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Strategy Sets Bold Goal to Become the World’s Largest Public Company
Key TakeawaysStrategy reaffirmed its goal of becoming the world’s largest company.Management tied bitcoin, digital credit, and...
Senate Will Vote on CLARITY Act Before August Recess, Lummis Says
Key TakeawaysLummis expects the Senate to vote on the CLARITY Act before the August recess begins.Democrats continue pressing for...
Moca Network CEO Explains Why AI Agents Will Need Provable Identity
Agents Move From Answering to Acting Kenneth Shek is the Project Lead of Moca Network and Director of Projects Management at...
Abu Dhabi’s Crypto Blueprint Draws Miners, Funds and Global Giants
Key TakeawaysCitadel Mining holds about 6,996 BTC built through Abu Dhabi mining operations since 2022.Mubadala raised its...
Bitcoin Options Flash $80K Max Pain as Wall Street Loads Up
Key TakeawaysBinance led $41B in BTC futures as CME open interest jumped 6.82% on Aug. 5.Newhedge.io showed BTC futures basis...
Circle Posts $701 Million Q2 Revenue as USDC Activity Accelerates
Key TakeawaysCircle posted $48M in Q2 profit as USDC transaction volume jumped 151% to $14.8T.USDC reached $73.3B in circulation,...
Bitcoin Holds $64K as Polymarket Cuts CLARITY Odds to 15%
Key TakeawaysBitcoin anchored above $64,000 on Wednesday, capping a 1.1% gain despite volatile intra-day trading.Coinglass data...
Bitwise CIO: Crypto Can Survive CLARITY Act Failure, Not the Wait
Key TakeawaysBitwise’s Matt Hougan sees Clarity Act odds near a coin flip.Hougan said SEC Chair Paul Atkins’ July 31 vow to bring...
Blackrock Pulls $170M Into IBIT as Bitcoin ETFs Add $211M
Key TakeawaysBlackrock led $211.49M into bitcoin ETFs and $53.75M into ether funds on Tuesday.IBIT captured 80%+ of bitcoin...
World Chain to launch streamed EIP-7928 block access lists
World Chain launches streamed EIP-7928 on mainnet Aug. 17. New feature enables parallel block verification for validators. Upgrade...
Onchain Data: Coldcard Crisis Doubles Bitcoin’s Hot Supply in Just One Week – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysK33 found 890,000 BTC moved as the Coldcard exploit hit about 7,300 addresses.Newhedge.io recorded a 98% hot-supply...
Luxembourg Expands FIU Alerts to Crypto Exchanges
Key TakeawaysBill 8722 passed in July after fraudsters stole $70 million from the charity Caritas in 2024.In 2024, Luxembourg...
Ethereum price stalls as retail selling offsets whale accumulation
Key takeaways Ethereum traded sideways as mixed on-chain activity reflected uncertainty among investors. Whale wallets holding...
Korea’s Stock Market Crashed 33%, Then Jumped 18%: Crypto Traders Still Broke
Key TakeawaysSouth Korea’s KOSPI rebounded 18% on July 31, its biggest one-day jump ever, after a 33% crash over the rest of the...
Pi Network tests triangle breakout as RoboPay partnership boosts adoption
Key takeaways Pi Network is testing a breakout from a short-term triangle near $0.085. RoboPay has added Pi Network as a payment...
Musk’s SpaceX Tops Forecasts But Bitcoin Stash Sheds $540 Million
Key TakeawaysSpaceX posted $7.8 billion in Q2 revenue, beating the $6.9 billion analysts expected.SPCX fell 6% to $118 after hours...
Democrats Move to Block CLARITY Act Due to Stalled Ethics Talks
Key TakeawaysPunchbowl News has reported that Democrats will block cloture, citing stalled White House ethics talks.Sen. Ruben...
How Switzerland’s SRO Model Built a Crypto Framework Worth Watching – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysFINMA lets crypto firms join SROs in 2-4 months, speeding legal market entry.VQF, PolyReg, ARIF and SO-FIT tightened...
