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Founded in 2018, Cryptopolitan has grown from a popular blog into a trusted source of news and analysis for millions of readers worldwide. Over the years, we have expanded our coverage to include a wide range of topics, from market trends and technological innovations to regulatory changes and industry events.
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Alibaba bans Claude across its workforce, citing backdoor security risks
Alibaba has ordered all its employees to uninstall all Anthropic products from their machines after determining through an internal security audit that the AI coding assistant, Claude Code, has potential embedded backdoor risks. The ban will eliminate one of Alibaba’s most widely used external AI applications from within the Chinese technology juggernaut and signifies a...
Fri, Jul 3
Bitcoin whale wallets keep selling, mounting pressure on BTC’s price trajectory
Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau seized a third batch of 500 Bitcoin from drug trafficker Clifton Collins on July 2–3, bringing this year's total state-linked recovery to 1,500 BTC, spotted first by Lookonchain before official confirmation landed.
Fri, Jul 3
Wall Street’s AI race gets another $22M boost
The New York-based LinqAlpha raised a Series A financing of $22 million on July 2 to expand its platform for AI agents for institutional investors, which puts it in line with numerous other venture capital firms adding to the inflow of money into companies that are utilizing large language models (LLMs) to perform financial research...
Fri, Jul 3
Can crypto compete in the newly hot GPU compute market?
GPU compute is becoming a commodity. After a wave of data center building, companies are seeking ways to monetize the spare capacity and offer access to both hardware and models.
Fri, Jul 3
Anthropic tightens security after Chinese companies sidestep Claude ban
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is actively identifying and patching the workarounds used by Chinese entities to access its network. Earlier, a report by Cryptopolitan showed that Anthropic believed Chinese tech firms have been accessing its Claude AI using indirect channels. Most of them have been relying on proxy cloud services and international subsidiaries to access Anthropic’s...
Fri, Jul 3
Stripe’s Bridge gains MiCA approval for EU stablecoin operations
Stripe’s Bridge has received approval from the Luxembourg government for its Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) authorization as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) and Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence. This will allow it to legally operate as a stablecoin service provider in all 27 countries of the European Union (EU) under one regulatory regime. The...
Fri, Jul 3
Hinkal privacy protocol exploited for $820,000 as attacker funnels stolen funds through Tornado Cash
On July 3, 2026, attackers stole about $830,000 USDC from Hinkal, an on-chain privacy protocol, and used mixing and bridging services to move the stolen cryptocurrency within hours of the exploit. The breach compounds a difficult stretch for DeFi privacy infrastructure. According to data from DeFiLlama, Hinkal had only $829,000 total value locked (TVL) across...
Fri, Jul 3
eToro leads $12.5 million funding round for on-chain perpetual futures platform Extended
Trading platform eToro has led a $12.5 million strategic investment in Extended, an on-chain perpetual futures exchange founded by former Revolut employees, tying the deal to its recent acquisition of self-custody wallet Zengo. eToro invests in Extended to link perps with Zengo eToro announced the funding on July 2, with Jump Crypto also taking part...
Fri, Jul 3
TradingView adds Hyperliquid and Trade[XYZ] data feeds, opening on-chain markets to millions of chartists
Hyperliquid and Trade [XYZ] are now available on TradingView, offering users around the world direct access to on-chain, decentralized perpetual futures in crypto, equities, commodities, and foreign exchange. This partnership was officially announced on July 2nd, 2026, allowing 24/7 decentralized market data alongside traditional asset classes to be viewed through TradingView’s most popular financial charting...
Fri, Jul 3
CFTC Chair Selig calls Illinois crypto tax a threat to Chicago's financial legacy
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig has accused Illinois lawmakers of putting Chicago’s future as a global financial center at risk with its first-of-its-kind state tax on digital asset transactions. Selig has accused the state of moving in the opposite direction of the federal government, pointing out that the government is working towards creating a regulatory framework...
