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El Salvador has not used public funds to accumulate bitcoin since June 2025, IMF says

By: Brian Danga β€”
IMF says El Salvador used no public funds for bitcoin accumulation since June 2025, with purchases coming from private donations.

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Andreessen Horowitz-backed OpenReserve secures preliminary OCC approval for national bank charter

By: Brian Danga β€”
OpenReserve Holdings received preliminary OCC approval for a national bank focused on onchain settlement, following a $25 million seed round.

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SoFi, Payward agree to link banking network with Kraken infrastructure

By: Brian Danga β€”
SoFi Technologies partnered with Payward to connect its banking settlement network with Kraken's digital-asset infrastructure.

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Adam Back invests another $8.8 million in Capital B as bitcoin treasury firm targets 3,521 BTC

By: Brian Danga β€”
Capital B raised $8.8 million from Adam Back in a private placement as the French bitcoin treasury firm targets 3,521 BTC.

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Strategy CEO says selling bitcoin at $60,000 before buying at $80,000 was the β€˜right trade’

By: Brian Danga β€”
Strategy CEO Phong Le defended selling bitcoin at $60,000 before buying at $80,000, citing corporate capital costs.

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Silhouette debuts RFQ trading for xStocks on Hyperliquid

By: Brian Danga β€”
Silhouette launched RFQ trading for xStocks on Hyperliquid, allowing market makers to compete for tokenized equity trades settled onchain.

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Kraken parent Payward to tokenize 100 London-listed stocks, with LSE 24 trading planned

By: Brian Danga β€”
Payward will tokenize 100 London-listed stocks as xStocks, with LSE 24 to support trading, subject to regulatory approval.

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Tom Lee says ether is β€˜best performing macro asset’ as Bitmine adds 53,501 ETH

By: Brian Danga β€”
Tom Lee's Bitmine acquired 53,501 ETH over the past week, expanding its corporate treasury to 5.9 million ether tokens.

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β€˜We’re back’: Strategy buys another 4,603 bitcoin for $369.7 million as holdings hit 845,050 BTC

By: Brian Danga β€”
Strategy bought 4,603 BTC for $369.7 million, raising total holdings to 845,050 BTC worth over $66 billion.

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Investors at least $4.7 billion underwater across Trump crypto ventures, Public Citizen says

By: Brian Danga β€”
Investors are $4.7 billion underwater across Trump crypto ventures while Trump earned $1.4 billion, Public Citizen reported.

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Latest annual UK tax data shows 240 people reported more than Β£1 million in crypto capital gains

By: Brian Danga β€”
HMRC data shows 240 people reported more than Β£1 million ($1.36 million) each in crypto gains as UK tax scrutiny intensifies.

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Chainalysis says global crypto taxable activity topped $457 billion in 2025

By: Brian Danga β€”
Chainalysis estimates at least $457 billion in onchain taxable crypto activity in 2025, with CARF covering only 14%.

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Binance co-founder Changpeng β€˜CZ’ Zhao says bitcoin could surpass gold in next bull market

By: Brian Danga β€”
Zhao told Bitcoin Asia 2026 that bitcoin could surpass gold in the next bull market, with stablecoins leading AI integration.

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Mirae Asset maps out $109 billion digital asset push with Digital X: report

By: Brian Danga β€”
South Korea's Mirae Asset targets a $109 billion digital asset business around Digital X, aiming for profitability by 2027.

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Coinbase, Better make token-backed mortgages generally available

By: Brian Danga β€”
Coinbase and Better expand token-backed mortgage access to Coinbase One members, with a 1% closing-cost credit now available.

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Revolut begins phased EURR stablecoin rollout in Denmark, Poland and Portugal

By: Brian Danga β€”
Revolut began rolling out EURR, its first euro-pegged stablecoin, to customers in Denmark, Poland, and Portugal.

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Las Vegas businessman faces 280 years in prison after $24 million crypto fraud conviction

By: Brian Danga β€”
A federal jury convicted Las Vegas businessman Brent Kovar in a $24 million cryptocurrency scheme involving at least 400 investors.

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Strive acquires 1,110 bitcoin for $81.5 million as total holdings reach 21,356 BTC

By: Brian Danga β€”
Strive purchased 1,110 bitcoin for $81.5 million, raising its total holdings to 21,356 BTC as the seventh-largest public company holder.

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Bernstein says Circle’s growth cycle can continue without the Clarity Act, sees 59% upside

By: Brian Danga β€”
Bernstein says Circle can sustain growth without the Clarity Act as USDC supply rebounds and stablecoin volumes continue expanding.

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Fasset reaches unicorn status after $68 million raise led by SBI Group

By: Brian Danga β€”
Fasset raised $68 million in Series C funding at a $1 billion valuation, expanding its cross-border stablecoin infrastructure.

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Crypto is still in β€˜winter’ price-wise but it’s an β€˜institutional summer,’ STS Digital CEO says

By: Brian Danga β€”
STS Digital CEO Maxime Seiler says token prices have lagged institutional adoption as bitcoin futures basis converges toward risk-free rates.

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Avalanche’s Nahas: Token prices are down, but β€˜I’ve never seen more opportunities’ in crypto

By: Brian Danga β€”
Ava Labs CBO John Nahas says crypto prices are down, but real-world adoption is creating more opportunities across the sector.

