DV Labs' planned Aug 15 Aztec exit was incomplete by Aug 16, with 7 attesters still validating 1.386M AZTEC. No clear penalty mechanism or principal loss observed for late delegators despite warnings.
Bitcoin needs roughly 78.6% annual growth from a $1.26 trillion market cap to reach ARK Invest's $16 trillion 2030 base case, while July spot-Bitcoin ETF flows reveal weak institutional demand.
Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company (TTSTC) kept its 197,844-share stake in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) unchanged in Q2 2026, despite Bitcoin's 13.25% decline, with the stake's value falling to ~$6.62 million.
Ethereum and Solana developers are advancing protocol proposals—Solana's SIMD-0550 and Ethereum's EIP-8363—to reduce staking yields and increase token scarcity by accelerating disinflation and burning validator rewards.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted preliminary conditional approval for World Liberty Trust Company to handle USD1 stablecoin issuance, as the DeFi venture navigates complex leverage positions on Dolomite.
Q2 Form 13F filings reveal four distinct institutional position patterns in Bitcoin ETFs, including steady sovereign holdings, increased bank shares, shifted options, and new proprietary wrappers amidst wider net outflows.
The 21Shares Ethereum ETF (TETH) reported $48.4 million in redemptions and an 86.42% staking ratio at the end of June 2026, according to a quarterly filing.
President Trump and financial regulators will meet crypto and prediction-market executives at the White House as the CLARITY Act faces dwindling Senate prospects due to political disputes and ethics concerns.
Près de sept semaines après l'intrusion, le ministère de l'Économie confirme le vol des données fiscales de 678 000 particuliers et professionnels par un pirate informatique, faisant craindre de nouvelles attaques contre les détenteurs de cryptomonnaies.
SRX Global reported a 4.3% 'hypothetical' EMJX gain following an acquisition, leaving investors questioning if the strategy performs with actual company capital after Form 10-Q figures showed no attributable returns.
Cboe BZX a demandé l'autorisation à la SEC pour lister les premiers ETF américains à effet de levier 3x sur le Bitcoin et l'Ether, une démarche risquée en raison de l'effet de composition.
Solana Research Institute reports $18B in liquidations during the Oct 10, 2025 crypto crash, attributing failures to opaque centralized venues, while transparent on-chain finance continued functioning. ESMA and Binance postmortems reveal complex systemic risks and the need for comparable regulatory records.
Morgan Stanley increased its crypto fund holdings in Q2, with a 23% rise in BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF shares to 16.5 million, despite Bitcoin's price drop. The firm also expanded Ether ETF positions and initiated new Solana exposure.
Bank Leumi and Galaxy Digital are partnering to offer cryptocurrency trading, including Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana, to Israeli customers through the Pepper digital banking platform by early 2027, following regulatory updates.
Ethereum Foundation shifts from Poseidon to SHA or BLAKE hashes for future layer-1 designs, citing advancements in proof systems that reduce the performance penalty of conventional hashes, aligning with security and simplification goals.
Mubadala Investment Company and Abu Dhabi Investment Council retained a combined $764 million exposure to BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) through Q2, despite Bitcoin's 29% annual decline, as Abu Dhabi deepens its crypto regulatory and investment push.
PredictionBubbles aggregates prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, offering interactive visualizations. Recent developments include Kalshi's 800% institutional trading volume growth, ProCap Financial integration, and research findings on market calibration and trading patterns.
A recent $116 million hardware wallet exploit reignites the debate on self-custody risks versus institutional investment vehicles like Bitcoin ETFs, which saw their strongest inflows since April. Meanwhile, Strategy plans to resume Bitcoin accumulation, Riot Platforms secures a $9 billion AI compute deal, and Trump Media revamps its crypto treasury strategy after a $238 million Q2 loss.
Kraken parent Payward reported $508 million in Q2 adjusted revenue, up 17% year over year despite falling transaction volume, driven by expansion into equities, futures, and tokenized assets.
Norway's sovereign wealth fund reached a record 11,549 BTC in indirect Bitcoin exposure and added an Ethereum stake in BitMine Immersion Technologies in H1 2026, driven by corporate crypto treasuries in global equities.
Scammers posing as crypto recruiters stole $11.8 million using fake job offers and technical assessments that installed malware on targets' devices, bypassing multi-factor authentication to drain corporate funds, Singapore authorities warn.
À Singapour, des pirates ont détourné 11,8 millions de dollars en cryptomonnaies après un faux entretien d'embauche sur LinkedIn et Google Meet. Ils ont volé un jeton Bitbucket via un test technique malveillant.
Binance will stop processing transactions involving crypto exchange HTX and 10 other platforms starting Aug. 23, citing recent regulatory developments.
Crypto firm Cyber urges CyberWallet and Cyber Passkey Wallet users to transfer assets before an Aug. 15 interface shutdown. Balances left behind will require unsupported direct smart contract interaction.
