.
Asset tokenization — the new Netflix in the investment world
The traditional financial system and industrial giants are increasingly integrating blockchain technologies. The main goal is to convert real-world assets (RWAs) into digital tokens to reach larger markets and facilitate trade BlackRock and WisdomTree offer tokenized assets as an alternative to the USDT stablecoin. The financial company Lazard…
More than 3,500 websites infected with hidden Monero miners — hackers earned crypto from visitors
Hackers infected more than 3,500 websites with hidden scripts for mining Monero tokens (XMR). The malware does not steal passwords or block files. Instead, when visiting an infected website, it turns users’ browsers into Monero mining engines, using small amounts of computing power without the victims’ consent.
Man kidnapped in London with $9 in his account because he called himself a crypto millionaire
Prince or beggar? A resident of Belgium has become a victim of kidnapping as he was actively pretending to be a crypto millionaire. All the details came to light only after the criminals saw the man’s account with only $9. In fact, the situation could have ended much worse if the victim had not been believed.
JPMorgan will allow loans secured by cryptocurrencies next year
Large financial institutions are slowly but surely accepting cryptocurrencies. In May, JPMorgan Corporation announced that allowed to buy bitcoins. In July, it became known that the bank wanted to expand its activities to lending secured by cryptocurrencies. JPMorgan is considering offering loans secured directly by clients’ cryptocurrency…
Bulls and longers are happy: Solana's price broke through $200, and more than 99% of XRP holders are in the profit zone
Solana (SOL) rose above the $200 mark for the first time since March, although the price has now dropped to $198. The daily trading volume rebounded by 62.9% — to $14.64 billion.
For the first time since the end of 2024, 90% of Ethereum addresses have become profitable
On the afternoon of July 17, the value of Ethereum (ETH) reached its highest level since the beginning of the year, and spot ETFs recorded record one-day capital inflows at almost $727 million. Apparently, ETH is just starting to gain momentum.
World Liberty Financial tokens will be open for trading
Holders of WLFI tokens issued by one of Donald Trump’s family’s crypto ventures, World Liberty Financial, have voted to make the coins open for trading. At the time of the launch last year WLFI tokens were sold to investors as unavailable for trading. Instead, they gave the owners the right to vote on some changes to the platform or its…
Global crypto market capitalization reaches $4 trillion for the first time
The total capitalization of the cryptocurrency market has risen to $4.003 trillion for the first time in history, with more than $260.2 billion worth of cryptocurrencies sold in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin currently dominates the market with 59.91% of the total crypto market, having a capitalization of $2.39 trillion.
Will «Crypto Week» end with a victory for stablecoins?
On Monday, July 14, bitcoin breaks the $123 thousand barrier.and Ethereum has risen above $3 thousand for the first time since February. And the total capitalization of cryptocurrencies has reached a new high of more than $3.84 trillion, which is close to the UK’s GDP. What contributed to this growth? Part of it was optimism […]
Spot Ethereum-ETFs record record daily capital inflows with BlackRock and Fidelity leading the way
On the afternoon of July 17, the price of Ethereum (ETH) reached its highest level since the beginning of the year at $3,478 Spot ETFs Ether recorded a record one-day capital inflow of almost $727 million on July 16, thanks to BlackRock and Fidelity.
The bitcoins that Bulgaria sold in 2018 could now fully repay its national debt
In 2018, Bulgaria sold 213,500 BTC in 2018 worth $3.5 billion confiscated the previous year. Now, these BTC would be more than enough to cover the country’s public debt. The same amount of bitcoins today would be worth about $25 billion. This is more than the country’s public debt of $24 billion, according to World Economics.
Hackers steal $27 million from BigONE crypto exchange
Recently, the GMX V1 exchange protocol exploit resulting in the theft of $40 million worth of crypto assets. In a week, hackers robbed the BigONE exchange of $27 million.
Call centers from Ukraine stole UAH 1.5 million from EU citizens and laundered money in crypto
In June 2025, Ukrainian and Czech law enforcement officers completed an international pre-trial investigation into the activities of a network of fraudulent call centers. The amount of losses amounted to almost UAH 1.5 million. Indictments against 4 organizers and 10 participants were sent to court. They face up to 12 years in prison.
In June, the volume of spot transactions of the largest crypto exchanges fell by a third
In June 2025, spot trading volume on major centralized cryptocurrency exchanges (CEXs) fell by 28% compared to May. Interestingly, at the end of June, it was reported that a 27.9% change in the ratio of spot trading volume on decentralized exchanges (DEX) to CEX.
How «unfortunate»: a blockchain developer from russia lost $500k in crypto due to a fake extension for Cursor
A blockchain developer from russia lost about $500 thousand in cryptocurrency due to the installation of a malicious extension for Cursor AI code editor. The victim was looking for a regular extension for syntax highlighting in Solidity, but downloaded a fake version.
Bitcoin has broken through the next ceiling and is preparing to break through the $125 thousand level
Not even a week has passed since Bitcoin has updated its historical price record. On July 10, BTC was trading at $112 thousand, and on July 14, it reached $123 thousand amid the growth of cryptocurrency ETFs. On Thursday, bitcoin ETFs recorded the largest day of inflows in 2025 at $1.18 billion.
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