Strategy keeps STRC dividend at 12% below $90
Strategy kept STRC’s August dividend rate at 12% as shares closed at $89.46, backed by buybacks and a $3.75 billion cash reserve....
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Trump Media launches Truth API amid SEC scrutiny
Trump Media’s Truth API gives institutions millisecond access to influential posts as lawmakers urge the SEC to examine market fairness....
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Coldcard users face urgent seed migration warning
Coldcard users are urged to replace vulnerable seeds after Galaxy traced 1,367.05 BTC, worth $88.6 million, across 4,585 addresses....
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XRP Ledger urges node upgrade after manifest flood
XRP Ledger operators were urged to install xrpld 3.2.1 after a manifest flood exposed unbounded handling of unknown validator data....
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Bitcoin ETFs gain fresh case after $89M Coldcard drain, says Balchunas
Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas says the $88.6M Coldcard drain strengthens Bitcoin ETFs, although institutional custody still carries risk....
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Minnesota loses first round against Kalshi, Polymarket
Minnesota’s prediction market ban remains blocked as the CFTC, state regulators and political groups fight over control of event contracts....
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Trump Media transfers 2,628 BTC as holdings shrink
Trump Media-linked wallets moved 2,628 BTC worth $165 million to Crypto.com, leaving 4,261 BTC as estimated losses reached $555 million....
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Michael Saylor says BIP-110 lacks miner consensus
BIP-110 signaling stands at 2.53%, leaving its 55% voluntary threshold unreachable as Bitcoin approaches mandatory signaling....
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BNB Chain sues ex-employee over $628K memecoin trade
BNB Chain is pursuing legal action after alleging a former employee used a tutorial wallet to launch ASTEROID and profit about $628,000....
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Crypto PAC spending tops $2M in Michigan House race
Protect Progress has spent over $2 million backing Shri Thanedar and opposing Donavan McKinney before Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary....
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Coldcard Bitcoin losses rise to $88.6M in third wave
Galaxy estimates three Coldcard-linked attack waves drained 1,367.05 BTC, worth $88.6 million, from 4,585 Bitcoin addresses....
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Russia bans Moscow crypto mining from Aug. 15
Russia will ban crypto mining across Moscow, Moscow Region and nine Kursk territories from Aug. 15, with restrictions lasting through 2032....
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Minnesota crypto ATM ban starts after $1M losses
Minnesota’s crypto ATM ban took effect Aug. 1 after 134 complaints and nearly $1 million in losses, with kiosk removal due Dec. 31....
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DEX spot volume reaches 24% of CEX trading
DEX spot volume reached about 24% of centralized exchange trading in July as Solana, BNB Chain and new Layer 2 activity expanded globally....
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South Korean stablecoin outflows hit 18 months
South Korean exchanges recorded 560.3 billion won in stablecoin net outflows in June, extending the overseas transfer streak to 18 months....
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Bitget adds daily Bitcoin rewards to BGBTC
Bitget has upgraded its Bitcoin-backed BGBTC asset with daily BTC-denominated rewards, cross-chain transfers through Chainlink CCIP, and independent oversight from Gauntlet. Bitget adds daily Bitcoin rewards to BGBTC Bitget said the upgraded BGBTC will distribute daily rewards denominated in BTC…...
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SpaceX stock nears $107 support before earnings, unlock
SpaceX stock remained under pressure near a record low as traders prepared for the company’s first post-IPO earnings report and the release of 911.5 million insider shares. SpaceX stock extends its post-IPO decline SpaceX stock closed July 31 at $108,…...
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ARK Invest buys $6.8M in Circle shares after NY win
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest bought 109,129 Circle shares after the stablecoin issuer secured a limited-purpose trust charter in New York. ARK Invest adds 109,129 Circle shares ARK purchased 77,103 Circle shares through its flagship ARK Innovation ETF, according to the…...
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Strategy stock sinks as Saylor puts Bitcoin buys on hold
Strategy shares fell 4.56% to $93.28 on July 31 after the company reported an $8.22 billion quarterly loss and prioritized restoring its STRC preferred stock to its $100 par value. Strategy stock slides after $8.22B quarterly loss Strategy stock traded…...
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What is a mainnet? The production blockchain explained
A mainnet is the production version of a blockchain network where transactions carry real economic value and are permanently recorded. When a cryptocurrency project launches its mainnet, it moves from concept to reality, and every line of code becomes a…...
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What is a testnet? The blockchain testing ground explained
A testnet is a separate blockchain network that mirrors a production chain’s rules and functionality but uses tokens with no monetary value. It is where developers break things, test upgrades, and discover bugs before those bugs can cost anyone real…...
