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BIP-110 Supporters Revive Minority Fork, Slash Block Size to Just 300 KB – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysBIP-110 restarted after 23 days, switching from SHA-256d to Blake2b and mining 800+ blocks.Luke Dashjr’s BIP-110 fork...
CLARITY Act Odds Stay Buried as Senate Showdown Closes In
Key TakeawaysKalshi gives a Senate CLARITY Act vote before Oct. 1 a 91% chance.Polymarket puts 2026 CLARITY Act passage at 13%...
Zano Activates Hard Fork 6, Opening The Privacy Chain to Exchanges, Bridges and DEXs
August 31, 2026 – Zano’s Hard Fork 6 is now live on mainnet after activating at block 3,833,000, completing the largest network...
SimpleSwap Marks a Year Inside Exodus Wallet, Ships Five Partner Updates With No Integration Changes
Automatic refunds on swaps paused for screening A small number of exchanges are paused for compliance checks. If a check requires...
NYSE Owner ICE Taps Tzero as 24/7 Tokenized Stock Race Ignites
Key TakeawaysICE tapped Tzero and licensed technology spanning 103 blockchain patents.NYSE’s planned platform targets 24/7 trading...
Crypto ETFs Pull in $2.07 Billion as Bitcoin and Ether Lead the Week
Key TakeawaysBlackrock led bitcoin ETFs to $924.48M in weekly inflows as total crypto ETF demand hit $2.07B.Ether added $824.42M as...
Blackrock’s BUIDL Hits $2.8B, Reclaims Treasury Crown
Key TakeawaysBlackrock’s BUIDL fund holds about $2.8 billion in assets, or 18.5% of the $15.1 billion market.BUIDL lost the top...
Balancer V1 Pool Hacked for $234K in Same Bug Family
Key TakeawaysA Balancer V1 pool lost about $234,000 to a rounding-error exploit on August 31, per Slowmist.The attacker compressed...
Cronos Halts Chain After $75M Tectonic Exploit
Key TakeawaysOn Aug. 31, 2026, Tectonic lost over $70 million after an attacker used $600,000 to inflate TONIC’s price 40x.Cronos...
Bitcoin Price Battles Back From $77K as Bulls Eye $80K Breakout
Key TakeawaysBitcoin’s price held $77,000 support as its Aug. 31 rebound pushed BTC back above $78,000 range. BTC’s price slid a...
FOMO Cracks Top 5 US Finance Charts, Passes Kalshi and Cash App
Key TakeawaysFomo cracked the top five U.S. finance apps on Apple’s App Store earlier this month.The app has drawn 470,000 to...
Digital Sovereignty and the Global Race for Stablecoin Regulation
Adrian Wall is Managing Director of the Digital Sovereignty Alliance (DSA), where he is a leading voice on blockchain policy,...
Ireland Bans Crypto From New State Investment Scheme
Key TakeawaysMinister Simon Harris barred crypto from Ireland’s new investment scheme to shield $197B in deposit savings.The...
Robinhood Chain App Revenue Beats Ethereum, Hyperliquid
Key TakeawaysRobinhood Chain’s apps generated $2.66 million in 24-hour revenue on August 30.Gmgn, Pons and Uniswap combined for...
Tether CEO Slams BIS Over Tokenized Bank Deposit Push
Key TakeawaysTether’s CEO defended stablecoins after the BIS claimed tokenized deposits are better fiat substitutes.Ardoino argued...
Belgium Seeks Crypto Wallet Data From EU Registrars in Piracy Probe
Key TakeawaysBelgium’s BAPO ordered domain registrars to submit financial, IP, and account details of pirate operators.Court orders...
With 75% of Tech Listings Asking for AI, Gen Z Weighs Specialist vs Generalist
Key TakeawaysAI skills appeared in 75% of tech listings in June, raising the bar for Gen Z.Ed Yardeni sees AI pushing firms toward...
Iceland EU Rejection Keeps Nation Outside MiCA Crypto Rules
Key TakeawaysVoters rejected resuming EU membership talks, keeping Iceland outside the EU’s strict MiCA crypto framework.The 52.8%...
