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A Washington state judge has ordered prediction market operator, Kalshi, to stop offering most of its event contracts in the state, ruling that the products likely constitute illegal gambling under state law.
The preliminary injunction is the latest setback for Kalshi as U.S. states challenge the company’s argument that its federally regulated event contracts fall under federal commodities law rather than state gambling rules.
The ruling requires Kalshi to restrict Washington users from trading the affected contracts escalating a broader regulatory fight over whether prediction markets should be treated as financial products or gambling services.

“We’re holding Kalshi accountable for running an illegal gambling operation,” Washington Attorney General Nick Brown said, citing a recent court ruling.

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The ruling bars Kalshi from offering contracts tied to
sports,
elections,
politics,
entertainment,
culture,
tech and science, and
“mentions.”
Contacts exempt from the ruling including:
commodities,
climate,
economics, and
finance.
Kalshi has faced similar challenges in other states, including Nevada, where the company is disputing regulatory action over its failure to fully geofence its platform.

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The disputes come as prediction markets have expanded rapidly beyond politics into sports, economic indicators and other real-world events, drawing growing scrutiny from state regulators and lawmakers.
The Washington case could have wider implications for Kalshi and rivals such as Polymarket as U.S. authorities continue to debate the boundary between federally regulated event contracts and state-regulated gambling.


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Israel’s largest crypto broker, Bits of Gold, said hackers stole personal data belonging to roughly 200,000 customers after gaining unauthorized access to a third-party data analytics network.
The exposed information includes
names,
national ID numbers,
email addresses,
phone numbers,
IP addresses,
bank account details, and
public wallet addresses.
The company said no funds, private keys, passwords, CVV codes, or scanned ID documents were exposed.

“Upon detection of the incident, we blocked access and disconnected the system from the information sources, so this access ended,” Bits of Gold said.
“Our security team has begun a comprehensive investigation of the incident, with the assistance of a company specializing in cyber incident investigation and response,” it added.
“It is important to emphasize: your digital assets and funds are safe and were not involved in the incident.”

Bits of Gold was founded in 2013 and became the first crypto company in Israel to receive a permanent Financial Services Provider (FSP) license and holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification. The company has more than 250,000 customers.
Bits of Gold said the breach appeared to be part of a wider global attack affecting multiple companies.


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Binance’s disclosure of customer information to Russian authorities underscores the exchange’s position that it applies a global compliance framework when responding to lawful law-enforcement requests, regardless of jurisdiction.
Reuters reported that Binance provided Russian investigators with personal and transaction data belonging to Yuri Belenkiy, a Russian IT specialist accused of sending more than $700 in cryptocurrency to the Ukrainian military and Azov Brigade, also referred to as the Azov Regiment, which Moscow designates as a terrorist organisation.
Binance said it cooperates with law-enforcement agencies globally, subject to applicable legal, privacy and regulatory requirements. Its current privacy policy similarly allows disclosure of customer information in response to legally valid law-enforcement and regulatory requests, while requiring such disclosures to comply with applicable data-protection laws and internal legal review.

The case is notable because Binance announced a complete exit from Russia in 2023, saying operating there was incompatible with its compliance strategy.

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That does not necessarily mean the exchange abandoned its compliance obligations toward Russian authorities.
Rather, the case highlights Binance’s broader approach:
Compliance requirements are applied across jurisdictions, with customer information potentially shared when the exchange determines that a request meets applicable legal and regulatory standards.

Binance’s compliance regime has undergone a major overhaul since its 2023 U.S. settlement, which included
a $4.3 billion penalty,
enhanced anti-money-laundering controls, and
a five-year independent monitorship.

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U.S. authorities said the reforms included
stronger sanctions controls,
dedicated law-enforcement teams, and
expanded compliance resources.
A crypto regulatory lawyer told Reuters that Binance may have faced restrictions under European data protection rules if Belenkiy was registered as an EU resident. Russia is not considered to provide an adequate level of personal-data protection under EU law.

Binance disputes this view.

“Binance does not make or enforce the laws of any jurisdiction, determine charges, or decide how any government uses information in legal proceedings,” a Binance spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “Like other global financial institutions, we cooperate with lawful information requests from law enforcement globally, ​subject to applicable legal, privacy and regulatory requirements. Those decisions rest solely with the relevant Authorities.”

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The central question in the Russian case is therefore not whether Binance follows different compliance standards in different countries, but whether the specific disclosure satisfied the competing legal requirements governing law-enforcement cooperation and data protection.
Binance has declined to comment on the individual case, saying it does not discuss confidential law-enforcement requests.


