Connecticut Judge Says Kalshi Sports Contracts Were Never Swaps
Key TakeawaysJudge Vernon Oliver held Kalshi’s sports contracts are not swaps under the CEA.Sports contracts were 80% to 90% of...
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Sui Co-Founder Is Building Quantum-Safe Hardware Wallets For $10
Key TakeawaysKostas Chalkias says he leased a factory to build quantum-safe Sui wallet cards at scale.The target: under $10 per...
Empery Sells 1,635 BTC for $102.2M as Liquidity Tightens
Key TakeawaysEmpery sold 1,635 BTC for $102.2M, cutting holdings to 1,279 BTC and shrinking liquidity.Empery’s 954 BTC pledge against $35M...
FSB Raids Moscow City Crypto Hub in Major Fraud Bust
Key TakeawaysThe FSB and MVD raided Moscow City crypto offices, disrupting 9 foreign channels and detaining over 20 people.The crackdown...
Nvidia Taps Blackrock, Goldman Sachs, Blackstone to Mobilize $500B for AI
Key TakeawaysNvidia and six financial firms target more than $500 billion for AI.Financial partners, not Nvidia, decide which projects receive...
Bitcoin Stalls at $63,400 as ETFs Outpace Network Issuance
Key TakeawaysBitcoin dropped 0.7% to $63,394 on Aug. 11 after Strategy sold 1,690 BTC to fund stock repurchases.Coinglass reported $34.4...
Bitcoin Is ‘Anti-Gold’ as War, Inflation Fuel Rally
Key TakeawaysPeter Schiff says bitcoin is acting as gold’s inverse amid war and inflation fears.Gold traded near $4,378 an ounce...
Strategy Remains Committed to Bitcoin Buys Despite Recent BTC Sales, CEO Says
Strategy CEO Phong Le said the company plans to resume accumulating Bitcoin later this year, even after shifting business priorities...
Gold Hits 2-Month High Above $4,400 as China Keeps Hoarding
Key TakeawaysGold crossed $4,400 on Aug. 11 before spot prices eased to $4,378.50 by noon EDT.China’s PBOC added 20 tonnes...
Coinbase Builds Abu Dhabi Hub to Put Global Stocks Onchain – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysCoinbase won an Aug. 11 ADGM license to arrange and custody tokenized securities.Apple’s 1st Coinbase certificate shows how regulated...
Moneygram Brings Cash-to-Crypto Payments to Solana With Rift – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysMoneygram launched Ramps on Solana on Aug. 11, with Rift as its first wallet integration.Moneygram Ramps offers cash withdrawals...
Gold Hits Nine-Week Highs As Bitcoin Drops Into US CPI Data Release
Bitcoin (BTC) headed lower around Tuesday’s Wall Street open as investors’ appetite for gold sent the precious metal to nine-week...
Anthropic Emerges as ‘Frontier AI Lab’ Behind Riot’s $9.1B AI Deal
Key TakeawaysRiot signed Anthropic for 191 MW through 2048, with the deal worth up to $16.1B.Riot’s artificial intelligence (AI) pivot...
Saylor’s Strategy Racks up $102M in Bitcoin Losses, per Cryptoquant
Key TakeawaysCryptoquant analysts estimate Strategy’s cumulative realized losses from 2026 bitcoin sales have topped $102 million.The company still holds roughly...
Zuckerberg Says Everyone Will Soon Have AI With Invention Superpowers
Key TakeawaysMeta promises billions of people a free personal AI agent.Zuckerberg wants labs to hand unfinished models to the government.Meta...
Bitcoin ETFs Shed $144.67M as 5-Day Inflow Streak Breaks
Key TakeawaysBitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw $144.67M in outflows, ending a 5-session inflow streak.Solana gained $8.83M as ether lost $14.59M,...
Bitcoin Knots Plans New Proof-of-Work Algorithm After BIP-110 Enforcement Fails
The new mining algorithm is intended to push back against miners that refused to support BIP-110's signaling requirements. Bitcoin...
Luke Dashjr, Comms Chief Step Away From Dorsey-Backed Mining Pool Ocean – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysLuke Dashjr took an Ocean sabbatical as BIP-110’s fork remained stalled after 2 blocks.BIP-110 developers listed 6 PoW candidates...
Pass Clarity Act by Sept. 15 or Never – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysWhite House adviser Patrick Witt has set a hard September 15 deadline for the Senate to advance the bill.Senate...
Tether $4 Billion Market-cap Drawdown Could Be Silver Lining For Bitcoin Bulls
Biggest stablecoin Tether (USDT) has shed $4 billion in market cap in just two months, but history suggests that the...
XRP Slides 3% to $1 as Thin Binance Books Put $0.95 in Play
Key TakeawaysXRP slipped over 3% to $1 on Bitstamp, hitting a year-to-date low.XRP ranked 6th in market cap at $62.8B...
Why Coldcard Hack Losses Are Hard to Count
The Coldcard hack is testing crypto investigators’ ability to measure losses from self-custody wallets, where victim reports are critical to...
