Bitmine nears 5% of Ethereum supply despite $8.4B in unrealized losses
Tom Lee’s Ethereum treasury company keeps buying the second-biggest crypto through the downturn, while more than 5 million staked ETH...
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Ethereum Developers Consider New Privacy Transaction System
TLDR Ethereum developers are reviewing 66 proposals for the planned Hegotá upgrade, expected in 2027. EIP-8141, or Frame Transactions, could...
Strategy raises $334M through stock sales but buys no Bitcoin
Proceeds funded STRC dividends and repurchases, while $149.1 million was added to Strategy’s US dollar reserve, which reached $4.8 billion.Strategy...
Harmony plans rollback, wiping 109,000 transactions after ONE exploit
Harmony said selectively restoring transactions could create inconsistent chain state, as Ravencoin faces a separate rollback dispute after an exploit.Harmony...
BTC price loses 200-week trend line as 2022 repeats: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin confirmed a weekly candle close below its 200-week moving average, copying the 2022 bear-market as traders warn of further...
Binance gave Russian authorities client data used in terrorism financing case: Report
Reuters reported that Binance supplied transaction records and identity documents later used in a terrorism-financing case against Yuri Belenkiy.Binance reportedly...
Vitalik Buterin Backs Bitcoin’s Utreexo Model for Ethereum Scaling
TLDR Vitalik Buterin praised Bitcoin’s Utreexo project while discussing Ethereum’s scaling research. A new proposal suggests native UTXO-style payments could...
US Debt Nears $40 Trillion in 5 Months as Bitcoin’s Case Gets Louder
The U.S. national debt is set to cross $40 trillion, a mark it was expected to surpass only after Labor...
Curve Founder Blasts Pump.fun, Phantom Wallet Experience
Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov has called Pump.fun “a casino of scams called memecoins” while referring to Phantom’s hardware-wallet experience...
Glassnode: Consumer Confidence Sinks as AI Stocks Soar, Bitcoin Left Behind
Consumer confidence is sitting near its weakest levels in a decade even as U.S. stocks notch record highs, and Glassnode...
Tron Captures 52% of Low-Value USDT Transfers Globally
The Tron ecosystem continued to thrive in Q2, growing its stablecoin market cap to reach a record of $89.2 billion,...
BitMart account demands founder explain funds status, Xia calls claims ‘fabricated’
BitMart’s Chinese-language X account demanded an Aug. 19 repayment plan, while Sheldon Xia called its claims of blocked withdrawals and...
Bitpanda fined in Austria’s first published MiCA penalty
The FMA said Bitpanda breached MiCA rules on crypto white papers and marketing communications, with the decision now final.Austria’s financial...
JPMorgan Launches Bitcoin and Ethereum Collateral Program for Loans
TLDR JPMorgan launched a program in March 2026 letting institutional clients pledge Bitcoin and Ethereum for U.S. dollar loans through...
Greenlane’s $70M BERA treasury ends Q2 valued at $16M
Greenlane recorded a $19.1 million noncash valuation loss as BERA’s price fell nearly 76% year to date.Greenlane Holdings’ BERA-focused crypto...