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What is a zero-knowledge proof? Privacy and scaling explained
A zero-knowledge proof lets one party prove to another that a statement is true without revealing any information beyond the truth of the statement itself. It is the cryptographic technique behind blockchain privacy, scalable rollups, and a growing number of…...
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What is proof of work? The consensus mechanism that powers bitcoin
Proof of work is a consensus mechanism that forces computers to spend measurable energy solving a mathematical puzzle before they can add a new block of transactions to a blockchain. It is the reason bitcoin has value as a settlement…...
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Bitcoin price tests $63K as ETF outflows hit $265M
Bitcoin price hovered near $63,000 on Aug. 1 as US ETF outflows, weakening momentum and regulatory uncertainty kept buyers on the sidelines. Bitcoin price struggles to hold $63,000 According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin (BTC) price traded at approximately $63,082…...
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South Korea crypto trading volume plunges nearly 55% in H1
Trading volume across South Korea’s five major won-based crypto exchanges fell 54.6% year over year in the first half of 2026 as liquidity became increasingly concentrated on market leader Upbit. South Korea crypto volume drops below $367B Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone,…...
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The $4 billion Iran sanctions evasion network through crypto
The United States has sanctioned Iranian exchanges, frozen nearly $1 billion in cryptocurrency, and traced $3.84 billion in Iran-linked flows through a single offshore exchange, exposing the scale of sanctions evasion through digital assets. The numbers tell the story before…...
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Bitcoin mining capitulation: difficulty falls 19.9% as miners pivot to AI
Bitcoin mining difficulty has dropped 19.9% from its peak in the third deepest ASIC era decline on record, as miners sell bitcoin at record rates and redirect power capacity toward artificial intelligence data centers. Bitcoin mining difficulty has dropped 19.9%…...
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Tether’s $1.5 billion Q2 profit and the reserve buffer problem
Tether earned $1.5 billion in three months while its safety cushion fell by half, raising questions about whether the world’s largest stablecoin can sustain its reserve strategy through a rate cycle. The numbers look strong. Tether generated $1.5 billion in…...
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A build error in Coldcard’s firmware drained $38 million in bitcoin in 25 minutes
Coinkite says an attacker used AI to find a flaw its own AI review missed, exposing 500 wallets to a seed generation bug that reduced 128 bits of entropy to 40. The attack took 25 minutes. At 2:14 a.m. UTC…...
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Moneyflip CEO charged in $40K murder-for-hire plot
Moneyflip CEO Marcos Arturo Kleiman Tronllan faces a federal murder-for-hire charge after allegedly paying undercover agents $40,000 to kidnap and kill a businessman over an unpaid debt. Moneyflip CEO arrested in Miami Homeland Security Investigations agents arrested Kleiman in Miami…...
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Hong Kong crypto romance scam costs woman $3.3M
A Hong Kong woman reportedly lost around $3.3 million after an online romantic partner directed her to a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment platform. Crypto romance scams cost victims nearly $9M Hong Kong authorities recorded 25 investment fraud cases involving online romantic…...
Read MoreXRP Ledger v3.3.0 brings five institutional features
XRP Ledger developers are preparing five proposed amendments for the upcoming xrpld 3.3.0 release, targeting privacy, atomic settlement, and easier institutional onboarding. XRP Ledger v3.3.0 targets institutional transactions Jazzi Cooper, head of product at RippleX, outlined the proposed changes in…...
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Uniswap launches Earn with Morpho lending vaults
Uniswap has launched Earn, a self-custodial lending product that allows users to deposit USDC, USDT, and ETH into Morpho vaults without leaving its app. Uniswap Earn supports USDC, USDT and ETH Earn is available through the Uniswap Web App and…...
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Pump.fun cut staff weeks before PUMP tokens vested: Report
Pump.fun reportedly dismissed employees shortly before their PUMP token grants were scheduled to vest, leaving at least one former worker without an allocation now valued at seven figures. Pump.fun layoffs preceded employee token vesting Pump.fun reduced its workforce in late…...
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Ondo Finance weighs a $500 million acquisition as tokenized securities cross $36 billion
The largest tokenized securities platform cleared its SEC probe, secured FINRA authorization, and put BlackRock’s IVV onchain. Now it is shopping for a target worth up to half a billion dollars while the market it helped build outgrows it. Ondo…...
