Trading
Exchanges
Hong Kong lawmaker courts Coinbase amid US legal troubles
Hong Kong lawmaker John Ng revealed he has contacted Coinbase about expanding to the region amid its regulatory issues in the U.S.
Exchanges
Binance CEO denies selling Bitcoin amid market manipulation allegations
Binance CEO Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao has denied rumors that the exchange was selling Bitcoin to defend BNB's price.
Hacks
Elliptic analysis reveals over $100M stolen from Atomic Wallet
Elliptic said North Korea Lazarus Group has changed its tactics of laundering the stolen Atomic Wallet funds.
Exchanges
Binance clarifies terms of use; plans to turn ‘zombie assets’ into stablecoins
Binance told CryptoSlate that industry oppositions were spreading misinformation about its updated terms of use.
Analysis
Cardano’s DeFi TVL surges past 500 million ADA amid growing ecosystem interest
Decentralized finance activity on Cardano has risen to over 500 million ADA tokens in spite of the SEC's security classification.
Stablecoins
TUSD regains $1 parity after three-day depeg
TUSD's market cap experienced a net decline of nearly $30 million since it lost its peg on June 10.
Regulation
US lawmakers introduce bill to restructure SEC, remove Chairman Gary Gensler
The SEC Stabilization Act would remove the chairman of the Commission and ensure its priorities protect investors.
Analysis
Bitcoin trades at premium on Binance US as liquidity dries up
Binance US has seen its trading activities drop to record lows following the SEC's lawsuit against the firm.
Stablecoins
Tether treasury sends Binance $750M USDT in chain swap transaction
The stablecoin issuer's vocal CTO also announced the minting of 1 billion new USDT.
Regulation
Mark Cuban slams SEC’s crypto guidelines as ‘near impossible’ to navigate
Shark Tank Investor Mark Cuban highlighted how the SEC enforcement actions have often conflicted what is on its website.
DeFi
Sturdy Finance halts market after $800,000 exploit linked to faulty price oracle
Blockchain security firm BlockSec stated that Sturdy Finance suffered a reentrancy attack alongside its price oracle manipulation.
Crime
US DOJ charges 2 Russians with laundering over 600k Bitcoin
The DOJ alleged the Russian nationals set up a virtual asset platform, BTC-E, from the proceeds of their Mt. Gox hack.