AEREDIUM CEO Says AI Strengthens Stablecoin Reserve Oversight
Key TakeawaysAEREDIUM CEO Albert Dadon won U.S. Patent 12,694,407 B1 on July 29 for a 4-model AI audit system.The broad USPTO grant...
You Can Now Rent a Humanoid Robot in China for $443 a Day. Thousands Already Have
Key TakeawaysAGIBOT’s SHAREBOT logged 5,500+ rental orders in 3 months after its Dec. 2025 launch.China’s robot rental market...
Dutch Court Hears Crypto Dispute Kidnapping Case
Key TakeawaysA man was charged by Dutch prosecutors over a May 1 crypto dispute involving extortion of $69,000.Risky crypto schemes...
Apple Pulls Telegram After Illegal Content Appears in Public Group
Key TakeawaysApple temporarily removed Telegram before contacting the company, Durov said.The Telegram CEO linked the incident to a...
Senators Demand SEC Probe Into Trump Memecoin After $3.8B Losses
Key TakeawaysSenators urged the SEC to investigate possible fraud involving $TRUMP.Nearly one million investors reportedly lost...
Ripple Pushes Full XRPL Stack as Tokenized Assets Expand
Key TakeawaysRipple sees institutional tokenization advancing into production.XRPL links tokenized funds with RLUSD trading and...
Binance Launches Lite Loan With No Liquidation for 30 Days
Key TakeawaysUsers can borrow up to 1,000 USDT against eligible BTC collateral.The initial 30-day term carries no price-triggered...
Cloudflare Unveils AI Wallets Built to Spend Without Humans – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysCloudflare launched Wallets so AI agents can pay for APIs using x402 stablecoin micropayments.Account Wallets cap...
Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi Says $2 AI Audit Could Have Caught Coldcard Flaw
Key TakeawaysColdcard fixed a seed flaw on July 31 after AI reportedly found it in 8 minutes.Haseeb Qureshi says $2 AI audits could...
US Senators Target Wildfire Bets in New CFTC Rule Fight
Key TakeawaysNine Democratic senators asked the CFTC to prohibit wildfire event contracts by Aug. 14.Lawmakers cited $1.2M in...
BTC Hits $64,360, but Bitfinex Warns of Downside Risks
Key TakeawaysBitcoin peaked at $64,360 as time runs out for a vote on the CLARITY Act.$35 million in short positions were wiped out...
Bybit Expands European Footprint With Austrian EMI License
Key TakeawaysAustria’s FMA granted Bybit Payments an EMI license to deliver regulated e-money services on Bybit.eu.The move expands...
Bitdeer Lands $4.7 Billion AI Deal as Shares Surge 12%
Key TakeawaysBitdeer signed a 16-year, $4.7B AI deal for 121MW at Norway’s Tydal campus.Bitdeer shares jumped 12% as miners shift...
Bitcoin ETFs Add $170M as Blackrock Leads Gains for 7 Funds
Key TakeawaysBlackrock’s IBIT led $170.09M into bitcoin ETFs, with 7 funds gaining and none seeing outflows.Ether ETFs lost $11.42M...
MARA Opens Slipstream to the Public as Coldcard Victims Race to Escape
Key TakeawaysMARA Foundation opened Slipstream to the public on August 3, 2026, dropping its client code requirement.A Coldcard...
Wall Street Giant BNY Charges Into Crypto Staking With Galaxy – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysBNY, which holds $62.6 trillion in custody assets, will add staking to its platform.Galaxy Digital manages about $3.2...
AI Attack Freezes Boltz, Rattles Lightning Network Users – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysBoltz suspended Lightning and Liquid swaps on Aug. 3, 2026, after AI-driven attacks outpaced its team.Three wallets,...
AAVE holds above $90 as protocol deposits rise, but retail demand weakens
Key takeaways AAVE is holding above its 50-day EMA at $90.80 as its near-term recovery continues. Deposits in Aave V3 on Monad...
Sui Moved $65 Billion for Free. Its Co-Founder Bets Bigger Things Are Coming
Key TakeawaysMysten Labs’ Evan Cheng predicts Sui will carry all digital payments within four years.Sui has moved more than $65...