Sberbank Sees Russian Legal Crypto Trading Hitting $46B in Year One – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysRussia legalized broker crypto trading, expecting over $46B in official volume in its first year.Strict annual...
Interactive Map Showing Exactly Where 67 Million US Crypto Holders Live – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysCalifornia leads the estimates with 9.5 million crypto holders.The map covers all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and 435...
Why a Famous Burger Chain Now Calls Itself a ‘Bitcoin Company’
Key TakeawaysSteak ‘n Shake credits bitcoin users with stronger restaurant sales.Its parent reported 13.8% same-store sales growth...
US Strikes Iran, Brent Cracks $90 as Hormuz Risk Explodes Again
Key TakeawaysCENTCOM struck Iranian launchers Aug. 30 after detecting preparations to mine Hormuz.Brent crude briefly tapped $90 as...
Options Bets Turn Defensive Ahead of a Bitcoin Price Showdown
Key TakeawaysCoinglass metrics show bitcoin futures open interest at $54.82B, with Binance holding $11.24B.Deribit options hold...
UK Reveals 240 Crypto Millionaires in First Official Tax Report
Key TakeawaysThe UK published its first official statistics on taxable crypto gains.240 people each declared more than £1 million...
Solana Breaks 10-Month Curse as Institutional Money Storms In – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysSolana (SOL) climbed roughly 46% in August, snapping a brutal ten-month monthly losing streak.Charles Schwab plans SOL...
Bessent’s Bond Buyback Gamble, Druckenmiller’s Response, and More
WEEK IN REVIEW Key TakeawaysCharles Schwab added SOL, AVAX and LINK as its $13T crypto push expands beyond BTC and ETH.Circle...
Bitcoin Early Adopters Stir as 6,427 BTC Worth $500M Moves in August
Key TakeawaysThe Bitcoin blockchain saw 6,427.59 dormant BTC worth $507M move across 188 spends between Aug. 1-30, 2026.Coldcard...
Russia’s Largest Bank Sber Eyes BTC, ETH, USDT for Crypto-Backed Loans
Key TakeawaysSberbank plans to accept bitcoin, ether, and tether as loan collateral.The expansion depends on Russia’s new crypto...
Fedwatch Turns Hawkish With 57% Odds of September Rate Increase
Key TakeawaysCME’s Fedwatch tool puts a Sept. 16 federal funds rate (FFR) hike at 57%, versus just 39.9% on Aug. 21.Polymarket and...
Bulls Reload for Another Assault on $81K as Bitcoin’s Price Rises
Key TakeawaysBitcoin hit $78,960 Sunday, gaining 1.5% as buyers challenged the $79,000 resistance zone.Coinglass logged $75.71M in...
One by One, the Industry Is Fixing the Tokens
Thus far, the breakout has held. Through Thursday’s close, U.S. equities have also been flat to slightly positive, owed almost...
‘We’re Back’: Michael Saylor Hints Strategy May Buy Bitcoin Again – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysSaylor’s cryptic post renewed speculation about a bitcoin purchase.Strategy held 840,447 BTC after pausing...
ECB’s Schnabel Says Central Bank Money ‘Must Go Onchain’ – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysIsabel Schnabel believes that the ECB must bring its reserves onchain.Project Pontes is due to launch in September...
Swedish Tax Scrutiny Shadows Crypto Miners’ Pivot to AI
This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The Miner Mag)...
BIS Chief: Stablecoins Still Aren’t Credible Money at Scale
Key TakeawaysPablo Hernández de Cos flagged four failures in stablecoins during his Jackson Hole address.Global stablecoin supply...
A Texas Player Just Let $1 Million Expire. It Was Sitting at a Gas Station the Whole Time
Key TakeawaysPowerball’s $1 million Austin ticket expired after its Aug. 1 claim deadline.Circle K sold the ticket matching 5 white...
MEV Explained: Ethereum’s Top Sandwich Bot Made $295M, Then Lost $7.5M
Key TakeawaysJaredfromSubway.eth’s bot has extracted over 117,000 ETH (~$295M) from trades since March 2023.An attacker drained the...
