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A Token Fell 51% Ten Days After Its Unlock and the Calendar Said It Would
Audiera's BEAT crashed 50.9% to $1.1803 on $89.8 million of volume as leveraged positions unwound following an August 1 unlock of 21.25 million tokens. Roughly $7 million in long liquidations forced cascading selling into a book with no depth.
The SEC Will Propose Its First Real Crypto Rulebook on Friday and Congress Is Not Involved
The SEC has scheduled an August 14 open meeting to propose Regulation Crypto, a tailored offering regime for certain investment contracts. Reported terms allow raises up to $5 million annually, or $75 million through investment contracts tied to specific crypto assets.
The Bitcoin ETF Streak Ended at $865M and Two Funds Did All the Damage
US spot Bitcoin ETFs took $865.3 million across five sessions from August 3 to 7, then gave back $144.6 million on Monday. BlackRock's IBIT lost $53.6 million and Grayscale's GBTC lost $52 million. Thirty-day net flow remains positive at $439.9 million.
Bitcoin Lost $64K Before the CPI Print and Ether Fell Harder
Bitcoin slipped to $63,921 on August 11, down 1.59% in 24 hours, while Ethereum dropped 2.83% to $1,873. The 10-year Treasury yield climbed toward 4.7% alongside oil, and traders cut risk ahead of Wednesday's inflation data.
Wednesday's CPI Print Decides Whether August's Crypto Rally Was Real
July CPI lands August 12 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. Consensus expects headline at 3.4% year over year, easing from 3.5%, with core at 2.5% from 2.6%, the lowest since January. Both would be the lowest readings of the year and would extend the rate relief that started this rally.
One Fund Took $853M of the $865M That Went Into Bitcoin ETFs Last Week
BlackRock's IBIT captured $853.54 million of the roughly $865 million that flowed into US spot Bitcoin ETFs during the five sessions from August 3 to August 7. The rest of the complex, ten funds, split what was left.
Bitcoin Moved 0.64% While a $27M Token Ran 149% on More Volume Than Its Entire Market Cap
Bitcoin held $65,293 and Ethereum $1,926 on August 10 while Bubblemaps rose 149.3% on $366 million of volume against a $26.6 million market cap. Royal Euro gained 262.8% and Mubarak 38% on a perpetuals listing. Two markets, one screen.
Strategy Sold 1,690 Bitcoin at an $18.8M Loss to Buy Back Its Own Preferred Stock
Strategy disclosed selling 1,690 BTC at an average $64,262 between August 3 and 9, roughly $11,000 below its $75,385 cost basis. All $108.6 million went to repurchasing 1,152,020 STRC preferred shares. Holdings now stand at 840,447 BTC.
Ethereum Has Five Straight Weeks of ETF Inflows and One Number Standing in the Way
US spot Ethereum ETFs took $244.9 million for the week ending August 7, a fifth consecutive positive week, with ether holding above $1,900. Options positioning points at $2,000, a level that has capped every attempt this year.
Weekend Crypto Volume Was $31 Billion and That Makes Every Weekend Chart a Lie
Total market volume fell to $31.4 billion over the weekend of August 8 while whales accumulated roughly $1.2 billion in Bitcoin and price held near $65,200. Thin books amplify small orders, which is why weekend moves rarely survive contact with Monday.
Crypto ETFs Pulled In $1.1 Billion in One Week After a July With Almost Nothing
US spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs took roughly $1.1 billion in combined net inflows for the week ending August 7, with Bitcoin funds near $854 million and Ethereum funds at $244.9 million. Ethereum has now posted five consecutive positive weeks.
Brazil Will Make You Wait 24 Hours to Move More Than $10,000 to Your Own Wallet
Brazil's central bank published Resolution BCB 584/2026 on August 7, imposing a 24-hour hold on transfers above $10,000 from exchanges to self-custody wallets or foreign VASPs. The threshold aggregates daily volume. It takes effect January 1, 2027.
