Arthur Hayes takes CEO role at Flop Labs ahead of Q4 airdrop

Hayes revealed his new role as Flop Labs CEO and teased a “massive airdrop” from the AI inference protocol in the fourth quarter of 2026. Source link

Bitcoin ETFs add $189M as August net inflows approach $1B

US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $189 million on Tuesday, lifting August net inflows to $951 million, while Ether ETFs added $71.5 million. Source link

MAYAChain halts network after estimated $1.7M exploit

A preliminary analysis says six chained bugs let a 23-message transaction drain 48.87 million CACAO, sending the token down nearly 89%. Source link

Citi To Debut Bitcoin Custody For Institutional Investors

Citi will debut a bitcoin custody service later this year. The top bank said Tuesday that its Custody+ product will allow institutional investors to custody both traditional assets and bitcoin…

US accounting board FASB proposes conditions for stablecoins as cash equivalents

The FASB said secondary-market liquidity alone would not be enough, with holders needing direct issuer redemption rights and one-to-one liquid reserves. Source link

DMND Integrates Mempool Accelerator With Miner Revenue Sharing Using StratumV2

Last week on August 14th DMND, the Stratum V2 mining pool, announced an integration with Mempool Accelerator to introduce new transaction acceleration functionality to Stratum V2 miners. This will put…

Cypherpunk Expands Zcash Bet With $33M Mining Deal

Cypherpunk Technologies is expanding its footprint in the Zcash ecosystem, launching what it says is the world’s largest Zcash mining operation after acquiring a mining fleet from Winklevoss Capital, signaling…

Bitcoin Is Down But Asset’s Role As Global Monetary Alternative Remains, Says Blackrock

Bitcoin’s price is down nearly 50% since its October record. But investors shouldn’t worry, the world’s largest asset manager has said, and the cryptocurrency still plays a role as “a…

Ripple- and Coinbase-funded PAC Spends $2M in Florida Race with Little Mention of Crypto

An affiliate of political action committee (PAC) Fairshake, funded primarily by Coinbase and Ripple Labs, has poured more than $2 million into media opposing a Democratic candidate who did not…

Bitcoin’s Wild Swings Go Quiet, Even As The Bears Won’t Let Go

Bitcoin is deep into its bear market, though it’s doing something it doesn’t typically do: sit still.  That’s according to a new report by VanEck, which noted that thirty-day realized…