CMC Crypto News

Bitcoin fell to $63,890, and Ethereum dropped to just above $1,900 after the Fed held rates at 3.5%-3.75%, with 3 members dissenting in favor of an immediate hike.

MoonPay has launched PayBox, an AI payment vault letting ChatGPT and Claude users buy crypto, swap tokens, and bridge assets while keeping custody of their funds.

Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview identified a weakness in HAWK, a post-quantum encryption candidate, and improved attacks on reduced-round AES, in roughly 60 hours of work.

K33 says July BTC spot volume is averaging just $2.2B daily, its lowest since Nov. 2023, as CME open interest, perp activity, and funding rates all stay subdued.

Trade.xyz will reimburse traders liquidated after its SK Hynix perp crashed 19% in minutes on July 27, blaming a single trade on a thin Korean pre-market venue.

Binance launched USDT-settled gold & silver options via its ADGM-regulated Nest Exchange after commodity perps peaked at $7.77B and $7.27B in daily volume.

Ark Invest purchased $12.2M in SpaceX shares on July 28 while selling positions in Block Inc, Bullish, and Robinhood as part of its routine ETF rebalancing activity.

Blockaid recorded more crypto exploit incidents in H1 2026 than in all of 2025, with DPRK-linked hackers responsible for nearly $600M of the $1B+ in total losses.

Tether and Kenya's Nairobi Securities Exchange signed an MoU on July 28 to assess tokenized securities, blockchain settlement infrastructure, and digital asset education.

Zcash miner Fortitude launched its first self-built 12 MW facility in Nebraska, targeting a drop in direct ZEC mining costs from ~$70 to ~$40 per coin.

Zcash's Ironwood upgrade sealed the Orchard pool holding ~3.66M ZEC after a 4-year counterfeiting bug was found, replacing it with a new pool that opened from zero.

The Bank of Russia has published draft rules requiring crypto depositories to hold up to $2.8M in liquid capital ahead of a September digital assets framework launch.

Morgan Stanley debuts spot Ethereum and Solana ETFs on NYSE Arca at 0.14%, undercutting rivals, with staking rewards passed to investors and $14B in total ETP assets.

Zimbabwe's SECZ has admitted 7 fintech projects to its regulatory sandbox, with 4 focused on tokenization of assets, securities, and infrastructure.

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking Minnesota's prediction market ban, ruling it's likely preempted by federal law, days before the Aug. 1 deadline.

HKMA's new Quantum Preparedness Index gives HK banks a 2.3/10 score as the city's tokenized assets top HK$29B ($3.7B), with full readiness targeted by 2030.

Securitize Capital registered with the SEC as an investment adviser, completing a four-part regulated platform that includes a broker-dealer, ATS, transfer agent, and fund administration.

Tether's gold-backed XAUt received Shariah certification from Amanah Advisors, giving Islamic banks and investors across the GCC, South Asia, and Africa a compliant route to digital gold.