Türkiye has blocked 47,493 illegal betting websites and detained 5,629 suspects in 680 operations since the start of 2026. Authorities are increasingly following the payment infrastructure behind the sites, with recent investigations targeting thousands of bank accounts and crypto wallets allegedly used to move betting proceeds. Crypto wallets become a repeated enforcement target Türkiye has […]
Read MoreBNY Launches Onchain Transfer Agency for Its $8.6 Trillion Fund Business
BNY Mellon is launching a digital transfer agency that will record fund transactions and investor ownership onchain. Baillie Gifford, Blackrock and BNY’s Dreyfus unit are expected to be among its first users. Baillie Gifford to Use BNY Platform for UK’s First Native Regulated Tokenized Fund BNY (Bank of New York) Mellon is putting one of […]
Read MoreBitcoin Traders Push Price Back to $64,400 After Fed Decision Eases Market Jitters
Bitcoin briefly surged to $64,500 before pulling back to $63,700, ending down 0.6% on the day with its market cap holding at $1.277 trillion. Moderate Pullback Limits Liquidations Bitcoin seesawed July 29 as global markets reacted to a surprise Iranian strike on a U.S. military base in Jordan and the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold […]
Read MoreFed Holds Rates, but 3 Hawkish Rebels Demand Hike as Inflation Fight Erupts
The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady at 3.50% to 3.75% on July 29, but the decision came over the objections of three officials who wanted to raise borrowing costs instead. The Federal Open Market Committee voted 9 to 3 to keep the target range unchanged, citing solid economic growth alongside inflation that […]
Read MoreTether Sheds $5.5 Billion in USDT Supply as Stablecoin Turnover Hits a Record Pace
Stablecoin market value has declined by about $14 billion from its May peak, marking the sharpest monthly contraction since 2022. Yet record settlement volumes suggest the sector is becoming a faster-moving payments network rather than a store of idle digital dollars. Stablecoin Issuers Lose $7.7 Billion in June as Transaction Volume Jumps 63% Stablecoin supply […]
Read MoreMoonpay Gives Claude and ChatGPT Users a Vault That Turns Prompts Into Payments
Moonpay launched a payment vault built for artificial intelligence agents on Wednesday, giving Claude and ChatGPT users a way to trade tokens, book travel and move money without handing an AI custody of their funds. The Moonpay new product, called PayBox, connects to Claude or ChatGPT through a custom connector. A user types a request […]
Read MoreMorgan Stanley’s MSSE Pulls in $5M on Debut as Ether ETFs Again Top Bitcoin With $14.5M Inflow
Ether ETFs attracted $14.53 million on Tuesday, building on Monday’s gains as demand spread across three funds. Bitcoin ETFs posted a fourth straight outflow, while solana recorded its second-largest withdrawal since launch. Blackrock Pulls $54.83M From IBIT as Bitcoin ETF Outflows Reach Four Days Institutional crypto demand split further on Tuesday, July 28. Ether funds […]
Read More$40 Trillion Debt Warning: Doug Casey Sees Greater Depression Risk for US Economy
Doug Casey warned that rising debt costs, prolonged geopolitical conflict and sweeping technological disruption are pushing the global financial system toward an increasingly unstable period. Doug Casey, the best-selling author of “Crisis Investing,” spoke with host David Lin on The David Lin Report, or TDLR, about U.S. debt, commodity prices, military technology, artificial intelligence (AI), […]
Read More‘I Don’t Have Time to Try to Convince You’ — Satoshi’s Famous Line Turns 16
Sixteen years ago on this day, Bitcoin’s creator ran out of patience with a critic on a forum, and the line he left behind still tells BTC users something about how the network’s founder actually operated. A Curt Line After Months of Patient Explanation On July 29, 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto posted a reply on Bitcointalk […]
Read MoreTelegram’s Pavel Durov Lands on Russia’s Wanted List as Terror Charges Ignite New Showdown
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced Wednesday that it has formally charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorist activities and placed him on an international wanted list. The charge against Durov is the latest step in a pressure campaign that has steadily expanded beyond regulatory disputes and into criminal liability. Rather than focusing on […]
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