Key Takeaways On July 29, Igor Runets was jailed over alleged $12.5 million equipment fraud against En+ Group. Crypto miner Bitriver faces bankruptcy after its parent company, Fox Group, defaulted on $9.2 million. Runets will spend at least 2 months in detention awaiting En+ Group witness testimony and equipment exams. Stricter Measures Requested Amid Witness…
Talus (US) has entered the top 100 alts after a massive 20% daily surge. The asset is up by 600% monthly. The highly anticipated FOMC meeting yesterday didn’t bring any surprises despite some expectations of a rate hike, and bitcoin’s price has calmed at around $64,000 after the recent volatility. Most larger-cap alts have…
Hinge’s founder recently left the app to start an AI matchmaking service, but he isn’t the only one with that startup idea. Ditto is an AI matchmaker specifically for college students — and it does all the work in iMessage. “For the past 20 years, we’ve connected in primitive ways. We manually scroll. We manually…
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said the regulator is prepared to write crypto market rules if Congress fails to pass the CLARITY Act, offering an agency-led fallback as Senate negotiations continue. Summary SEC Chair Paul Atkins says agency rules could proceed if Congress fails to pass CLARITY. Senate Banking advanced the bill…
When I decided to take a last-minute ski trip, despite never having skied before, I went straight to Columbia. Was I shredding the slopes? Absolutely not, but at least I was warm, thanks to my Snowy Summit Insulated Jacket and Bugaboo II Pants. Here at WIRED, we’re fans of Columbia. The brand makes reliable, well-priced…
Key Takeaways Blockaid verified a record 212 crypto exploits in H1 2026. OpSec and key theft caused 74% of losses, with Drift and KelpDAO losing $577M. Blockaid expects rising EIP-7702 and AI prompt-injection attacks in H2 2026. North Korean Hackers Drive $600M in Stolen Funds The first half of 2026 marked the most active period…
Peter Mintzberg filed a Form 144 on July 28 to sell 2,611 shares of the Grayscale XRP Trust ETF, the entire block he bought privately from the trust in October 2024. The notice puts the aggregate market value at $53,394.95, or $20.45 per share, with Cantor Fitzgerald handling the sale on NYSE Arca. Mintzberg…
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is trying to sell investors on his prediction for the future — one where billions of people will have their own personal AI agents in the next five years. (Let’s hope that future also comes with data centers efficient enough to power all those agents — without triggering a…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. WebX 2026, Japan’s flagship web3 conference, has officially concluded its fourth edition following a two-day run at The Prince Park Tower Tokyo. The event drew 13,641 participants from over 90 countries and hosted more than…
Crypto exchange Luno is cutting about 20% of its global workforce as part of a restructuring confirmed on July 28 by Chief Executive James Lanigan. Summary Luno is cutting 20% of its global workforce while expanding institutional and business-to-business services worldwide. Twelve crypto-related companies reported July restructurings, with 894 disclosed jobs affected across six named…
