Year: 2026

George Santos has settled CFTC case over Kalshi prediction market trades by accepting penalties and a three-year trading ban after regulators found he made misleading public statements while betting on…

South Korea has finalized its 2026 tax reform package while keeping the planned 22% tax on cryptocurrency investment gains set to begin on Jan. 1, 2027. Summary South Korea has…

South Korea’s two largest crypto exchanges announced four new trading markets on Aug. 4, expanding local access to the HOME, META2 and USDG tokens. Summary Upbit will open HOME trading…

Jump Capital has closed its eighth institutional fund with $350 million in capital commitments, with the new vehicle dedicated to backing founders building AI applications, enterprise infrastructure, and cybersecurity technologies.…

Galaxy Research has estimated that losses tied to the Coldcard hardware wallet vulnerability have reached 1,596 Bitcoin across confirmed attack waves and could climb to about 2,055 BTC, or nearly…

Tyler Williams, one of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s senior digital asset advisers, left the U.S. Treasury Department on July 31 as Congress struggled to advance the CLARITY Act before its…

NEAR Protocol co-founder and NEAR Foundation CEO Illia Polosukhin proposed creating a protocol sovereign fund on Aug. 3, using roughly 30 million NEAR as its initial capital base.  Summary 30…

Boltz suspended its Bitcoin swap services indefinitely on Aug. 3 after reporting months of automated, AI assisted probing and several contained exploits.  Summary Boltz suspended swaps indefinitely after reporting months…

Proof of Attendance Protocol, commonly known as POAP, is winding down after more than five years, co-founder Isabel Gonzalez announced on Aug. 3.  Summary POAP is winding down after more…

Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour defended the prediction market operator on Aug. 3 after New York filed a lawsuit seeking at least $36 billion in damages, penalties and related relief.  Summary…