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Austria’s financial regulator has fined crypto platform, Bitpanda, €70,000 ($82,000) for breaching the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) marking the country’s first published final penalty under the new framework.

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The Financial Market Authority (FMA) said Bitpanda failed to submit a required crypto-asset white paper at least 20 working days before its publication. The company also distributed marketing material before the white paper was published.
Another marketing communication lacked mandatory disclosures stating that it had not been reviewed or approved by a regulator and that Bitpanda was responsible for its contents. It also omitted required contact details.
The proceedings were concluded under an expedited procedure and the penalty is final.
The fine highlights the increasing enforcement of MiCA as EU regulators move from establishing the framework to policing compliance. Bitpanda has been authorised by Austria’s FMA as a MiCA-regulated crypto-asset service provider since April 2025.
The penalty comes about a month after Gate Europe CEO, Giovanni Cunti, said that crypto firms that have secured licenses under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework may still struggle to survive as the cost of staying compliant continues to rise.

“I think there are going to be quite a few more of the ones that acquire MiCA license that will not be capable to sustain the cost and the resources that are needed to carry on this business in the long term,” said Cunti.


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The blockchain forensics battle is moving into court.
Chainalysis is challenging a $94.7 million ICE contract awarded to rival TRM Labs, arguing the U.S. government improperly used a sole-source process.
The dispute is more than a procurement fight. Chainalysis and TRM Labs are the two leading names in crypto investigations, competing to provide the tools governments use to trace illicit funds, identify wallets and support financial-crime cases.
Chainalysis has the longer track record and deeper penetration across U.S. law enforcement. TRM, meanwhile, has emerged as a serious challenger and is now winning major government mandates.

So, who is better?

The ICE decision suggests TRM has gained ground. But Chainalysis taking the fight to court shows just how fiercely the two firms are competing for control of blockchain intelligence.
The winner may ultimately be decided not by marketing, but by whose forensic technology governments trust most.


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Altcoin “pada dasarnya sudah mati” sebagai pesaing Bitcoin sebagai uang, menurut pendiri dan CEO Swan Bitcoin, Cory Klippsten, yang berpendapat bahwa masa depan jangka panjang kripto dan keuangan terdesentralisasi (DeFi) mungkin terkait dengan integrasinya dengan keuangan tradisional.
Ditanya altcoin mana yang bisa mengungguli pasar yang lebih luas, Klippsten menunjuk Hyperliquid sambil berargumen bahwa bisnis kripto terpusat pada akhirnya akan menghadapi kerangka regulasi yang sama seperti institusi keuangan tradisional.

“Hyperliquid adalah sebuah bisnis dan ia memiliki token. Jika itu adalah bisnis yang terpusat, pada akhirnya bisnis tersebut akan diserap oleh TradFi dan dianggap sebagai bursa dan bank,” kata Klippsten.

Cryptocurrency wallet provider, SafePal, has disclosed a data breach that exposed order information belonging to about 39,798 customers, including
names,
addresses,
contact details, and
purchase data.
The breach was caused by an authorization flaw in SafePal’s order-tracking system that allowed users to access another customer’s order information between March 2 2025 – April 11 2026, the company said.

SafePal said the incident did not expose cryptocurrency funds, seed phrases, private keys, wallet passwords, bank account or payment card information, or government-issued identification numbers.

The company warned that the exposed information could nevertheless be used in targeted phishing and impersonation attempts, particularly because customer addresses and purchase details were involved.
SafePal said it has fixed the vulnerability and introduced additional security measures. It also said it had identified and removed more than 30 fraudulent websites and phishing links associated with the incident.
The company plans to retain customers’ personal information in its order-processing system for only 90 days as part of measures introduced following the breach.



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Ekuitas token mencapai 1,31 juta pemegang selama bulan lalu, karena volume transfer bulanan melonjak 179% menjadi $23,13 miliar dan nilai terdistribusi naik 5,9% menjadi $2,38 miliar.
Jumlah pemegang saham token lebih dari dua kali lipat selama bulan lalu menjadi 1,31 juta, menurut data RWA.xyz.
Volume transfer bulanan melonjak hampir 180% dibanding periode yang sama menjadi $23,13 miliar, sementara
alamat aktif bulanan meningkat 34,62% menjadi hampir 572.000.
Nilai total yang didistribusikan dari saham token juga naik 5,9% menjadi $2,38 miliar.

