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Why stablecoin wallets have no deposit insurance
1+ hour ago (714+ words) The FDIC protects bank depositors, and through a mechanism called pass-through insurance, it can protect people who hold money through intermediaries. Stablecoin holders assumed they were next in line. The FDIC has now said, in a speech and a proposal,…...
Strategy Bitcoin holdings stay at 843,775 BTC after $263.5M raise
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (835+ words) Strategy raised another $263.5 million by selling Class A common stock while leaving its Bitcoin holdings unchanged for a second straight week. The company sold 2,732,318 MSTR shares between July 13 and July 19 through its at-the-market program, according to a July 20 filing with…...
BitMine ETH holdings reach 5.78M after another Ethereum purchase
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (891+ words) BitMine Immersion Technologies has added another 7,430 ETH to its corporate treasury, taking its total Ethereum holdings to 5,777,468 tokens as the company moves closer to its target of owning 5% of the network’s supply. The company valued its ETH position using a…...
Digital assets take center stage as HED Conference Asia 2026 brings institutional wealth leaders to Singapore
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (195+ words) HED Conference of Asia explores digital assets’ growing role in private wealth management strategies. Rather than treating digital assets as a standalone investment category, the conference places them within the broader context of asset allocation, reflecting how wealth managers are…...
Zilliqa halts ZIL transfers after exchange cold wallet theft
2+ hour ago (882+ words) Zilliqa has asked cryptocurrency exchanges to temporarily suspend ZIL deposits and withdrawals after an exchange partner suffered a suspected cold wallet compromise. The layer-1 blockchain project said ZIL had been stolen from the affected wallet and that it had started…...
Crypto security audits lose trust as institutions demand live monitoring
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (785+ words) Institutional investors are widening crypto security checks beyond smart contract audits as operational failures become a larger source of losses. Hacken’s Q2 2026 Security & Compliance Report said traditional trust markers, including previous audits and operating history, did not reliably show which projects…...
Tokenized gold Is a $4.4B market with no EU rulebook
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (574+ words) Europe wrote the world’s most comprehensive crypto law, built a category for gold-backed tokens, and then approved nobody. Two years later, the entire tokenized gold market operates in the EU through a gap nobody legislated, and Brussels is debating whether…...
Russia crypto regulation bill heads to final State Duma readings
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (964+ words) Russia’s State Duma plans to hold the second and third readings of its main crypto regulation bill on Tuesday, July 21, moving the country closer to a formal legal framework for digital assets. The legislation, draft bill No. 1194918-8, is titled “On…...
ADI Chain brings Tangem hardware wallet to Virgin Megastores across the UAE
3+ hour, 27+ min ago (732+ words) ADI Chain has launched a co-branded Tangem hardware wallet through Virgin Megastores across the UAE, bringing offline crypto self-custody for ADI Chain ecosystem tokens and major digital assets to one of the country’s largest retail chains. Sold as ADI Chain’s…...
PI Network price nears $0.10 after 11% surge
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (890+ words) Pi Network price has returned close to $0.10 after gaining more than 11% over 24 hours. PI traded near $0.099 on July 20, with daily trading volume above $42 million and a market capitalization of roughly $1.08 billion. The token moved between $0.0883 and $0.1019 during the session. The…...