Mastercard Completes $1.8B BVNK Acquisition for Stablecoin Infrastructure
EIP-8361 Would Burn Validator Rewards as Staking Ratio Climbs, Cancel Issuance at 50%
Hut 8 Stock Slides on Q2 Revenue Miss Despite Massive AI Data Center Pipeline
Fake World Assets Token Crashes 40% After TokenWorks Reverses Buyback Policy Twice in One Day
BitGo Moves $7.4B in Wrapped Bitcoin to Chainlink CCIP in Largest LayerZero Exit Yet
Dinari Opens Tokenized U.S. Stocks to American Investors via Circle Partnership
Coldcard Exploit Tops $100M With 1,596 Bitcoin Stolen as Attacks Continue
Texas Grid Moratorium Gives Established Bitcoin Miners a Competitive Edge, Bernstein Says
BNY Mellon Adds Staking to Custody Platform in Push Beyond Basic Safekeeping
Ark Invest Adds Nearly $10M in Coinbase and Circle Stock Ahead of CLARITY Act Vote
Apple Pulled Telegram From App Store; GRAM Dropped to $1.29 Before Swift Restoration
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EIP-8361 Would Burn Validator Rewards as Staking Ratio Climbs, Cancel Issuance at 50%
Hut 8 Stock Slides on Q2 Revenue Miss Despite Massive AI Data Center Pipeline
Fake World Assets Token Crashes 40% After TokenWorks Reverses Buyback Policy Twice in One Day
Dinari Opens Tokenized U.S. Stocks to American Investors via Circle Partnership
BitGo Moves $7.4B in Wrapped Bitcoin to Chainlink CCIP in Largest LayerZero Exit Yet
Coldcard Exploit Tops $100M With 1,596 Bitcoin Stolen as Attacks Continue
Texas Grid Moratorium Gives Established Bitcoin Miners a Competitive Edge, Bernstein Says
BNY Mellon Adds Staking to Custody Platform in Push Beyond Basic Safekeeping
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Mastercard Completes $1.8B BVNK Acquisition for Stablecoin Infrastructure
Mastercard has completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of BVNK, a blockchain-native payments company. The deal positions Mastercard to offer banks, fintechs, and enterprises stablecoin-denominated services including payments, payouts, settlement, and treasury management.
EIP-8361 Would Burn Validator Rewards as Staking Ratio Climbs, Cancel Issuance at 50%
A new Ethereum Improvement Proposal would progressively burn validator rewards as staking participation climbs, ultimately canceling consensus-layer issuance at 50% staking ratio. The timing of the submission, just two days before the Hegotá deadline, has drawn community objections.
Hut 8 Stock Slides on Q2 Revenue Miss Despite Massive AI Data Center Pipeline
Hut 8 shares fell this week after the Bitcoin miner posted a Q2 2026 revenue miss, even as the company unveiled an AI data center pipeline that has grown to 8,375 megawatts, a figure that dwarfs most competitors in the emerging crypto-to-compute pivot space.
Fake World Assets Token Crashes 40% After TokenWorks Reverses Buyback Policy Twice in One Day
FWA crashed 40% to record lows after TokenWorks initially withheld $3.2 million from buybacks. Two policy reversals in 24 hours now allocate 80% of fees to buybacks, but credibility concerns and sustainability risks remain.
Regulation
Texas Grid Moratorium Gives Established Bitcoin Miners a Competitive Edge, Bernstein Says
Texas Governor Greg Abbott's moratorium on new ERCOT-linked data center approvals protects existing Bitcoin mining contracts while blocking new entrants, according to Bernstein analysts. The move may strengthen the competitive position of established miners already operating in the state.
Ark Invest Adds Nearly $10M in Coinbase and Circle Stock Ahead of CLARITY Act Vote
Cathie Wood's Ark Invest purchased close to $10 million in combined Coinbase Global and Circle Internet Group shares on August 3, spreading the purchases across multiple Ark exchange-traded funds as the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on the CLARITY Act.
Apple Pulled Telegram From App Store; GRAM Dropped to $1.29 Before Swift Restoration
GRAM slid to $1.29 on Tuesday as Apple temporarily removed Telegram from the App Store over child safety policy violations, only for the app to return within hours after Telegram took down the offending content and banned the responsible user.
Bithumb Sets 2028 IPO Target With Three-Stage Roadmap and K-IFRS Shift
Bithumb published an official notice on August 3, 2026 laying out a formal three-stage plan to reach an IPO in 2028, pairing the announcement with a structural overhaul and a shift to K-IFRS accounting standards required of South Korean public companies.
DeFi
BitGo Moves $7.4B in Wrapped Bitcoin to Chainlink CCIP in Largest LayerZero Exit Yet
BitGo has migrated $7.4 billion in Wrapped Bitcoin from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP, the largest single migration away from LayerZero on record. The move pushes cumulative outflows to $15 billion and signals a broader reassessment of cross-chain infrastructure in DeFi.
Boltz Halts All Swaps Indefinitely After AI-Assisted Attacks Outpace Security Patches
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ZeroStack Faces Survival Crisis After $82.5M Loss on 0G Holdings
ZeroStack, a Nasdaq-listed crypto treasury firm, has issued a going-concern warning after its concentrated bet on 0G cratered, leaving the company with an $82.5M loss and holdings 91% below cost basis. The crisis exposes the structural vulnerability of funding operations through staking rewards.
DeFi Platforms Quietly Pivot to Enterprise Backend Services
Several DeFi platforms have begun abandoning consumer-facing applications in favor of selling backend infrastructure services to large technology companies. This pivot trades retail volatility for enterprise predictability but raises sharp questions about token utility and governance.
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Quantinuum Surges 13% on Nasdaq IPO Debut, Raising $1.68B
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Starkware Cuts Jobs as Starknet Revenue Collapses 98%
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