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...

Key TakeawaysAustria’s FMA granted Bybit Payments an EMI license to deliver regulated e-money services on Bybit.eu.The move expands...

Key TakeawaysBitdeer signed a 16-year, $4.7B AI deal for 121MW at Norway’s Tydal campus.Bitdeer shares jumped 12% as miners shift...

Key TakeawaysBlackrock’s IBIT led $170.09M into bitcoin ETFs, with 7 funds gaining and none seeing outflows.Ether ETFs lost $11.42M...

Key TakeawaysMARA Foundation opened Slipstream to the public on August 3, 2026, dropping its client code requirement.A Coldcard...

Key TakeawaysBNY, which holds $62.6 trillion in custody assets, will add staking to its platform.Galaxy Digital manages about $3.2...

Key TakeawaysBoltz suspended Lightning and Liquid swaps on Aug. 3, 2026, after AI-driven attacks outpaced its team.Three wallets,...

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...

Key TakeawaysMysten Labs’ Evan Cheng predicts Sui will carry all digital payments within four years.Sui has moved more than $65...

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...

Key TakeawaysThe Coldcard hack has stolen 1,816 BTC, worth about $116 million, from 5,200+ addresses.Galaxy Research says Wave 4’s...

Key TakeawaysThune says the Senate still expects a CLARITY Act vote before the August 7 recess.Galaxy Research cut CLARITY Act...

Key TakeawaysMichael Saylor called Strategy “the JPMorgan of the crypto economy.”Strategy now holds 842,138 BTC as of August 2,...

Key TakeawaysFireblocks found 99% of Europe and 100% of UK firms expect rules to support digital assets.Fireblocks says MiCA helped...

Key TakeawaysSantos must pay $35,069.98 and cannot trade on registered markets for three years.He opened the account Feb. 11 and...

Key TakeawaysQUT’s Adrian Barnett flagged 261,245 of 2.6M cancer papers from 1999-2024.The BMJ found flagged studies rose from 1%...

Key TakeawaysNew York is suing prediction market Kalshi for operating as an unlicensed gambling platform.Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour...

Key TakeawaysSenators have four days before the August recess begins.The White House is reviewing a proposed digital asset ethics...

Key TakeawaysWoo sees a 20%-40% chance of partial Coldcard bitcoin recovery.Past crypto recoveries show stolen assets can return...

Key TakeawaysRipple added transfer agency and tokenized asset infrastructure.Zilo supports regulated records for tokenized fund...

Key TakeawaysBrian Armstrong says one in four Americans now own cryptocurrency.The CLARITY Act would expand federal crypto...

Key TakeawaysJim Cramer says he will sell all his bitcoin over quantum fears tied to IBM’s Krishna.Google’s March 2026 paper cut...

Key TakeawaysZcash jumped nearly 5% past $490 following Nym’s Ironwood pool adoption.ZEC’s rally lifted the total market...

Key TakeawaysMichael Saylor says he has never sold any personally held bitcoin.Strategy may sell BTC under a board-approved capital...

Key TakeawaysAmerican Bitcoin posted $67 million in Q2 2026 revenue with a record 932 Bitcoins mined.Despite a 12% drop in bitcoin...

Key TakeawaysBitcoin rebounded past $63,900 after Strategy completed its third sale of 1,638 coins in 2026.Derivatives liquidations...

Key TakeawaysBitget will force-close all Japan positions by Dec. 31, 2026, per an Aug. 2 notice.Japan’s FSA warned Bitget in 2023...

Key TakeawaysBitmine reached 5.8M ETH on Aug. 2, equal to 4.8% of ethereum supply.Tom Lee said Bitmine repurchased 16.1M shares...

Key TakeawaysThe Coldcard exploit has drained 1,431.97 BTC since July 30, pushing holders to secure funds.Whale Alert spotted a 500...

Key TakeawaysBithumb targets a 2028 IPO with a preliminary listing filing set for 2027.A February ledger error involving 620,000...

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...

Key TakeawaysRobinhood Chain launched July 1, with Stock Tokens blocked for US persons.Experts warns AI agents can bypass front-end...

