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Strategy Reports No Bitcoin Purchases as Cash Reserve Reaches $3.75 Billion
The company kept its holdings at 843,775 BTC during the latest week while reporting $544.5 million in net proceeds from common-stock sales.
WEMIX Says WEMIX$ Contract Authority Was Compromised
The project reported about 5.23 million unauthorized WEMIX$ and 724,198 USDC.e transferred out, while pausing bridges, liquidity pools and connected services.
BitMart Says It Will Wind Down Its Crypto Exchange
The exchange stopped taking new orders and plans to halt trading on August 26 before formally ending platform operations in January.
EU Adds Crypto Exchange HTX to Russia-Sanctions Transaction List
Council legal acts name HTX among non-EU crypto-service entities covered by new transaction restrictions, with the listing effective August 23.
BitMEX Says It Will Close Its Crypto Exchange on September 23
The derivatives venue stopped new registrations and will restrict customers to reducing positions from August 26 before the exchange closes on September 23.
Zilliqa Says ZIL Stolen From an Exchange Partner's Cold Wallet, Asks Exchanges to Pause Transfers
The project said tokens were taken from a cold wallet held by one of its exchange partners and asked venues to temporarily pause ZIL deposits and withdrawals as a precaution. It has not named the exchange, disclosed the amount, or given a cause, and did not report any compromise of its own blockchain.
SEC Charges Crypto Mining Operator Over Alleged $22 Million Investment Scheme
The agency filed partially settled charges in Massachusetts federal court against Zan Shaikh and his company Mining Automatic, alleging they raised about $22 million from more than 380 investors and used only about 13% on the crypto mining they promised. The defendants consented to judgments, with monetary penalties left to the court.
Allbridge Pauses Core Protocol After a Cross-Chain Exploit Estimated at $1.65 Million
Allbridge said it paused Allbridge Core after a security incident on its Solana deployment. Security firms put the loss at roughly $1.65 million and tracked the funds to Ethereum; the team posted a return address and says it aims to return all affected funds.
One Year After the GENIUS Act, Federal Stablecoin Rules Remain Unfinished
The GENIUS Act's one-year mark to implement a federal payment-stablecoin framework fell on July 18, 2026. At our July 19 cutoff, several agencies had issued proposals, but no final implementing rule was in effect.