🗽 Trump family’s crypto bank attracts investment from Abu Dhabi sheikh — WSJ

🇦🇫 The Taliban have banned cryptocurrencies in Afghanistan.

According to CoinGecko, from January 2025 to July 2026, 245 attacks on crypto projects were recorded. Notably, the 10 largest incidents accounted for 72.5% of the total losses.

Bitdeer set a new record in July, mining 1190 BTC — a 322% increase year-over-year. The company now receives approximately 8.7% of all Bitcoin block rewards, made possible by its proprietary Sealminer miners. In parallel, Bitdeer is actively investing in AI infrastructure development; long-term contracts for its Malaysian AI data center already exceed $800 million.

DEX service Moonwell was hacked, during which about $8,700,000 was stolen.

For the first half of 2026, Russian citizens transferred more than 1 billion rubles in cryptocurrency to scammers.

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation provided data on 2,600 crypto wallets for financial investigations in the first half of the year.

In Core Lightning, a popular software for the Lightning Network, serious vulnerabilities have been discovered. Node owners are advised to temporarily disable them or wait for an update. Earlier, hackers exploited a critical vulnerability in BTCPay Server to steal funds from Lightning nodes.

In Karakalpakstan, the construction of three mining complexes and three data centers worth over $5 billion is planned. The entire region has received special status as a mining zone.

🪙 StarkWare has successfully conducted the first-ever quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction.

Chinese hackers, according to information from US authorities, attacked NASA, the Fed, and the Senate, using thousands of infected routers and cameras as proxies.

Serbia innovates: HiveBits tokenizes beehives. Sensors record temperature, weight, and bee activity, and the data is recorded on the Solana blockchain. Each hive can be registered as an NFT, receiving a share of the honey profit. Thus, around 60,000 bees work for the benefit of the blockchain.

🛡 Ethereum Prepares for Quantum Threat: New Deposit Contract Proposed — Developers introduced an innovative deposit contract that will support various types of cryptographic keys. In the future, this will allow to completely stop accepting new deposits with outdated BLS signatures.

Пользователь, владевший 6 504 ETH ($15 млн) более двух лет, перевел их все на Binance, зафиксировав убыток в $10.6 млн.

Wall Street Aims for 24/7 Trading: NYSE and Nasdaq Shift to 23×5 Mode. This is driven by growing demand for US assets outside of standard New York business hours.