Key TakeawaysSaylor added a 200-week moving average tracker to Strategy’s dashboard as bitcoin hovers near $62,500.Bitcoin broke...

Key TakeawaysZachXBT declined to trace the Coldcard hack, citing weak support from bitcoin holders.Coinkite’s Coldcard breach has...

Key TakeawaysThe Senate left the CLARITY Act off Monday’s floor schedule with the August 7 recess days away.Former Defense...

Key TakeawaysLookonchain reports a Strategy-linked wallet moved 299.84 BTC ($18.91M), akin to pattern seen before July’s $216M...

Key TakeawaysKarlsruhe Institute of Technology’s BFId identified 197 people with 99.5% accuracy on May 22, 2026BFId showed standard...

Key TakeawaysStolen bitcoin from the Coldcard exploit moved to Duel Casino, but the platform refused to freeze the funds.Duel...

Key TakeawaysBearingpoint found Swiss crypto use at 23%, versus Germany’s 11%.Crypto Valley hosted 1,749 firms after Switzerland’s...

Key TakeawaysPompliano classified the Coldcard event as a third-party failure.Verified losses surpassed 1,360 BTC, valued at more...

Key TakeawaysBitgo funded 100 BTC on Aug. 1 to challenge Anthropic’s Claude models.Anthropic found 3 AI evaluation failures across...

Key TakeawaysNew analysis renews Democratic objections to the CLARITY Act over Trump’s crypto ventures.Trump reported approximately...

Key TakeawaysSamson Mow urged victims to document every detail related to affected wallets.Users should report losses to police and...

Key TakeawaysBitcoin mining revenue rose to $875.35M in July, rebounding $38.93M from June.Hashrate Index shows hashprice climbed...

Key TakeawaysCoinkite thefts reached 1,359.8820 BTC after new attack waves through Aug. 2.OP_RETURN carried a 10% laundering offer...

Key TakeawaysVictims are planning class-action lawsuits against Coinkite after losing $88 million to the Coldcard wallet bug.Legal...

Key TakeawaysBitcoin fell to $62,236 on July 31, reducing its market capitalization to $1.26 trillion.Altcoins tracked the slide as...

Key TakeawaysTrump said Aug. 2 a Hormuz deal emerged, but Iran denied any agreement.Oil markets stayed volatile as IRGC...

Key TakeawaysCoinkite emailed buyers dating back to 2019 to warn of a bug, sparking anger over data retention.Users slammed the...

Key TakeawaysStablecoin supply dropped $15 billion since May, the largest fall since Terra’s 2022 collapse.Tether’s USDT and...

Key TakeawaysSaylor’s Sunday post fueled expectations of a Monday bitcoin buy announcement.Strategy’s ledger shows 3,588 BTC sold...

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Key TakeawaysBessent demanded a CLARITY vote as Satoshi’s quote turned 16, keeping crypto rules in focus.CME Group targets the...

Key TakeawaysA Trezor-impersonation scam drained $282 million after a victim shared their seed phrase earlier this year.A full...

Key TakeawaysRussia banned crypto mining in Moscow and the Moscow region from August 15, 2026, to December 31, 2032.The ban...

Key TakeawaysBrazil’s crypto purchases surged 135% to $14.68 billion in H1 2026, driven largely by stablecoin demand.Argentine...

Key TakeawaysNew York AG warns the CLARITY Act could limit state fraud enforcement.FBI reports $11 billion in crypto losses as...

Key TakeawaysFake IRS letters direct crypto holders toward a fraudulent portal.QR codes lead victims to websites built to resemble...

Key TakeawaysThree suspects were arrested over a 12.3 billion won XRP scheme.The fake XRP platform promised monthly returns of up...

Key TakeawaysBitbanker expects Bitcoin to drop to $60K in August due to passive Fed policy before recovering to $70K.BitMEX winding...

Key TakeawaysGrayscale pressed Senate leaders for a vote before the August recess.The CLARITY Act would create nationwide rules for...

