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In brief Bitwise has cut about 14% of its workforce, taking headcount to around 155 from roughly 180, the asset manager confirmed to Bloomberg.Read more

According to a Fortune article in July, Kalshi decided to pause flight cancellation contracts, after social media users expressed concerns over malicious actors causing flight cancellations to collect payouts. And according to Kalshi data, retail participation in...Read more

In brief Harmony confirmed an exploit after an analyst reported that an attacker minted about 4 billion ONE, roughly 26% of the supply.Read more

Binance and RedotPay are disputing whether a Singapore case related to their nearly $473 million Hong Kong legal battle is coming to an end.The stablecoin payments card issuer told Cointelegraph on Tuesday that it expects Binance to discontinue the Singapore proceedings following a hearing on Aug. 7....Read more

Bitcoin (BTC) transaction fees now account for just 0.69% of miner revenue as major players pivot to AI.Key points:Bitcoin miners now rely on block subsidies more than at any time in the past decade, data shows.Bitcoin hash rate has declined by 33% since...Read more

In brief The CFTC has used its emergency authority to order Kalshi to keep operating, after the exchange notified the agency of a market emergency.Read more

A group of cryptocurrency companies has urged frontier artificial intelligence (AI) labs to give Bitcoin developers early access to their most capable models.The letter, published by the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) on Monday, said many digital asset defenders, including Bitcoin Core developers, lack access...Read more

It isn’t often that a reporter gets asked to pose as a venture capitalist to fool suspected North Korean IT workers.But in June, I found myself joining a Zoom call as “Aelin Ashriver,” an investor from the fictitious Definitive Communications, to meet the development team of crypto...Read more

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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) invoked its emergency authority on Tuesday, ordering prediction market Kalshi to continue operating.The CFTC said that New York’s enforcement action and request for a temporary restraining order themselves constituted a market emergency and directed Kalshi to continue...Read more

Cointelegraph is committed to providing independent, high-quality journalism across the crypto, blockchain, AI, and fintech industries.All news, reviews, and analyses are produced with full journalistic independence and integrity. For more details on our standards and processes, please read our Editorial Policy.Read more

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed separate civil lawsuits on Tuesday against Goliath Ventures and founder Christopher Delgado over an alleged crypto Ponzi scheme that raised about $400 million. The SEC said Goliath raised at least $425...Read more

In brief Brad Lightcap is leaving OpenAI after eight years. His departure follows several recent exits across the company’s leadership, ethics,...Read more

Bitcoin BTC$63,561.34 barely budged on Tuesday, extending a...Read more