Crypto News. August 17, 2026
SafePal disclosed a data breach affecting approximately 39,798 customers, exposing names, emails, shipping addresses, phone numbers and purchase details, but not wallet credentials or payment information.
Vitalik Buterin said Ethereum scaling proposals could draw lessons from Bitcoin’s Utreexo to support different state models while preserving decentralization and censorship resistance.
EU regulators warned of migration scams after more than 1,700 unlicensed crypto platforms halted EU services under MiCA, potentially affecting up to 10 million users.
CZ said he will donate the remaining BNB and 币安人生 tokens in his Trust Wallet testing address to Giggle Academy before permanently abandoning the address.
Cardano outlined a two-phase Dijkstra upgrade, with Leios targeted for Q4 2026 and Peras for Q2 2027.
Israel’s largest regulated crypto broker Bits of Gold is investigating a potential data leak affecting roughly 200,000 customers.
Binance restricted transactions involving HTX and other platforms for users in the UK and EU, prompting Justin Sun to clarify that HTX does not operate in either region
DeFiLlama founder said a fake app remained on Apple’s App Store for months before evidence of seed-phrase theft led Apple to remove it.
Cosmos wallet Cosmostation announced it will discontinue wallet services, beginning with feature shutdowns on September 1.
ABFinance, a US-compliant crypto trading platform founded by former Bybit co-CEO Helen Liu, suspended operations.
Apple patched a screen-sharing flaw exploited by hackers to remotely control exposed Macs and mine Monero, but unpatched machines remain vulnerable.
Stripe acquired AI model marketplace OpenRouter for more than $7 billion.