Key TakeawaysElon Musk rejected the Tesla China sale report as entirely false.The Wall Street Journal reported executives explored...

Key TakeawaysSaylor identified the reported $5 billion authorization as old news.The June framework permits bitcoin sales but...

Key TakeawaysGalaxy tracked 1,367 BTC swept from 4,585 addresses across 3 waves.Binance and other exchanges added a net 11,163 BTC...

Key TakeawaysStrategy held STRC’s dividend rate at 12% for August 2026, its highest rate since the July 2025 launch.STRC closed at...

Key TakeawaysJapan and the U.S. may unveil a joint yen policy next week, Kyodo News and CNBC reports.Japan sold up to $58.97...

Key TakeawaysA fair six-sided die roll supplies about 2.585 bits of entropy, per Claude Shannon’s formula.Coinkite’s documentation...

Key TakeawaysJohn D’Agostino, Coinbase’s Head of Institutional Strategy, says he is relentlessly optimistic the CLARITY Act...

Key TakeawaysU.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw $265.4 million in net outflows on July 31, led by Blackrock’s...

Key TakeawaysSUI trades near $0.68 as about 13.72 million tokens, worth roughly $9.9 million, unlocked on August 1.Prominent trader...

Key TakeawaysColdcard-linked seeds exposed 1,128.4717 BTC worth about $71.1 million.Coinkite says AI may have found the five-year...

Key TakeawaysSens. Thom Tillis and Ruben Gallego sent a state attorneys general enforcement plan to the White House on July 29.The...

Key TakeawaysBancastato added bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), litecoin (LTC) and solana (SOL) without a separate exchange.Sygnum...

Key TakeawaysProsecutors seek 47,461.73111 USDT worth approximately $47,000.Five victims’ payments reached the same cryptocurrency...

Key TakeawaysWNBA posted and removed footage of a $400 Reese-Bueckers wager on their own game.Atlanta beat Dallas 82-81, leaving...

Key TakeawaysHIVE’s AI GPU cluster earns about $2.90 per GPU-hour, dwarfing bitcoin mining’s roughly $0.12/hour take.The company’s...

Key TakeawaysGrayscale says 3,000+ onchain vaults hold $7B, positioning them as crypto’s next TradFi product.Ethereum, Base, and...

Key TakeawaysCash and 25,000 USDT allegedly funded murder-for-hire payments.Complaint alleges $750,000 was converted into...

Key TakeawaysColdcard-linked thefts drained bitcoin from hundreds of wallets on July 30.Coinkite says Mk3 seeds had about 40 bits...

Key TakeawaysStrategy and Michael Saylor publicly endorsed the CLARITY Act.The Senate proposal divides crypto oversight between two...

Key TakeawaysPeter Schiff argues Strategy’s STRC policy harms MSTR shareholders.Strategy uses reserves and repurchases to support...

Key TakeawaysThe attacker stole roughly $30 million during the first 10 minutes.Investigators identified 500 victim wallets swept...

Key TakeawaysStand With Crypto reports one million contacts supporting the bill.Officials warn the proposal could weaken safeguards...

Key TakeawaysBitcoin fell nearly $3,000 on July 31, dropping to $62,369 after failing to hold $65,000.The crash wiped out $360...

Key TakeawaysTether reported $1.5B in Q2 profit as USDT cap reached $184.6B, capturing 60% of the stablecoin market.Tether backed...

Key TakeawaysBlackrock’s IBIT led $233.13M into bitcoin ETFs, extending the recovery to 2 days.XRP ETF assets hit $1B as ether and...

Key TakeawaysAave plans to exit six chains and remove 71 markets covering $98.1M in deposits.Aave’s $14.5B scale shows DeFi is...

Key TakeawaysCircle secured an NYDFS trust charter, enabling it to issue state-approved stablecoins and offer custody.The NYDFS...

Key TakeawaysStrategy now holds 843,775 BTC, up 11% at the end of Q2, per its latest earnings report.The firm sold 3,588 BTC for...

Key TakeawaysNew York sued Kalshi for running an unlicensed gambling operation disguised as a prediction market.The state alleges...