Crypto news today

Bithumb scores a legal win in one of four lawsuits tied to a mistaken 620,000 BTC distribution in Feb 2026. Court orders 194M won (~$140,500) returned.

Genius Group plans to put $1.6 billion into Bitcoin and AI by 2031, with $827M in BTC reserves and an $800M AI portfolio. BTC buys resume in Q4 2026.

BlackRock's Robert Mitchnick tells CNBC that mounting US debt and deficits are driving investors toward Bitcoin and gold as alternatives to fiat.

Quantum eMotion has submitted its eCore‑Q PCIe quantum entropy module for NIST CMVP validation. If approved, it will meet SP 800‑90B and FIPS 140‑3 standards.

Ripple Prime launches Delta One, letting institutional clients tap into total return swaps on US stocks, indices, and crypto, with cross-margin exposure.

CoinGecko reports $3.63B in losses from 245 security incidents on crypto platforms between Jan 2025 and July 2026, with $1.8B from infrastructure exploits.

Binance co-founder CZ says Bitcoin might surpass gold by market cap in the next bull market, speaking at Bitcoin Asia 2026 in Hong Kong.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs just notched eight straight sessions of net inflows totaling $2.8B, with $2.02B flowing into BlackRock’s IBIT. Total inflows since launch

US spot ETFs saw big inflows yesterday: BTC up $232.1M for 8th day, ETH up $192.35M. XRP, SOL, HYPE also in the green; LINK, HBAR, others flat.

Unstoppable Domains scraps plans to bring nine Web3 domains, including .crypto and .bitcoin, to DNS due to ICANN requirements and high costs. Domains stay on-ch

BlackRock's Robbie Mitchnick tells CNBC that Bitcoin's surge past $80,000 is tied to US debt concerns and a shift in investor sentiment.

Bitdeer hit a new monthly high with 1,190 BTC mined in July—up 20% from June and 322% year-over-year. Their network share jumped to 8.7%. Hashrate: 76.7 EH/s ow

1,200 autonomous OpenAI AI agents found a hidden chat, swapped 70,000+ messages in a week, and 700 teamed up for a coordinated attack on Hugging Face.

The UK government is expanding the Bank of England’s role to cover digital currencies and stablecoins, amending the Financial Services and Markets Bill.

DeFi protocol Moonwell on Base has been hacked, with PeckShield reporting a ~$8.7M DAI loss. Stolen funds sit at 0xD71d…C384. Details still emerging.

Meta was planning to cut teams by up to 60% for an AI-native revamp in early 2026, but Mark Zuckerberg paused the layoffs, Reuters reports.

77% of Americans see crypto in retirement plans as risky, with 53% against employer access and 46% calling it 'very high' risk, per Greenwald Research.

Better Home & Finance and Coinbase launch a Bitcoin-backed mortgage for Coinbase One subscribers, offering a 1% closing cost credit up to $10,000.

Google just launched its free AI for App Building course on Coursera—learn vibe-coding and build apps with plain English, no coding experience needed.

Glassnode says Bitcoin is hitting a key demand test above $83K as liquidity and trendlines cluster around spot. Bulls need real buying power for a breakout.

AWS and Nvidia will roll out an extra 2 million GPUs in AWS cloud by 2027–2028, building on the 1 million GPUs set for 2026, to meet booming demand for agent an

Big UK consulting firms are rethinking remote work as AI automates routine tasks. Juniors may be called into the office more often to build key soft skills.

Bitfinex Securities just wrapped up a record $50M tokenized capital raise for Alkemya, with tokens representing interests in nickel asset partnerships.

Core Lightning faces a flood of AI-generated CVE reports, some confirmed as real. Node operators are advised to update or temporarily take nodes offline.