Bullish Makes $100M AI Credit Bet With GPUs Serving as Collateral
Key TakeawaysBullish extended USD.AI a $100 million facility for GPU-backed AI loans.The firm’s shares gained 44% in 1 month as...
Bitcoin Bull Cycle Peak Could Be Driven by Global ETF Demand
Key TakeawaysGlobal institutional demand could drive bitcoin’s bull cycle peak.Wider ETF access may extend adoption beyond the...
Crypto Weekly: Solana Leads Altcoin Gains as XRP and DOGE Slide
Key TakeawaysCrypto markets ended Aug. 29 flat at $2.73 trillion as volatility offset prior gains.Altcoins diverged sharply as SOL...
Goldman Sachs Predicts Gold Will Hit $4,900 by Year-End
Key TakeawaysGoldman Sachs predicts gold will hit $4,900 per troy ounce by year-end due to high central bank demand.Central banks...
Zcash’s 19x Rally May Have More Room as Grayscale Eyes Bitcoin Share
Key TakeawaysZEC has risen roughly 19-fold but remains below 1% of bitcoin’s market cap.Grayscale says privacy could help Zcash...
Community Bankers Demand Total Ban on Stablecoin Rewards
Key TakeawaysCommunity banks revived stablecoin reward concerns, swaying two Republican senators to oppose CLARITY.ICBA warned...
Don’t Trust, Verify: Poisoned AI Links Expose a Nightmare for Crypto Workers
Key TakeawaysRefi Hub’s Numa Lunah said 1 Claude-supplied link led to malware.Microsoft warned in 2026 that LLM poisoning can steer...
Ripple Donates $300K to Support Nepal and Tibet Flood Relief
Key TakeawaysRipple is donating a combined $300,000 to two relief organizations.The funding will support meals, water, and...
Trump Teleprompter Operator Fined $172K After Dominating Kalshi Bets
Key TakeawaysGabriel Perez must pay $172,539.02 after winning 39 of 43 Kalshi contracts.CFTC’s Perez case puts prediction market...
Grayscale Names 3 Cryptos That Could Gain From Surging US Debt
Key TakeawaysGrayscale says government debt could support three cryptocurrencies.U.S. public debt exceeded $40 trillion for the...
Bitcoin Price Retreats After Warsh’s Hawkish Jackson Hole Keynote
Key TakeawaysBitcoin fell 2.5% to $77,588 after Kevin Warsh’s hawkish Jackson Hole speech.U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs snapped a 9-day...
Helius CEO Secures Last-Minute Votes to Slash Solana Inflation
Key TakeawaysSolana validators passed SGP-0002 to double the disinflation rate, reducing the inflation schedule.CEO Mert Mumtaz...
Trump-Linked Account Rugs GOLD Token, Nets $312K Profit
Key TakeawaysRealtrumpcoins, an account Trump follows, controlled 82.45% of GOLD’s total token supply before the dump.Fifteen...
Bitcoin ETFs Snap 9-Day Streak With $202M Exit as Ether Gains $102M
Key TakeawaysSosovalue data showed U.S. bitcoin ETFs shed $202 million on August 28, ending a nine-day, $3.04 billion streak.Ether...
Starkware Mines Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transaction on Mainnet
Key TakeawaysStarkware’s QSB made a quantum-safe bitcoin transaction on Aug. 26 with zero consensus changes.Bitcoin gains an opt-in...
NFL Returns to Draftkings and Fanduel, Still Shuns Prediction Markets
Key TakeawaysNFL signed three sportsbook partners on Aug. 27, its first since deals lapsed March 31.Partners agreed to prohibit...
Coinbase’s Armstrong vs. Binance’s CZ: Should You Trust Their Bitcoin Price Calls?
Key TakeawaysArmstrong and CZ remain broadly bullish, but their forecasts often follow bitcoin’s price action.Long-term price calls...
New York Warns of Fake Crypto and AI as Scam Losses Hit $8 Billion
Key TakeawaysInvestment scam losses surpassed $8 billion in 2025.AI helps fraudsters create convincing voices, videos, and ads.Fake...
