At 4:05 pm in New York, a large tech company releases earnings. The main stock session has ended, executives begin their conference call, and billions of dollars start shifting through every instrument connected to the company. Shares move across extended-hours venues, options desks recalculate volatility, index futures absorb the broader reaction, and investors in Asia …
Monthly archives: August 2026
Bitcoin just slept through Japan’s rate decision, but a swollen yen short is quietly threatening a massive margin call
Bitcoin’s leverage gauges barely flinched after Friday’s Bank of Japan decision. A yen short that had reached 152,125 contracts by July 21 grew to 163,412 by July 28, while Hajime Takata’s failed push for 1.25% now gives traders a clear pressure point to watch. The board held the overnight rate near 1.0% by an 8-1 …
Coinbase Exec ‘Relentlessly Optimistic’ on CLARITY Act Odds
Coinbase Head of Institutional Strategy John D’Agostino says he remains “relentlessly optimistic” the CLARITY Act passes, even as Wall Street odds-makers put the bill’s chances well below 50%. A Coinbase Exec’s Case for Optimism D’Agostino, Coinbase’s Head of Institutional Strategy, told reporters he is confident the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, or CLARITY Act, will …
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Blackrock, Fidelity Lead $265M Bitcoin ETF Outflows as Ether Gains
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs posted $265.4 million in net outflows on July 31, led by Blackrock’s IBIT, while spot ether ETFs pulled in roughly $9 million the same day. A Sharp One-Day Reversal US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $265.4 million in total net outflows on July 31. Blackrock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) led the retreat …
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SUI Faces Fresh Unlock as Bulls Target a Run to $20
SUI traded near $0.68 on August 1 as roughly 13.72 million tokens, worth about $9.9 million, unlocked on schedule, while a popular trader called the current price range a setup for a run toward $20. A Token Unlock Lands Right on Schedule Sui’s August 1 token unlock released about 13.72 million SUI into circulation, split …
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Coldcard Exploit Fuels Market Fear as 2 Bitcoin Forks Loom Ahead
Bitcoin slipped below $63,000 this week as a major hardware wallet security incident rattled confidence just as traders are preparing for two separate August events that could influence sentiment across the network. The world’s largest cryptocurrency traded between roughly $62,300 and $63,100 during early Saturday trading sessions after briefly pushing above $65,000 a day earlier. …
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Was AI Responsible for Finding the Coldcard Security Flaw?
A five-year-old Coldcard software flaw may have allowed an attacker to reconstruct private keys and sweep more than 1,100 bitcoin, prompting the wallet’s maker to blame the discovery partly on artificial intelligence (AI). A Coordinated Sweep Empties Hundreds of Wallets The incident became public after roughly 594 BTC, valued near $38 million at the time, …
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Trump Weighs Ethics Counteroffer as CLARITY Act Nears August Deadline
President Donald Trump is weighing a bipartisan ethics counteroffer for the CLARITY Act as Senate negotiators race to finalize crypto conflict-of-interest rules before the chamber’s August first week recess. A Counteroffer Reaches the White House Crypto policy journalist Eleanor Terrett reported on August 1 that Trump is weighing a bipartisan ethics counteroffer as the Digital …
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Sygnum Bank’s B2B Model Fuels Switzerland’s Crypto Boom
Zurich-based Sygnum Bank has connected its regulated cryptocurrency services directly to Bancastato’s online banking system, giving clients in Switzerland’s Ticino region the ability to buy, hold, and sell four digital assets without opening an account at a separate exchange. Bancastato Brings Crypto Into Everyday Banking The integration, Sygnum explained, places bitcoin, ether, litecoin, and solana …
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Claude AI User Conversations Surface Publicly via Google Searches
Hundreds of private Claude user conversations that were never intended to be shared temporarily showed up in Google search results. The exposed chats included highly unusual prompts that users intended to keep confidential, reports Attack of the Fanboy. The incident was not caused by a cyberattack or a security breach. Instead, the exposure stemmed from …
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Oregon Caregiver Indicted on Felony Charges for Neglecting Elderly Medicaid Recipients and Submitting Fraudulent Bills
An Oregon caregiver faces multiple felony charges after authorities allege she neglected two elderly and disabled Medicaid recipients while billing the state for services never delivered. Officials say the woman withheld necessary physical care from the individuals between August and December 2025 and submitted false claims that resulted in theft of more than $10,000 from …
Russia expands crypto mining ban to Moscow through 2032
Russia has added Moscow, the Moscow Region and parts of Kursk Region to its cryptocurrency mining ban list, citing power supply concerns behind the restrictions. Russia has expanded its cryptocurrency mining restrictions to Moscow, with the ban set to take effect on Aug. 15, 2026, and remain in place through Dec. 31, 2032. Russia’s Resolution …
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Wall Street is sitting on a $16.3 billion Bitcoin loss, and an August 14 deadline will expose who is quietly fleeing
Bloomberg Intelligence estimates the average net cost basis of US spot Bitcoin ETF capital at roughly $82,249, leaving the position about 22% underwater and sitting on $16.33 billion in unrealized losses. On Aug. 14, large investment managers must disclose their June 30 Bitcoin ETF positions, and those filings offer the clearest look yet at whether …
Why 110 corporate blockchains are headed for a massive shakeout – and Coinbase’s secret plan to absorb them
Corporate blockchains are multiplying, but Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong expects the boom to end in consolidation rather than coexistence. Over the past year, several corporate institutions and Wall Street giants, including Stripe, Circle, and Robinhood, have developed rails for stablecoins and institutional markets. Their expansion has revived concern that regulated companies with established distribution could …
Bitcoin miners saved Texas power grid from collapse, but their lucrative pivot to AI is stripping away the emergency brake
Texas broke its all-time electricity demand record twice in two days last week. ERCOT served a preliminary 91,308 megawatts around 5 p.m. on July 22, one day after demand hit 87,403 megawatts and erased the 85,508-megawatt mark that had stood since Aug. 10, 2023. Neither afternoon saw an appeal for energy conservation, and the system …