Ripple Says EU Crypto Expansion Is Ready to Scale After MiCA Win
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Ripple says the regulatory groundwork for its European crypto business is now in place, shifting its focus from winning approvals to scaling. The push follows full MiCA authorization as Europe tightens rules for crypto service providers. Ripple Declares Europe Ready for Its Next Phase Ripple said in an Aug. 5, 2026, insight that the regulatory […]

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Coinbase Delists Five Crypto Tokens in Fresh Shakeup
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Trading support has been disabled for five crypto tokens on major crypto exchange Coinbase at the start of August.

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Hackers Figure Out a Trick to Steal Bitcoin From Cold Wallets, Grab $110 Million – Futurism
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The incident highlights persistent lapses in security plaguing the largely unregulated cryptocurrency industry. … The cryptocurrency firm has since …

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Bitcoin’s BIP-110 enters mandatory signaling with miner support below 3%
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The deployment milestone tests whether enforcing nodes can sustain the change amid limited miner signaling and discussion of a hard-fork fallback.

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Bitcoin’s BIP110 Moment: Three Possible Scenarios
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Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin’s BIP110 Moment: Three Possible Scenarios Author’s note: In my view BIP110 is both useless and harmful, and I do expect it to fail (see scenario 1). Despite this I tried to write this article as factually as I could, entertaining different possible scenarios, as I do hope it may provide some clarity […]

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Former SEC Official Warns Quantum Computing Could Challenge Crypto’s Security Foundations
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John Reed Stark, a former official at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), warned that the rapid advancement of quantum computing poses a critical “ticking clock” problem for the cryptocurrency market. According to the former SEC attorney, progress in this technology threatens to breach the cryptographic pillars that underpin the security of decentralized networks […]

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Bitcoin Bear Market Over? Top Analysts Turn Bullish, but History Says Otherwise
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Ever since bitcoin started plunging real hard at the start of the new year and dumped to and eventually below $60,000, analysts have been focused on trying to determine where the bottom is. As usual, they are split into two camps: two who believe another crash is coming, and the optimists indicating that the worst […]

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Bitcoin Wallets Spike to 2026 High as Coldcard Hack Fallout Spreads
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Bitcoin logged 2.27 million new wallets and 751,000 active wallets this week, its strongest onchain activity in months, as holders raced to move funds off Coldcard hardware wallets following a firmware exploit that has drained more than $116 million. A Security-Driven Surge, Not a Buying Spree Santiment put out onchain figures this week, describing 751,000 […]

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Crypto Biz: Crypto’s biggest business is starting to look a lot like banking
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Crypto business is converging with banking as stablecoin reserves, tokenized funds, Treasury income and balance sheet management become key profit drivers.

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Is Hyperlabs Selling? New 433,025 HYPE Unlock Stirs Concerns
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Hyperlabs unlocks hundreds of thousands of HYPE tokens, sparking speculation of a potential sell attempt as its price turns bearish.

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5 Best Crypto Casinos 2026 – Which Bitcoin Casinos Are Worth Playing?
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The best crypto casinos continue to reshape real money gaming by offering faster blockchain payments, broader cryptocurrency support, and secure …

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Crucial Vote On Crypto Clarity Act Delayed Until September, Trump Says More People Are Paying in Bitcoin: Reports
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Bitcoin Magazine Crucial Vote On Crypto Clarity Act Delayed Until September, Trump Says More People Are Paying in Bitcoin: Reports A vote on the long-awaited Clarity Act will be delayed until September as lawmakers go on recess today.  As first reported by POLITICO, citing comments from Majority Leader John Thune, the vote on the landmark […]

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Grayscale’s Chainlink ETF Sinks to $72M After LINK’s 18% Slide
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Grayscale filed a Form 10-Q with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its Chainlink Trust exchange-traded fund (ETF) on August 7, disclosing $72.2 million in net assets after a rough second quarter for LINK. A Routine Filing With Alarming Numbers The quarterly report, covering the three months ended June 30, shows the Grayscale […]

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Bitcoin price tags $65.3K August high as low US jobs numbers cool Fed rate bets
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Bitcoin hit month-to-date highs above $65,000 as risk-assets gained on low US nonfarm payrolls data.

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SharpLink CEO Warns Ethereum’s New EIP-8363 Proposal Could Weaken ETH’s Biggest Advantage
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Joseph Chalom, CEO of SharpLink and former BlackRock executive, expressed his opposition to Ethereum improvement proposal EIP-8363. This initiative, dubbed “Tapered Issuance Burn,” proposes progressively burning validator rewards to limit the amount of ETH in staking, eliminating issuance yield altogether if the threshold of 50% of tokens deposited is reached. https://t.co/EdLGKCJtsU — Joseph Chalom (@joechalom) […]

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Pi Network’s PI Reclaims Key Support, Bitcoin (BTC) Fights for $65K: Weekend Watch
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Bitcoin’s price jumped to $65,400 on Friday after the weaker-than-expected US jobs report, but it has lost some traction and has remained sideways at around $65,000. Most larger-cap alts are slightly in the green, aside from HYPE and CRO. The latter has slumped hard after the Trump Media group canceled its partnerships with the company […]

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XRP Exchange Reserve Jumps Following Demotion to Top 6 Crypto Asset
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The amount of XRP tokens available for sale has continued to increase as more tokens are being returned to exchanges amid the volatile market conditions.

