Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Written by: RitaTide GuideLast week, global stock markets fell approximately 2%. Technology stocks dropped 5%, Japan fell 3%, Taiwan declined 6%, and South Korea dropped 9%.The momentum retreat continues to intensify. Oil prices have risen back above $88, with the Middle East situation heating up ma

Kakao Group is teaming up with Circle to explore how won-backed stablecoins could be integrated into South Korea’s mainstream payment and financial services. The partnership comes as regulators work through a still-evolving legal framework for stablecoins, with the government signaling further legis

A computational program originally designed for NVIDIA CUDA ran directly on an Apple device equipped with an M3 Pro with almost no modifications to the kernel code.This is an update shared yesterday by X user @Abhinav. More surprisingly, it is not merely a simple demonstration of vector addition, su

AFX Trade, BSquaredNetwork, and Verus have all fallen victim to exploits over the last 24 hours.In what many are calling “Hackers Day,” the three protocols have collectively lost over $35 million in crypto assets.Crypto Industry Hit With Three Separate HacksPeckShieldAlert said it detected an attack

The total financial volume of extortion, hacks, and ransom demands increased from $10.53 million in the first half of 2025 to $124.18 million in the first six months of this year, representing a nearly 12-fold increase. On a per-incident basis, the average loss rose from $270,000 to $2.39 million...

When humans still needed to sit at keyboards and manually guide agents line by line, the core skill was writing prompts. Today, agents can receive a goal and execute it autonomously—now, the new core skill is loop engineering.Author: CyrilXBTArticle compiled and sourced from: ME NewsIn June 2026, wi

The SEC is extending its regulatory focus beyond crypto assets to the structures that deploy them, particularly DeFi vaults and on-chain lending.According to Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, moving financial activities on-chain does not exempt them from federal securities laws. Instead, regulatory tre

The launch of multiple corporate and fiat-backed digital Japanese yen assets risks siloing domestic liquidity. Startale advocates for “regulated access to open infrastructure”—using interoperable layers like Soneium to connect regulated assets with public Web3 rails.Key TakeawaysSota Watanabe urged

Grayscale’s four-year cycle model suggests Bitcoin could reach its market bottom in September or October, with milder losses than past cycles.Zach Pandl said Bitcoin may have already bottomed if the Federal Reserve keeps rates unchanged and economic growth remains stable.Grayscale said Strategy’s la

The Smarter Web Company (SWC), a UK-based web design and marketing firm, has sold 177.89 BTC to repay $11.69 million to TOBAM, as per their prior agreement through the Smarter Convert instrument. This transaction leaves SWC with a total holding of 2,700 BTC, maintaining its competitive position amon

Odaily Planet Daily reports that, according to an official announcement, UK-listed company The Smarter Web Company has repaid the Smarter Convert convertible note two weeks ahead of schedule, paying approximately $11.6985 million to the TOBAM Group by selling 177.89 bitcoins at an average price of $

Huo Xing Finance reports, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, after Drift Protocol suffered a $285 million attack on Solana in April, the attacker began transferring funds through Tornado Cash following a three-month period of inactivity. The attacker is rapidly depositing ETH into the Tornado Ca

ME News reports that, on July 23 (UTC+8), according to Hyperinsight monitoring, Starship Flight 13 automatically aborted approximately one second after engine ignition and before liftoff on July 17, as some engines failed to start properly. Upon announcement of the abort, SPCX on Hyperliquid plunged

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, after Drift Protocol suffered a $285 million attack on Solana in April, the attacker began transferring funds through Tornado Cash following a three-month period of fund inactivity. The attacker is rapidly depositing ETH into the Tor

ChainCatcher report, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, after Drift Protocol suffered a $285 million attack on Solana in April, the attacker began transferring funds through Tornado Cash following a three-month period of fund inactivity. The attacker is rapidly depositing ETH into the Tornado Ca