Banking
Crime
Crypto home invasions jump 20x as wrench-attack exposure hits $124 million
CertiK recorded roughly $124.1 million in losses and ransom demands in H1 2026, a measure of exposure rather than criminal profit.
Mining
Bitcoin mining giant Poolin files for bankruptcy owing 11,700 users $164 million
The signed offers equal 31.8% of wallet IOUs only in gross arithmetic, before estate boundaries, liens and bankruptcy costs.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Bitcoin treasury company erases 7.7M shares after selling 177 BTC – yet Bitcoin per share fell
The $11.7 million convert vanished, leaving a simpler capital stack and a tougher test for replacement funding.
Regulation
SEC pays $150,000 as Coinbase-backed Freedom Of Information Act settlement releases two withheld documents
Reported terms include releasing two withheld documents and reviewing records and text-message controls after the Gensler-era losses.
Analysis
Tesla books $112 million crypto paper loss as digital assets fall to $674 million
The Q2 mark cut GAAP earnings by $87 million after tax, while Tesla added the full pretax loss back to adjusted EBITDA.
Community
BitMEX shutdown gives traders 2 months to withdraw, but active positions face an earlier deadline
Reduce-only trading begins Aug. 26, with forced closes possible before exchange services end Sept. 23.
Quantum
Galaxy puts $5 million behind Bitcoin’s race to migrate before quantum risk arrives
Bitcoin is safe today, but signatures, software, custodians and users would need years to coordinate a defense.
Bankruptcy
MVMT Labs bankruptcy lists under $1 million in assets after $38M raise
MVMT Labs is the sole named debtor, while Move Industries says it is uninvolved and key asset boundaries remain unresolved.
Crime
US targets $26.4 million in five crypto scam cases as DOJ says $800 million recovered
Five civil-forfeiture filings show how authorities can restrain crypto before suspects are identified, while victim repayment remains a separate and unresolved process.
Bankruptcy
Celsius founders face permanent crypto bans that could cost more than their $16.5M obligations
Together, the court-entered orders restrict marketing across deposit, exchange, investment, withdrawal and trading products, including assisted activity.
AI
OpenAI’s model breach is not the singularity, but dismissing it as hype is dangerous
A real model-driven compromise is being squeezed between singularity rhetoric and claims of marketing hype, making it harder to recognize what the incident actually proves.
Regulation
Senator Lummis says with CLARITY “your crypto stays yours” – but bankruptcy shields have limits
Section 701 would place qualifying assets held for customers in Chapter 7 customer-property rules, while classification and title-transfer clauses still matter.
