Year: 2026

Guren “Bobby” Zhou, the businessman identified as the person behind Aqua 1’s $100 million purchase of World Liberty Financial tokens, has remained linked to an active British money laundering investigation…

Researchers found 821 accounts that made $8.2 million by manipulating bitcoin prices in the final seconds before Polymarket settled its short dated contracts. Polymarket has now replaced instant snapshots with…

The largest crypto liquidity provider registered with FINRA on August 6. The move signals something larger than one firm’s expansion: the infrastructure that runs crypto markets is migrating onto Wall…

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority is discussing standards for tokenized gold with major banks and other market participants, according to an Aug. 10 Financial Times report.  Summary FCA is discussing…

Empery Digital sold 1,635 Bitcoin for $102.2 million between July 1 and Aug. 6, cutting its total holdings to 1,279 BTC, according to an Aug. 7 SEC filing.  Summary Empery…

Bitcoin pushed above $65,000 during early trading on Aug. 10 before slipping back below the level, extending its recovery as investors reassessed the U.S. interest rate outlook.  Summary SoSoValue reported…

Canary Capital’s XRP exchange traded fund ended the first half of 2026 with $81.6 million fewer net assets even after positive capital share activity added $82.4 million.  Summary Canary XRP…

Grayscale withdrew registration statements for three planned U.S. altcoin exchange traded products on Aug. 7, ending the current registration process for its Cardano, Hedera and Polkadot funds.  Summary Grayscale withdrew…

New York Stock Exchange President Lynn Martin said on Aug. 10 that the exchange is continuing to develop infrastructure for onchain settlement of tokenized securities, months after outlining plans for…

Bitcoin’s BIP-110 split widened further on Aug. 9, with the enforcing branch still unable to produce a third block hours after mandatory signaling began.  Summary BIP-110 remains frozen at block…