A federal jury convicted Brent Kovar of defrauding 400+ investors of $24 million through Profit Connect, a fake AI crypto mining company. He faces up to 280 years in prison.

Grayscale launched the first spot Zcash ETF, trading as ZCSH on NYSE Arca. The fund converted from a 2017 trust and launched as ZEC surged, months after a critical vulnerability was patched.

Bitwise launched automated tokenized stock portfolios on Base, letting eligible non-US investors hold and rebalance Mag7, AI, and robotics strategies directly in their own wallets.

Bitcoin hit a local high of $81K before stabilizing above $80K, lifted by US Treasury bond buybacks and strong ETF inflows, as analysts flag macro risks ahead of PCE data.

The Blockchain Association filed a comment letter supporting proposed stablecoin CIP rules under the GENIUS Act, while urging clearer definitions and coordinated compliance timelines.

Franklin Templeton and HashKey Exchange launched the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Liquidity Fund for professional investors across Asia via HashKey's Earn channel.

Bitcoin has climbed 27% in a month and is testing $80K. Analysts say the next pullback, possibly to $75K-76K, will determine whether the rally has staying power.

Strategy sold 18.26M MSTR shares for $2.01B and launched USD Cash, a new $1.59B pool earmarked for BTC buys and treasury purposes. Its BTC holdings stayed at 840,447 coins.

Pakistan's PVARA has launched its licensing portal under the Virtual Assets Act 2026. Crypto firms active since March 5 must file for a No Objection Certificate by Sept. 5 or shut down.

The Hyperliquid Policy Center urged the SEC and CFTC to harmonize perpetual contract rules as HIP-3 markets top $480B in volume. HYPE has gained 40% since Trump's public endorsement.

Bitmine added 32,447 ETH last week for ~$81M, lifting its total to 5.84M tokens. Tom Lee says ETH's 30% weekly gain has only happened twice before, each time preceding a larger rally.

BTC rose $14,264 in a single week to close at $77,387, its largest USD weekly gain on record, while spot ETF inflows hit $1.92B.

RFI and Safeheron launched a cross-regional pilot testing post-quantum wallets and on-chain transfers, with regulators from Abu Dhabi, Bhutan, and Malta observing the first phase.

An attacker drained ~$8.5M from Term Finance's Meta Vaults by gaining governance control through a low-cost token purchase, affecting nearly all ETH deposits held in the vaults.

Zcash surged past $800 for the first time since 2018, reaching over $855 as Grayscale filed its 5th ETF amendment and ZEC futures volume hit over $9.5B in 24 hours.

US spot BTC and ETH ETFs drew a combined $2.6B last week, reversing a $392M outflow. BTC and ETH each gained 24%-28% as combined trading volume tripled to $29B.

Fairmint CEO Joris Delanoue warns that fragmented ledgers across tokenized stock platforms risk recreating the 1960s settlement crisis that nearly collapsed Wall Street.

Crypto card spending hit $1.04B in July 2025 as USDC and USDT funded 70% of 10M+ transactions. Users in Brazil and Argentina spent on food, groceries, and rides.