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Nigerian Govt. Issues Guidelines On Taxation Of <b>Cryptocurrency</b>, Imposes Penalties
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Sweepstakes Scam Ring Steals $9,000,000 From Elderly Americans in Decade-Long Operation
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A decade-long international fraud operation has drained more than $9 million from over 200 elderly victims across the United States through promises of fake sweepstakes prizes. The scheme relied on unsolicited calls and texts that told seniors they had won large cash awards and luxury cars but first had to pay taxes or fees, reports […]

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Bitcoin ETFs Add Nearly $800 Million in the Wake of Coldcard Exploit
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Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin ETFs Add Nearly $800 Million in the Wake of Coldcard Exploit One of the biggest Bitcoin security stories of the year unfolded last week as a firmware exploit affecting certain Coldcard hardware wallets renewed industry debate around self-custody and operational security. At the same time, another story was developing in the background. […]

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US court backs Bybit’s bid to trace funds from $1.5B North Korea hack
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Expedited discovery allows the exchange to seek account identities, balances and transaction histories from platforms with US operations.

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Bitcoin Fork Watch: Where to Track BIP-110’s Showdown Live
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BIP-110 mandatory signaling begins today, putting block 961632 under a microscope as the risk of a blockchain split moves from theory to a live test. At the time of writing, the decisive block is expected to arrive roughly a hair less than eight hours from now. With the clock ticking, here’s how observers can track […]

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Bhutan Resumes Bitcoin Selling Spree: Here’s the Latest BTC Transfer
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Less than a year after announcing plans to develop a new special administrative region called Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) using the proceeds of BTC sales acquired through hydropower mining, the Royal Government of Bhutan has continued to offload as the asset’s price is trying to stabilize at around $65,000. Data from the on-chain analytics resource […]

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Morgan Stanley Posts Three-Day Bitcoin Buy Streak
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Morgan Stanley has purchased Bitcoin for three consecutive days as momentum begins to build again and the demand for Bitcoin surges.

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How Shelbit Became a USD 6.3 Billion Settlement Layer for Iran's Illicit Economy | TRM Labs
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Shelbit operated as a cryptocurrency exchange registered in Dubai without a license to conduct virtual asset business. It ran a public-facing website …

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Pfizer Preparing To Send $44,000,000 to Settle Allegations That Prescription Drug Contained Carcinogen
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The drug and vaccine company Pfizer has signed off on a proposed $44 million class action settlement involving its Chantix medication. The resolution addresses claims that Chantix, a prescription aid for quitting smoking, reached consumers without proper disclosure of contamination by a nitrosamine compound widely viewed as a probable human carcinogen. The settlement covers individuals […]

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Hedge Fund Situational Awareness Commits $500,000,000 to Source Foundry Chip Startup
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Situational Awareness is pouring $500 million into Source Foundry, a startup developing new equipment to ease bottlenecks in advanced semiconductor manufacturing. The hedge fund injected a fresh $400 million into the company this week, in addition to its prior commitments, reports The Wall Street Journal. A spokesperson for Situational Awareness did not respond to a […]

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Why Paying Gas in USDC Could Transform the Future of On-Chain Transactions
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The idea of paying blockchain gas fees in a stablecoin like USDC rather than a volatile native asset (such as ETH) has moved from a niche concept to a tangible reality with EIP-1559-style mechanisms and account abstraction. This shift is not just a minor convenience—it has the potential to fundamentally rewire the user experience and […]

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Big ENA Purchase Fails to Spark Momentum as Ethena Buyers Stay on the Sidelines
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TL;DR: A wallet attributed to the firm Amber Group withdrew 38.89 million ENA tokens, valued at $3.58 million, from the Binance platform in the early days of August 2026. Net inflow to exchange platforms maintained an estimated positive balance of $325,000 for three consecutive days through August 7, 2026. Capital inflows into linked DeFi protocols […]

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Domestic stablecoins could boost demand for dollar-backed tokens: IMF
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IMF first deputy managing director Dan Katz says users may favor digital dollars for their liquidity, network effects and cross-border acceptance.

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Bitcoin Shrugs off Coldcard Hack and Clarity Act Delays, Price Chops Higher as Investors Buy ETFs
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Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Shrugs off Coldcard Hack and Clarity Act Delays, Price Chops Higher as Investors Buy ETFs Bitcoin was trading higher on Friday — despite negative news circulating regarding the Clarity Act delay and a massive exploit of the popular Coldcard wallets.  The biggest cryptocurrency was trading above $65,170 today, up nearly 4% over […]

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Bitcoin Tops $65,340 as BIP 110 Fight Raises Hard Fork Risk
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Bitcoin breached $65,000 on Friday, hitting an August peak of $65,340 before consolidating just under the mark with a 0.5% daily gain. Market volatility drove total crypto liquidations to $192 million, heavily dominated by $112 million in short position wipeouts. Bitcoin Reclaims $65K Range On Friday, bitcoin finally breached the $65,000 threshold amid escalating rhetoric […]

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