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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a mandate on Aug. 22 approving the dismissal of the appeals in the case between Ripple and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The court order, shared by lawyer James Filan on X, officially ends one of crypto’s most consequential legal battles.
Despite the news, XRP’s price increased less than 1% within one hour, trading at $3.0694...
A single phishing attack drained nearly $1 million worth of tokens from a crypto investor who unknowingly signed a batch of malicious transactions disguised as Uniswap swaps, according to blockchain security firm Scam Sniffer.
In an Aug. 22 post on X, Yu Xiang, founder of blockchain security firm SlowMist, noted that the incident involved five tokens siphoned through a transaction exploiting...
Ethena Labs has expanded the list of eligible assets to support its synthetic dollar, USDe, by approving BNB, XRP, and Hyperliquid’s HYPE.
The move is part of a new Eligible Asset Framework that sets clear benchmarks for which tokens can be used in the stablecoin’s collateral system.
Liquidity concerns
According to the Ethena Risk Committee, the framework addresses liquidity concerns in spot and...
The crypto market rallied more than 4% to reclaim the $4 trillion mark after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled that US interest rates could be lowered in September.
In his speech at the Jackson Hole symposium in Wyoming, Powell said:
“The baseline outlook and the shifting balance of risks may warrant adjusting our policy stance.”
Following the speech, the odds of the Federal Reserve...
Pennsylvania lawmaker Ben Waxman, a Democrat, has introduced a bill that would prevent public officials from owning or transacting in digital assets while in office.
The proposal, known as the House Bill 1812 (HB1812), aims to amend the state’s ethics and financial disclosure laws and extend those restrictions to officials’ immediate families.
The legislation covers a broad spectrum of digital...
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Top Win International changed its corporate name to AsiaStrategy on Aug. 22 in Hong Kong, kept its Nasdaq ticker SORA, and began accepting Bitcoin for watch sales, the company said.
The move follows a months-long restructuring that brought Sora Ventures into Top Win’s public company structure in May, a path that avoided a separate listing by using an existing issuer to pursue a Bitcoin treasury...
Apple has released iOS 18.6.2 and iPadOS 18.6.2 along with macOS Sequoia 15.6.1, Sonoma 14.7.8, and Ventura 13.7.8 to fix a zero-day in the ImageIO framework that was exploited in the wild.
Per Apple, processing a malicious image could corrupt memory, enabling code execution, and the company is aware of a report of use in an extremely sophisticated attack targeting specific individuals.
The flaw...
Ethereum-focused exchange-traded funds saw a notable reversal on Aug. 21 by recording an inflow of $287 million, which ended a four-day streak of investor withdrawals.
Farside Investors data showed that the surge was driven primarily by BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA), which drew the largest share of inflows at $233.5 million. Fidelity’s FETH followed by attracting an additional $28.5...
FTX creditors have launched a class action lawsuit against Kroll Restructuring Administration, the firm managing claims for the bankrupt crypto exchange.
The suit, filed on Aug. 20 by US-based Hall Attorneys, alleged that Kroll’s handling of claims for FTX, BlockFi, and Genesis customers caused financial harm and exposed sensitive information to cybercriminals.
According to the lawsuit, Kroll...