BTCPay Nodes Were Drained Before the Warning Went Public and the Patch Does Not Undo It
A critical BTCPay Server flaw let unauthenticated attackers steal LND macaroon files and drain Lightning channels. Foundation and Citadel21 had nodes swept before the public advisory. Upgrading to 2.4.2 stops new access but does not invalidate stolen credentials.
Bybit Sued North Korea in a US Court and a Judge Actually Froze the Money
Bybit filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against North Korea, its Reconnaissance General Bureau and the Lazarus Group over the $1.5 billion February 2025 hack, and secured a preliminary injunction freezing identified stolen assets.
Three Bridges Lost $35M in Six Hours and Not One Was a Cryptography Failure
AFX lost about $24.15 million through an Arbitrum bridge, Verus lost $7.54 million to the same bug class as a May hack, and B2 Network lost $3.86 million after an attacker seized its staking contract upgrade authority. All three were permission failures.
The US Shed 23,000 Jobs, Bitcoin Went Up, and September Hike Odds Fell to 44%
July nonfarm payrolls fell 23,000 against a forecast of plus 80,000, the first drop in months. Wage growth slowed to 3.2% year over year, the weakest since May 2021. Odds of a September Fed hike dropped to 44% and Bitcoin pushed above $65,000.
The Coldcard Loss Went From $75M to $130M in a Week and Nobody Knows the Final Number
Tracking estimates for the Coldcard hardware wallet exploit climbed from $75 million to $89 million to $116 million to over $130 million within days. At least a dozen separate attackers are draining wallets, and the affected address set is still being mapped.
Strategy Trades at 0.68 Times Its Bitcoin and That Number Breaks the Whole Model
Strategy's multiple to net asset value fell from about 3.4x in November 2024 to 0.68x by August 3, 2026. Below 1.0x, issuing shares to buy Bitcoin dilutes Bitcoin per share instead of adding it. More than 200 public companies now run the same playbook.
92 Crypto ETFs Are Waiting on the SEC and a Dozen Deadlines Land in October
Bloomberg Intelligence counts 92 crypto ETF applications pending SEC review, up 20 in four months. Solana leads with eight filings and XRP follows with seven. At least a dozen hit final statutory deadlines in October, forcing decisions rather than delays.
Brent Jumped to $81 on Hormuz Doubts and Crypto Barely Moved. That Is the Signal.
Brent crude gained 2.2% to $81.22 as traders doubted the Iran-Oman talks would reopen Hormuz flows, while attacks on tankers renewed supply fear. Bitcoin held near $64,500 and Ethereum added 1.9%. The correlation that dominated 2025 is not showing up.
No Bitcoin ETF Has Sold a Single Coin in August and Ethereum Funds Keep Bleeding
Spot Bitcoin ETFs have recorded zero days of net outflows so far in August 2026, with a seven-day net of plus 1,241 BTC. Ethereum funds went the other way, shedding 16,270 ETH over the same window. The divergence is now six sessions old.
Senate Shelves the CLARITY Act Until September and the 2026 Window Is Closing
Majority Leader John Thune confirmed there will be no Senate floor vote on the CLARITY Act before the August recess. The chamber returns September 14 with three weeks of runway before midterm campaigning consumes the calendar.
Six August Deadlines That Can Strand Your Tokens If You Miss Them
MultiversX upgrades August 6, Hashdex stops trading its Bitcoin ETF August 17, LayerZero winds down a chain around August 24, Zano runs Hard Fork 6 between August 25 and 27, and BitMart shuts trading August 26. Every one has an action deadline attached.
41 Million ETH Is Staked and That Yield Is Deciding Where Institutions Go
Ethereum's staking ratio has climbed to 34.23%, with over 41 million ETH staked and a staking market cap above $77 billion. Staked ETH ETFs pass through roughly 2.8% to 3.5% annually, and institutions are choosing them over non-yielding Bitcoin exposure in visible size.