Bank terbesar Israel, Bank Leumi, telah bermitra dengan Galaxy Digital untuk menawarkan kepada pelanggan perdagangan mata uang kripto, menandai layanan semacam itu pertama kali yang diumumkan oleh bank Israel.
Pelanggan Leumi dan unit perbankan digitalnya, Pepper, akan dapat membeli, menyimpan, dan menjual Bitcoin, Ether, serta Solana melalui aplikasi investasi Leumi Trade milik bank tersebut, dengan layanan yang diperkirakan akan diluncurkan pada awal 2027.
Galaxy akan menyediakan infrastruktur perdagangan dan kustodi untuk layanan tersebut, menurut sebuah pernyataan.
Langkah ini akan memberi pelanggan Leumi akses langsung ke aset digital melalui hubungan perbankan mereka yang sudah ada, karena lembaga keuangan tradisional semakin memperluas layanan mereka ke layanan kripto.

Penambang Bitcoin yang diperdagangkan secara publik sedang mengurangi kapasitas komputasi karena meningkatnya permintaan untuk kecerdasan buatan (AI) dan komputasi kinerja tinggi (HPC) membuat operasi pusat data menjadi lebih menarik.
Laju hash yang terealisasi di antara sekelompok penambang publik turun 13,4% menjadi 319 exahash per detik (EH/s) pada kuartal kedua dari 368,3 EH/s pada kuartal keempat 2025, menurut BlocksBridge Consulting.

Dengan mengecualikan Bitdeer, penurunannya sebesar 21,2%.

Perubahan ini terjadi saat para penambang mengalihkan daya dan infrastruktur untuk beban kerja terkait AI. Core Scientific melaporkan pendapatan sewa kolokasi sebesar $136,7 juta pada kuartal kedua, dibandingkan $27,5 juta dari penambangan Bitcoin, sementara TeraWulf menghasilkan $31,9 juta dari sewa HPC dibandingkan $12,8 juta dari penambangan.

CIMG Inc. mengatakan pihaknya perlu segera meningkatkan permodalan setelah melaporkan defisit modal kerja sebesar $7,38 juta meski memiliki 1.145,4 Bitcoin senilai sekitar $67,19 juta pada akhir Juni 2026.
Menurut pengajuan triwulanan tertanggal 13 Agustus, perusahaan baru memiliki kas sebesar $5.397 dan aset lancar sebesar $1,87 juta dibandingkan dengan kewajiban lancar sebesar $9,25 juta.
CIMG mengatakan pihaknya dapat mencairkan kepemilikan Bitcoin untuk memperoleh dana, tetapi memperingatkan bahwa aset tersebut bersifat volatil dan cadangan Bitcoinnya tidak merepresentasikan pembiayaan yang terjamin.

Securities and Exchange Commission (“Komisi” atau “SEC”) telah menyetujui tiga Virtual Asset Service Providers tambahan (VASPs) untuk diterima dalam Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Programme (ARIP). Pencapaian ini memperkuat komitmen Komisi yang berkelanjutan untuk mendorong inovasi yang bertanggung jawab, memperdalam pasar modal Nigeria, sekaligus secara ketat melindungi kepentingan investor.

Entitas yang baru diterima meliputi:
Pisi Payments Solution
BC Access (Nigeria) Limited
Yellow Card (YC) Financial Limited

Binance mengatakan akan menghentikan pemrosesan transaksi yang melibatkan 14 penyedia layanan dan platform aset kripto sebagai bagian dari langkah-langkah kepatuhan terkait perkembangan regulasi terbaru.
Pembatasan sedang diterapkan secara bertahap. Setelah tanggal efektif masing-masing, pengguna tidak lagi diizinkan untuk mengirim dana ke, menerima dana dari, atau melakukan transaksi apa pun melalui Binance dengan entitas- entitas yang terdampak.
Platform yang terdampak
Berlaku mulai 7 Agu. 2026
Shelbit (Shelbit General Trading LLC)
Aban Tether Exchange

Studi 2026 Bank Sentral Eropa (ECB) tentang Penggunaan Uang Tunai oleh Perusahaan di Kawasan Euro meneliti bagaimana bisnis di seluruh kawasan euro menerima dan menggunakan uang tunai, bagaimana perbandingannya dengan metode pembayaran digital, serta bagaimana infrastruktur uang tunai terus berkembang. Studi ini mencakup perusahaan di sektor ritel, restoran dan kafe, hotel, serta seni, hiburan, dan rekreasi di seluruh 21 negara kawasan euro.
Laporan ini menemukan bahwa uang tunai tetap menjadi metode pembayaran yang banyak diterima meskipun pertumbuhan pembayaran digital terus berlanjut. Pada 2026,