Dogecoin holds $0.070 as bullish divergence signals easing selling pressure
Key takeaways Dogecoin is trading near $0.070 after declining 3.5% last week. DOGE’s long-to-short ratio rose to a one-month high...
The Coldcard Hack Just Hit $116 Million. A Fourth Wave Is Still Draining
Key TakeawaysThe Coldcard hack has stolen 1,816 BTC, worth about $116 million, from 5,200+ addresses.Galaxy Research says Wave 4’s...
Sen. Thune Says a CLARITY Act Vote Is Coming This Week
Key TakeawaysThune says the Senate still expects a CLARITY Act vote before the August 7 recess.Galaxy Research cut CLARITY Act...
Saylor Calls Strategy the “JPMorgan of Crypto”
Key TakeawaysMichael Saylor called Strategy “the JPMorgan of the crypto economy.”Strategy now holds 842,138 BTC as of August 2,...
Fireblocks Says 99% of EU Firms Back Crypto Rules as Funding Accelerates
Key TakeawaysFireblocks found 99% of Europe and 100% of UK firms expect rules to support digital assets.Fireblocks says MiCA helped...
George Santos Settles CFTC Case Over Trading His Own Kalshi Market
Key TakeawaysSantos must pay $35,069.98 and cannot trade on registered markets for three years.He opened the account Feb. 11 and...
An AI Just Flagged 250,000 Cancer Studies as Possibly Fake. The Fight Is Now One AI Against Another
Key TakeawaysQUT’s Adrian Barnett flagged 261,245 of 2.6M cancer papers from 1999-2024.The BMJ found flagged studies rose from 1%...
Casino Lobby Fueled NY Lawsuit Against Kalshi, CEO Mansour Claims – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysNew York is suing prediction market Kalshi for operating as an unlicensed gambling platform.Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour...
Senate Has 4 Days to Advance CLARITY Act as White House Weighs Deal
Key TakeawaysSenators have four days before the August recess begins.The White House is reviewing a proposed digital asset ethics...
Willy Woo Sees 20%-40% Chance of Partial Coldcard Bitcoin Recovery
Key TakeawaysWoo sees a 20%-40% chance of partial Coldcard bitcoin recovery.Past crypto recoveries show stolen assets can return...
Ripple Backs Zilo and Licuido to Expand XRPL Capital Markets
Key TakeawaysRipple added transfer agency and tokenized asset infrastructure.Zilo supports regulated records for tokenized fund...
Coinbase CEO Presses Senate to Pass CLARITY Act This Week
Key TakeawaysBrian Armstrong says one in four Americans now own cryptocurrency.The CLARITY Act would expand federal crypto...
Jim Cramer Plans to Dump His Bitcoin, Warns Quantum Will Crack It Soon
Key TakeawaysJim Cramer says he will sell all his bitcoin over quantum fears tied to IBM’s Krishna.Google’s March 2026 paper cut...
ZEC Just Surged Past $490 — Here Is What’s Driving the Rally
Key TakeawaysZcash jumped nearly 5% past $490 following Nym’s Ironwood pool adoption.ZEC’s rally lifted the total market...
Michael Saylor Says He’s Never Sold Bitcoin, Not One Satoshi
Key TakeawaysMichael Saylor says he has never sold any personally held bitcoin.Strategy may sell BTC under a board-approved capital...
American Bitcoin Grows Treasury Reserve to 8,000 BTC as Revenue Hits $67M
Key TakeawaysAmerican Bitcoin posted $67 million in Q2 2026 revenue with a record 932 Bitcoins mined.Despite a 12% drop in bitcoin...
BTC Pushes Toward $64K as CLARITY Act Odds Slide to 27%
Key TakeawaysBitcoin rebounded past $63,900 after Strategy completed its third sale of 1,638 coins in 2026.Derivatives liquidations...
Bitget Quits Japan, Forces Traders to Exit by Year’s End – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysBitget will force-close all Japan positions by Dec. 31, 2026, per an Aug. 2 notice.Japan’s FSA warned Bitget in 2023...
