Month: August 2025

BitMine’s ETH Holdings Near $5B After Latest Purchase; BMNR Tops Big Names in Trading Volume

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BitMine Immersion Technology (BMNR), the bitcoin miner turned ether (ETH) treasury under Fundstrat’s Tom Lee’s leadership, said it added roughly $2 billion of tokens over the past week, bringing total holdings to near $5 billion. Bitmine’s ETH stash exceeded 1.15 million tokens as of Sunday evening, up from 833,137 the week before. BMNR shares were … Read more

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Chainlink (LINK) Gains 8.9%, Leading Index Higher

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CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 4119.66, up 1.0% (+40.29) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Seven of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: LINK (+8.9%) and ETH (+3.3%). Laggards: HBAR (-3.4%) and UNI (-3.3%). … Read more

Polkadot’s DOT Falls 6% From Intraday High in Bearish Reversal

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Polkadot’s DOT experienced considerable volatility in the 24-hour trading period with sharp declines wiping out earlier gains, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that DOT plummeted 6% in a dramatic 24-hour reversal from August 10 12:00 to August 11 11:00, declining from $4.15 to $3.91 amid exceptionally robust selling volume. Polkadot … Read more

Fairphone’s new cables and chargers are both faster and tougher

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This 30W charger is available now, but only in Europe. Repairable phone manufacturer Fairphone has announced a new range of USB cables and chargers. While they’re not user-repairable, the company says that they’re more durable and sustainably manufactured than its previous peripherals. And even for people without a Fairphone device, they should make for a … Read more

A modder created the iPadBook that Apple won’t

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The iPadBook doubles as a MacBook Air and an iPad Pro. | Screenshot: YouTube Apple has little interest in merging iPadOS and macOS, or bringing its desktop operating system to its touchscreen tablet. So a Chinese modder took it upon themselves to create a hybrid laptop they’re calling the iPadBook featuring both operating systems in … Read more

BlackCat With a New Name? TRM Says the Ransomware Group May Have Rebranded to Embargo

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Ransomware group Embargo has pulled in at least $34.2 million in various tokens since its emergence in April 2024, according to TRM Labs. The blockchain analytics firm says the ransomware group’s infrastructure and coding overlaps suggests it may be a likely rebranding of the defunct BlackCat (ALPHV) operation. The group operates a ransomware-as-a-service model, providing … Read more

Chainlink Teams Up With NYSE-Parent ICE to Bring Forex, Precious Metals Data On-Chain

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Chainlink (LINK) has teamed up with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, to bring foreign exchange and precious metals pricing data to blockchain networks. The partnership adds ICE’s Consolidated Feed, a dataset sourced from over 300 exchanges and marketplaces worldwide, to Chainlink Data Streams, which serve over 2,000 on-chain … Read more

Michael Saylor’s Strategy Adds $18M of Bitcoin on Five-Year Anniversary of First Purchase

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Disclaimer: The analyst who wrote this article owns shares in Strategy. Strategy (MSTR) adopted a bitcoin standard five years ago today, on Aug. 11, 2020, with its first purchase of 21,454 BTC for $250 million. The acquisition marked a historic shift in corporate treasury strategy. To that point, former AI and software development company had … Read more