BlackRock led web inflows throughout each Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Aug. 24, with a $209 million Bitcoin ETF influx from its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and $90.92 million from its Ethereum fund, ETHA. Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $337.60 million in whole web inflows for the day, per CoinGlass information. Spot…
Chinese state-affiliated hackers now run twice as many assaults as they did earlier than handing mundane work to DeepSeek and open-source synthetic intelligence (AI) methods, in keeping with Taiwanese menace intelligence agency TeamT5. Attribution stays imprecise. The agency can’t tie each intrusion to a selected system, although it stated that DeepSeek stays a preferred selection…
The Blockchain Association has submitted formal feedback to U.S. federal companies concerning proposed buyer identification necessities for permitted cost stablecoin issuers beneath the GENIUS Act. In an August 21 letter addressed to the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, and the National Credit…
AI brokers initiated 3.3 million USDC in funds over x402 on Solana inside a single week, highlighting a rising machine-to-machine cost use case for stablecoins. The x402 protocol makes use of the HTTP 402 “Payment Required” standing code to allow internet-native funds for APIs, knowledge, and digital assets. According to protocol analytics, greater than 99.99%…
Solana validators have begun voting on SGP-0003, a governance proposal that will restructure elements of the community’s payment mannequin and probably improve each day SOL burns. The vote opened on August 23 and runs via Epoch 1023, which is predicted to conclude on August 27. The proposal introduces a variable, resource-based transaction payment that will…
Michael Saylor’s Strategy swung an unrealized lack of greater than $9.5 billion to a paper revenue above $4.7 billion in simply seven days. The reversal follows Bitcoin’s climb from the low $60,000s to above $80,000 over the identical week, turning the biggest company BTC holder’s steadiness sheet from purple to inexperienced. The Numbers Behind the…
Nikita Bier says X commerce buttons arrive quickly, letting customers commerce tokens straight from their timelines. He additionally rejected claims that the platform quietly suppresses crypto accounts. The former X head of product replied on Tuesday to a submit blaming him for throttling Crypto Twitter. He credited his personal options, then pointed to Washington relatively…
Roughly $16.8 million flowed into 30 cryptocurrency addresses tied to members of Iran’s Mabna Institute, based on blockchain intelligence agency TRM Labs. The US Treasury listed these addresses as a part of a wider motion in opposition to Iran. One defendant’s wallets obtained 92% of that whole. Iran’s Mabna Institute Wallets Took In $16.8M, TRM…
On-chain fixed-rate lending protocol Term Finance stated it completely shut down its Meta Vaults after a governance exploit, ending new deposits whereas leaving withdrawals open. Term Labs stated it additionally revoked the vaults’ DAO governance roles. Blockchain safety agency PeckShield individually estimated that the attacker removed about 2,843 ETH price $6.87 million and 1.68 million…
Bitcoin (BTC) treasury agency Strive bought 1,110 BTC for roughly $81.5 million final week, lifting its treasury to 21,356 cash. The buy lower Strive’s common value to $93,257 per coin from $94,345. However, its Bitcoin reserve nonetheless carries a paper lack of greater than $292 million. Strive Keeps Buying While Its BTC Reserve Stays Underwater…