SharpLink reported a $394.3 million net loss for the second quarter of 2026, with the result driven largely by non-cash Ethereum revaluation losses and liquid staking token impairment charges. The company’s filing shows $321.0 million in unrealized ETH losses and $76.1 million in impairment charges tied to liquid staking tokens. At the same time, staking operations generated $11.2
SharpLink Reports $394M Q2 Loss As Ethereum Revaluation Hits Results
Bitwise’s Solana staking ETF has received approval from a major bank for customers to borrow up to 25% of their shares’ value, adding a lending function to the U.S.-listed crypto fund. Bitwise co-founder and CEO Hunter Horsley disclosed the approval…
Bitwise Solana ETF approved for loans at 25% LTV
A crypto user has lost approximately 100,000 USDT after transferring the funds to a lookalike wallet address planted in the victim’s transaction history 66 days earlier. Cyvers Alerts reported on Aug. 11 that its monitoring system detected the loss after…
Address poisoning attack drains $100K USDT
Peter Schiff says bitcoin has become “anti-gold,” arguing the asset’s recent slide will continue as war-driven inflation fears send gold and silver higher, a divergence he says proves bitcoin never behaved like digital gold in the first place. The ‘Anti-Gold’ Argument Schiff, the Euro Pacific Asset Management chief executive and longtime bitcoin critic, has spent […]
Schiff: Bitcoin Is ‘Anti-Gold’ as War, Inflation Fuel Rally
Empery Digital has disclosed the sale of 1,635 BTC for $102.2 million, using the proceeds to support debt repayment and share buybacks as its unrestricted Bitcoin buffer narrows. The company’s Form 10-Q filed on August 7 shows total holdings fell to 1,279 BTC. Of that, 954 BTC was pledged as collateral, leaving 325 BTC unrestricted. That is the important number for investors. Headl
Empery Digital Sells 1,635 Bitcoin As Treasury Buffer Shrinks
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has outlined a plan to take control of the Consolidated Audit Trail, replace its funding model, and prepare a transition that could run through late 2027. The SEC said in an Aug. 10 letter…
SEC plans CAT takeover in sweeping market data reform
The company has bought roughly 25 times more BTC than it has sold this year, despite recent sales that challenged its long-standing accumulation strategy.
Strategy CEO says company will resume Bitcoin accumulation this year
The license allows ARP Digital to offer regulated digital asset and stablecoin conversions into UAE dirhams as it expands its Gulf presence beyond Bahrain.
ARP Digital secures Dubai VARA broker-dealer license
Institutional investors accounted for 72% of Wintermute’s spot OTC trading volume in the first half of 2026, up from 59% a year earlier, showing how professional capital is becoming a larger part of crypto trading flow. The figures come from Wintermute’s own OTC flow report, so they should be read carefully. This does not mean institutions make up 72% of global Bitcoin spot trading
Wintermute Says Institutions Drove 72% Of Its Spot OTC Volume In H1 2026
Gold muscled back above $4,400 an ounce this week, hitting its highest level in roughly two months as a brutal U.S. jobs print, relentless Chinese central bank buying, and suddenly softer Federal Reserve expectations sent traders scrambling back into bullion. The metal ran as high as roughly $4,434 to $4,435 before sellers finally stepped in. […]
Gold Hits 2-Month High Above $4,400 as China Keeps Hoarding
Key Takeaways The APPG wants banks to explain access policies. FCA approval will not guarantee bank accounts. Banks retain their own financial-crime obligations. Risk assessment sits at the heart of the dispute. APPG Puts Crypto Banking Access Under Scrutiny The Crypto and Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary Group has written to the chief executives of major UK banks asking t
UK Crypto Rules Won’t End the Banking Access Problem
The trading platform’s gross crypto revenue fell to $1.35 billion in the second quarter. It also agreed to buy U.S. brokerage TradeZero for up to $231 million.
EToro reports second quarter crypto loss even as total profit beats estimates
Coinbase has secured regulatory approval in Abu Dhabi to build an international hub for tokenized securities, giving the crypto exchange a supervised base for bringing traditional stocks onto blockchain networks outside the United States. The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market, or ADGM, granted Coinbase a Financial Services Permission allowing it to
Coinbase Builds Abu Dhabi Hub to Put Global Stocks Onchain
Luke Dashjr has been removed as a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal editor after a dispute around BIP-110, marking a rare governance flashpoint inside Bitcoin’s usually slow-moving technical process. The change was merged through Pull Request 2248 in the bitcoin/bips repository, removing Dashjr from the editor list in BIP 3. The move followed controversy over BIP-110, a Reduced Data Tem