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The cross-chain protocol paused operations following reports of a breach worth an estimated $1.7 million. MAYAChain, a decentralized cross-chain liquidity network, halted operations on August 19 after suffering an exploit estimated at $1.7 million. The move was reported by Cointelegraph and crypto.news within roughly an hour of each other.

The asset manager attributes the crash to excess leverage, not a failure of Bitcoin's investment case. Bitcoin has lost half its value from recent peak levels, a decline severe enough to test the conviction of even its largest institutional backers.

GBTC charges 1.50%, IBIT charges 0.25% — but that gap doesn't explain why GBTC still holds billions in assets, why long-time holders can't easily leave, or why sources disagree on how each fund's shares are created and redeemed.

Read together, this week's filings show regulators writing crypto rules on their own paper, not waiting for a bill that is stuck in the Senate. Read together, this week's filings show regulators writing crypto rules on their own paper, not waiting for a bill that is stuck in the Senate.

The crypto market structure bill is stuck in what the executive calls 'August recess purgatory,' with midterm elections looming. The Solana Policy Institute's chief executive has offered a blunt assessment of the Clarity Act's prospects. He said the bill is sitting in what he called August recess purgatory.

The prediction market platform is asking regulators to greenlight perpetual contracts tied to the US500 index and copper prices. Kalshi has submitted a filing to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission seeking approval to list perpetual futures contracts.

Crypto derivative markets flagged a valuation four times Unitree's $9B IPO price, but the actual stock opening outran even that forecast. Unitree, a robotics company known for humanoid machines, priced its initial public offering at roughly $9 billion.

The joint petition seeks a formal regulatory framework covering derivatives tied to private company valuations before they go public. The Hyperliquid Policy Center and trade[XYZ] have petitioned the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to create a formal framework for pre-IPO perpetual contracts.

The US accounting standard-setter has outlined conditions under which certain stablecoins could be classified as cash equivalents on corporate balance sheets. The Financial Accounting Standards Board, the body that sets US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, has proposed new guidance addressing how stablecoins should be classified on corporate financial statements.

A semiconductor-led selloff weighed on major Asian indices, with Samsung and SK Hynix among the hardest hit names. Asian equities dropped in trading as a semiconductor-focused selloff spread across the region. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, two of South Korea's largest chipmakers, were among the companies most affected, according to CryptoBriefing.

A walkthrough of what happens on-chain when you click "approve" in a wallet, why the permission does not expire on its own, and what revoking one does and does not undo.

A steep selloff in chip shares and rising borrowing costs pressured Japan's benchmark index, according to a report from CryptoBriefing. Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 2.5% in a session marked by heavy selling in chip-related shares, according to a report from CryptoBriefing.

CryptoBriefing and Coinfomania both report $18.3M in SPYx deposits across DeFi, but they disagree sharply on how much of that sits on Morpho and which venue leads. CryptoBriefing and Coinfomania both report $18.3M in SPYx deposits across DeFi, but they disagree sharply on how much of that sits on Morpho and which venue leads.

IBIT's custody arrangement is documented in a BlackRock SEC filing; the claim that GBTC uses the same custodian comes only from a third-party comparison site with no filing cited.

CryptoBriefing and Coinfomania both report SPYb's $6.3M DeFi liquidity but disagree on whether the token has any trading volume. CryptoBriefing and Coinfomania both report SPYb's $6.3M DeFi liquidity but disagree on whether the token has any trading volume. What all sources agree on SPYb is a tokenized S&P 500 product issued by Binance bStocks.

CryptoBriefing and Coinfomania disagree on whether CryptoQuant's apparent demand metric has already turned positive or is merely nearing that shift. CryptoBriefing and Coinfomania disagree on whether CryptoQuant's apparent demand metric has already turned positive or is merely nearing that shift.

A fresh incident tied to the Strait of Hormuz has reignited concerns over Middle East energy supply, pushing crude to its highest level in weeks. Crude oil prices rose sharply, touching their highest level since late July, after news of a fresh strike near the Strait of Hormuz rattled energy markets.

CoinTurk News EN and CryptoBriefing both report Bitcoin's fall below $60,000 amid ETF outflows and AI-driven equity rotation, but give different figures for the total ETF outflows. CoinTurk News EN and CryptoBriefing both report Bitcoin's fall below $60,000 amid ETF outflows and AI-driven equity rotation, but give different figures for the total ETF outflows.