39,600 BTC Moved in a Single Day, the Most Since FTX, and It Was Not a Bank Run
Short-term holders sent over 32,000 BTC to exchanges at a loss on August 1, the cohort's largest capitulation in 30 days. Total daily migration hit 39,600 BTC, the highest since the FTX collapse. The driver was not exchange insolvency fear. It was the opposite.
Bitcoin Holds $64K With Fear at 27 While Two Macro Events Decide the Rest of the Week
Bitcoin traded at $64,037 on August 5, up 0.98% on the day, with total crypto market cap at $2.27 trillion and the Fear and Greed Index at 27. Two things are driving positioning: Strait of Hormuz negotiations that could resolve within days, and Friday's July jobs report.
First Spot Bitcoin ETF Is Closing and a Prime Broker Just Cut 10% of Staff
Hashdex will liquidate its Bitcoin ETF (DEFI) with trading ending August 17 and $14.7 million left. FalconX, which bought 21Shares in November, cut roughly 10% of staff and is pulling its Singapore license application. Two failures, one cause.
Bitcoin ETFs Took $170M on August 4. Ethereum Gave Back $12M. One Fund Did It All.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs took $170.3 million of net inflows on August 4, reversing the $265.4 million bleed that closed July. BlackRock IBIT accounted for more than the entire category net, meaning every other issuer was redeeming. Ethereum ETFs lost $12.2 million.
Strategy Sold 1,638 BTC at $63,957 and Saylor Says That Was Always the Plan
Strategy offloaded 1,638 BTC for $104.7 million between July 27 and August 2, its second-largest sale of 2026, cutting holdings to 842,138 BTC. Proceeds went to preferred dividends and STRC buybacks. Saylor says never sell applies to his own coins, not the treasury.
Coldcard Losses Confirmed at 1,596 BTC and 90% of the Stolen Coins Have Not Moved Since
Galaxy Research puts the confirmed Coldcard firmware exploit total at 1,596 BTC across more than 7,300 addresses, over $100 million at current prices. Coinkite shipped patched firmware and destroyed vulnerable stock. Roughly nine in ten stolen coins have not moved.
Italy's Biggest Bank Cut Its Bitcoin ETF 94% and Tripled Staked Ethereum
Intesa Sanpaolo's Q2 13F shows IBIT holdings down from 646,809 to 40,723 shares, bullish BTC calls down 99.3%, a new put on 500,000 IBIT shares, and staked ETH ETF exposure nearly tripled. This is not a crypto exit. It is a rotation from price beta into yield.
Fed's 9-3 hawkish split pushes Bitcoin to test $63K as September hike odds jump to 61%
Bitcoin trades near $63,000 on Aug 3 after the Fed's 9-3 rate hold triggered a hawkish repricing, lifting September hike odds to 61.4% and pulling $265M out of spot BTC ETFs on July 31.
CLARITY Act Faces Knife-Edge Senate Deadline as Recess Nears and ADA ETF Clock Ticks
With only days until the Senate August recess, the CLARITY Act sits without a floor vote scheduled. Prediction markets price passage odds near 30 percent as ADA ETF eligibility approaches.
CLARITY Act nears Aug 10 Senate wall; ETH ETFs get 4th week of inflows
Senate leaders signal no floor vote before recess as crypto market structure bill stalls. Spot BTC ETFs snap three-week inflow streak while ETH products keep attracting capital.
Bitcoin Holds $60K as Treasury Yields Hit 19-Year High and ETFs Extend Inflow Streak
BTC stabilized above $60,000 on Aug 2, 2026 as spot ETFs added $132M across four sessions, while the 30-year Treasury yield reached 5.274% and Fed policy stayed on hold.
CoinDesk 20 Books 8.7% July Gain Even as BTC and ETH Fade on the Last Day
Bitcoin closed July 31 at $63,870 and Ether at $1,890 after a 1.3% and 1.4% intraday slide, but the CoinDesk 20 still posted its largest monthly advance in a year at 8.7%.
