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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.
Payments
Circle renews Coinbase deal creating two ways to challenge Coinbase’s USDC payouts, but neither works quickly
The new term opens 60- and 90-day cure paths, followed by possible exclusions and up to 12 months of payments.
Macro
A hidden divide inside the Fed could trigger a hawkish shock for Bitcoin at 2 PM today
The minutes become a hawkish shock only if support for tightening extends beyond the three officials who formally dissented.
Technology
Ethereum’s 12-GPU proving problem just got a 4-GPU answer
ZisK claimed 9.62-second p99 fits Ethereum's latency target, while workload, proof and whole-system power details remain undisclosed.
Mining
Canaan counted paused Ethiopia mining as nearly 35% of its July operating hashrate total
Canaan placed 4.96 EH/s in its operating column, while a footnote said Ethiopia mining was paused.
Governance
Yakovenko wants Solana to mint SOL to buy a company, but who would own it?
Yakovenko’s Solana-funded acquisition idea leaves the legal buyer, ownership structure and control of company revenue unresolved.
Deals
AsiaStrategy’s Astra deal lets insider-linked buyers take ownership before $8 million comes due
Legal ownership can pass at closing, while the public agreements disclose no collateral, guarantee or escrow.
