Bithumb has reported a 21.8 billion won, or about $15.7 million, net loss for the second quarter of 2026 as revenue fell 35.8% from a year earlier. Summary Bithumb’s second-quarter revenue fell 35.8% to 86.3 billion won. The exchange swung from a 22 billion won profit to a 21.8 billion won loss. First-half revenue dropped
President Donald Trump is expected to be in attendance when the administration’s new innovation committee — a crowd of crypto CEOs and leaders of prediction market and AI companies — sits for a White House meeting on Wednesday, said people briefed on the planning. The chief executives of companies such as Coinbase, Ripple, Gemini, Robinhood,
The Iran conflict grounded flights, cratered Maldives tourism arrivals by double digits, and forced the Trump family’s crypto venture to shelve what was billed as the world’s first tokenized luxury hotel development. The episode exposes a structural question the real-world asset market has avoided: what happens to a token when the real world breaks? Summary
Edelman Financial Engines has disclosed a $34 million position in spot Bitcoin ETFs — a stake that now exceeds some of the firm’s other holdings in major tech companies. While the position is still tiny in the investment advisor’s portfolio, it is still larger than its $25 million position in Amazon. The position — held
Nigel Farage has returned to the UK Parliament with 63.34% of the Clacton by-election vote, restarting an investigation into a $6.7 million gift and other support from two crypto-linked figures. Summary Farage won 22,239 votes after the UK’s main political parties stayed out of the contest. Parliament is investigating whether he failed to register financial
Ireland has introduced its first national anti-money laundering strategy through 2030, placing enhanced checks on private-wallet transfers and overseas crypto firms among its main digital-asset controls. Summary Ireland’s first national AML strategy will guide financial crime policy through 2030. Crypto firms must apply enhanced checks to certain transfers involving self-hosted wallets. Ireland ended its 12-month
Bitmine now has 4.2% of Ethereum supply staked after adding $289.4 million. The company also bought $14.25 million in ETH, raising total holdings to 4.8%. Growing corporate staking could influence Ethereum’s supply and institutional demand. Bitmine has expanded its Ethereum treasury strategy, staking $289.4 million worth of ETH during the past week. The move brings
BNB Chain has scheduled its Pasteur hard fork for Aug. 25, introducing three changes intended to strengthen cross-chain transfers, tighten validator controls, and raise tested transaction capacity from 1,237 to 2,324 transactions per second. Summary Pasteur will activate on BNB Smart Chain at 2:30 a.m. UTC on Aug. 25. Node operators must install BSC software
Shifting physical assets onto the blockchain eases collateral frictions, argues crypto expert. By Jesse Knutson, Head of Operations, Bitfinex Securities This article was originally published in Risk.net. Tokenised commodities are no longer a niche experiment. They are an example of how real-world assets are being rebuilt digitally on the blockchain. In a market where commodities like oil and
Coinbase and Ripple executives have been named among the expected attendees at an Aug. 19 White House meeting involving at least six crypto and prediction market companies. Summary Six crypto and prediction market firms are expected to have representatives at the White House meeting. Coinbase, Ripple, a16z, Chainlink, Paradigm, and Kalshi are among the reported
