Mastercard Completes BVNK Acquisition to Accelerate Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure
Mastercard has officially completed its acquisition of London-based stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK, marking a major step in the payments giant’s...
Bitcoin
Hormuz Oil Recovery Bets Sparks New All-Time Highs For S&P 500
Bitcoin saw new August highs into Tuesday’s Wall Street open as markets bet on US-Iran tensions again easing.Key points:Bitcoin (BTC)...
Bernstein Says Bitcoin Mining Deals are Necessary for AI Power Crunch
Bernstein said that it remains overweight on the Bitcoin mining sector, citing the growing partnerships between Bitcoin mining companies that...
Strategy sells $395 million in Bitcoin and MSTR stock to buyback $81 million in STRC and build cash reserve to $4 billion
Strategy's latest Bitcoin sale lifted its 2026 disposals to 5,258 BTC, the largest amount it has sold in any year...
Tokenized Stock Holders Near 1 Million After 92% Growth in 30 Days
Key TakeawaysTokenized stock holders neared 967,000 by Aug. 3, up 522% in 2026 as onchain demand surged.Jupiter said 65%+ of...
Bitcoin Cold-Wallet Attack Spreads to 4,500 Addresses as Losses Near $89 Million
A sophisticated attack exploiting a years-old vulnerability in Bitcoin cold wallets has expanded significantly, with blockchain researchers estimating that nearly...
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 BTC,...
Strategy Sold Over $100 Million in Bitcoin, Buys Back More STRC
MicroStrategy sold over 1,600 BTC last week. It also expanded its cash reserves and bought back more STRC. Strategy...
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 to $31.59 per...
Coldcard Exploit Sparks Bitcoin Flight, ‘Bullish’ Crypto Consolidation: Hodler’s Digest,
Cold storage fears after Coldcard users lose $90M in BitcoinAfter $90 million in Bitcoin was drained from Coldcard wallet users,...
Tether Posts $1.5 Billion Q2 Operating Profit as Treasury Holdings Drive Earnings
Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, reported $1.5 billion in net operating profit for the second quarter...
Central Bank Gold Purchases Jump 62% to 288.9 Tonnes in Q2
Key TakeawaysCentral bank gold demand hit a Q2 record of 289 tonnes, rebounding sharply from a weak Q1.Poland led purchases...
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...
A major Japanese Bitcoin mining pool just pulled the plug on its Bitcoin service just as 3 mega-miners claimed 60% of the network
By the time SBI Crypto pulled the plug on its Bitcoin pool in Japan on July 31, its seven-day average...
Funding stock buybacks by selling your primary reserve asset is a dangerous game, but Lite Strategy just pulled it off without using a dime of debt
Lite Strategy, a Nasdaq-listed company that holds Litecoin as its primary reserve asset, spent about $5.4 million repurchasing roughly 4.9...
Analyst Blasts Strategy After CEO Signals New Priority Beyond Bitcoin
Strategy's CEO warned on Friday that the company might sell up to $5 billion in BTC. It was precisely...
Japan, US Plot Yen Rescue as Speculators Face Reckoning
Key TakeawaysJapan and the U.S. may unveil a joint yen policy next week, Kyodo News and CNBC reports.Japan sold up...
Galaxy Maps Coldcard Bitcoin Losses After Wallet Incident
Latest NewsPublishedAug 1, 2026Galaxy Research identified 1,196 addresses that lost 1,082.65 Bitcoin in a 41-minute window, expanding the estimated scope...
Tennessee County Passes Another Ban on Crypto Operations
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Grayscale Sees 3,000 Onchain Vaults With $7B+ as Next Crypto Breakout
Key TakeawaysGrayscale says 3,000+ onchain vaults hold $7B, positioning them as crypto’s next TradFi product.Ethereum, Base, and Solana vaults could...
AMLBot Launches AI Tracer for Cross-Chain Crypto Tracking
Crypto forensics and compliance company AMLBot has launched its AI Tracer, described as a self-service blockchain analysis tool that maps...
Citadel Buys Situational Awareness Stocks After July AI Market Rout: Reports
Ken Griffin’s Citadel reportedly bought a large proportion of the public stock portfolio of Situational Awareness, the hedge fund founded...
