City of Baltimore goes after prediction markets for sports betting
The city’s complaint over gambling laws and deceptive trade practices included Robinhood, Webull and Coinbase as partners with prediction market platform Kalshi.
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Ethereum Foundation pivots away from Poseidon in post-quantum plan
The Ethereum Foundation is moving away from the Poseidon hash function in its planned post-quantum architecture, according to researcher Justin Drake.
SEC cancels long-awaited proposal of Reg Crypto, postponing meeting without new date
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was on the verge of revealing its first major rulemaking effort in the digital assets sphere, having been set to propose its "Regulation Crypto," but the agency cancelled the …
Tether completes first full independent audit from KPMG
Tether has cleared a hurdle that critics said would never happen: a full, independent financial audit of its books. The company announced on August 13, 2026, that KPMG U.S. completed a comprehensive audit of Tether Inte…
Tether Claims 'Largest Inaugural Financial Audit' as KPMG Signs Off on 2025 Statements
Tether said Thursday that Big Four accounting firm KPMG issued an unqualified audit opinion—industry jargon for the best possible result—-on the 2025 financial statements of Tether International, the company behind the …
CFTC to join SEC in exploring crypto regulations without CLARITY bill
The CFTC will hold a meeting for its Innovation Advisory Committee on Aug. 20 to address regulation related to crypto assets, artificial intelligence and prediction markets.
Solana Can Be the 'Everything Chain' as Crypto Apps Go Mainstream: 6th Man Ventures Co-Founder
Solana could bring hundreds of millions of people into crypto without most of them realizing they are using a blockchain, investor Mike Dudas said on a recent episode of Decrypt's Fomo Hour podcast.
Tether Silences Critics With Historic KPMG Full Audit; Here Are the Results
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Tether completes first full financial audit, receives clean KPMG opinion
KPMG’s audit covered Tether’s 2025 financial statements and found its reserves exceeded liabilities by $6.8 billion.
Crypto Group Warns Fed Could Use Banking Access to Squeeze Digital Asset Firms
The Blockchain Association is urging the Supreme Court to take up Custodia Bank’s fight with the Federal Reserve, arguing the central bank should not have the broad power to deny payment system access to eligible state-…
White House Lets Private Firms Hack Cybercriminals—At Their Own Legal Risk
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Tuesday directing the federal government to enlist vetted U.S. companies in offensive cyber operations against foreign criminal networks. The National Security Presidential …
Google and OpenAI Debut Super Fast AI Models—Gemini 3.7 Flash Is Out, But GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast Is Invite-Only
Google launched Gemini 3.7 Flash on Thursday, a low-cost coding-and-agents model now generally available.
Forecasts for $1 million bitcoin price likely look too ambitious, key ratio suggests
Asset manager Bitwise is the latest to predict that bitcoin could reach $1.3 million within a decade. This isn't new territory. Coinbase's Brian Armstrong, Block's Jack Dorsey, and Ark Invest's Cathie Wood have all said…
Curve DAO (CRV) Price Pulls Back After Strong Rally — Can Bulls Defend $0.20 Support?
CRVâs recovery remains intact while price holds $0.20â$0.21, with $0.27 and $0.29â$0.30 acting as the key upside hurdles.
Public Bitcoin miners cut hashrate 13.4% as AI infrastructure revenue grows
AI and HPC are reshaping mining economics as operators repurpose power and data centers, while a smaller group of miners continues to expand Bitcoin capacity.
Robinhood Chain nears $1B TVL as Uniswap drives liquidity: Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered said Robinhood’s Uniswap integration could solve a key challenge for new blockchains while accelerating UNI token burns.
Rent TRON energy with TronBid Marketplace, Save up to 80% on TRX, and USDT fees
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Tether says it completed long-promised 'Big Four' audit of finances behind $180 billion USDT stablecoin
KPMG U.S., one of the “Big Four” accounting firms, audited Tether International's financial statements for the year ended Dec. 31, 2025 and issued an unqualified opinion, Tether said. That means the accounting firm foun…
Trezor Data Breach Exposes Shipping Details of 13,689 Customers
The post Trezor Data Breach Exposes Shipping Details of 13,689 Customers appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News A hardware wallet company has a rather unpleasant reminder that protecting crypto users does not stop at …
Trezor Customer Data Exposed in Shipping Partner Breach
A data breach at one of Trezor's shipping providers has exposed the names, phone numbers, email addresses and home addresses of thousands of the hardware wallet manufacturer's customers, the company disclosed on Thursda…
Crypto group backs Custodia in Supreme Court battle over Fed access
The Blockchain Association argues the Fed should not have broad discretion to deny eligible state-chartered banks direct access to its payment system.
Ethena’s FalconX Deal Puts ENA Back Near A Key Test
The post Ethena’s FalconX Deal Puts ENA Back Near A Key Test appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News ENA has spent months going nowhere, but the latest Ethena partnership with FalconX gives the token a fresh fundamenta…
Bitcoin Companies Want Help From AI Labs to Guard Against Hackers
More than 40 bitcoin and crypto firms asked the biggest AI labs this week to let independent security researchers use their strongest models before public release.
Pi Network News: New Solana Exchange Listing, But Still No Binance or Coinbase
Pi Network picked up a fresh trading venue this week, giving the token another door into crypto markets even as bigger names keep passing it by.