BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes is stepping back into an operating role in crypto, announcing that he will lead Flop Labs, a startup developing blockchain infrastructure designed for autonomous AI agents. Hayes announced the move on Aug. 18, saying he was “coming out of retirement” to lead Flop Labs. He has also updated his X profile…
Binance is preparing to make another attempt to return to the UK market, with the cryptocurrency exchange expected to apply for a cryptoasset licence from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) when applications open next month. The move, first reported by The Telegraph, comes five years after the UK regulator blocked Binance’s British entity from carrying…
Chainalysis has sued the U.S. government over a $94.7 million contract awarded to rival blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs, escalating a major battle between two of the crypto industry’s leading providers of investigative technology. Chainalysis Government Solutions filed the lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on July 27, challenging the decision by U.S….
The White House is preparing to host a major meeting with cryptocurrency and prediction-market executives on Wednesday, August 19, bringing together President Donald Trump, senior U.S. regulators and some of the industry’s biggest companies as Washington weighs the future of digital-asset regulation. Trump is expected to participate alongside Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul…
World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency company backed in part by President Donald Trump and members of his family, has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a federally chartered national trust bank. The decision marks a major step for the Trump family’s expanding crypto business and could…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has abruptly canceled an open meeting where commissioners were expected to consider a long-anticipated proposal that could reshape how digital assets are issued and regulated in the United States. The agency announced late Thursday that Friday’s meeting would be postponed “due to an unforeseen scheduling issue,” with the…
Solana narrowly avoided a network-wide finality halt on August 12 after a routing failure at infrastructure provider TeraSwitch temporarily knocked nearly 29% of the blockchain’s staked SOL offline. The incident did not stop block production or prevent transactions from being processed, but it pushed Solana dangerously close to the threshold where transactions can no longer…
Harmony’s ONE token plunged sharply on Aug. 12 after the Layer-1 blockchain suffered a suspected exploit that reportedly allowed an attacker to mint roughly 4 billion ONE without authorization. The newly created tokens represent about 26% of the roughly 15 billion ONE that were circulating before the incident, raising concerns about a sudden increase in…
Trump Media entered the second quarter with the model of a media company, but its financial results were instead dominated by bets on digital assets. The parent company of Truth Social reported a net loss of $238.1 million in the second quarter of 2026, a sharp increase from the $20 million loss recorded in the…
On-chain investigator ZachXBT on August 10 accused Tiffany Milanovich, an individual in the US, of involvement in at least $5 million in stolen crypto assets through hardware wallet and centralized exchange customer support impersonation scams. In a thread on X, ZachXBT described Milanovich as a “caller,” who made calls impersonating support personnel to convince victims…
