Author: CryptoPress
BlackRock launched the BlackRock Daily Reinvestment Stablecoin Reserve Vehicle (BRSRV) and OnChain Shares of its Select Treasury Based Liquidity Fund (BSTBL) on Monday.
Both products invest in cash, short-term U.S. Treasuries and Treasury-backed repos and are structured to qualify as eligible reserve assets under the GENIUS Act.
BSTBL OnChain Shares are issued on Ethereum with BNY as transfer agent; BRSRV supports multiple blockchains...
Coldcard Firmware Flaw Drains Nearly $89 Million in Bitcoin From Over 4,500 Addresses
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Attackers have swept 1,367.05 BTC (nearly $89 million) from 4,585 addresses linked to weak Coldcard-generated seeds across three waves.
The largest wave on July 30 drained 1,082.65 BTC from 1,196 addresses in 41 minutes.
Coinkite attributes the issue to a March 2021 firmware bug that reduced seed entropy and has released fixed versions while urging users to generate new seeds.
Galaxy Research says the exploit remains ongoing and has reported...
The Agentic Economy: Kite Payment Layer & Bitget’s AI-native trading
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The next phase of crypto and AI is not more chatbots. It is machines that hold money, spend money, compete for money, and trade money under programmable constraints. This is the agentic economy: autonomous software agents acting as economic participants rather than mere interfaces.
Messari’s work on Kite frames the core bottleneck clearly. Agents can already research, plan, and recommend. What they still largely cannot do is...
Shiny Coins #20 – Extreme Fear Meets Selective DeFi Heat as UNI Steals the Spotlight
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Bitcoin spent the final day of July sliding, trading near $63,870 (down roughly 1.3% on the day in some snapshots) and settling in the low-to-mid $64,000 range across major trackers, with 7-day performance roughly flat to slightly negative around –0.7%. Dominance held firm near 56.5%. Total crypto market capitalization hovered around $2.26–$2.3 trillion. The Fear & Greed Index sat at 24–25, firmly in Extreme Fear territory, reflecting...
New York AG Sues Kalshi Seeking $36 Billion Over Alleged Illegal Gambling via Prediction Markets
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New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit on July 31, 2026, alleging Kalshi operates an illegal, unlicensed gambling platform through its prediction markets.
The state seeks at least $36 billion in damages, treble penalties, full restitution, and a temporary restraining order to stop event contracts in New York.
Officials claim the platform allows users under 21 to wager and bypasses state gaming taxes and licensing...



