Trading
Macro
Bitcoin hits $77,000 wall as the Fed gets trapped between weak jobs and $90 oil
The labor market is cooling, but surging crude is keeping inflation fears alive weeks before the September decision.
Technology
A layer-1 blockchain froze for 4 hours to stop a $4.9 million hack, then claimed it was just an upgrade
The network stayed secure at the consensus level, but the emergency response jailed validators and disrupted exchange transfers.
Crypto
Layer-1 chain to pause new transactions for 24 minutes to unlock a 10x speed boost
MultiversX’s Supernova upgrade will cut block times from six seconds to 600 milliseconds if more than 5,000 nodes migrate successfully.
AI
Bitcoin’s recovery signals are flashing, but AI is stealing the hashrate rebound
Hashrate remains below its peak after 316 days as miners weigh improving BTC economics against long-duration compute revenue.
Regulation
UK is hunting the $86 billion Russia-linked crypto pipeline as it moves to double sanctions fines
Banks and crypto firms could face penalties equal to 100% of breach value under the proposed enforcement overhaul.
Regulation
Russia just switched on a crypto market that doesn’t fully exist yet
The new law legalizes regulated investing and cross-border use before exchanges, custodians and venues are fully operational.
Market
Bitcoin on course for best August since 2017 despite renewed US-Iran hostilities
BTC is up more than 24% despite Fed and Iran shocks, yet spot volumes remain near three-year lows as $82,000 becomes the next test.
DeFi
DeFi protocols just lost $83 million to an attack financial regulators already warned about
Tectonic and Moonwell were exploited four days apart using price manipulation tactics that echo the Mango Markets incident of 2022.
Staking
A 36-day staking bottleneck is costing Ethereum depositors over $350,000 in lost rewards daily
A five-week activation backlog is delaying rewards on more than 2 million ETH waiting to enter the blockchain network.
Trading
XRP’s next rally could put this 115 million-token short under pressure
Leveraged funds doubled their net short even as CME open interest climbed almost 40% and XRP recovered from $1.
Taxes
UK crypto investors declared £1.38B in gains, but half came from just 240 people
Its first crypto gains table covers 17,600 taxpayers, while CARF data will begin reaching the agency in 2027.
Mining
Bitcoin Knots is trying to fork Bitcoin again after its last chain died in two blocks
The new attempt swaps SHA-256d for BLAKE2b, but miners, wallets and exchanges still have to show up.
