Shielded Bitcoin Proposal Aims to Bring Privacy to Bitcoin L1
A New York cryptography lab has proposed Zcash-style private transfers on Bitcoin without changing Bitcoin itself. Published on Thursday by [[alloc] init], Shielded Bitcoin would...
Chainalysis Says Crypto Activity Barely Fell Despite $2.1T Market Rout
TL;DR Chainalysis says measured global crypto economic activity declined just 1.6% during the 12 months ended June 30, 2026. That happened while the wider crypto...
Institutions See Bitcoin Like Gold but Invest in It Like Tech: Bitwise
Major institutional bitcoin investors “often” pair bitcoin with gold, but they still largely keep it in a technology bucket alongside other crypto assets, a survey...
Visa Study Says Bank-Style Protections Could Push Stablecoin Use Sharply Higher
TL;DR Visa says U.S. willingness to use stablecoins rises from 36% to 56% when hypothetical bank-level fraud protection and deposit insurance are added. The study...
XRP Average Long-Term Trader Still Down 11.75% After Rebound
XRP’s recent rebound has not lifted its average long-term trader back into profit, according to Santiment. Among five major cryptocurrencies, XRP shows an 11.75% loss,...
Block brings Bitcoin Lightning payments to x402 for AI agents
Block joins Google, Microsoft, AWS and Coinbase in backing x402, an open payment standard enabling agentic AI commerce....
100 Coinbase Users Trusted Fake Support and Lost Nearly $16M
A Brooklyn man who posed as a Coinbase representative and stole nearly $16 million from about 100 people has been sentenced to four to 12...
Galaxy Adds $100M Of Sky’s sUSDS To Corporate Treasury
TL;DR Galaxy has added $100 million of Sky Protocol’s sUSDS to its own corporate treasury. The firm has also approved sUSDS as collateral across an...
XRP Became Programmable, Then Gained Vaults and Wider DeFi Access
A year after FXRP launched, XRP holders can use a representation of their tokens in vaults, lending markets, and applications on Ethereum. Flare says about...
Bitget CEO suspects North Korea behind $352M hack, citing IP clues
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said a preliminary investigation found IP addresses matching VPN choices associated with a DPRK hacking group....