August 9, 2026

Julia Parr

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UK Treasury says ‘no plans’ to introduce US-style bitcoin reserve

Despite the US introducing a strategic bitcoin reserve, the UK still deems the currency too volatile and will not follow suit. Source link

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PayPal and Ripple stablecoins still sub-1% despite ‘stablecoin gold rush’

Despite excellent political and banking conditions for stablecoins, PayPal’s PYUSD and Ripple’s RLUSD are still less than 1% of the market. Source link

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Elon Musk blames X outage on ‘massive cyberattack’ as bitcoin dips to $78K

Hacking group Dark Storm has claimed responsibility for the attack on X. The group has warned it would target countries that support Israel.

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Ethereum down 33% since Eric Trump suggested it was a ‘great time’ to buy

When Trump made the claim, ETH’s price stood at around $2,877.32. However, it has since dipped to $1,908.57. Source link

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Compound DAO faces calls for more oversight amid conflict of interest claims

DeFi platform Compound is facing calls to onboard additional risk managers in response to a governance proposal by current manager Gauntlet. Source link

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Ethereum Foundation denies rumors of Maker liquidation

The Ethereum Foundation has never been liquidated in DeFi, yet some people thought that it might suffer its first ETH liquidation today. Source

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Bitcoin performed better during Trump’s first term as president

Despite Donald Trump’s vocal support for bitcoin, it actually performed better during his first White House stint than this latest term. Source link

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Venture capitalists, not Operation Chokepoint 2.0, blamed for SVB crash

Silicon Valley Bank focused on two risky industries, VC and crypto. Poor diversification, not Operation Chokepoint 2.0, caused its collapse. Source link

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Public bitcoin companies underperform gold, S&P in 2025

Although companies with a bitcoin treasury have outperformed in prior years, they have underperformed in 2025 against basic benchmarks. Source link

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LIBRA co-creator Hayden Davis caught cashing out millions, report

Davis was a crypto advisor to Argentina’s president Javier Milei and reportedly made over $100M trading LIBRA. Source link

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