Crypto Breaking News

A total of 71 cryptocurrency hacking incidents were recorded globally during the second quarter of 2026, the highest quarterly figure since 2020.

The US government removed foreign access restrictions on Anthropic's Fable 5 artificial intelligence model, clearing it for wider distribution. Anthropic said it had received notice that Commerce was lifting the curbs on access to Mythos 5 and Fable 5 AI models. Some of the restrictions on Mythos had been eased on June 26. Bloomberg's Neil Campling reports.

US-listed spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) exchange-traded funds recorded net outflows of US$4.5 billion in June 2026.

DraftKings has launched its DKeX prediction market exchange, moving its DraftKings Predictions platform onto infrastructure it owns after previously routing trades through CME Group and Crypto.com.

Binance has partnered with Anchorage Digital to expand its Banking Triparty service, enabling eligible institutional clients to trade on the exchange while holding pledged cryptocurrency and US dollar collateral with Anchorage Digital.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., the UAE's biggest oil company, is proposing a new pricing methodology for the sale of crude supplies to term customers, opting for an approach that's more aligned with wider regional trading norms, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. Bloomberg's Anthony di Paola reports.

Brazil purchased US$2.632 billion worth of stablecoins in May 2026, a 158% increase from a year earlier, while total digital asset purchases reached US$12.138 billion through the first five months of the year.

Film director Carl Rinsch was sentenced to 30 months in prison after a US court found he fraudulently diverted US$11 million from Netflix that had been provided to complete a television series.

MemeToro (CRYPTO:MT) has raised US$27,284.54 during Stage 3 of its public presale as some market analysts compare current memecoin market conditions with those seen before Dogecoin's (CRYPTO:DOGE) 2021 rally.

Padraig McDonnell, President and CEO at Agilent, discusses the company's business strategy and the innovations he sees in the life sciences sector. He speaks with Minmin Low from the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Dalian.

US President Donald Trump disclosed holding more than US$50 million in Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) in cold storage through CIC Digital LLC.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) held by long-term investors reached a record high of 14.7 million BTC, with Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten saying the trend has historically coincided with market cycle lows.