The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) votes Friday, August 14, on proposing Regulation Crypto. The purpose-built providing regime would mark the company’s first main crypto rulemaking underneath Chair Paul Atkins. The Senate left for its August recess with out passing the CLARITY Act. That invoice would divide digital asset oversight between the SEC and…
Strategy has added $650 million to its USD reserve and repurchased $109 million of STRC most well-liked inventory, exhibiting once more that the corporate’s Bitcoin technique is now not only a easy accumulation story. The firm, previously MicroStrategy, filed an replace exhibiting the reserve improve was funded by way of MSTR frequent inventory ATM gross…
SharpLink reported a $394.3 million web loss for the second quarter of 2026, with the outcome pushed largely by non-cash Ethereum revaluation losses and liquid staking token impairment costs. The firm’s submitting exhibits $321.0 million in unrealized ETH losses and $76.1 million in impairment costs tied to liquid staking tokens. At the identical time, staking…
The JAN3 Bitcoin index positioned the United Kingdom third in its 2025 B20 after weighing coverage advances and greater than 60,000 BTC in law-enforcement custody. UK information classify the cash as seized felony property topic to court proceedings. A March 2026 Treasury reply mentioned central authorities held no cryptoassets. JAN3 promoted the UK result this…
Twenty One Capital’s new CEO opened his first shareholder letter by agreeing together with his harshest critics. Rapha Zagury admitted the market values XXI at lower than the Bitcoin it owns, and mentioned administration sees it the identical method. The confession landed Tuesday subsequent to a painful quantity. The firm misplaced $413.5 million in the…
Empery Digital has disclosed the sale of 1,635 BTC for $102.2 million, utilizing the proceeds to help debt reimbursement and share buybacks as its unrestricted Bitcoin buffer narrows. The firm’s Form 10-Q filed on August 7 exhibits complete holdings fell to 1,279 BTC. Of that, 954 BTC was pledged as collateral, leaving 325 BTC unrestricted….
The Bitcoin carry commerce now pays greater than US authorities debt. On August 7, annualized Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Bitcoin (BTC) futures carry reached 5.69% to 7.89%, properly above the 4.19% two-year Treasury yield recorded the identical day. The flip lands at an ungainly second for bonds. Long-term Treasury yields sit at their highest ranges…
Institutional traders accounted for 72% of Wintermute’s spot OTC buying and selling quantity within the first half of 2026, up from 59% a yr earlier, exhibiting how skilled capital is changing into a bigger a part of crypto buying and selling circulation. The figures come from Wintermute’s personal OTC circulation report, so they need to…
Coinbase, Blockstream and Strategy are backing a push to provide certified crypto defenders larger access to frontier AI cybersecurity fashions. The Bitcoin Policy Institute-led initiative was announced Aug. 10 with assist from greater than 40 organizations throughout the digital-asset and open-source ecosystem. It asks main AI labs to offer early access to superior fashions the…
The main cryptocurrencies, together with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), skilled substantial volatility over the previous week, finally posting minor features. ICP – the utility token of Internet Computer – outperformed all prime 10 digital belongings inside that interval, and some imagine it could possibly be gearing up for a way more substantial rally. The…