Three Fed Dissents, One Rate Hold, and a $32.1M Bitcoin ETF Flip on the Same Day
The FOMC kept rates at 3.50% to 3.75% on July 29 in a 9-3 vote, the first triple hawkish dissent since 2016, and by July 31 spot Bitcoin ETFs had booked $32.1 million of net inflows.
GRVT Jumps 62% on Debut as ZKsync DeFi Token Lands on Six Exchanges at Once
GRVT closed its first full trading day up 62.44% at $0.2436 on $246.2 million in volume, one day after a multi-exchange launch that put the ZKsync Validium based DeFi token on Binance, Bybit, MEXC, KuCoin, Bitget, and Coinbase deposits at once.
A 2021 Firmware Bug Just Cost Coldcard Users 594 BTC in a 25 Minute Sweep
A build setting introduced in Coldcard firmware 4.0.0 back in March 2021 quietly turned hardware seeds into guessable ones, and attackers drained 594 BTC (about $38 million) in a single 25 minute window.
Bitcoin ETFs Pulled In $233M on July 30. Ethereum Got $12.8M. The Gap Is the Story.
BlackRock's IBIT alone took $183.4 million in a single session while Ethereum's entire spot ETF complex managed a fraction of that, extending a rotation pattern that has held for most of July.
BNY Is Putting $8.6 Trillion in Fund Records On a Blockchain, Keeping the Old Rails Anyway
The 242-year-old bank is quietly rebuilding the plumbing behind 7.6 million fund accounts on-chain, with BlackRock and Baillie Gifford as anchor clients.
SEC Chair Atkins Says He Can Ship Crypto Rules Even If CLARITY Dies in Senate
SEC Chair Paul Atkins told CNBC his agency is 'ready, willing, and able' to issue crypto rules without the CLARITY Act if the Senate fails to pass it before the August recess.
US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Bleed for a Fourth Straight Day Ahead of the FOMC Decision
US spot bitcoin ETFs shed $49.75 million on July 28, a fourth straight day of outflows, putting the category on track for the smallest monthly inflow total since the January 2024 launch.
Morgan Stanley Debuts MSSE and MSOL at 0.14 Percent, Lowest on the US Market
Morgan Stanley Investment Management listed MSSE and MSOL on NYSE Arca on July 28 at a 0.14 percent expense ratio, with staking rewards passed through to shareholders.
Russia's Biggest Bank Is Building a Crypto Exchange Before the Law Exists
Sberbank set a December 1, 2026 launch date for a full crypto trading stack including a digital depository, moving faster than the State Duma's July 21 bill that has not yet been signed into law.
North Korea's Best Crypto Hackers Now Vet You Before They Rob You
BlueNoroff's phishing kit scans your browser for wallet extensions during a fake Zoom or Teams call and only drops malware if you look worth it, hitting 100+ victims in 20+ countries between May 31 and July 14, 2026.
BitMEX Invented The 100x Perp Then Killed It. HDR Is Winding Down 11 Years Of Derivatives Volume By September 23
HDR Global will shut BitMEX on September 23, 2026 after a board review. The exchange that invented the perpetual swap is exiting exactly as Binance, OKX, Hyperliquid and Bybit push derivatives ADV to record levels. New positions are already halted.
B² Network Skipped The Whitehat Bounty Script And Offered The $3.86M Attacker Outright Legal Immunity For A Partial Refund
B² Network lost 8.59M B2 (~$3.86M) after an attacker compromised the upgrade authority on its staking contract. Funds moved B2 to BNB to ETH, then through NEAR Intents into Zcash. B² responded with a legal immunity offer, not a standard whitehat bounty.
Kraken Just Broke xStocks Out Of US Equities, And GTN Is The Pipe Nobody Talks About
Payward is putting Hong Kong stocks onchain through regulated broker GTN, with UK, EU and Korean shares queued behind regulatory approvals. The interesting part is not the tokens, it is the settlement plumbing crypto-native venues cannot skip.
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