Crypto

Mysten Labs has introduced Tessera, a business-to-business settlement prototype that hides payment amounts while preserving controlled access for counterparties, regulators, and auditors. Summary Tessera allows KYC-approved businesses to settle invoices using a confidential stablecoin. Payment amounts remain encrypted, while counterparties can view the transactions involving them. Seal MPC grants scoped, temporary access to regulators, tax

Crypto projects lost roughly $110 million to hacks in July as Immunefi recorded more confirmed bug bounty reports and found that audit competitions uncovered more serious vulnerabilities than private audits. Summary Crypto hacks caused approximately $110 million in losses during July. Immunefi paid researchers $2.32 million for confirmed vulnerabilities during the month. Audit competitions found

In Bitcoin news today, US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded approximately $853.5M in net inflows across five consecutive trading sessions from Aug. 3 through Aug. 7, reversing the prior week’s withdrawals, according to CoinGlass data. BlackRock’s IBIT accounted for an estimated $693M of that total, or roughly 81% of category-wide inflows. Bitcoin remained below $65,000 during

Bitdeer has increased its Bitcoin production nearly fivefold year over year to 2,694 BTC in the second quarter of 2026, while revenue rose 47% as the miner expanded its self-mining capacity. Summary Bitdeer mined 2,694 BTC in Q2 2026, up nearly fivefold from 565 BTC a year earlier. Revenue rose 47% to $228.8 million as

In XRP news today, Andy Burnham’s name has started circulating alongside Ripple and XRP in connection with a UK Treasury blockchain initiative, but the underlying documents tell a much narrower story. HM Treasury’s Wholesale Financial Markets Digital Strategy, published on gov.uk, lays out a multi-year plan to tokenize wholesale finance, remove paper share certificates, and

The latest ETH purchase was significantly smaller than many of the previous ones. The Tom Lee-chaired former bitcoin miner turned ETH accumulator has officially pushed its Ethereum holdings beyond 5.8 million tokens, even if its accumulation pace has slowed down. Bitmine Immersion Technologies acquired another 7,391 ETH over the past week, bringing the total

Revolut has secured a full banking licence in France, creating its second banking entity in the European Union as the fintech prepares to move more than 30 million Western European customers onto a Paris-based operation. Summary Revolut has secured a French banking licence, creating its second full banking entity in the EU. The French unit

North Korea-linked hacking group Kimsuky has built three local AI environments as part of preparations for cyberattacks targeting cryptocurrency and financial companies, according to new cybersecurity research. Summary Kimsuky has built three local AI environments using Ollama, GPT4All and Msty. The North Korea-linked group is using AI for malware development, data analysis and attack automation.

Harry Chun Tak Yeh, founder of Quantum Fintech Group and a longtime figure in the Fantom ecosystem, died after a reported fall from the Jade Park residential tower in Asunción, Paraguay, with authorities still investigating how it happened.  Summary Paraguayan authorities are investigating Harry Yeh’s death after a fall from Jade Park’s 30th floor. Police