The European Central Bank will beta test a digital euro with 36 providers, including Revolut, after the project drew more than 50 applications. The European Central Bank is moving the digital euro from planning into testing, with dozens of payment companies joining the next stage of the project. The ECB selected 36 payment service providers …
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An elderly resident handed over more than $13,000 in cash after falling victim to a convincing impersonation scam involving multiple fake authorities. The 82-year-old man from Zimmerman, Minnesota, was targeted by callers claiming to represent his bank and the FBI, reports Elk River Star News. The man was instructed to withdraw his money from his …
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Bridge security is one of those crypto topics that only gets attention when something breaks. Mantle’s decision to migrate Super Portal infrastructure to Chainlink CCIP is a reminder that serious networks cannot afford to treat cross-chain transfers as an afterthought. The reason is simple: bridges have historically been among the most expensive failure points in …
Coinbase is still trying to make on-chain activity feel less like a specialist task. Its latest Smart Wallet verification upgrade fits that broader effort, targeting a problem that becomes more obvious every time users move between chains: dApp authorization is still too confusing. The average user does not want to think about signatures, chain contexts, …
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Solana’s growth story is often told through speed, fees, and developer momentum. Address growth adds another layer, but it needs to be read carefully. A higher wallet count can be encouraging, yet it does not automatically prove that a network has deeper economic activity. That is the right way to look at the current Solana …
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Dogecoin is back in one of those awkward areas where both bulls and bears can make a case. Price has cooled into support rather than collapsing, which gives buyers something to defend. But it has not yet produced the kind of clean breakout that would make the next leg obvious. That is why the current …
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Ethereum’s market setup is getting more interesting because the loudest bullish catalyst is already visible. Spot ETF launches are moving closer, but ETH is not acting like a market in full-blown euphoria. Instead, price is holding support while speculative positioning looks more measured. That may actually be healthier than a blow-off move before the event. …
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The Georgia-based healthcare management company ApolloMD is preparing to pay $4.02 million to settle a class action lawsuit over a data breach incident. The agreement compensates individuals whose personal and health information was compromised in a hack last year. On May 22nd, 2025, unusual activity was detected on the company’s information technology network, according to …
July 14th, 2026 – Amsterdam, Netherlands Ask Crystal, a new AI capability inside Crystal Expert, turns any transfer into one clear, evidence-backed narrative, so compliance, investigation, and risk teams decide in seconds, not minutes. Crystal Intelligence today announced the rollout of Ask Crystal, an on-demand AI analyst built into Crystal Expert. Ask Crystal reads the …
US President Donald Trump wants lawmakers to pass crypto market structure legislation in honor of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, who died unexpectedly on Saturday. Trump took to Truth Social on Monday morning to whip votes for the Clarity Act. “In honor of Senator Lindsey Graham, a big supporter, the U.S. Senate should pass the …
The Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy (MSTR) has now gone three consecutive weeks without buying any BTC. On Monday, Strategy Chairman Michael Saylor announced the company increased its US dollar reserve by $450 million over the past week but opted not to buy any new Bitcoin. Over the two weeks prior, the firm sold a total …
South Korea will test tokenized government bonds linked to the Bank of Korea’s wholesale CBDC system in 2027 as token securities rules take effect. South Korea plans to conduct a 2027 pilot linking tokenized government bonds to its institutional central bank digital currency (CBDC) infrastructure, moving sovereign debt tokenization from a proposal to an official …
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US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw their largest single-day outflows in July, with $424.66 million leaving the funds, reversing a brief return to positive weekly flows. US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) returned to outflows, reversing the previous week’s short-lived return to positive flows. Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $424.66 million in net outflows on Monday, marking …
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Bitcoin bulls faced an uphill struggle to preserve $62,000 as stocks opened down on Strait of Hormuz rhetoric between the US and Iran. Bitcoin (BTC) fell further into Monday’s Wall Street open as markets reacted to the US-Iran escalation. Key points: Read more Go to Source
A foreign national has admitted his central role in ransomware attacks that disrupted businesses across the United States. The defendant, extradited from abroad, entered the plea in federal court on charges of conspiracy and computer fraud, says the U.S. Department of Justice. Prosecutors link him directly to the Ryuk ransomware strain used in operations against U.S. …