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Tether Q2 profit hits $1.5B as USDT supply grows
Tether generated approximately $1.5 billion in net operating profit during the second quarter of 2026 as returns from US Treasury holdings and repo operations supported its earnings. Tether reports $4.1B in excess reserves Tether’s total assets stood at approximately $187.7…...
Read MoreBitcoin braces for August slump as AI stocks falter
Bitcoin price fell below $63,000 on Friday as a short-lived rebound in Asian semiconductor stocks faded, adding pressure as the cryptocurrency entered its historically weak August trading period. Bitcoin price falls below $63K as risk assets weaken Bitcoin traded below…...
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Grayscale joins push for CLARITY Act Senate vote as deadline nears
Grayscale Investments has urged the Senate to vote on the CLARITY Act before the August recess as lawmakers face mounting pressure to resolve disputes holding up the crypto market structure bill. Grayscale urges action on the CLARITY Act Grayscale sent…...
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CLARITY Act odds hit 25% as Trump weighs ethics deal
CLARITY Act passage odds have fallen to 25% as the White House reviews a bipartisan ethics proposal that could determine whether the Senate takes up the crypto market structure bill before its August recess. Scaramucci expects Trump to approve ethics…...
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Robinhood stock rebounds as Bernstein sees 80% upside
Robinhood stock recovered more than 2% on Thursday after Bernstein maintained its $160 target, betting that tokenization and prediction markets can offset weaker crypto trading. Robinhood stock rebounds from $83.68 Robinhood Markets shares traded at $88.55 on Friday, up approximately…...
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Coinbase posts $359 million loss as revenue misses for a third straight quarter
The exchange hit record market share and crossed $100 million in prediction market revenue, but a $1.36 per share loss and declining transaction fees show the Everything Exchange still runs on a shrinking engine. Coinbase delivered its third consecutive quarter…...
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SBI values Ripple stake at $41.2B despite XRP price slump
SBI Holdings has reaffirmed its exposure to Ripple, telling investors that its Ripple shareholding carries an estimated value of $41.2 billion despite weaker XRP prices and sluggish crypto market conditions. SBI maintains its Ripple position despite XRP weakness SBI discussed…...
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Bitcoin price risks $59K drop as Iran war lifts oil
Bitcoin price fell below $64,000 on July 31 as renewed U.S.–Iran tensions lifted oil prices and strengthened the dollar, while its 4-hour chart formed a bearish rounded-top structure. Bitcoin price falls below key moving averages According to data from crypto.news,…...
Read MoreSouth Korea crypto tax set at 22% from 2027
South Korea will begin taxing cryptocurrency gains at a combined rate of 22% from Jan. 1, 2027, ending expectations that the long-delayed measure could be postponed for a fourth time. South Korea confirms crypto tax launch Deputy Prime Minister and…...
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CLARITY Act eyes Senate vote before August recess
Senate leaders still intend to bring the CLARITY Act to the floor before the August recess, although unresolved negotiations and a crowded calendar leave the timing uncertain. Lummis says CLARITY Act remains on the agenda Sen. Cynthia Lummis told crypto…...
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Coinbase stock sinks 12% after Q2 revenue miss
Coinbase stock extended its post-earnings sell-off on Friday, falling more than 12% as weaker trading revenue and a $359 million quarterly loss raised concerns about the exchange’s near-term growth. Coinbase stock extends its post-earnings decline Coinbase shares opened under heavy…...
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HYPE price falls below $55 as HIP-4 goes live
HYPE fell below $55 after Hyperliquid activated permissionless HIP-4 deployments on testnet, with whale transfers and broader crypto market weakness weighing on the token. Hyperliquid opens HIP-4 deployments on testnet Hyperliquid has released the first implementation of permissionless deployments for…...
Read MoreXRP ETF inflows surpass $1.5 billion: XRP holders can earn up to $10,000 daily
XRP ETF inflows surpass $1.5 billion as investors explore alternative digital asset strategies, including cloud mining and DeFi yield platforms. The XRP-backed ETF has just surpassed a significant milestone in inflows, further boosting institutional investor confidence. Simultaneously, a growing number…...
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Crypto research has a joining problem, and AI agents are starting to solve it
QuantPilot aims to simplify crypto market research by combining fragmented on-chain, market, and DeFi data into AI-assisted analysis workflows. Ask a crypto trader what they lack, and almost nobody says data. They have CoinGecko open in one tab, a Dune…...
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Circle adds NYDFS trust charter after OCC bank approval
Circle has secured a New York trust charter to expand its state regulatory footprint. According to an announcement from Circle on Friday, the stablecoin issuer has received a limited-purpose trust charter from the New York Department of Financial Services for…...
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