World Cup prediction markets reached $20B
The 2026 FIFA World Cup generated $20 billion in blockchain prediction-market volume from January through the tournament’s end, Chainalysis reported on July 30. Summary $20 billion in predict
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Fake Flare staking site drained 3.4M XRP in a single week
A fraudulent website impersonating Flare Network drained 3.4 million $XRP from 71 investors in South Korea in just eight days last October, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency confirmed on J
Coldcard Mk3 warning follows $38M Bitcoin drain
Coinkite warned Coldcard Mk3 users on July 30 to move Bitcoin from wallets whose seed phrases were generated on affected firmware. Summary 594 BTC moved across 500 transactions during a coord
Immutable Price Prediction August 2026: $IMX Forecast and Catalysts
Immutable's chart has been unwinding sharply through late July, yet one number keeps moving the other way: its holder count is still climbing even as price slides toward the $0.10 zone. Immut
Pundit Says Listen Up XRP Holders, Here’s Why This Matters More Than Ever
Criticism of Ripple’s XRP escrow has long centered on claims that it reflects centralized control over the cryptocurrency’s supply. However, crypto commentator X Finance Bull contends that th
Crypto Hack Roundup: Biggest DeFi Exploits of July 2026 Explained
Crypto Hack Roundup: The 8 Biggest DeFi Exploits of July 2026 July 2026 was a rough month for DeFi security. Eight separate protocols lost a combined total of over $110 million to attackers.
Best Low Cap Crypto August 2026 Monthly: Risk-Checked List
Best Low Cap Crypto August 2026: Risk-Checked List Chasing whatever coin is trending on a timeline is not a strategy. It is how most people lose money on low-cap tokens before they even under
Shiba Inu Weekly Burns Hit One Year High
Shiba Inu's community removed nearly 3 billion tokens from circulation last week, with Shibburn data showing 2.98 billion $SHIB burned over a seven-day period. The total marks the largest wee
IRS Warns Crypto Holders Of Fake Tax Letter Scam
Scammers Impersonate the IRS With Physical Mail The IRS's Criminal Investigation unit issued a fraud alert warning about scammers targeting cryptocurrency holders with convincing fake IRS let
IBM claims a verified quantum milestone, and Bitcoin's math still holds
A quantum milestone with a credibility first @IBM and the University of Chicago (@UChicago) announced on July 30 what they are calling "trusted quantum advantage," a term that carries more we
Big-city police chiefs line up behind the CLARITY Act
MCCA backs the bill over digital-asset crime provisions The Major Cities Chiefs Association (@MjrCitiesChiefs) has endorsed the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, saying in a letter that recen
Sanctioned before it ever traded: Rostec's ruble token goes live
A token sanctioned before it traded RubX, a ruble-pegged stablecoin developed by Russia's state-owned defense conglomerate Rostec (@Rostec_Russia), soft-launched on July 17 and began offering