Bitcoin may find bear market bottom in August: 10x Research
Bitcoin could confirm an August bear-market bottom, though rising Treasury yields could force the Fed to raise rates in September, according to 10x Research.
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Coldcard Losses Near $114M as Small Bitcoin Transfers Spike
Transfers of less than 1 BTC hit levels last seen days after the FTX collapse, while Galaxy Research flagged a likely fourth wave of thefts.
The bitcoin futures yield collapse: Once over 20%, now less than Treasury notes
Bitcoin futures’ once-rich carry has evaporated, with quarterly basis yields trailing two‑year U.S. Treasuries since February, a sign of shrinking arbitrage and a maturing market.
A Marc Benioff-backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem
June emerged from stealth today with a $20 million pre-seed round to make AI adoption simpler.
Easiest Way to Deploy Open-Source Models to Production in 2026
The phase of picking your open-source models is finally done. Your embedding model actually beat OpenAI’s on your own retrieval evaluation benchmarks. The reranker seems super sharp, the little generation model handles the agentic loop just fine… Time to call it a win? Not just yet. You try to ship it. You’ve got a server … Read more
Robinhood wins UK crypto registration before new regulatory regime kicks off
Robinhood’s U.K. arm was added to the FCA’s list of registered cryptoasset companies as of July 31.
Human-Centric Methodologies In AI Reliability By Mayank Vadaliya
The modern manufacturing and automotive sectors increasingly rely on highly integrated, opaque software networks to drive global operations. As these digital systems scale from localized factory floors to interconnected autonomous transit networks, diagnosing unexpected failures becomes a uniquely critical operational challenge. Mayank Vadaliya, an Application Support Engineer at Tesla, a doctoral researcher in Information Technology … Read more
HashKey receives JPMorgan approval to open client money account
HashKey Exchange said it received approval to open client money accounts with JPMorgan, weeks after it launched customer fund accounts with DBS Bank.
The AI Index Nobody Is Tracking: Why Storm Duncan Thinks It’s the Most Important AI Metric
The AI Index Nobody Is Tracking Why Storm Duncan of Ignatious Thinks It’s the Most Important AI Metric of the Decade There is no shortage of metrics being applied to artificial intelligence. Benchmark scores, parameter counts, inference costs, enterprise adoption rates. The industry generates data about itself with the same velocity it generates everything else. … Read more
Coldcard wallet losses may near $114 million as possible fourth sweep emerges
The pending transactions signal replace-by-fee, so anyone who spots their address in the mempool has minutes to pay a higher fee and move funds first.
Most CIOs Can’t Define “Agentic Architecture.” That’s Becoming a Problem
Enterprise AI budgets are shifting from single models to multi step agent systems, and new research suggests a lot of organizations are structuring those systems in ways that actively hurt performance, which has less to do with GPU shortages than with how the work gets broken down in the first place. Ask ten IT leaders … Read more
Bonsai: Janestreet’s UI Library
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Bitget to exit Japan, close remaining positions after Dec. 31
The crypto exchange stopped accepting new registrations from Japan residents and will begin progressively restricting existing accounts on Nov. 1.
U.S. Jobs, Circle, Galaxy, American Bitcoin earnings: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Aug. 3
AI Shopping Agents Are Flooding Retail. Most Security Systems Still Cannot Tell Which Ones to Trust
Akamai’s latest State of the Internet report puts a number behind a problem retailers have been watching build for months. Nearly half of all AI bot traffic observed across Akamai’s global network between July and December 2025 was directed at the commerce sector. The more revealing figure, however, is what happened after that traffic arrived. … Read more
Crypto treasury firm ZeroStack warns of survival risk amid $82.5M loss
The Nasdaq-listed company relies largely on staking rewards to fund operations, while its 0G holdings were valued 91% below their recorded costs.
The AI Productivity Gap
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Bitcoin slips under $63,000 despite Iran deal hopes as Coldcard losses rattle market
Oil and Treasury yields fell after fresh U.S.-Iran talks eased inflation fears, but bitcoin and ether failed to catch a bid as fresh Coldcard-linked sweeps pushed observed losses to nearly $89 million.
More German than many Germans
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Bitcoin hits $62K while Coinbase premium hits 77-day negative streak
The persistent discount suggests US spot buyers have remained less aggressive than overseas traders even as US Bitcoin ETF inflows turned positive in July.
Trump Media’s bitcoin stash may be down to loan collateral after $165 million BTC move
Wallets tied to the Truth Social parent now hold about as much bitcoin as the company previously pledged as note collateral, making its next 10-Q the key test of whether recent Crypto.com transfers were custody moves or sales.
Michael Saylor’s Strategy is now tracking bitcoin’s 200-week moving average
Michael Saylor’s company, Strategy, is now closely monitoring bitcoin’s 200-week moving average, a key long-term support level that the cryptocurrency has historically respected.
Coldcard’s 5-year flaw reveals hardware wallet testing gap: Kraken’s security chief
The five-year bug escaped detection because auditors verified that the intended random number generator existed, but not that it was being called.
South Korean stablecoin outflows top $367M in June: Report
Stablecoins have been flowing out of South Korean exchanges for 18 consecutive months as regulators weigh tighter oversight of cross-border crypto activity.
Suspected 4th Coldcard attack wave sweeps 389 Bitcoin: Galaxy’s Thorn
Galaxy research head Alex Thorn warned that unconfirmed transactions may give some Coldcard users a narrow opportunity to save their funds.