August 15, 2026

Crypto

Crypto

Binance tests staff monthly with fake phishing attacks

Binance runs simulated phishing attacks against its employees every month to reduce social engineering risks.  Summary Binance runs monthly phishing simulations to measure employee awareness and identify weak security habits early. Workers who fail receive training, while repeated severe failures can lower ratings and risk dismissal. Recruiter lures and fake conference invitations mirror scams already

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Bitcoin Miner Poolin Files Bankruptcy, Seeks $52M Texas Asset Sale

Around $167 million of Poolin’s debt comes from IOUs issued after customer withdrawals were frozen during 2022’s market crash. Singapore-based Bitcoin mining company Poolin on July 22 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New Jersey, alongside its US affiliates Lonestar Dream Inc. and Lonestar Taproot LLC. The firm is also looking for court approval

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Sberbank sets Dec. 1 deadline for Russia crypto trading launch

Sberbank plans to launch cryptocurrency trading infrastructure and a digital depository by Dec. 1, 2026. Summary Sberbank plans to launch regulated crypto trading, custody, settlement, and depository services by December 1. Russia’s new crypto framework starts September 1, with licensing compliance required by July 1, 2027. Non-qualified investors may buy up to 300,000 rubles yearly

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How to bridge to StableChain: The complete route map

Getting dollars onto the chain where USDT is the gas takes one bridge transaction, and choosing the route well takes five minutes of understanding. This guide walks the fastest path through Relay, the canonical paths through the USDT0 mesh, what arrives in your wallet, what it costs, and the checks that keep a routine transfer

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Major Binance Update for Ripple (XRP) Investors: Details

Some of the rewards exceed 22%, the company said. The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange continues to update its product line, introducing new ways to keep users on the platform as investor interest has shifted elsewhere. In the latest move, the CZ-founded company outlined the significant APR provided to certain holders and traders of Ripple’s

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Who pays for free crypto transfers? The five answers

Stable exempts USDT transfers from gas. Plasma ships zero-fee sends. Sui made stablecoin transfers free at the protocol level. Every coverage of every launch asks the same question in passing, someone still pays for blockspace, and then moves on. This guide stops and answers it: five funding models, their failure modes, and how to tell

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Just 7% of Major Tokens Beat Their Launch Price

Almost every high-value cryptocurrency launched since 2024 is now worth less than it was at launch, according to analytics firm CryptoRank. The firm tracked 113 coins since their token generation event (TGE) price, with only 8 of them now above that price, a median return of -95.7%. The sample is limited to projects with

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What is USDT0? Tether’s omnichain dollar explained

The world’s largest stablecoin now travels between blockchains as USDT0, a version its builders insist is not a wrapped token, while its mechanics lock collateral in an Ethereum vault and mint claims elsewhere. Here is how it actually works, who runs it, what the trust stack contains, and why a gas tank on a new

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Ethereum Still Outpaces Bitcoin, but Cracks Are Emerging

Over $100 million entered the funds tracking the altcoin in the past week. The spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds ended their third consecutive week in the green, but momentum faded at the end of it. In the meantime, the funds tracking Ethereum continue to outperform, gaining over $100 million as the underlying asset challenged the

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What Is the STABLE token for? The value-accrual test

StableChain’s product is Tether’s dollar: gas in USDT, transfers in USDT, yield in USDT. Its native token does none of that, and holders own governance and staking rights over a network whose every cash flow is denominated in someone else’s asset. This is crypto’s value-accrual question in its purest form yet, and it deserves a

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