Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi says the Coldcard vulnerability shows how artificial intelligence (AI) is rewriting cybersecurity economics. As the cost of finding flaws collapses, he argues that crypto companies must deploy frontier AI models against every software release. Coldcard Flaw Could Push Crypto Firms to Test Every Release With AI Artificial intelligence is making vulnerability discovery […]

Nine U.S. senators are asking the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to prohibit contracts tied to wildfire duration, growth and destruction, warning that state and local fire officials see a risk of arson. Polymarket responded, saying the removal would only make timely information harder to reach.   Democratic Senators Want Wildfire Prediction Contracts Banned Over Arson […]

Bitcoin posted a 0.8% gain, trading between $63,300 and a session high of $64,360, while holding support above $63,500 and keeping market cap at $1.29 trillion. A sudden rally triggered a heavy short squeeze, wiping out $35 million in short positions. Bitcoin Defends $63,500 Support Bitcoin oscillated between $63,300 and $64,300 on Tuesday amid reports […]

Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA) has granted Bybit a license enabling it to build future payment features, including peer-to-peer transfers and card initiatives. Regulatory Dual Framework Cryptocurrency platform Bybit announced Aug. 4 that its local subsidiary, Bybit Payments GmbH, has been granted an electronic money institution (EMI) license by Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA). The […]

Crypto infrastructure firm Bitgo is replacing Layerzero with Chainlink as the exclusive cross-chain infrastructure provider for wrapped bitcoin (WBTC), marking a major change in how the $7.7 billion token will move across blockchain networks. The crypto company said on Tuesday all future Bitgo-issued digital assets will also use Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, or CCIP, by […]

Bitcoin ETFs attracted $170.09 million at the start of the week, with seven funds recording gains and none reporting an outflow. Ether products lost $11.42 million, while XRP edged higher and HYPE resumed its decline. Blackrock Drives Nearly Two-Thirds of $170M Bitcoin Inflow Fresh August allocations arrived quickly. Investors directed more than $170 million into […]

Bitdeer has signed a 16-year agreement to provide 121 megawatts of AI computing capacity at its Tydal campus in Norway. The contract could generate as much as $8 billion if an eight-year extension is exercised. Bitdeer Secures 121 MW AI Contract at Norway Campus Bitdeer Technologies shares surged 12% on Tuesday, Aug. 4, after the […]

Michael Saylor told the backers of a contested Bitcoin proposal to “stand down” this week, days before a deadline that could split the network in two. Saylor has rejected BIP-110 on several occasions in recent times. On Tuesday, the Strategy executive chairman posted the message on X on Aug. 4, stating: “At 961,022, BIP-110 has […]

MARA Foundation says its Slipstream service is now open to anyone, with no signup code required, at the same moment thousands of bitcoin holders are racing to move funds off a flawed hardware wallet. MARA Strips Away the Access Codes MARA Holdings, the Nasdaq-listed bitcoin miner and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure provider, formerly known as […]

BNY, the world’s largest custody bank, is folding crypto staking into its digital asset custody platform through a new partnership with Galaxy Digital, marking another step in Wall Street’s push deeper into digital assets. The two companies announced the collaboration on Aug. 4, 2026. Staking lets holders of certain cryptocurrencies lock up their coins to […]

Boltz, a company that lets people move bitcoin between the main blockchain, the Lightning Network, and the Liquid sidechain, shut down all of its swap services on Aug. 3 after months of automated attacks it said were increasingly powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The timing rattled bitcoiners because the disclosure landed almost alongside the Coldcard […]

Blackrock has introduced two tokenized money market products aimed at institutional investors and stablecoin issuers. The funds combine blockchain-based ownership records with portfolios of cash and short-term U.S. government debt. Blackrock Targets Stablecoin Reserves With 2 Onchain Funds Blackrock is pushing tokenization deeper into the financial system’s cash layer with two money market products designed […]

Renna Ba, Director of Partnerships. On July 22, 2026, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce put crypto vault operators and onchain lenders on notice. Her warning wasn’t about which assets count as securities. It was about the shortcuts builders take to avoid finding out. Do “headstands, backflips, and other gymnastics” to read the law so it doesn’t […]

Mysten Labs (the development entity behind SUI) co-founder Evan Cheng says every digital payment on the internet will run through Sui within four years, and the network’s 2026 numbers are already backing up the bet. A Four-Year Timeline for the Whole Internet Cheng’s prediction is a sweeping one, i.e. within four years the volume of […]

The National Sheriffs’ Association is renewing its opposition to the CLARITY Act’s decentralized finance (DeFi) provisions, and the Blockchain Association says the law enforcement group has it backwards. A Renewed Warning From Law Enforcement The National Sheriffs’ Association sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer warning that the […]

