I have been in the cryptocurrency world for about a year. I have never seen such a week. Too many big news in a short time. The following is a summary of important news with links for further reading:
1- CoinDash $10 Million Hack
The coin itself was not hacked. Their ICO page was! A very interesting way. read more about it here:CoinDash ICO Hacker Nets Additional Ether as Theft Tops $10 Million
Note: I have seen many sites calling this an Ether hack. It is not. It was a very simple website hack.
2- Parity $32 Million Hack
This is very big. Parity is a very popular wallet for Ether. It is used by many ICO's to store the funds they raised. Those were the most affected by the attack. What is more interesting is how white-hat hackers were able to stop the drainage. They had to hack $150,000,000 of Ether to secure it. Read more here :
A hacker stole $31M of Ether — how it happened, and what it means for Ethereum
3- BTC-e Down + MtGox connection
BTC-e is a Russian bitcoin and alt coins exchange. Their site says it is down for maintenance, but I doubt that is the real reason. Read more here:
The Big News Behind the BTC-e Arrest and Mt Gox Connection
$110 Million: BTC-e Fined as US Vows Crackdown on Unregulated Bitcoin Exchanges
4- Bitcoin will fork After All
I am not sure how big will this be. But it definitely has caused many people to worry. At least two forks have been confirmed. It was a shock after SegWit2x has locked-in. Read more about them here:
Bitcoin Cash: Why It's Forking the Blockchain And What That Means
Bitcoin United Offers 3 Second Confirmations & 10,000 Transactions Per Second On August 1
5- Genesis-Mining.com Hacked
If you have an account with Genesis-mining, you would have noticed that they haven't been paying any payouts for a week now. We have finally learned that the reason was a small hack. They say that the hack has been contained, the mining was not affected and that all payouts will be sent gradually. Read more here:
Genesis Mining Service Update
6- LedgerX approved by SEC
LedgerX defines itself as the first federally regulated bitcoin options exchange and clearing house to list and clear fully-collateralized, physically-settled bitcoin options for the institutional market. Recently: "After three years of work, New York-based startup LedgerX was today granted a rare derivatives clearing organization (DCO) license allowing it to clear and custody financial instruments backed by bitcoin, ether and any number of blockchain-based cryptocurrencies." Read more here:
LedgerX to Begin Trading Cryptocurrency Derivatives
Federal Government Approves Regulation Request of LedgerX