Bitcoin Moves Closer to Gold as US Debt Revives Debasement Trade
Key TakeawaysBitcoin’s 90-day correlation with gold has climbed above 50%.Its Nasdaq 100 correlation has fallen from above 60% to...
Evernorth XRP Treasury Deal Advances After SEC Filing Takes Effect – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysShareholders will vote on Evernorth’s proposed merger on Sept. 30.The registration statement becoming effective moves...
Ireland Moves $38M in Bitcoin Tied to Drug Dealer’s Lost Fishing Rod
Key TakeawaysCAB-linked wallets moved 500 BTC worth $38 million on Aug. 28 after 10 years.CAB has now recovered 2,000 BTC tied to...
Ripple Prime Expands Into Equity Derivatives With Delta One Launch
Key TakeawaysRipple Prime’s Delta One business is now live for institutional clients.Total return swaps cover U.S. equities,...
12 Years Later, Bitcoin Remembers the Man Who Got There First
Key TakeawaysCryptographer Hal Finney passed away on August 28, 2014, after a five-year battle with ALS.The 10 BTC Satoshi Nakamoto...
Tusk Pushes Crypto Law Re-Vote After Zondacrypto Scandal
Key TakeawaysZondacrypto collapsed in a $94M scandal, prompting PM Tusk to call a re-vote on vetoed crypto rules.Repeated...
Bitfinex Signals Start of Bitcoin Price Bull Phase as Gold Tie Peaks – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysBitfinex reported Bitcoin aligned with gold, driving metrics into the start of a bull expansion phase.Rising US debt...
Circle Brings USDC Into UK Premier League With Chelsea Shirt Deal
Key TakeawaysCircle signed Chelsea FC from 2026/27, putting USDC on men’s, women’s and academy shirts.USDC gains global reach...
BTC Rejects $81,500 as Whales Build Massive Sell Wall at $81K
Key TakeawaysBitcoin fell below $77K following Fed Chair Warsh’s speech, wiping out $300M in crypto liquidations.Heavy sell walls...
CoinRabbit Hits Six Years of Incident-Free Custody With ChangeNOW’s NOWCustody
CoinRabbit, a crypto asset management platform, has passed six years with no security incident and no loss of client assets, while...
Bitcoin ETFs Cross $100 Billion With $242 Million Inflow
Key TakeawaysBlackrock led $242.24M into bitcoin ETFs on Thursday, extending inflows to 9 sessions.Solana gained $60.91M as HYPE...
TRUMP Up 20% as Public Citizen Puts Investor Losses at $4.7B
Key TakeawaysDonald Trump’s TRUMP memecoin surged over 20% to reach a $705 million market cap on Friday.Public Citizen reported...
Bitcoin’s Price Has Stalled and Arthur Hayes Says Strategy Pays the Price
Key TakeawaysArthur Hayes says Strategy’s mNAV premium sat near 0.74x on August 27, erasing its old edge.Strategy holds 840,447 BTC...
Dunamu Partners With Visa to Build Stablecoin, AI Payment Rails
Key TakeawaysDunamu and Visa signed a stablecoin and AI payments partnership on Aug. 27 in San Francisco.The deal explores Open...
Bitcoin Gained $14,264 in a Week, Galaxy Says Next Bottom Signal Is Close
Key TakeawaysBitcoin gained $14,264 (22.7%) in one week, its largest-ever weekly dollar gain.Galaxy Research flags bitcoin’s...
Polish Olympic Chief Detained in Crypto Fraud Probe
Key TakeawaysPolish Olympic Committee President Radosław Piesiewicz was detained in a fraud probe.The collapse of Zondacrypto has...
Why Did a Judge Just Kill the Trump Administration’s Anthropic Ban?
Key TakeawaysJudge Rita Lin ruled Aug. 27 that Pentagon’s Anthropic blacklist violated the First Amendment.Her 59-page order...
Brazil Deploys Crypto Alerts System to Neutralize Cyber Threats
Key TakeawaysBrazil’s central bank created a real-time alert system with Hypernative to prevent crypto cyberattacks.The tool...
