Public Bitcoin miners cut hashrate 13.4% as AI infrastructure revenue grows
AI and HPC are reshaping mining economics as operators repurpose power and data centers, while a smaller group of miners...
Day: August 13, 2026
Ethereum Foundation pivots away from Poseidon in post-quantum plan
Advances in compact proofs have erased Poseidon’s previous performance advantage, according to researcher Justin Drake.The Ethereum Foundation is moving away...
City of Baltimore goes after prediction markets for sports betting
The city’s complaint over gambling laws and deceptive trade practices included Robinhood, Webull and Coinbase as partners with prediction market...
Tether completes first full financial audit, receives clean KPMG opinion
KPMG’s audit covered Tether’s 2025 financial statements and found its reserves exceeded liabilities by $6.8 billion.Tether completed the first full...
Delio CEO sentenced to 15 years in prison on crypto fraud in South Korea
More than a year after being indicted on fraud charges related to his activities at crypto company Delio, Jeong Sang-ho...
SEC allows Franklin Templeton funds to invest in onchain money fund
The SEC said it will not pursue enforcement action if Franklin Templeton’s funds start investing cash in the asset manager’s...
Monaco Submits Draft Bill to Align Crypto Rules With MiCA
Monaco has submitted a draft bill to replace its 2022 crypto rules, aligning its regulatory environment with the MiCA framework...
A Maryland Man Won $50,000 Twice in a Year, and It Came Down to Persistence
A Waldorf, Maryland, lottery player has hit a $50,000 prize twice within a year, first through a Maryland Lottery Second...
UK Lawmakers Press Banks on Crypto Access Ahead of New Rules
U.K. lawmakers are asking major banks whether the country’s incoming crypto framework will change how they treat regulated digital asset...
‘DeFi doesn’t exist anymore,’ just onchain finance: Andre Cronje
Flying Tulip founder Andre Cronje contends that DeFi protocols have evolved into a new financial paradigm of “onchain finance” but...
Binance bStocks passes xStocks as second-largest tokenized stock issuer
Binance bStocks became the second-largest tokenized stock issuer less than two months after launch, narrowly ahead of Kraken’s xStocks.Binance bStocks...
Bitcoin speculators keep BTC price ‘pinned’ below $68.7K: Glassnode
Bitcoin’s weakness near range highs stems from short-term holders trying to break even on underwater BTC investments, Glassnode says.Bitcoin (BTC)...
Securitize falls 16% after earnings miss, tokenization revenue drops
Securitize shares fell 16% from Wednesday’s close after the tokenization platform’s $14.4 million second-quarter revenue missed Wall Street estimates.Securitize shares...
BitGo posts $19M Q2 loss despite 80% revenue surge to $4.3B
An $18.8 million unrealized digital asset loss and weaker trading margins pushed BitGo into the red in the second quarter.BitGo,...
Copper US arm becomes FINRA member, SEC-registered broker-dealer
Copper Markets US will offer qualified custody, staking, financing and OTC services after securing its regulated US presence.Digital asset infrastructure...
