Research
DeFi
BTCS used Ethereum to repay Aave debt and ended Q2 with just $317,000 in cash
BTCS used Ethereum to cut Aave debt as DeFi borrowings stayed elevated and cash plus stablecoins ended June at $317,000.
Mining
Zcash miner buys 9.4% of merger target that warns failed deal could end in liquidation
The private placement gives Zcash miner Fortitude 9.4% at a 22% premium while HeartSciences’ vote date remains unset.
Technology
Ethereum’s next upgrade turns a 2-second block bottleneck into a roughly 9-second window
Ethereum’s public test rehearses new block-building rules, validator coordination and transaction costs before mainnet.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Datavault wants to buy a bank and fund it with $35 million after reporting $1.4 million cash
The proposed BankWyse acquisition requires fresh closing finance while Datavault's going-concern warning remains unresolved.
Technology
Solana’s 50,000 SOL security contest did not cover a clock attack disclosed months earlier
Solana's legacy PoH and TowerBFT paths were out of scope, and no paper-specific implementation review is public.
Hacks
MAYAChain’s $1.36 million exploit spiraled into nearly $11 million of pool damage
MAYAChain accounting flaws enabled a 20.83 BTC extraction, an 88.7% CACAO crash, and nearly $11 million in estimated pool impact.
Featured
Bitcoin miner Ionic gets 90% of revenue from AI lease as BTC drives $35M loss
AI infrastructure leasing supplied nearly all of Ionic Digital's Q2 revenue, while a $28.2 million Bitcoin valuation loss weighed on earnings.
Mining
Bitcoin treasury Hyperscale sells 686 BTC to clear loans but says cash won’t cover next 12 months
The August repayment ended the immediate collateral risk while the company’s going-concern warning and Michigan financing need persisted.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Down 50% on crypto and burning $8 million in cash, this Nasdaq firm just pivoted to event robots to survive
Its holdings were valued at $5.21 million on June 30, while order economics and sale timing remain undisclosed.
Technology
Solana is slashing per-block compute limits so its new 350ms speed boost doesn’t overload the network
The draft cuts per-slot limits as slots shorten, squeezing leader handoffs and off-chain timing without raising the theoretical CU-per-second ceiling.
Exchanges
Bitcoin holders face potential exchange freezes as new chain rollout tests replay safety and market stability
The exchange has not set suspension times as block 963,648 opens an Alpha stage for practice ECX.
ETF
Hashdex liquidates $14.7 million Bitcoin ETF as IBIT draws $143.6 million
DEFI holders await a late-August cash payout that may vary with closing costs and Bitcoin prices after NYSE Arca trading ended Aug. 17.
