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Julie "Mooncat" Wolf3h ago

Greenlane BERA Treasury Drops From $70M to $16M After 76% Token Decline

Greenlane recorded a $19.1 million noncash valuation loss in Q2 2026 as its concentrated BERA position collapsed from $70 million to $16 million. The 76% year-to-date decline in BERA exposes the risks of building corporate balance sheets around single volatile altcoins.

Julie "Mooncat" Wolf5h ago

Bitcoin Futures Market Has a Crowded Club and a Tiny Exit

A small cluster of traders controls a disproportionate share of Bitcoin futures open interest. When margin calls hit simultaneously, the market's liquidity cannot absorb a coordinated exit, risking a self-reinforcing liquidation cascade that could ripple into traditional finance.

Chainalysis Sues US Government Over $95M ICE Contract With TRM Labs

Chainalysis filed a lawsuit against the US government challenging a $95 million blockchain analytics contract that Immigration and Customs Enforcement awarded to rival TRM Labs without competitive bidding.

Hadi Ghadban5h ago

Blockchain Academics Newsroom15h ago

Grayscale Projects ETH and SOL Inflation Below Gold Rate by 2031

Grayscale's supply analysis shows Ethereum and Solana could become scarcer than gold by 2031 if key governance proposals pass. ETH inflation could fall to 0.4% and SOL to 1.1%, both below gold's 1.8% annual supply growth rate.

Regulation

Dutch Prosecutors Liquidate $2.5M in Crypto From Bankrupt Knaken

Hadi GhadbanJust now

Blockchain Academics NewsroomYesterday

Galaxy Research Cuts CLARITY Act Passage Odds to 10% for 2026

Galaxy Research cut its probability estimate for the CLARITY Act becoming law in 2026 to just 10% on August 14, citing Senate calendar pressure, unresolved bill provisions, and sustained bank lobbying as the forces draining momentum from the landmark crypto legislation.

Alejandro Silva RamírezYesterday

$11.2 Billion and a Question: Is Crypto Funding Its Own Constraints?

Roughly $11.2 billion in institutional capital has flowed into crypto in 2026, reshaping the industry's foundational permissionless ethos. As regulatory pressures mount and compliance infrastructure deepens, a critical question emerges: will mainstream adoption validate crypto's promise or...

OCC Grants Conditional Approval for Trump-Backed World Liberty National Trust Bank Charter

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted World Liberty Financial conditional preliminary approval to operate as a national trust bank on August 14, 2026, marking a significant regulatory milestone for a Trump-associated crypto firm.

Hadi GhadbanAug 14, 2026

DeFi

Tempo Earn Launches With Deel, Offering 4% APY on Stablecoin Balances

Tempo launched Tempo Earn today, an embedded yield product that lets fintech platforms pass stablecoin returns directly to their users, with Deel as its first named customer. The product targets a promotional 4% APY for Deel's contractor wallet users by routing rewards through Morpho vaults and...

Neutrl Halts Minting and Redemptions Over Reserve Management Concerns

Strata paused minting and redemptions on Neutrl market contracts Thursday to assess reserve management issues. The suspension affects $1.7 million in displayed on-chain value and underscores the structural challenges DeFi protocols face in managing collateral and user confidence during financial...

Ether.fi Adds Tokenized Stocks, Precious Metals, and Aave Portfolio Loans in Neobank Push

Ether.fi has rolled out a significant expansion adding tokenized stocks, precious metals trading, fiat accounts, and portfolio-backed loans built on Aave's lending infrastructure. The protocol describes the move as deliberately "less crypto-forward" to attract mainstream users beyond...

Figure Revenue Doubles as Blockchain Loan Marketplace Volumes Top $2.9B in Q1

Figure Technologies posted doubled revenue in Q1 2026 as its blockchain-native loan marketplace processed more than $2.9 billion in volume. The growth marks a milestone in institutional adoption of blockchain-based lending infrastructure and the broader shift toward onchain finance.

Technology

Alejandro Silva RamírezJun 21, 2026

Technology

Inception Labs' Mercury 2 Outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma in AI Showdown

Inception Labs released Mercury 2, an AI model that outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma while preserving model intelligence during the shift from sequential to parallel processing. The development marks a significant architectural transition in the post-autoregressive era.