Bitmine Amasses 5.8M ETH, Closes In on 5% Supply Grab – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysBitmine reached 5.8M ETH on Aug. 2, equal to 4.8% of ethereum supply.Tom Lee said Bitmine repurchased 16.1M shares...
2013 Bitcoin Whale Wakes, Moving 500 BTC as Coldcard Fear Deepens – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysThe Coldcard exploit has drained 1,431.97 BTC since July 30, pushing holders to secure funds.Whale Alert spotted a 500...
Bithumb Locks In 2028 IPO as Crypto Listing Race Heats Up
Key TakeawaysBithumb targets a 2028 IPO with a preliminary listing filing set for 2027.A February ledger error involving 620,000...
Strategy Completes Third Bitcoin Sale of 2026, Keeps 842,138 BTC – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysStrategy sold 1,638 BTC and still holds 842,138 BTC as of Aug. 2, 2026.Michael Saylor raised Strategy’s USD reserve to...
AI Agents Can Bypass Robinhood’s Stock Token Blocks, Per Coinfello
Key TakeawaysRobinhood Chain launched July 1, with Stock Tokens blocked for US persons.Experts warns AI agents can bypass front-end...
Saylor: Strategy Now Tracking Bitcoin’s 200-Week Average
Key TakeawaysSaylor added a 200-week moving average tracker to Strategy’s dashboard as bitcoin hovers near $62,500.Bitcoin broke...
ZachXBT Refuses to Trace the $88M Coldcard Hack
Key TakeawaysZachXBT declined to trace the Coldcard hack, citing weak support from bitcoin holders.Coinkite’s Coldcard breach has...
Senate Skips CLARITY Act Vote Monday, Five Days Left on Clock
Key TakeawaysThe Senate left the CLARITY Act off Monday’s floor schedule with the August 7 recess days away.Former Defense...
Is Saylor’s Strategy Selling Again? Lookonchain Claims Company Moved 299.84 BTC
Key TakeawaysLookonchain reports a Strategy-linked wallet moved 299.84 BTC ($18.91M), akin to pattern seen before July’s $216M...
Ordinary WiFi Can Now Identify People With Near-Perfect Accuracy
Key TakeawaysKarlsruhe Institute of Technology’s BFId identified 197 people with 99.5% accuracy on May 22, 2026BFId showed standard...
Galaxy Digital and Duel Casino Clash Over 230 ETH Linked to Coldcard Exploit
Key TakeawaysStolen bitcoin from the Coldcard exploit moved to Duel Casino, but the platform refused to freeze the funds.Duel...
Switzerland’s Crypto Use Is Double Germany’s, Study Finds – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysBearingpoint found Swiss crypto use at 23%, versus Germany’s 11%.Crypto Valley hosted 1,749 firms after Switzerland’s...
Bitcoin Wasn’t Hacked in Coldcard Attack, Pompliano Explains
Key TakeawaysPompliano classified the Coldcard event as a third-party failure.Verified losses surpassed 1,360 BTC, valued at more...
Bitgo CEO Funds 100 BTC Wallet, Dares Anthropic’s AI to Steal It
Key TakeawaysBitgo funded 100 BTC on Aug. 1 to challenge Anthropic’s Claude models.Anthropic found 3 AI evaluation failures across...
CLARITY Act Faces New Senate Threat Over Trump Crypto Gains
Key TakeawaysNew analysis renews Democratic objections to the CLARITY Act over Trump’s crypto ventures.Trump reported approximately...
Samson Mow Shares 5 Urgent Steps for Coldcard Users Facing Losses
Key TakeawaysSamson Mow urged victims to document every detail related to affected wallets.Users should report losses to police and...
Bitcoin Miners Face August Showdown After Revenue Rebound
Key TakeawaysBitcoin mining revenue rose to $875.35M in July, rebounding $38.93M from June.Hashrate Index shows hashprice climbed...
