Day: 22 August 2025

Hello there!  In the fourth in our series of Your Weekend Crypto Roundup this August, we’ve rounded up the biggest stories and updates you shouldn’t miss. Of course, you can trust us to deliver as always.???? Make sure you hit subscribe if you haven’t already done so, and stay plugged ...

European policymakers are accelerating work on the digital euro after Washington’s landmark stablecoin legislation heightened fears of eroding the euro’s global influence. Momentum in Brussels picked up after President Donald Trump signed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act (Genius Act) in July, according to people familiar ...

In a significant move impacting the future of digital currency, the US House of Representatives has inserted a sweeping provision into its annual defense policy legislation that would prohibit the Federal Reserve from developing or issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The updated version of HR 3838—the House’s draft ...

Thirteen wallets pocketed over $24.5 million from trading Kanye West’s newly launched YZY token before its price crashed, blockchain data from Nansen shows. The rapper launched YZY on Solana on Thursday, sparking a frenzy that saw the token soar more than 1,400% within an hour to hit $3. But the ...

London, United Kingdom, 22nd August 2025, Chainwire

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has rolled out its second “crypto sprint,” this time inviting public feedback from market participants on how the agency should approach regulating spot cryptocurrency trading. Acting Chair Caroline D. Pham announced the initiative on Thursday, stressing that the regulator wants stakeholder input to ...

A Bitcoin investor has fallen victim to a massive social engineering scheme, losing 783 BTC—valued at roughly $91 million—in a single transaction earlier this week. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT revealed the exploit in an X post on Thursday, noting that scammers tricked the victim by posing as support staff for a ...

Australia’s corporate watchdog is intensifying its war on online scams after removing more than 14,000 fraudulent websites since mid-2023, with thousands linked to cryptocurrencies. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) revealed on Thursday that over 3,000 of those takedowns involved crypto-related scams, alongside a mix of phishing sites and ...

Injective has entered into a strategic partnership with global investment platform Republic, aiming to expand access to tokenized private market opportunities and accelerate institutional adoption of blockchain-based finance. The collaboration was announced  in an August 21 press release. As part of the integration, Republic’s 3 million users across more than ...

Australia’s financial intelligence agency, AUSTRAC, has ordered Binance Australia to undergo an independent audit following concerns over the exchange’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) controls. The directive, announced on August 22, targets Investbybit Pty Ltd, Binance’s local entity registered as a digital currency exchange provider. Despite Binance’s status as ...