Bitcoin sell pressure ‘closer to exhaustion’ after $4B USDT market-cap drop: CryptoQuant
Bitcoin analysis suggested that sell pressure would not increase given the historically large contraction in USDT market cap over a 60-day period.
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Coldcard hack losses: How investigators trace stolen Bitcoin
The Coldcard hack has no definitive loss figure yet as investigators rely on victim reports and onchain analysis that produce varying estimates.
Coinbase Opens UK Derivatives Trading With Up to 50x Leverage
Futures, perpetuals and options spanning crypto, commodities, equities and FX, limited to clients who qualify as professional investors.
Riot Platforms surges 20% in pre-market trading on $9.1 billion Anthropic deal
The bitcoin miner’s 20-year agreement highlights an industry-wide shift toward AI infrastructure revenue.
Keel shuts US Bitcoin mining operations as Q2 revenue falls 50%
Keel completed the shutdown of its US Bitcoin mining operations as it pivots toward AI and high-performance computing infrastructure
UK Lawmakers Write to Bank CEOs Over Crypto Account Refusals
The APPG has asked banks to explain their crypto policies, warning that access could be one of the single biggest barriers to growth.
Anthropic strikes $9B compute deal with Bitcoin miner Riot: Report
Anthropic reportedly struck a $9 billion deal with Riot for 191 megawatts of capacity from the Bitcoin miner’s Rockdale campus in Texas.
A $2 trillion asset class is getting a new blockchain rail
ADI Chain and Shipfinex are partnering to tokenize commercial ships, aiming to open the $680B ship-finance market to wider capital pool.
South Korea drops Travel Rule threshold for crypto transfers
South Korea will remove its 1 million won Travel Rule threshold and apply information-sharing requirements to all transfers between registered crypto service providers.
BTCPay offers $190,000 bounty after bitcoin payment servers drained in exploit
The project said it will pay 10% of recovered funds, up to 3 BTC, after attackers stole LND credentials and drained merchant Lightning wallets last week.
Payments platform Decta explores stablecoin-enabled treasury settlement
Decta will use USDC through OpenPayd’s infrastructure for international treasury settlement, seeking faster transfers and more efficient liquidity management.
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork is 300 blocks behind BTC and six years from fixing itself
The breakaway chain has produced two blocks since splitting off on Saturday. Bitcoin has produced more than 300 in the same stretch.
Luke Dashjr removed as Bitcoin Improvement Proposal editor
Luke Dashjr lost his BIP editor privileges after developers raised concerns over his role in BIP 110 and its stalled minority fork.
XRP, ether lead crypto losses as traders eye $70,000 bitcoin next
Bitcoin failed to hold $65,000 for a fourth day as an oil rally revived inflation worries before Wednesday’s U.S. price data.
White House vows to get CLARITY across ‘finish line’ in September
Patrick Witt says the Trump administration will keep negotiating with Democrats as the Senate prepares for a September CLARITY vote.
U.S. SEC sets meeting to propose Reg Crypto to support certain digital assets offerings
The Securities and Exchange Commission will vote this week to start its first major crypto rulemaking process.
Bitcoin’s ‘strongest hands’ are back, on-chain data show
Elite wallets holding over 10,000 BTC has hit a six-month high of 90, building on earlier accumulation by mid-sized whales amid Coldcard fallout and Clarity Act delays.
Trump Media to revamp crypto treasury strategy after $238M Q2 loss
Trump Media says it will take a more disciplined approach to its crypto treasury while directing more resources toward its core media business.
Thailand’s 0% crypto tax. Bitcoin Red Team forced to use Chinese AI: Asia Express
The Bitcoin Red Team has been forced to rely on open source Chinese AI, after OpenAI restricted access. Thailand sets crypto tax to 0% in bid to become crypto hub.
Vitalik Buterin Says Ethereum Is Betting Its Future on Quantum Security and AI
Ethereum’s updated roadmap puts quantum resistance, privacy and AI-assisted formal verification at the center of the network’s technical ambitions.
Trump Media’s bitcoin holdings shrink as crypto losses hit $361 million
The Truth Social parent held 9,477 BTC worth $557 million at the end of June, while its Cronos position also suffered a steep drop in value.
Bitcoin ATMs Pulled in Australia as Regulators Signal Wider Crackdown
AUSTRAC has suspended the registration of the operator running 96 of Australia’s roughly 1,800 crypto ATMs, effective August 9.
Judge stays CFTC’s case against US soldier over prediction market bets
A New York judge granted a motion filed by US prosecutors in July to stay the CFTC’s civil case against Gannon Ken Van Dyke over making more than $400,000 on prediction markets.
Bitwise’s Rasmussen: Circle is mispriced as stablecoins head toward trillions
Bitwise’s Ryan Rasmussen says investors are underestimating Circle as stablecoins expand and the company builds out its payments infrastructure.
Strategy builds $4.75 billion cash cushion as only bitcoin isn’t enough for investors
Strategy is holding billions in cash after learning that traditional investors don’t necessarily view its massive bitcoin reserves as a substitute for dollars.
Hidden Text in PDFs Is Hijacking This AI Assistant
A security firm says Atlassian’s AI assistant will quietly ship your Jira tickets and Confluence docs to an attacker, using instructions buried in a file you’d swear was empty.
TRON USDT supply hits $87.9B as transfers reach $2.1T in Q2: Messari
Messari reported that TRON recorded all-time highs in stablecoin supply and network activity during the second quarter, while DeFi and decentralized exchange activity declined.
UK money laundering suspect bought $100M in Trump crypto business: NYT
An individual behind the Aqua 1 entity that purchased $100 million worth of World Liberty Financial tokens in 2025 is reportedly a businessman with ties to the UK and UAE.
Another Dormant Bitcoin Wallet Holding Millions Wakes Up After 12 Years
A Bitcoin address that sat untouched for more than 12 years just moved 26.96 BTC, worth about $1.75 million.
Coinsbuy offers $100K reward after Sunday security breach
Coinsbuy said it covered all affected client funds after unauthorized withdrawals, while an onchain investigator estimated more than $7.9 million was stolen.