August 9, 2026

Megan Forsyth

Bitcoin

Lummis Warns US Crypto Rules Remain Broken as CLARITY Fight Stalls

Key Takeaways Lummis vows to keep pushing the CLARITY Act despite its stalled progress. The CLARITY Act would strengthen crypto safeguards and enforcement.

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Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Add $220 Million as Blackrock Leads Again

Key Takeaways Blackrock’s IBIT led $128.69M into bitcoin ETFs Thursday, extending inflows to 4 days. Ether ETFs added $92.15M as Blackrock’s ETHA drew

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Bitcoin Lightning Nodes Hit as BTCPay Signals Emergency 2.4.2 Fix

Key Takeaways BTCPay Server faced an active vulnerability exploit that allowed attackers to steal funds from users. Developers urged users to update to

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Bitcoin Tops $65,340 as BIP 110 Fight Raises Hard Fork Risk

Key Takeaways Bitcoin hit an August peak of $65,340 on Bitstamp before consolidating with a 0.5% daily gain. Crypto liquidations reached $192 million

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Someone Always Holds Your Keys. It Should Be You.

If you own a hardware wallet and you have spent the last few days worried, I completely understand. The recent Coldcard incident was

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Intesa Sanpaolo Cuts BTC ETF Stake by 94%, Triples Staked ETH Position

Strategic Expansion into Staked Ethereum Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest banking group, has reshaped its digital asset portfolio during the second quarter, slashing its

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BIP-110 Supporters Prepare PoW Switch If Miners Refuse Soft Fork Plan

Key Takeaways Chris Guida rebased 2017 PoW fork code as BIP-110’s Aug. 8-9 window nears. BIP-110’s 55% threshold tests whether Bitcoin nodes can

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Cathie Wood’s Ark Buys $21M in Block, $2.3M in SpaceX

Key Takeaways Ark Invest bought 267,676 Block shares worth about $21 million on August 6. Cathie Wood’s fund also added 20,318 SpaceX shares

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Tesla, SpaceX Pick Texas Site for Musk’s $16.8B Chip Plant

Key Takeaways Tesla and SpaceX will make an initial $16.8 billion investment to begin building the Terafab chip plant. he companies relocated the

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Malta Would Pay More Than Italy Under EU’s $2.19B Gambling Levy

Key Takeaways Malta, Spain, Italy, and Portugal oppose the modeled EU levy, four diplomats told Politico. Spain faces $478M (€414M) yearly, almost a

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