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If you hold crypto for the long term, cold storage is the right call, and a hardware wallet is the best cold-storage class for most self-custody users. Keeping private keys offline removes the remote-exploit path that drains hot wallets and exchange accounts, since a cold wallet stores keys on a device or medium that’s never…

2026.08.17 ShareShare to X (Twitter)Share to WeChatShare to WeChat Share to WeiboShare by Link Share by Image The CLARITY Act is still stuck in Congress. Not waiting for the vote anymore, preparing to set the rules themselves?

The crypto wallet company SafePal said on Sunday that it had “recently” found and fixed a vulnerability in a system containing users’ order information, and that, if exploited, this would have allowed potential attackers to access said information. But it added that apparently someone did access it without authorization, exposing the data of customers who…

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Bitcoin is the undisputed superstar of the digital asset space, but in 2026 the U.S. crypto market is no longer dominated by the flagship cryptocurrency. American investors are allocating funds to a range of digital assets from Ethereum and Solana to XRP▲$1.13, stablecoins, and DeFi projects.

Bitcoin closed the week at roughly $62,990, down 2.7%, after an in-line July inflation print failed to trigger the expected relief rally. Spot Bitcoin ETFs reversed from their strongest inflow week since April into consecutive days of outflows, and XRP briefly traded below $1 for the first time in nearly two years following a cross-chain…

The crypto market is trading in a narrow range on August 15, with most major cryptocurrencies posting moves of less than 1%. Bitcoin and Ethereum remain relatively stable, while Chainlink (LINK) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) are outperforming the broader market.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission was supposed to take the single biggest step in its 90 year history toward governing digital assets through rules rather than lawsuits. Instead, on the evening of August 13, it quietly cancelled the meeting.

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The SEC canceled its first formal crypto rulemaking vote on the eve of that vote, offered no rescheduled date, and within five days the White House will convene digital asset executives and the CFTC will hold its inaugural digital asset advisory session — a sequence that analysts say signals a deliberate shift in which agency…