The agent, who had "top secret" clearance and worked in FBI headquarters, was accused of taking crypto from wallets the agency had investigated.
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sourceCoindesk
U.S. FBI intelligence agent arrested in connection with theft of $1 million in crypto

sourceCryptoPotato
American Bitcoin Mines Record 932 BTC in Q2, Reserve Tops 8,000
American Bitcoin Corp (ABTC) mined roughly 932 BTC in the second quarter, its highest quarterly production on record, and grew its strategic reserve to about 8,002 units on June 30.

sourceThe Daily HODL
FBI Agent Arrested After Allegedly Looting Up to $1,000,000 in Crypto From ‘Adversarial’ Wallets
An FBI counterintelligence agent was arrested on Friday after allegedly looting “adversarial cryptocurrency accounts” and accumulating around $1 million worth of digital assets. An affidavit filed by a different FBI agent on Saturday alleges that Pat

sourceBitcoin Magazine
‘We’ll Get Through This Bear Market,’ Says CEO of Bitcoin Treasury Company Strategy
Bitcoin Magazine
‘We’ll Get Through This Bear Market,’ Says CEO of Bitcoin Treasury Company Strategy
The biggest corporate holder of Bitcoin has again cashed out some of its crypto.
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sourceCryptoPotato
Shiba Inu Turns 6: Here’s How Many SHIB Tokens Were Burned in July
July's burn rate marked a 1,395% increase compared to June's figure.

sourceBitcoin Magazine
American Bitcoin Reports Quarterly Loss But Boosts Bitcoin Stash
Bitcoin Magazine
American Bitcoin Reports Quarterly Loss But Boosts Bitcoin Stash
The publicly traded Bitcoin miner's stock is up after it revealed it had bought more coins.
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sourceCryptoPotato
Lucky Solo Bitcoin Miner Lands $200K BTC Reward: But There’s a Catch (Flash News)
The miner was not the 'average Joe,' as one market commentator described them.

sourceCryptoPotato
Bitcoin (BTC) News Today: August 3
Check out the latest and most interesting news related to the number 1 cryptocurrency.

sourceCryptoPotato
Another Setback for CLARITY Act as White House Stays Silent (Flash News)
The chances for approval continue to decline after the latest delay.

sourceCryptoPotato
Michael Saylor Breaks Silence After Strategy’s Third BTC Sale (Flash News)
Never sell your bitcoin was not meant for companies, he explained.

sourceBitcoin Magazine
Crypto Clarity Act Risks More Delay As Recess Looms
Bitcoin Magazine
Crypto Clarity Act Risks More Delay As Recess Looms
Lamakers will break for over one month this week — the Clarity Act may not get a vote before then.
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sourceCryptoPotato
Cardano (ADA) Could Explode to Almost $3 if History Repeats: Analyst
Here's why one popular analyst envisioned a 1,300% price increase.

sourceCoindesk
Trump-linked American Bitcoin president Matt Prusak departs for Giga Energy
The executive is leaving the Eric Trump-backed miner to join an AI power infrastructure firm, highlighting the shift toward energy and data center buildout.

sourceBitcoin Magazine
Strategy Sells Bitcoin After Five Weeks Without Buying
Bitcoin Magazine
Strategy Sells Bitcoin After Five Weeks Without Buying
The company had held off buying Bitcoin before the sale, instead focusing on strengthening its cash balance.
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sourceCryptoPotato
XRP Gains Access to Institutional DeFi Lending Through FXRP on Ethereum
Users can convert their XRP into FXRP and use it as collateral on Ethereum to borrow RLUSD without selling their holdings.

sourceCoindesk
U.S.-Japan intervention revives yen carry trade fears for bitcoin
Coordinated action sent the yen sharply higher, but bitcoin’s recent correlation suggests U.S. dollar strength, rather than the carry trade, may be the bigger risk.

sourceBitcoin Magazine
Coldcard Bitcoin Theft Continues, Now Estimated Over $114 Million In Total Stolen
Bitcoin Magazine
Coldcard Bitcoin Theft Continues, Now Estimated Over $114 Million In Total Stolen
Bitcoin wallets continue to be drained in the ongoing hack.
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sourceCoindesk
Circle slides after Morgan Stanley downgrade, cut in price target
The bank said tokenized money market funds, Open USD and slower USDC growth could weigh on the stablecoin issuer's earnings.

sourceCoindesk
Bernstein sees another leg lower for crypto markets if Clarity Act stalls
The broker said failure to pass the Clarity Act this year would likely send crypto lower, but expects U.S. regulators to accelerate rulemaking.

sourceCryptoPotato
Bitmine Buys Another 10,399 ETH, Treasury Nears 5.8 Million Coins
Chairman Tom Lee argued that ETH's recent outperformance signals strengthening crypto fundamentals.

sourceCoindesk
BlackRock expands tokenized cash with new blockchain-based money market offerings
Both funds intend to qualify as eligible reserve assets for permitted U.S. payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act.

sourceCryptoPotato
Binance Triggers Major Collapse for These Altcoins: Details Inside
The exchange disclosed that it will terminate all trading services with six altcoins from August 17.

sourceCoindesk
Tom Lee's Bitmine bought more ether, added to stock buyback last week
Chairman Tom Lee said ether's outperformance versus the Nasdaq in July signals strengthening crypto fundamentals.

sourceCoindesk
Strategy sold another $105 million of bitcoin last week, repurchased $81.2 million of STRC
The company trimmed bitcoin holdings by 1,638 coins, while raising $290.6 million with sales of common stock.

