Market
Exchanges
Bitfinex gives users 14 days to withdraw 13 delisted tokens or face fees and uncertain recovery
Standard withdrawals end Aug. 31, after which customers must rely on a two-month recovery process that Bitfinex does not guarantee will succeed.
Wallets
SafePal breach exposes 40,000 customers as hardware wallet attacks escalate from data leaks to $100 million theft
Recent incidents involving SafePal, Trezor, Ledger and Coldcard show threats spreading from compromised customer records and targeted phishing to direct Bitcoin losses.
Digital Asset Treasuries
This public company quit solar for a $5 million Bitcoin bet, now it has just $166,000 in cash
Sono holds nearly 70 BTC but says a partial Bitcoin sale could become necessary if additional financing falls short.
Digital Asset Treasuries
How a Bitcoin Treasury company sold 600 BTC to cut debt but still ended up with $60 million due in December
Nakamoto reduced its loan by 45 million USDT during the second quarter, but its remaining debt is still heavily secured by pledged BTC.
ETF
Cboe pushes for 3x Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs after 2x crypto funds suffer losses of up to 96%
Volatility Shares’ proposal needs a special SEC exemption because Cboe’s generic commodity-trust rules explicitly prohibit benchmark multiples.
Market
Record user activity and a collapse in whale selling should send XRP soaring, so why is it still pinned at $1?
XRPL activity is back above its May peak, whale deposits to Binance have collapsed and leverage is rebuilding, but spot demand keeps fading.
Adoption
Texas refuses to sell as its $10 million Bitcoin bet sinks to $6.6 million
The state kept all 197,844 BlackRock IBIT shares through the second quarter despite a roughly 34% paper decline.
Legislation
Trump to meet Coinbase, Ripple and crypto leaders as CLARITY Act odds collapse to 10%
Trump, SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Michael Selig are expected to meet industry leaders as political disputes threaten CLARITY’s path.
ETF
Bitcoin erased $118 million from Abu Dhabi’s ETF holdings, but its sovereign funds kept every share
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign funds declined to trim their BlackRock Bitcoin ETF holdings during the broader crypto market downturn.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Norway’s sovereign fund reaches record 11,549 BTC exposure without buying more Bitcoin
Strategy accounts for nearly 86% of the fund’s indirect Bitcoin exposure, while a new BitMine stake brings Ethereum into the mix.
ETF
Bitcoin’s ETF rebound just lost 38% of its gains in four sessions as BTC fell below $63,000
Morgan Stanley and Grayscale’s Mini Trust were the only Bitcoin funds to attract fresh capital in the sector during the latest trading session.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Another public company abandons Bitcoin playbook after treasury volatility drove $22 million loss
KULR bought no Bitcoin in the first half of 2026, sold 333 BTC after June, and now allows its remaining holdings to fund corporate priorities.