The Coldcard hardware wallet hack has grown to $116 million (potentially more) across four separate waves, and Coinkite says the last three days have been among the hardest in the company’s history. Four Waves in Four Days What started as an estimated $30 million theft has more than tripled in less than a week. Bitcoin.com […]

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he still expects a floor vote on the CLARITY Act this week, even as the chamber has just four legislative days left before its August recess. A Vote “This Week,” Again Thune’s latest comments repeat a promise he has made and walked back before. As recently as July 23, […]

Michael Saylor is comparing Strategy to Wall Street’s biggest bank, just weeks after JPMorgan itself warned that Strategy’s bitcoin sales policy could rattle the market. A Bold Comparison, Days After a Warning Saylor’s post landed as a short, declarative line stating that “Strategy is the JPMorgan” of the crypto economy. No thread, no chart, no […]

European and U.K. financial institutions are investing heavily in digital asset infrastructure, but regulation is shaping their priorities in different ways. Continental firms are building within an established framework, while U.K. companies are preparing for rules still taking shape. UK Firms Plan 59% New Digital Asset Funding as Rules Take Shape European and United Kingdom […]

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos will pay $35,069.98 and accept a three-year trading ban to settle CFTC findings that he manipulated a Kalshi market tied to his own State of the Union attendance. A final order reveals he profited first from Yes contracts, then switched to No while continuing to tell the public he planned […]

Tokenized equities are attracting a fast-growing onchain audience as investors seek access beyond conventional market hours. Yet rising wallet counts have not resolved questions about liquidity, ownership rights or secondary-market depth. Jupiter Sees 360% Jump in Off-Hours Tokenized Stock Trading Tokenized stocks are moving from a blockchain experiment toward a broader trading market, with the […]

According to Google Trends, searches for bitcoin have fallen to a near-historic low, even as one of the industry’s key regulatory pieces, the Clarity Act, is expected to be voted on in the U.S. Senate this week. Interest in Bitcoin Drops to Near-Historic Lows in the US While President Trump has put crypto front and […]

A study published in The BMJ used a BERT-based “scientific spam filter,” trained on 2,202 retracted paper-mill papers, to screen 2.6 million cancer studies from 1999 to 2024. Led by Queensland University of Technology biostatistician Adrian Barnett, the analysis flagged 261,245 papers, or 9.87%, with suspicious writing patterns, rising from about 1% in the early […]

Tarek Mansour, CEO of Kalshi, stressed that the legal actions the state of New York has taken against his platform are being pushed by the gambling industry lobby. Mansour stressed that if New York takes Kalshi down, “they’re gonna have a lot of pissed off New Yorkers.” Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour Claims Gambling Lobby Is […]

A former FBI supervisory special agent has been accused of doing something investigators spend years warning others about: exploiting access to cryptocurrency seed phrases that were never meant to leave an active counterintelligence case. According to prosecutors, roughly $1 million in digital assets disappeared from wallets tied to a foreign intelligence target, not through a […]

The Senate has four days to advance the CLARITY Act before its August recess, while the White House reviews an ethics compromise. The delay leaves a bipartisan agreement unresolved as lawmakers approach a narrowing legislative window with broad implications for U.S. digital asset regulation. Industry Pressure Builds as Senate Faces Four-Day Deadline The Senate has […]

Bitcoin analyst Willy Woo estimates authorities have a 20% to 40% chance of recovering part of the bitcoin stolen through the Coldcard vulnerability. Historical crypto recoveries spanning billions of dollars underpin that outlook, while security leaders urge victims to preserve evidence that could support future claims. Woo Points to Previous Recoveries Bitcoin analyst Willy Woo […]

Strategy says MSTR outperformed bitcoin across every rolling four-year holding period since the company adopted its treasury strategy. The comparison arrives as institutional ownership expands and Strategy holds 842,138 bitcoin after its third sale of 2026. Strategy Charts MSTR’s Performance Against Bitcoin Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) CEO Phong Le shared on Aug. 3 that MSTR […]

Ripple invested in Zilo and Licuido to expand the XRP Ledger’s institutional capital markets infrastructure. The deals add regulated fund administration, issuance, trading, settlement, and collateral tools for tokenized assets. Ripple Expands Institutional Tokenization Infrastructure Ripple announced strategic investments in Zilo and Licuido on Aug. 3, extending the XRP Ledger’s institutional capital markets infrastructure with […]

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong urged senators to pass the CLARITY Act this week, citing one in four Americans who own crypto and stronger voter support for lawmakers backing the bill. Brian Armstrong Presses Senate Ahead of CLARITY Vote Crypto exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong intensified his campaign on Aug. 3, urging senators to […]

Jim Cramer says he plans to sell all of his bitcoin because he believes quantum computing could break the cryptocurrency’s security within about three years. Cramer Ties Quantum Progress to Bitcoin’s Security The CNBC “Mad Money” host made the comments after a July 30 interview with IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna. Krishna warned that […]