The Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy (MSTR) is buying BTC again. Strategy accumulated 4,603 Bitcoin at an average purchase price of $80,318 per BTC, spending a total of $370 million. It’s the firm’s first BTC purchase since June 22nd, following two weeks where the firm didn’t add or sell any Bitcoin. Strategy has also hawked a …
Monthly archives: August 2026
House Cleaner Accused of Stealing $400,000 From Elderly Alabama Couple: Report
An Alabama house cleaner is accused of stealing $400,000 in cash hidden at an elderly couple’s home, taking small amounts repeatedly while working there. The victims reported the theft after noticing the money missing and pointed to their cleaner as the suspect, reports Fox 10. Authorities executed a search warrant at 28-year-old Tabitha White’s property …
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Webull expands crypto trading into Canada through Coinbase collaboration
The brokerage is adding digital assets alongside stocks, ETFs and options as Canadian crypto ownership rises and regulators move toward clearer industry rules. Webull, a self-directed brokerage and trading platform, is expanding its Canadian offering to include cryptocurrencies, adding Canada to a crypto footprint that already includes the United States, Australia and Brazil. The company …
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XRPL consensus freezes after removing just 12% of central nodes – but a simple tweak triples XRP defense
A new XRP Ledger study says two or three extra peer connections per participating node can sharply raise the number of nodes a targeted attack must remove to disrupt modeled consensus. XRPL consensus depends on enough trusted validators receiving one another’s messages. A separate peer-to-peer network carries those messages between servers, so extra routes could …
SimpleSwap Marks a Year Inside Exodus Wallet, Ships Five Partner Updates With No Integration Changes
SimpleSwap-powered fixed-rate exchanges have been running within the Exodus wallet for a year. Over those twelve months, the partner side of the product gained five capabilities, none of which required Exodus or any other partner to change their integration. Automatic refunds on swaps paused for screening A small number of exchanges are paused for compliance …
Bitcoin Price Holds Above $78.5K as August Gains Near 25%
Bitcoin’s price fell to an intraday low of $77,024 following reported military clashes between U.S. and Iranian forces. The cryptocurrency quickly recovered, consolidating near $78,600. Strong August Performance Bitcoin’s price appeared to consolidate around $78,000 on the last day of August after the latest direct military exchanges between the U.S. military and Iranian forces sent …
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Crypto ETFs Pull in $2.07 Billion as Bitcoin and Ether Lead the Week
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs attracted $924.48 million during the week of Aug. 24 to Aug. 28, while ether funds added $824.42 million. Solana, XRP and HYPE exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted their strongest broad-based showing yet, lifting combined inflows across the five categories to roughly $2.07 billion. Bitcoin ETFs Add $924.48M as Ether Funds Draw $824.42M …
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Blackrock’s BUIDL Hits $2.8B, Reclaims Treasury Crown
Blackrock’s BUIDL fund has climbed back to roughly $2.8 billion in assets, reclaiming its spot as the largest tokenized U.S. Treasury product after briefly ceding the title to Circle’s USYC earlier this year. Back on Top, Barely The largest tokenized Treasury fund in the world changed hands twice in six months, and Blackrock just won …
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Balancer V1 Pool Hacked for $234K in Same Bug Family
A Balancer V1-style liquidity pool lost roughly $234,000 to a rounding-error exploit on August 31, according to Slowmist, the same category of bug that drained $116 million from Balancer’s V2 pools last November. A Small Hack With a Familiar Signature Even though Balancer has seen a similar scenario play out before, history once again repeated …
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Tom Lee’s Bitmine Buys 53,501 ETH as Ethereum’s Price Fights for $2,500
On Monday, the publicly traded firm Bitmine Immersion Technologies announced that it has pushed its ethereum treasury holdings to 5.90 million ETH, putting Tom Lee’s digital asset treasury (DAT) heavyweight within striking distance of controlling 5% of the network’s circulating supply just as ETH prices close out a blistering August comeback. The Connecticut-based company disclosed …
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Cronos Halts Chain After $75M Tectonic Exploit
The Cronos network remains frozen following a massive price manipulation exploit targeting the Tectonic money market protocol. The Validator Dilemma: Restart or Roll Back The Cronos network, an Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, confirmed Monday that the network remains paused pending an investigation into an exploit of Tectonic, a money market protocol on the …
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Fraud Ring Drains $5,800,000 From Florida Condo and Homeowners Associations: Report
A fraud ring has diverted at least $5.8 million from Miami-Dade County condominium and homeowners associations through falsified invoices and affiliated vendors. The operation relied on property management companies to siphon funds intended for roofing, security, landscaping and other upkeep, reports CBS News Miami. Investigators describe the ringleader as a 60-year-old man who leveraged relationships …
Crypto Platforms Suffer $3,630,000,000 in Crypto Losses as Audited Platforms Suffer Heavily: Report
Crypto platforms are suffering massive losses to sophisticated exploits despite many having undergone independent security audits. A new CoinGecko report shows that between January 2025 and July 2026, crypto platforms suffered a staggering $3.63 billion in losses across 245 documented incidents. Notably the top 10 largest attacks accounted for more than 72.5% of the total …
Bitcoin begins volatile monthly close as US bond yields eye new 20-year high
Bitcoin price action saw sharp moves within its local range as US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent addressed US bond yields. Bitcoin (BTC) gyrated around $78,000 at Monday’s Wall Street open as US bond yields neared 20-year highs again. Key points: Read more Go to Source
Bitmine now controls 4.9% of Ethereum supply after adding 53.5K ETH
Bitmine has bought Ether for 65 consecutive weeks, maintaining its accumulation strategy through a prolonged crypto downturn and $5.1 billion in paper losses. Bitmine Immersion Technologies extended its Ether buying streak to 65 consecutive weeks, adding 53,501 ETH last week as a broader crypto market recovery lifted the value of its burgeoning digital asset portfolio …
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