Zcash sets July 28 hard fork to seal Orchard after critical bug
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox has explained how the network’s July 28 Ironwood hard fork will address uncertainty around a critical flaw in the Orchard shielded pool. Summary Zcash will seal the old Orchard pool, limiting how much ZEC can leave…
Kenya Investigates President William Ruto Website Breach as Hackers Demand 5 Bitcoin
Key Takeaways Hackers defaced President Ruto’s website on Saturday, demanding 5 bitcoins to prevent a data leak. The threat underscores why NC4 tracked billions of digital attacks on Kenya’s system early this year. NC4 and State House teams are now…
Is History About to Repeat?
If BTC is to mimic its previous surge, it would rise above $500,000. Bitcoin has managed to recover some ground from the early July drop to a multi-year low and now fights for $65,000. On the more macro scale,…
Visa and Mastercard prove an early Bitcoin payments prediction right
A prediction made more than a decade ago about closer ties between Bitcoin startups and traditional payment companies increasingly resembles the payments market of 2026. Summary A 2014 prediction about traditional payment firms partnering with Bitcoin startups increasingly resembles today’s…
Canada Crypto Week Returns July 20–26, Celebrating the Future of Web3, Digital Assets and AI
TORONTO, ON – Canada Crypto Week returns July 20–26, 2026, for its sixth year, bringing together dozens of events across Canada focused on cryptocurrency, digital assets, and artificial intelligence. The week connects entrepreneurs, builders, investors, and institutions through a diverse…
CLARITY Act Odds Crash to 31% After Trump Push Fails to Break Senate Deadlock
Although it cleared a major Senate committee, the CLARITY Act’s final approval is still far from reality. Prediction-market traders have become less optimistic. Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign had a strong focus on the cryptocurrency industry. While trying to…
US regulators miss key GENIUS Act deadline as stablecoin rules stall
U.S. financial regulators have missed the GENIUS Act’s one-year deadline to complete key rules for the country’s federal stablecoin framework. Summary US regulators missed the GENIUS Act deadline with several major stablecoin rule packages still unfinished. Stablecoin issuers face a…
This Group of Four Now Dominates Over 70% of a Key Blockchain Resource
Key Takeaways Foundry Digital, AntPool, ViaBTC and F2Pool held 70%+ of Bitcoin hashrate on Jun. 23, 2026. D-Central put Bitcoin’s Nakamoto coefficient at 3, raising centralization concerns in H1 2026. ViaBTC scrutiny in 2026 may push miners toward EMCD, which…
This Week’s Biggest Gainers and Losers Revealed as Bitcoin (BTC) Aims at $65K: Weekend Watch
ZEC stands in one corner, HYPE in the opposite. Bitcoin continues with its gradual weekend climb and has neared $65,000 after bouncing from $63,700 yesterday. Most larger-cap alts have remained still over the past 24 hours, which is why…
Coinbase lost touch with crypto-native users, Cobie admits
Coinbase product executive Jordan Fish, better known as Cobie, said the company has become too distant from crypto-native users as questions grow over trust in the Base ecosystem. Summary Cobie says Coinbase lost touch with crypto-native users after avoidable mistakes…
