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Circle has acquired nearly 1,000 IBM blockchain patents as the USD Coin (USDC) issuer pushes deeper into the infrastructure connecting stablecoins with banks and payment networks.In a July 27 statement, the firm said the portfolio includes more than 680 patent families spanning blockchain technology, banking, financial services, insurance, enterprise infrastructure, supply-chain verification, and secure cloud operations.Circle said the deal makes it the leading holder of blockchain patents in the United States.The patents will support USDC, Circle Payments Network, its Arc blockchain and a growing suite of onchain and agentic financial tools, while Circle and IBM plan to explore additional commercial…

James argued the proposed federal crypto framework would reduce states’ ability to investigate fraud and protect investors. The attorney general urged tougher compliance rules, stronger market monitoring and greater liability for platforms that fail customers. She also called for tighter ethics rules for public officials and restrictions on untraceable digital assets. New York Attorney General Letitia James has warned Congress that proposed federal cryptocurrency legislation could weaken state oversight, making it more difficult for regulators to pursue scams and hold digital asset platforms accountable. In testimony submitted to a Senate investigative panel, James said the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act…

Check Point published an analysis on Sunday of SparkKitty, a cross-platform stealer that reached Apple’s App Store and Google Play, then scanned users’ photo libraries for wallet recovery phrases. The malware is not new: Check Point credits Kaspersky with discovering it in early 2024 and detailing it publicly in June 2025, and describes it as a direct evolution of the SparkCat stealer. It shipped inside the iOS app 币coin and the Android app SOEX, which passed 10,000 downloads on Google Play before removal; neither vendor has published a victim count or a loss figure. SparkKitty, a mobile information stealer that…

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has begun buying back its STRC preferred stock as the Bitcoin treasury company shifts more capital toward supporting its financing structure.In a July 27 SEC update, Strategy said it purchased 288,930 STRC shares for $25 million between July 20 and July 26, marking the first disclosed use of a $1 billion preferred-stock repurchase program approved last month.The shares were acquired at an average price of $86.52, a sizeable discount to STRC’s $100 stated amount.The move comes during Strategy’s longest pause in its once-regular Bitcoin accumulation. The firm has not purchased a single BTC for the past five…

Ondo Finance launched the Ondo Network on Monday, an execution layer that runs application code inside hardware enclaves and settles asset transfers on a public blockchain. The network replaces Ondo Chain, the proof-of-stake Layer 1 Ondo announced in February 2025 and never launched. Ondo Perps is the first application on it, and Ondo’s protocol holds US$3.48 billion in assets, US$1.89 billion of it on Ethereum. Ondo Finance launched the Ondo Network on Monday, its execution layer that runs trading inside hardware enclaves and settles asset transfers on a public blockchain. This effectively replaces the Layer 1 chain the company announced…

fun’s BOOST buybacks helped offset selling from the latest token unlock. PUMP reclaimed $0.002 as daily trading volume topped $135 million. Bulls are watching the $0.00210-$0.00215 resistance zone. Pump.fun price extended its recovery this week, climbing above the $0.002 mark as buying pressure continued to outweigh concerns over a major token unlock. The token gained more than 14% over the past 24 hours, with trading volume rising to roughly $135 million, showing that market participation remained elevated during the rally. Notably, the price hike comes after one of the largest vesting events for the project, a development that many traders…

The WEMIX team said compromised ownership of a contract tied to its WEMIX$ stablecoin enabled approximately 5.23 million tokens to be minted without authorization, prompting it to suspend bridges, liquidity pools, and several services on the WEMIX3.0 network.Contract-owner breach tested WEMIX$’s 1:1 designThe WEMIX3.0 whitepaper describes WEMIX$ as 100% collateralized by USDC held in a Treasury and says its supply should remain equal to the Treasury’s USDC volume. It also says minting is accessible only through Authorized Mint Access, which is granted solely to the DIOS stability protocol.WEMIX’s preliminary incident update said the abnormal transactions began at 18:17 on July…

Ethereum gained 24% in the past month, beating Bitcoin’s 8% rise. BitMine increased its holdings with a purchase of 9,946 ETH. Spot Ethereum ETF inflows continue to support ETH demand. Ethereum has extended its recent rally, outperforming Bitcoin over the past month as institutional demand continues to strengthen. The latest boost came after BitMine Immersion Technologies announced another large Ethereum purchase, adding more ETH to its treasury and bringing its total holdings to 5,787,414 ETH. Ethereum gains strength against Bitcoin Ethereum has continued to outperform Bitcoin over the past month, highlighting renewed investor interest in the second-largest cryptocurrency. The ETH/BTC…

BitMEX customers are seeking the return of 622.66 Bitcoin in a proposed class action that accuses the exchange of engineering liquidations and retaining traders’ collateral. The complaint, filed July 23 in the Southern District of New York, arrived as BitMEX began a regulator-approved wind-down ahead of its September closure. Related ReadingBitMEX shutdown gives traders 2 months to withdraw, but active positions face an earlier deadlineReduce-only trading begins Aug. 26, with forced closes possible before exchange services end Sept. 23. Jul 23, 2026 · Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright BKX Services Inc. alleges it lost at least 305.809 BTC through BitMEX liquidations in…

Triple-A, a Singapore-based stablecoin payments firm, said unauthorized access to wallets holding its own digital assets was contained without affecting client money. The company has not disclosed the size of its treasury loss or explained how the wallets were accessed.Triple-A said it identified the incident on July 25. In its July 27 statement, the firm said it does not custody digital assets for clients and holds client funds separately in trust accounts with safeguarding institutions that were not exposed.Certain services were placed in maintenance mode for approximately three hours while the company secured the affected infrastructure and ran security checks.…