Gate recorded $207 million in net outflows over seven days after a user theft incident sparked community concern over the exchange’s account-security procedures and customer-support response. According to DeFiLlama data cited by market reports, Gate saw $207 million leave the platform on a net basis in the week following a verified user’s claim that about
Coinbase Ventures led crypto venture-capital deal count in the first half of 2026, participating in 30 investments as the exchange’s corporate venture arm remained one of the most active backers of early-stage blockchain companies. According to CryptoRank data cited by market reports, Coinbase Ventures ranked first among crypto investors by number of deals during the
BlackRock’s tokenized money-market fund BUIDL has surpassed $900 million in assets on Avalanche, more than doubling in a week and strengthening the network’s position in the fast-growing market for tokenized real-world assets. According to RWA.xyz data cited by market reports, the Avalanche allocation of BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund climbed from about $464 million
Thailand’s central bank and Securities and Exchange Commission have launched a joint review of high-value USDT transactions, escalating scrutiny of stablecoin flows that regulators believe may be used to conceal ownership, bypass normal remittance channels or move funds through grey-market networks. The Bank of Thailand and the Thai SEC are examining large stablecoin transactions, particularly
Why Did A Dormant Bitcoin Wallet Draw Market Attention? A long-dormant bitcoin whale moved 2,931 BTC to a new wallet address on Sunday, ending more than seven years of inactivity and drawing attention from onchain analysts watching older supply re-enter circulation. The transfer was worth roughly $188 million at the time of movement. The whale
What Do Trump’s Financial Disclosures Show? President Donald Trump received more than $1.4 billion last year from his family’s crypto projects, including World Liberty Financial and the Trump meme coin, according to his latest financial disclosures filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. The filings show that as crypto-related proceeds flowed in, Trump’s holdings
One of crypto’s biggest NFT experiments comes to an end today as Binance permanently discontinues its centralized NFT platform, requiring users to withdraw eligible digital collectibles before the service goes offline. The deadline expires at 23:59 UTC on July 3, after which Binance Exchange will no longer support NFT services. Users who have not transferred
The crypto industry has entered one of its sharpest cleanups since the last bear market, with RootData tracking 70 crypto projects that have shut down, filed for bankruptcy, announced closures, or become inactive during the first half of 2026. The list cuts across DeFi, NFTs, blockchain gaming, Layer 2 networks, wallets, infrastructure, media and DAO
Why Does ESMA’s Latest MiCA Update Matter? The European Securities and Markets Authority has published its first update to the EU crypto company register after the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation transitional period ended Wednesday, adding 37 licensed crypto-asset service providers to the bloc’s formal oversight list. The Friday update brings ESMA’s interim MiCA register to
OpenAI has reportedly proposed giving the U.S. government a 5% equity stake in the company, a move that would mark one of the most consequential attempts yet to link frontier AI profits directly to public ownership. The proposal, reported by the Financial Times and Reuters, remains in early discussions and has not been finalized. The