Japan-listed Quantum Solutions expanded the amount of Ether its group may sell through Oct. 30, 2026, after subsidiary GPT Pals Studio sold another 1,000 ETH to help fund its AI data-center push. The group can still sell up to 2,471 ETH, while only 1,714.8 ETH of its present balance is disclosed as outside a lender …
Monthly archives: August 2026
Grayscale Sees 3,000 Onchain Vaults With $7B+ as Next Crypto Breakout
Grayscale says onchain vaults could become the next crypto product to gain broad adoption in traditional finance. The structures resemble collateralized loan obligations but use smart contracts to manage assets and distribute returns. Grayscale Tracks $7B in Vaults as Wall Street Eyes Onchain Credit Stablecoins and tokenized assets have already begun reshaping traditional finance. Grayscale …
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CEO Arrested Over Alleged Crypto-Funded Contract Killing
Federal prosecutors allege the chief executive of a cross-border currency exchange business converted $750,000 into cryptocurrency for undercover agents before arranging payments tied to an alleged murder-for-hire plot. Authorities also claim the executive sent 25,000 USDT as part of the final payment after agents staged the victim’s killing. Prosecutors Allege Crypto Payments Completed Murder-for-Hire Scheme …
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The Coldcard Exploit Explained: Who Lost Bitcoin and Who’s at Risk
An attacker exploited weak seeds generated by certain Coldcard hardware wallets to steal bitcoin worth roughly tens of millions from hundreds of addresses on July 30. According to a deep analysis from Galaxy Research, the core theft unfolded in a tightly coordinated burst lasting about 25 minutes, while broader analysis later connected roughly 1,196 addresses …
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Bitcoin And Ethereum Edge Higher As Traders Watch Altcoin Rotation
Bitcoin and Ethereum edged higher into July 31, while a small shift in market dominance suggested traders were again watching whether capital was rotating toward major altcoins. The validated notes show Bitcoin rising 0.29% to about $64,145.86, while Ethereum traded around the $1,890 to $1,920 range, briefly dipping below $1,900 before recovering. At the same …
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NEAR Adds Staking-Based Payments For AI Compute Credits
NEAR has launched a staking-based payment model for NEAR AI, giving users a way to lock NEAR tokens and receive monthly compute credits instead of paying through traditional cloud billing or credit-card rails. According to the validated notes, the system gives users access to 43 hosted AI models, including models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. …
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ENS Labs Scales Back Treasury Proposal After Delegate Pushback
ENS Labs has revised a governance proposal after delegate criticism over treasury control, choosing to keep the DAO’s primary operational wallet custody in place rather than moving broader control to the Foundation. According to the validated notes, the revised plan scraps the more contentious transfer of the DAO’s operational wallet, which includes ETH and stablecoins. …
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Uniswap Fee Switch Activation Puts UNI Burn Mechanics Back In Focus
Uniswap governance has activated a protocol fee switch on v4 liquidity pools, pushing protocol revenue higher and directing collected fees toward UNI buy-and-burn mechanics rather than direct distributions to tokenholders. The validated notes point to Uniswap Governance Proposal 100 passing with about 46.6 million votes in favor and roughly 1.27 million opposed. The mechanism collects …
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CleanCore’s $800M AI Contract Shows Dogecoin Treasury Firms Are Changing Shape
CleanCore Solutions has signed a 10-year colocation agreement with Cerebras Systems valued at $800 million, and the story is not just that a small public company has moved into AI infrastructure. It is that a company previously known in crypto circles for its Dogecoin treasury has now made a much larger corporate pivot. According to …
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Galaxy Digital Says $70,000,000 Drained From Bitcoin Holders in Coldcard Wallet Exploit
Researchers at Galaxy Digital say about $70 million has been stolen due to an exploit in the popular Bitcoin wallet Coldcard. The attack was enabled by a firmware bug that dramatically reduced the randomness of how the wallet creates its secret recovery phrase. According to Galaxy, the vast majority of the funds were stolen in …
Why DeFi giant Aave is pulling the plug on six hyped blockchains making less than $5,000 a quarter
In a July 29 forum-stage proposal, Aave risk service provider LlamaRisk recommended winding down the decentralized lender’s V3 deployments on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos. The plan would put $4.1 million of debt on a staged exit path that keeps existing positions open during the initial step. The Aave Request for Final Comments, …
The free ride for VanEck’s Bitcoin ETF is officially over after falling $1.4 billion short of growth target
VanEck’s Bitcoin ETF ends its zero-sponsor-fee period today, July 31, with $1.076 billion in net assets, equal to 43.0% of the waiver’s $2.5 billion asset threshold. The VanEck Bitcoin ETF, which trades as HODL, reported the asset figure as of July 30. It was about $1.424 billion below the threshold, meaning HODL remained fully covered by the waiver …
Why a $20 billion Bitstamp slump makes Robinhood’s retail app look far weaker than it really is
Bitstamp accounted for $20 billion, or 77%, of the $26 billion decline in Robinhood’s reported crypto notional volume from the first to the second quarter of 2026. Volume attributed to Bitstamp fell 48%, from $42 billion in the first quarter to $22 billion in the second quarter. The Robinhood App declined 25%, from $24 billion …
New Bitcoin study shows the strongest recurring liquidation warning signs cannot warn of an individual crash
A new arXiv preprint studying seven major Bitcoin crashes found the warning signal shifting among price, leverage, and order flow from one event to the next. One clue echoed across six usable cases. Taker order-flow variance tightened before each cascade, a faint weather front across the group rather than a siren traders could trust to …
Saylor and Strategy Officially Back CLARITY Act for US Crypto
Strategy Inc. and Michael Saylor declared support for the CLARITY Act on July 31 as Senate lawmakers faced mounting pressure to advance comprehensive cryptocurrency rules. Their support connects the legislation with institutional adoption, market growth, and clearer protections for digital asset ownership. Strategy and Saylor Join the CLARITY Act Campaign Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) announced …
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