Coldcard Hacker Gets Brazen Bitcoin Laundering Offer Onchain – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysCoinkite thefts reached 1,359.8820 BTC after new attack waves through Aug. 2.OP_RETURN carried a 10% laundering offer...
Coinkite Faces Class Action Threat as Bitcoin Wallet Bug Costs Users Over 1,300 BTC
Key TakeawaysVictims are planning class-action lawsuits against Coinkite after losing $88 million to the Coldcard wallet bug.Legal...
BTC Plunge Triggers Altcoin Sell-off as ADA Bucks the Trend
Key TakeawaysBitcoin fell to $62,236 on July 31, reducing its market capitalization to $1.26 trillion.Altcoins tracked the slide as...
Iran Rejects Trump Deal as Hormuz Tensions Grip Markets Again
Key TakeawaysTrump said Aug. 2 a Hormuz deal emerged, but Iran denied any agreement.Oil markets stayed volatile as IRGC...
Coinkite Under Fire for Retaining Customer Emails After $88M Coldcard Hack
Key TakeawaysCoinkite emailed buyers dating back to 2019 to warn of a bug, sparking anger over data retention.Users slammed the...
Stablecoin Supply Sheds $15 Billion in Biggest Drop Since Terra
Key TakeawaysStablecoin supply dropped $15 billion since May, the largest fall since Terra’s 2022 collapse.Tether’s USDT and...
Bitcoin Drive Engaged: Saylor’s New Message Sparks Buy Speculation
Key TakeawaysSaylor’s Sunday post fueled expectations of a Monday bitcoin buy announcement.Strategy’s ledger shows 3,588 BTC sold...
AI Stocks Trade Like Memecoins While Bitcoin Barely Moves
This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the...
Russia Goes After Durov, Bessent Slams CLARITY Opponents, and More
Key TakeawaysBessent demanded a CLARITY vote as Satoshi’s quote turned 16, keeping crypto rules in focus.CME Group targets the...
Seed Phrases: The 12 Words Standing Between You and Losing Everything
Key TakeawaysA Trezor-impersonation scam drained $282 million after a victim shared their seed phrase earlier this year.A full...
Moscow Bitcoin Mining Ban Hits Data Centers Until 2032
Key TakeawaysRussia banned crypto mining in Moscow and the Moscow region from August 15, 2026, to December 31, 2032.The ban...
Latam Insights: Stablecoins Dominate Brazil’s $14.68B Crypto Market as Argentina Pushes Programmable Money
Key TakeawaysBrazil’s crypto purchases surged 135% to $14.68 billion in H1 2026, driven largely by stablecoin demand.Argentine...
$11 Billion in Crypto Losses Adds Pressure on CLARITY Act
Key TakeawaysNew York AG warns the CLARITY Act could limit state fraud enforcement.FBI reports $11 billion in crypto losses as...
IRS Warns Fake Crypto Letters Target Wallets and Personal Data
Key TakeawaysFake IRS letters direct crypto holders toward a fraudulent portal.QR codes lead victims to websites built to resemble...
XRP Scam Ring Arrested After Stealing $9M From 71 Investors
Key TakeawaysThree suspects were arrested over a 12.3 billion won XRP scheme.The fake XRP platform promised monthly returns of up...
Analyst: Bitcoin Drops to $60K in August Before Rebounding to $70K
Key TakeawaysBitbanker expects Bitcoin to drop to $60K in August due to passive Fed policy before recovering to $70K.BitMEX winding...
Grayscale Urges Senate CLARITY Act Vote Before August Recess
Key TakeawaysGrayscale pressed Senate leaders for a vote before the August recess.The CLARITY Act would create nationwide rules for...
Elon Musk Denies Tesla China Sale Report Tied to SpaceX Merger
Key TakeawaysElon Musk rejected the Tesla China sale report as entirely false.The Wall Street Journal reported executives explored...






















































