Thu, Jul 2
Bitwise, Tiger Research both say Bitcoin's bear market is approaching its final stage
Tiger Research and Bitwise CIO are now calling the bear market bottom after Bitcoin’s price rebound into July. Bitcoin briefly climbed to a daily high of $62,200 on Binance Thursday afternoon. It now hovers around $61,400, putting a 2.49% gain in the day and 3.08% gain over the last seven days. Tiger Research analysts issued...
Thu, Jul 2
Reflect launches USDC+ recovery program as Drift and Humanity Protocol rebuild after major hacks
Three crypto projects hit by separate exploits this year are choosing different methods of moving forward, and users are currently caught in the crossfire, facing uneven odds of getting their money back. Reflect, following its exposure to the Drift Protocol exploit, opened a recovery program for its USDC+ holders on July 2, one day after...
Thu, Jul 2
Anthropic is exploring a custom AI chip and wants Samsung to make it
Anthropic is creating its own AI chip and is in talks with Samsung Electronics (KS:005930) regarding its production. This has further increased pressure on NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), which currently holds around 74 percent share in the AI chip market. The discussions are concerning Samsung’s 2-nanometer manufacturing process as well as the company’s packaging segment, which is...
Thu, Jul 2
JPMorgan says Strategy’s Bitcoin sales policy will introduce two-way risks in the crypto market
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is concerned that Strategy’s new policy of selectively selling its Bitcoin holdings will introduce new risk to the crypto market. On Monday, Strategy announced a BTC monetization program through which the company can sell a portion of its 847,363 BTC holdings to support its preferred dividend payments and buybacks. The so-called...
Thu, Jul 2
Polygon posts record 743M transactions in strong Q2 2026 showing
Polygon just closed the second quarter of 2026 with 743 million transactions, breaking the network’s all-time record with a 160% increase from the same period last year. The news was confirmed by Blockworks and Polygon team member Abhinav Sharma earlier today. Payments infrastructure driving the numbers The milestone summarizes a successful quarter for Polygon after...
Thu, Jul 2
Microsoft is investing $2.5 billion in a new AI business, Microsoft Frontier Company
Microsoft launched Microsoft Frontier Company on Thursday, a new operating business dedicated to embedding engineers and industry experts directly inside client organizations.
Thu, Jul 2
Tesla delivers 480,000 vehicles in Q2 but BYD keeps the global EV crown
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) surpassed Wall Street’s sales expectations and shipped 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter of 2026. The EV company shipped 74,000 more units than expected but still failed to outsell BYD. That relative underperformance could be part of the reason the EV maker’s stock has failed to follow the positive news it delivered...
Thu, Jul 2
AI firms brace for pauses, reviews, halt orders as federal AI regulation takes shape
The Trump administration is finalizing voluntary standards for frontier AI model releases after months of executive orders, export controls, and forced model shutdowns. Ordinarily, it should come as bullish news as AI firms are getting what they wanted after lobbying Washington since 2025 to preempt a growing patchwork of state AI laws. The federal government...
Thu, Jul 2
Hyperscale Data purchases 67 BTC, raising its holdings to 849 BTC
Hyperscale Data Inc. (NYSE: $GPUS) has announced that it added 67 BTC to its balance sheet. The Las Vegas-based AI data center company said Thursday it purchased 67 BTC between June 30 and July 1, raising its total holdings to 849 BTC. The new record puts the company ahead of Ming Shing Group, Yueda Digital...
Thu, Jul 2
Kazakhstan's central bank issue first license for crypto exchange operations
The central bank of Kazakhstan has issued its first license for crypto exchange operations under the country’s recently updated legislation for digital assets. The permit will allow the authorized company to buy, sell and store cryptocurrency outside the narrow legal framework of the financial hub in the nation’s capital, Astana. Kazakhstan starts licensing cryptocurrency exchanges...
Thu, Jul 2
