World Cup Drives $20B Prediction Market Record
Chainalysis said that prediction markets tied to the 2026 FIFA World Cup generated $20 billion in volume from January through the tournament’s end. Nearly 400,000 wallets
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Solana’s Alpenglow Upgrade Delivers More Than Performance Gains, According to Bitfinex
TL;DR Alpenglow aims to cut Solana finality from roughly 12.8 seconds to 100-150 milliseconds while rebuilding consensus for demanding financial applications at global scale. Votor moves
Texas Leads U.S. in Crypto-Kiosk Losses With $56.8M Reported to the FBI
FOX 44 reported that Texans lost $56.8 million through cryptocurrency kiosk scams in 2025, the highest total recorded by any U.S. state. With roughly 1,200 victims
NYDFS Grants Circle a Limited-Purpose Trust Charter for Its New York Trust Entity
TL;DR Circle received a limited-purpose trust charter from NYDFS for Circle New York Trust, adding state oversight for USDC issuance in its global headquarters. The New
Infinex Perps Rebrands to Pro With Unified Spot Trading
Infinex said July 31 that Infinex Perps has rebranded as Infinex Pro, combining perpetual futures and spot trading inside one interface optimized for web and mobile.
BIS Says Project Agorá Completes Real-Value Testing for Tokenized Cross-Border Payments
TL;DR Project Agorá settled 800,000 Swiss francs, about $1 million, across 17 real-value scenarios involving 28 financial institutions and central banks in testing. The trials used
RedStone Brings BTC Yield to Bitget With a Strategy Vault Leveraging Morpho’s Lending Markets
RedStone said July 31 that it is powering a new Bitcoin strategy vault for Bitget users on the Morph blockchain. Built by Gauntlet on Aera and
Schumer’s Anti-Corruption Bureau Plan Lands While Trump’s Crypto Portfolio Faces Fresh Questions
TL;DR Chuck Schumer proposed a seven-member Anti-Corruption Bureau with subpoena, enforcement, oversight and recovery powers to investigate executive-branch corruption and major contractors independently. The bill would
RWA Perpetuals Reach 99.2% of Bitcoin Volume Across Hyperliquid and Binance
TL;DR RWA perpetuals generated $61.7 billion in seven-day volume, reaching 99.2% of Bitcoin perpetual turnover across Hyperliquid and Binance during the measured period. Tokenized equities led
Coldcard Vulnerability Turns “Impossible to Guess” Seeds Into Guessable Ones, Draining 594 BTC
TL;DR An attacker drained roughly 594 BTC worth about $38 million from around 500 Coldcard wallets during a coordinated 25-minute sweep early Friday. The flaw bypassed
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