Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

When two of the world’s largest economies team up to tell currency speculators to knock it off, speculators tend to listen. Hedge funds have dramatically unwound their bearish bets against the Japanese yen following a historic joint intervention by US and Japanese authorities, cutting net short posi

The semiconductor sector lost more than $1 trillion in market value on Friday. By Monday, traders were already buying the dip.The selloff and the snapbackOn June 6, US chip stocks cratered in a session that wiped out roughly $1 trillion from the semiconductor group, which had been valued at approxim

ME News reports that on August 15 (UTC+8), Cboe BZX Exchange is seeking SEC approval to list a suite of leveraged commodity ETFs, including daily leveraged products offering 3x long exposure to Bitcoin and Ethereum. According to a proposed rule change filing submitted on Friday, Cboe plans to launch

An AI model just found a serious security flaw in the software that developers use to write AI-assisted code.Z.ai released GLM-5.3 on August 14, 2026, and the model’s headline moment came quickly: it identified a significant vulnerability in Cursor, the AI-powered code editor. The discovery was flag

ME News reports that on August 15 (UTC+8), the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted preliminary conditional approval to World Liberty Trust Company, National Association, bringing Trump-backed World Liberty Financial closer to obtaining a national trust bank charter. In it

Aero, the DeFi liquidity protocol that emerged from last year’s merger of Aerodrome and Velodrome, started publishing its core smart contracts on August 3. The code is rolling out in batches ahead of a $400K public audit contest later this month, with a full protocol launch targeted for September 20

Odaily Planet Daily reports: On Friday, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted preliminary conditional approval to World Liberty Trust Company, National Association, bringing Trump-backed World Liberty Financial one step closer to obtaining a national trust bank charter.In

ME News reports that on August 15 (UTC+8), Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino responded to ongoing criticism following KPMG U.S.’s completion of its first full financial audit in an interview with The Block. He stated that some critics are unable to admit their past judgments about Tether were wrong, adding,

CoinDesk reports:Citigroup has publicly reiterated its stance on U.S. cryptocurrency legislation. Recently, CEO Jane Fraser expressed hope that the U.S. Senate will advance the Crypto Clarification Act, while emphasizing that Citigroup continues to advocate for certain modifications to the bill's pr

ChainCatcher reports that France’s Minister of Finance confirmed that hackers infiltrated the General Directorate of Public Finance at the end of June, stealing personal and corporate taxpayer data. According to FrenchBreaches, a platform tracking cyberattacks in France, the incident affected approx

ChainCatcher reports that Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, in an interview with The Block, responded to ongoing criticism following KPMG U.S.’s completion of its first full financial audit. He said some critics are unable to admit they were wrong about Tether in the past, adding, “To be honest, I don’t car

ChainCatcher report: Cboe BZX Exchange is seeking SEC approval to list a suite of leveraged commodity ETFs, including daily 3x long Bitcoin and Ethereum products. According to the proposed rule change filing submitted on Friday, Cboe plans to launch 3x Gold ETF, 3x Silver ETF, 3x Bitcoin ETF, 3x Eth

HIVE Digital Technologies just delivered the kind of earnings report that makes shareholders wince. The Bitcoin mining and AI computing company reported fiscal Q4 2026 revenue of $71.82 million, more than double the $31.16 million it pulled in during the same quarter a year earlier. But the company’

Micron (MU) surged again Thursday as U.S. inflation cooled for another month, a development that has traders across markets — including crypto-focused desks — sharpening their risk-on bets. July’s Consumer Price Index landed at 3.4%, and investors quickly bid up the memory-chip maker: MU closed up 4

Ireland has published its first national anti-money laundering strategy — and crypto firms are in the spotlight. Launched by Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris, the strategy—running through 2030—introduces fresh obligations for crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), including “enhanced