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A fresh independent study from DeFiLlama reveals that the active market capitalization of tokenized equities has jumped more than 140 % in 2026, climbing from $814 million at the beginning o...
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A former Los Angeles Police Department officer was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 15 years on Tuesday for a home‑invasion robbery that stole $350,000 in Bitcoin from a teen...
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On August 5 2026, Shaw Walters, the creator of the open‑source ElizaOS AI agent framework, declared that Eliza Labs’ token is effectively dead and that the foundation is winding down fol...
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The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY) has hit a standstill in the U.S. Senate, with no cloture vote scheduled before senators head back from their summer recess. The legislation, wh...
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When Geneva’s SwissChain Holding SA announced on March 23, 2026 that it would issue its long‑used participation certificates (Bons de participation) as ledger‑based securities, the mov...
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A federal indictment filed in May 2026 against Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al‑Saadi, a dual Iranian‑Iraqi national and commander of the Kata’ib Hezbollah militia, spotlights how digital...
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Bitcoin (BTC) is perched just below its 50‑day exponential moving average (EMA) at $64,650, trading at $64,316. The EMA represents a key resistance zone; a sustained breakout above it woul...
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From October, Taiwan’s financial regulator will compel every domestic transfer between virtual‑asset service providers (VASPs) to carry a mandatory customer‑information‑sharing manda...
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On August 5, 2026, Tria, the self‑custodial neofinance platform, announced a 14‑day trading competition that puts tokenized real‑world assets against the three most widely traded crypt...
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Three men from St. Louis, Missouri, have been charged by federal prosecutors for their alleged role in a violent carjacking and kidnapping that took place in Danbury, Connecticut, in August ...
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On Friday, August 3, 2026, Jim Cramer – the former hedge‑fund manager turned CNBC star – pulled the trigger on his Bitcoin holdings. During a live episode of Mad Money, he declared tha...
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Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) announced that its Ethereum holdings have reached 5,797,813 ETH, representing about 4.8 % of the network’s total supply of 120.7 million tokens....
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Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest banking group, dramatically trimmed its exposure to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) while boosting its stake in the iShares Staked Ethereum Trus...
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Bitcoin Well Inc. (TSXV: BTCW; OTCQB: BCNWF), a publicly traded non‑custodial bitcoin company headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, announced preliminary operating results for July 2026 and ...
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Bitcoin finished August 4, 2026 at roughly $63,700, a 1.6 % lift from yesterday’s close. The rally followed CNBC host Jim Cramer’s public decision to liquidate his Bitcoin holdings amid ...
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On August 3 2026, co‑founder Isabel Gonzalez announced that Proof of Attendance Protocol (POAP) would wind down operations and move into maintenance mode. The decision follows five years o...
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A flaw in the firmware of Coldcard hardware wallets has allowed attackers to drain more than 1,300 BTC—worth roughly $88 million at the time of the theft—from thousands of users. The inc...
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Bitcoin and Ethereum settled into a quiet start on August 4 2026, with traders keeping a close eye on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act and unfolding Middle East tensions. The leading cry...
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Bitcoin holders were rattled this week by a large‑scale theft that targeted the Coldcard hardware wallet, a device long regarded as one of the safest ways to store the cryptocurrency. Acco...
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On August 4 2026, fintech newcomer MoneySimpler announced the debut of a zero‑code AI trading platform that lets anyone trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Ripple without writing a single line of ...
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Nevin Freeman, co‑founder and CEO of Reserve Protocol, has announced a temporary halt to RSR token unlocks while the protocol joins a joint proposal to the SEC’s Crypto Task Force. The p...
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On Aug 3, 2026, Strategy Inc., formerly MicroStrategy, disclosed in an SEC Form 8‑K that it sold 1,638 bitcoins for $104.7 million and issued roughly 3 million common shares for $290.6 mil...
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On August 3 2026 the United States joined Japan in a coordinated foreign‑exchange intervention that pushed the USD/JPY pair back from a near‑164 peak to 156.5. The move, announced by Tre...
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On March 4, 2026, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fired and arrested Patrick Steven Yaroch, a former Ashburn, Virginia employee, after an internal probe revealed that he had used c...
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