Cardano whales buy the dip as ADA reclaims $0.211
Key takeaways Cardano slipped to around $0.210 after losing more than 7% this week. Whales holding between 10 million and 100...
US Bitcoin Mining Grip Slips From Q1 to Q3 as Rival Nations Gain
Key TakeawaysU.S. Bitcoin hashrate share fell 0.823% in 2026, with roughly 55 EH/s lost.Russia and China gained Bitcoin mining...
California Alone Is Holding $15 Billion in Money That Belongs to Its Residents
Key TakeawaysCalifornia holds $15.485B across 84M unclaimed properties for nearly 39M residents.Texas holds $10.5B as estimates...
Tokenization Threatens Deposit Stability, Dallas Fed Researchers Warn
Key TakeawaysDallas Fed researchers warn 24/7 tokenized deposits could reduce bank maturity transformation by $580B.Chris Turner of...
UK Gives Bank of England New Stablecoin Innovation Mandate
Key TakeawaysU.K. plans a second Bank of England objective to support stablecoins and digital payments.Bank of England’s new remit...
NZ’s ACT Party Proposes Waiving Capital Gains Tax on Crypto
Key TakeawaysNew Zealand’s ACT party proposed tax-free crypto gains after a year to boost long-term retail investments.The proposal...
Bitcoin Mining Consumes 30% of Paraguay Energy, Analysts Reveal
Key TakeawaysBitcoin mining uses 30% of Paraguay’s power, sparking warnings of a major energy crisis by 2029.Stagnant power...
Polymarket Pulls NFL Contracts, Certifies Bitcoin Bets The Same Day
Key TakeawaysPolymarket US withdrew NFL participation filings on Aug. 26, a day after certifying them.The same day, it certified...
SEC Eyes Sweeping Crypto Custody Rewrite as White House Weighs In
Key TakeawaysSEC sent its custody rewrite to OIRA, targeting an October 2026 proposal.Paul Atkins’ SEC could reshape crypto custody...
Trump Media Drops ‘Truth Predict’ Buildout, Chooses Crypto.com Instead
Key TakeawaysTrump Media dropped Truth Predict in 2026, signaling distribution may beat building exchanges.Crypto.com gains Truth...
$13T Asset Manager Charles Schwab Adds 3 Altcoins to Its Crypto Push – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysCharles Schwab will add SOL, AVAX, and LINK to Schwab Crypto after its May 2026 debut.Solana (SOL) saw a 12.4%...
Moonwell Locks Base Borrowing After $8.7M MAMO Attack
Key TakeawaysAttackers manipulated MAMO oracle prices to drain about $8.7 million in assets from Moonwell.Ecosystem partner Zyfai...
Bessent’s Bond Buyback Gamble Could Pour Fuel on Bitcoin’s Price
Key TakeawaysBitcoin reclaimed $80,000 on Aug. 28 after breaking key $79,000 resistance.Volatility wiped out $416 million in crypto...
Giant Hole in Global Crypto-Tax Net; China’s Taxable Crypto Only 1/5th of the US
Key TakeawaysOnly 14% of global taxable onchain crypto asset activity is estimated to fall within CARF’s scope.DEX activity, P2P...
Bitcoin Price Rockets Past $80K as Leveraged Shorts Get Crushed
Key TakeawaysBitcoin hit $80,808 as the crypto market climbed above $2.7 trillion.Coinglass logged $409.07 million liquidated,...
TronBid Expands Marketplace: Rent TRON Energy and Reduce USDT Fees
TronBid expands its two-sided TRON resource marketplace, giving users new ways to rent Energy, trade Energy and Bandwidth, and...
Solana Proposals Could Cut Staking Yield to 2.25%, Emissions by $1.5B
Key TakeawaysSolana’s SIMD-550 would double disinflation to 30%, pushing staking yields toward 2.25% by year 3.21Shares says...

























































