JPMorgan Chase mengakhiri hubungan perbankannya dengan platform pasar prediksi Polymarket pada Oktober 2025 karena kekhawatiran regulasi, demikian laporan Financial Times. Bank tersebut meminta Polymarket mencari pemberi pinjaman lain, yang sejak itu telah dilakukannya.
Polymarket sebelumnya didenda sebesar $1,4 juta oleh Komisi Perdagangan Berjangka Komoditas AS pada tahun 2022 karena mengoperasikan platform derivatif yang tidak terdaftar, dan kemudian kembali ke pasar AS setelah kondisi regulasi mereda.
Meski mengakhiri hubungan perbankannya, JPMorgan tetap menjalin hubungan lain dengan Polymarket, termasuk hubungan operasional dan potensi bisnis pasar modal, menurut laporan tersebut.

Keel Infrastructure telah menutup seluruh operasi penambangan bitcoin AS-nya karena perusahaan mengalihkan infrastruktur tenaganya ke kecerdasan buatan dan komputasi berkinerja tinggi, sebuah peralihan strategis yang sangat membebani hasil kuartal keduanya.
Perusahaan, yang sebelumnya dikenal sebagai Bitfarms, mengatakan bahwa mereka telah menyelesaikan penghentian operasi penambangan AS yang tersisa untuk menyiapkan lokasi bagi pengembangan pusat data HPC.
Pendapatan kuartal kedua Keel turun 50,8% tahun ke tahun menjadi $30,4 juta, dari sekitar $61 juta setahun sebelumnya, karena perusahaan menghentikan aktivitas penambangan dan menghadapi harga bitcoin yang lebih lemah.

Figure Technology Solutions, pasar modal berbasis blockchain terkemuka untuk penerbitan, pendanaan, penjualan, dan perdagangan aset tokenisasi, melaporkan lonjakan tajam dalam aktivitas pinjaman kuartal kedua dan laba pada hari Kamis, karena perusahaan teknologi keuangan berbasis blockchain memperluas pasar pinjamannya dan menambahkan lebih banyak penerbit.
Volume pasar pinjaman konsumer naik 132% dibanding setahun sebelumnya menjadi $4,3 miliar dalam tiga bulan yang berakhir pada 30 Juni, kata Figure. Laba bersih meningkat 192% menjadi $87 juta dari sekitar $30 juta setahun sebelumnya, sementara pendapatan bersih lebih dari dua kali lipat menjadi $226 juta.

Komisi Perdagangan Berjangka Komoditas A.S. (CFTC) telah menggunakan wewenang darurat untuk memerintahkan operator pasar prediksi, Kalshi, agar terus beroperasi dalam upaya memperpanjang sengketa hukum dengan New York mengenai apakah kontrak peristiwa di platform tersebut merupakan perjudian ilegal.
CFTC mengatakan pihaknya bertindak setelah Kalshi memberi tahu lembaga itu tentang keadaan darurat pasar yang berasal dari gugatan yang diajukan oleh Jaksa Agung New York, Letitia James. Lembaga tersebut mengarahkan KalshiEX LLC, yang mengoperasikan platform, untuk melanjutkan operasinya sesuai dengan prinsip-prinsip inti Undang-Undang Pertukaran Komoditas.

KuCoin Institutional, divisi institusional KuCoin, bekerja sama dengan KoinKoin Global Network Limited, penyedia layanan aset digital dari Nigeria, untuk memberi KoinKoin akses ke infrastruktur perdagangan dan likuiditas melalui penawaran Crypto-as-a-Service (CaaS) KuCoin.
Melalui kemitraan tersebut, KoinKoin akan mengintegrasikan solusi CaaS KuCoin dengan likuiditas kelas institusional, sehingga memungkinkan penggunanya memperoleh eksekusi yang lebih baik, harga yang kompetitif, serta pengalaman perdagangan dan penukaran cryptocurrency yang lebih mulus.

Kenya telah muncul sebagai salah satu negara yang paling menjadi sasaran kejahatan siber di Afrika Timur, dengan pelaku kejahatan online yang semakin memanfaatkan ekosistem uang seluler (mobile money) negara tersebut dan kelemahan dalam infrastruktur telekomunikasinya, menurut Laporan Penilaian Ancaman Siber Afrika 2026 dari Interpol.
Laporan yang diperoleh pada 3 Agustus 2026 menyatakan bahwa transformasi digital cepat Kenya telah menjadikannya target menarik bagi pelaku kejahatan siber, sehingga mengekspos kerentanan pada infrastruktur kritis dan layanan keuangan.