sourceCryptoPotato
Strategy Sold Over $100 Million in Bitcoin, Buys Back More STRC
MicroStrategy sold over 1,600 BTC last week. It also expanded its cash reserves and bought back more STRC.

sourceCoindesk
Bitget set to exit Japan, close all remaining positions by year-end
The crypto trading platform, ranked fifth on CoinGecko, stopped accepting new registrations on Sunday and plans to shut down all remaining positions by Dec. 31.

sourceCryptoNews
XRP News: xrpld 3.2.1 Hotfix Patches Manifest Flood Draining XRPL Node Resources
Ripple's xrpld 3.2.1 hotfix caps validator manifest handling after a flood attack risked resource exhaustion — node operators must complete a two-step upgrade now.
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sourceCoindesk
Solo Bitcoin miner nets $200,000 as Coldcard hardware wallet drains rocks sentiment
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 3, 2026

sourceCryptoPotato
Here’s Why Crypto Traders Need to Watch the Fed’s H.4.1 Report This Week
The yen carry trade has supported risk assets for years, but a reversal could trigger forced crypto selling.

sourceCoindesk
Bitcoin, ether decline as Coldcard exploit enters a fifth day
Nevertheless, the drop in crypto prices seems restrained given the magnitude of losses in the wallet hack and the erosion of confidence in cold storage.

sourceCoindesk
Bithumb now targets 2028 IPO after major internal restructuring
The South Korean crypto trading platform plans to see a preliminary listing review in 2027, but did not identify a proposed listing venue yet.

sourceCoindesk
Live updates: Bitcoin flirts with $64,000 as stocks start strong in August
ARP Digital’s Yusuf Fakhro said bitcoin’s weakness reflects stalled participation more than forced selling, with ETF flows turning negative, CME open interest back at 2023 levels and Strategy idle for a fifth straight week.

sourceCoindesk
The bitcoin futures yield collapse: Once over 20%, now less than Treasury notes
Bitcoin futures’ once-rich carry has evaporated, with quarterly basis yields trailing two‑year U.S. Treasuries since February, a sign of shrinking arbitrage and a maturing market.

sourceCoindesk
Robinhood wins UK crypto registration before new regulatory regime kicks off
Robinhood’s U.K. arm was added to the FCA's list of registered cryptoasset companies as of July 31.

sourceCryptoNews
Ethereum Network Earns $1.79Bn in App Fees, But Captures Less Than 5%
Rollups process 41x more activity than Ethereum L1, yet ETH captures just 4.9% of app-layer fees — here's why value accrual has stalled.
The post Ethereum Network Earns $1.79Bn in App Fees, But Captures Less Than 5% appeared first on Cryptonews.

sourceThe Daily HODL
Crypto Exploits Siphon Record $1,100,000,000 From Digital Asset Protocols in Six Months: Report
Hackers drained a record $1.1 billion across 212 onchain incidents in H1 2026, exceeding all of 2025 combined, with North Korea-linked attackers responsible for 55% of the total.
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sourceCryptoPotato
Pi Network (PI) Rally Fades, Bitcoin (BTC) Loses $63K: Market Watch
M and ALGO are among the very few alts in the green today. PUMP, ONDO, and PI stand in the opposite corner.

sourceCoindesk
Coldcard wallet losses may near $114 million as possible fourth sweep emerges
The pending transactions signal replace-by-fee, so anyone who spots their address in the mempool has minutes to pay a higher fee and move funds first.

sourceCryptoPotato
Important Ripple (XRP) Announcement, New Investments: August 3
The company has made two new strategic investments, aiming to bring regulated fund issuance, settlement, and collateral mobility onto the XRP Ledger.

sourceCoindesk
U.S. Jobs, Circle, Galaxy, American Bitcoin earnings: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Aug. 3

sourceCryptoPotato
Coldcard Wallet Attacks Enter Fourth Wave, Putting 449 BTC at Risk
Victims with pending transactions may still have a brief chance to outbid attackers using Bitcoin's Replace-by-Fee feature.

sourceThe Daily HODL
Bitcoin Holders Lose $88,600,000 in Coldcard Crypto Wallet Exploit: Galaxy Researchers
A 2021 firmware flaw in Coldcard devices enabled predictable seed generation, allowing attackers to drain over 1,367 BTC from thousands of wallets in automated sweeps.
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sourceCoindesk
Bitcoin slips under $63,000 despite Iran deal hopes as Coldcard losses rattle market
Oil and Treasury yields fell after fresh U.S.-Iran talks eased inflation fears, but bitcoin and ether failed to catch a bid as fresh Coldcard-linked sweeps pushed observed losses to nearly $89 million.

sourceCoindesk
Trump Media’s bitcoin stash may be down to loan collateral after $165 million BTC move
Wallets tied to the Truth Social parent now hold about as much bitcoin as the company previously pledged as note collateral, making its next 10-Q the key test of whether recent Crypto.com transfers were custody moves or sales.

sourceCoindesk
Michael Saylor’s Strategy is now tracking bitcoin’s 200-week moving average
Michael Saylor’s company, Strategy, is now closely monitoring bitcoin’s 200-week moving average, a key long-term support level that the cryptocurrency has historically respected.

sourceCryptoPotato
The ‘Huge’ Macro Week Is Here: Will This Data Finally Spark a Crypto Breakout?
One of the developments already took place, but the impact was rather muted, for now.

sourceCryptoPotato
Ethereum’s Network Is Booming, So Why Is ETH Still Underperforming?
ETH ended July in the green but it's still 60% away from its ATH. At the same time, the network is performing a lot better.