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American Bitcoin Reports Quarterly Loss But Boosts Bitcoin Stash

Publicly traded Bitcoin treasury and mining company stock jumped on Monday following news that the firm’s crypto holdings had increased.

The company (NASDAQ: ABTC) reported a second-quarter ‌loss on Monday due

Crypto Clarity Act Risks More Delay As Recess Looms

The long-awaited crypto Clarity Act may be further delayed as August recess fast approaches. 

Despite optimism last week from top crypto companies — like Coinbase — and backing from top financial instituti

Strategy Sells Bitcoin After Five Weeks Without Buying

Bitcoin treasury Strategy on Monday that it had again sold a slice of its Bitcoin holdings, offloading 1,638 BTC for roughly $104.7 million.

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company

Coldcard Bitcoin Theft Continues, Now Estimated Over $114 Million In Total Stolen

Hackers continue to drain Coldcard Bitcoin wallets, with the total amount stolen now estimated to be standing at over $114 million. 

A fourth wave of attacks likely started on Sunday evening, to Galaxy Re

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.

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Coldcard Bitcoin Thief Likely Used Top Blockchain Services Provider: Report

Since over $70 million in Bitcoin was stolen yesterday by an that exploited a fault in the Coldcard’s system, it has been reported that the thief used a top blockchain services provider for help. 

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NEAR Adds Staking-Based Payments For AI Compute Credits

NEAR has launched a -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.

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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 in place rather than moving broader control to the Foundation.

According to the va

Uniswap Fee Switch Activation Puts UNI Burn Mechanics Back In Focus

Uniswap governance has activated a protocol fee switch on v4 pools, pushing protocol revenue higher and directing collected fees toward UNI buy-and-burn mechanics rather than direct distributions to tokenholders.

The vali

Younger Democrats Understand Clarity Act And Bill Should Pass, Says Coinbase’s Chief Policy Officer

The Clarity Act will likely get through despite some — older — Democrats holding it back, according to Coinbase’s Chief Policy Officer, Faryar Shirzad. 

Speaking on The Hill’s morning Rising show

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 it

Coinkite Releases Fixed Firmware After Coldcard Bug; AI Likely Involved In The Breach

are believed to have been stolen so far in a hack that started to be discussed on social media in the afternoon of July 30th. Coinkite, one of the most reputable hardware wallet manufacturers, was revealed to have a critical bug in the way it gen

Kansai Electric Rewards App Opens JPYC Stablecoin Conversion On Polygon

A rewards subsidiary of Kansai Electric Power has launched a loyalty-points conversion route into JPYC on Polygon, giving Japanese users a small but meaningful bridge between closed-loop reward points and stablecoin payments.

Lite Strategy Funds $5.4M Buyback With Litecoin Sales And Covered Calls

Lite Strategy has repurchased 4.9 million shares for $5.4 million, using Litecoin treasury activity and covered-call premiums to fund the buyback.

The company said the repurchase represented 13% of shares outstanding, with

US Closes in on Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Bitcoin Insurance Policy, Sanctions Companies

Iran has been dodging sanctions by accepting pay in Bitcoin from ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a Friday announcement from the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

The OFA

Ethereum Turns 11 With $148B Stablecoin Base But Cooler Mainnet Fees

Ethereum has turned 11, and the network’s birthday arrives with a very Ethereum-style contradiction: it is still one of the most important settlement layers in crypto, but its base-chain revenue has cooled sharply.

The val

Coldcard Wallet Flaw Exposes Years of Bitcoin Seeds After $70M in BTC Stolen

The popular Bitcoin hardware wallet Coldcard product, made by Coinkite, is at risk following a $70 million hack.

Coinkite on Thursday admitted that its Coldcard Mk3 model was affected following the hack and adv

COLDCARD SECURITY RISK: IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED

First, yes, that is a very clickbait title and completely unusual. This is a real security issue. , please read and verify the genuineness of the issue there.

TLDR: Coldcard MK3, MK4, MK5 and Q are bein

Granite Protocol Listing Shows Bitcoin DeFi Is Still Building On Stacks

Granite Protocol has been listed on Borrow on Bitcoin, adding another lending route for users who want to put Bitcoin-linked collateral to work without leaving the broader Bitcoin DeFi stack.

The listing centers on Granite

Coldcard Security Notice Puts Bitcoin Wallet Entropy Risk Back In Focus

A Coldcard security issue has put Bitcoin hardware-wallet safety back under the microscope after reports that a firmware flaw affected seed generation on some older device versions.

According to the validated incident note