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Cash App's bitcoin fee cuts traded margin for a cheaper on-ramp
Block's SEC-filed Q1 letter shows Bitcoin Ecosystem gross profit down 26% year over year. The result exposes the economic choice behind cheaper retail trading.
2 min readBusiness · NewsVisa Direct adds Zero Hash rails for stablecoin funding and payouts
Eligible clients can use stablecoins on both sides of a Visa Direct transfer: to fund an account and to deliver value to a recipient. The capability is not a universal switch-on across Visa's network.
2 min readMarkets · NewsBlackRock schedules an ETHA reverse split for October
The iShares Ethereum Trust ETF will begin split-adjusted trading on October 6. The operation changes shares and price per share, not the fund's ether exposure by itself.
2 min readRegulation · NewsCrypto companies join a broader corporate push to fund children's investment accounts
Treasury has listed Coinbase among companies supporting Trump Accounts, and current reporting adds Strategy to a wider pledge drive. The accounts hold conventional diversified funds, not crypto assets.
2 min readSecurity · NewsFormer LAPD officer receives life sentence in $350,000 bitcoin home invasion
Eric Halem was convicted of kidnapping and robbery after a crew posed as police and took a teenager's bitcoin. Two current reports say the court imposed life plus 15 years.
2 min readRegulation · NewsSenate CLARITY draft adds ethics language after a 15-9 committee vote
The July 22 draft combines Senate Banking and Agriculture Committee work and includes a section on public-official ethics. Sponsors say negotiations are continuing; committee minority staff says the restrictions and enforcement mechanism remain too narrow.
2 min readBusiness · NewsBNY plans in-custody staking with Galaxy, pending regulatory review
Galaxy will supply proof-of-stake expertise and help design BNY's digital-asset platform. The planned service would connect custody, staking, accounting and reporting, but it is not yet an unconditional product launch.
2 min readSecurity · NewsColdcard entropy flaw leaves affected wallets needing new seeds
Coinkite says seeds created on multiple Coldcard generations can contain substantially less randomness than expected. Fixed firmware prevents new weak seeds, but it cannot repair keys that already exist.
3 min readSecurity · NewsTriple-A treasury-wallet breach left client funds untouched, company says
The payments company says the incident was contained and services restored. It has not yet published the attack path or a complete loss figure.
2 min readBusiness · NewsStorj enters Chapter 11 while keeping its storage network online
The storage company says it will continue ordinary operations while restructuring legacy liabilities. Court approval will determine what happens next.
2 min readMarkets · NewsT. Rowe Price crypto ETF adds StoneX and Virtu as trading counterparties
The agreements give TKNZ two more routes for spot crypto trades. They also spell out where execution, counterparty and systems risk still sit.
2 min readBusiness · NewsCircle wins final OCC approval for a national trust bank
Circle National Trust will begin with custody for Circle and its affiliates. Managing USDC reserves and serving outside institutions remain future capabilities.
2 min readMarkets · NewsARKB plans to replace its bitcoin pricing benchmark with FTSE data
The current CME CF licence is due to end August 31. The sponsor expects to sign with FTSE first, so the benchmark switch is planned rather than complete.
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