Robinhood has cleared an important UK regulatory hurdle, but customers still cannot buy or sell cryptocurrency through the Robinhood UK app.
A cluster identified as a likely second wave of the Coldcard wallet attack moved 388.9 BTC, while some unconfirmed transactions still left affected users a brief chance to redirect their funds.
Bitcoin defended support near $62,100 on August 1, but the August 2 rebound faded around the 50-day SMA, leaving $63,600 resistance untested.
Minnesota’s statewide crypto ATM ban took effect on August 1 after the state recorded 134 kiosk-related scam complaints and nearly $1 million in reported losses over three years.
A Banca d’Italia experiment found that sending USDC between Italy and five other countries cost anywhere from 0.30% to 8.96%, depending largely on how users entered and exited the crypto market.
FTX’s fifth creditor distribution began reaching accounts on July 31, although early reports showed that payments were not appearing for everyone at the same time.
Russia has formally expanded its regional cryptocurrency mining restrictions to Moscow, the Moscow Region and selected parts of Kursk, with the ban taking effect on August 15, 2026.
BNB Chain said on August 1 that it was pursuing legal action against a former employee accused of retaining control of a company-linked tutorial wallet and using it in connection with a new meme token.
Bitcoin opened August below a key support band, while Santiment recorded its most bearish Bitcoin commentary ratio since modern tracking began.
XRP held near $1.06 on August 1, with price still confined between $1.05 support and resistance near $1.11 as Binance open interest fell to a 15-month low.
HYPE slipped below $52.5 on August 1, keeping price inside its descending channel even after Hyperliquid moved permissionless HIP-4 deployments to testnet.
Bitcoin trades at $62,980, down 2.7% over 24 hours, having lost the support band it was defending only hours earlier.


