Ireland has introduced its first national anti-money laundering strategy through 2030, placing enhanced checks on private-wallet transfers and overseas crypto firms among its main digital-asset controls. Summary Ireland’s first national AML strategy will guide financial crime policy through 2030. Crypto firms must apply enhanced checks to certain transfers involving self-hosted wallets. Ireland ended its 12-month…
Security expert Nick Neuman warned that leaked home addresses could enable criminals to more easily target people for wrench attacks. On August 13, Trezor disclosed that a data breach at its shipping partner, ShipMonk, exposed the personal information of roughly 13,700 recent customers, including names, phone numbers, and home addresses. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao…
BNB Chain has scheduled its Pasteur hard fork for Aug. 25, introducing three changes intended to strengthen cross-chain transfers, tighten validator controls, and raise tested transaction capacity from 1,237 to 2,324 transactions per second. Summary Pasteur will activate on BNB Smart Chain at 2:30 a.m. UTC on Aug. 25. Node operators must install BSC software…
XAO DAO has not yet disclosed the final mechanics or timetable for implementing all the proposed governance changes. XAO DAO is preparing a series of governance changes for the XRP Ledger over the next two to three months, according to Fabio Marzella, the organization’s co-founder. The planned changes would let members delegate voting power,…
SpaceX has completed its $60 billion stock-based acquisition of Anysphere, bringing the Cursor coding platform into its SpaceXAI business as SPCX shares fell during Friday trading. Summary Cursor has become a wholly owned SpaceX subsidiary after the merger took effect on Aug. 14. Cursor investors will receive 389.3 million SpaceX Class A shares under the…
Coinbase and Ripple executives have been named among the expected attendees at an Aug. 19 White House meeting involving at least six crypto and prediction market companies. Summary Six crypto and prediction market firms are expected to have representatives at the White House meeting. Coinbase, Ripple, a16z, Chainlink, Paradigm, and Kalshi are among the reported…
Kalshi and Polymarket are offering bets on winners, spreads, totals, and player stats, but Baltimore says they lack the required licenses. Baltimore has taken legal action against prediction market operators Kalshi and Polymarket, accusing both companies of offering illegal sports betting in the city. Mayor Brandon M. Scott and the Baltimore City Council filed…
Nigel Farage has returned to the UK Parliament with 63.34% of the Clacton by-election vote, restarting an investigation into a $6.7 million gift and other support from two crypto-linked figures. Summary Farage won 22,239 votes after the UK’s main political parties stayed out of the contest. Parliament is investigating whether he failed to register financial…
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Bitcoin’s 48% decline from its 2025 peak has holders exploring alternatives to selling, with SHR Miner promoting cloud mining as another option. Summary SHR Miner allows BTC holders to rent cloud computing power without…
Further increase or a move south: what’s next for CRO? The cryptocurrency market is another sea of red today (August 14), with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), and many more posting losses. However, Cronos (CRO) has defied the ongoing pullback, and some analysts believe its price could pump even higher if it clears…