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OpenLedger’s Ram Kumar sees agentic payments as crypto’s first AI β€˜killer app’

By: Brian Danga β€”
OpenLedger core contributor Ram Kumar sees agentic payments as a major crypto use case as AI agents lack traditional banking access.

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Securitize’s Redfearn says SEC held back crypto innovation exemption over Clarity Act politics

By: Brian Danga β€”
Securitize says the SEC delayed its crypto trading exemption to avoid complicating Senate votes on the Clarity Act.

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Ex-Signature Bank chair warns big banks could use blockchain to take market share from smaller rivals as N3XT goes global

By: Brian Danga β€”
Scott Shay said big banks could use blockchain payments to take market share from smaller rivals as N3XT expands globally.

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Rain CEO says stablecoin payments reach more than 100,000 merchants without them knowing it

By: Brian Danga β€”
Rain CEO Farooq Malik said more than 100,000 merchants accept stablecoins unknowingly, with transactions settling through Visa in three days.

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β€˜The Crypto Program’ promoter deported from Fiji over alleged $165 million Ponzi scheme

By: Brian Danga β€”
Fiji deported Edward Zimbardi to the U.S. to face charges over an alleged $165 million crypto Ponzi scheme involving thousands of investors.

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Curve founder says FATF pressure could make DeFi safer and more decentralized

By: Brian Danga β€”
Curve founder Michael Egorov said FATF pressure could push DeFi protocols toward greater decentralization and stronger security.

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β€˜The Crypto Program’ promoter deported from Fiji over alleged $165 million Ponzi scheme

By: Brian Danga β€”
Fiji deported Edward Zimbardi to the U.S. to face charges over an alleged $165 million crypto Ponzi scheme involving thousands of investors.

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Curve founder says FATF pressure could make DeFi safer and more decentralized

By: Brian Danga β€”
Curve founder Michael Egorov said FATF pressure could push DeFi protocols toward greater decentralization and stronger security.

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Bitmine adds 9,926 ETH, taking total holdings to roughly $11 billion

By: Brian Danga β€”
Bitmine added 9,926 ETH last week, taking holdings to 5.82 million tokens while buybacks reached 20.8 million shares since July.

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Austria’s FMA fines crypto broker Bitpanda $81,000 in first published MiCA penalty

By: Brian Danga β€”
Austria's FMA fined Bitpanda €70,000 in its first published MiCA penalty, citing white paper and marketing disclosure failures.

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Hyperscale Data sells 685 bitcoin for $43 million to fund Michigan data center

By: Brian Danga β€”
Hyperscale Data sold 685 bitcoin for approximately $43 million as it reduced debt and funded its Michigan AI data center.

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Strategy, Metaplanet could face MSCI index removal under new proposal

By: Brian Danga β€”
An MSCI proposal could see Strategy and Metaplanet removed from its global indexes under a new non-operating company screen.

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Peter Thiel-backed Bullish posts $280 million Q2 net loss as digital asset sales fall 44%

By: Brian Danga β€”
Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange Bullish reported a $280 million Q2 net loss as digital asset sales fell 44% and adjusted revenue rose 62%.
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Bitwise CIO sees market repricing as crypto embraces β€˜revenue fever’

By: Brian Danga β€”
Bitwise CIO sees crypto valuations doubling as decentralized finance apps and protocols adopt revenue-driven token buybacks.
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Standard Chartered-backed Anchorpoint begins HKDAP stablecoin rollout

By: Brian Danga β€”
Standard Chartered-backed Anchorpoint began an institutional rollout of its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, HKDAP, following licensing approval.
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Australian regulator takes down Yepbit websites as investors report blocked withdrawals

By: Brian Danga β€”
Australia's ASIC took down Yepbit websites and denied the platform's false claims that the regulator had frozen investor funds.
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Benchmark sees over 150% upside for Bitdeer on bitcoin mining, AI outlook

By: Brian Danga β€”
Benchmark sees over 150% upside for Bitdeer as bitcoin mining operations fund its $4.7 billion AI data-center buildout.
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Trump Media records $360.6 million unrealized loss on digital assets in first half of the year

By: Brian Danga β€”
Trump Media recorded a $360.6M unrealized digital-asset loss in H1. Its directly held BTC and CRO were worth $597.7M at June 30.
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Coinbase rolls out derivatives for UK professional investors

By: Brian Danga β€”
Coinbase launches perpetuals, futures and options to UK professional clients after obtaining its MiFID license.
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Crypto lost $110 million to hacks in July amid rising bug bounty activity: Immunefi

By: Brian Danga β€”
Crypto lost roughly $110 million to hacks in July as Immunefi said its audit competitions outperformed tier-1 audits.
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Bitmine adds 7,391 ether in a week, bringing total Ethereum holdings to 5.81 million ETH

By: Brian Danga β€”
Bitmine bought 7,391 ether last week, lifting its total Ethereum treasury to 5.81 million ETH, worth roughly $11 billion.
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Crypto lost $110 million to hacks in July amid rising bug bounty activity: Immunefi

By: Brian Danga β€”

Crypto lost roughly $110 million to hacks in July as Immunefi said its audit competitions outperformed tier-1 audits.

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Bitmine adds 7,391 ether in a week, bringing total Ethereum holdings to 5.81 million ETH

By: Brian Danga β€”

Bitmine bought 7,391 ether last week, lifting its total Ethereum treasury to 5.81 million ETH, worth roughly $11 billion.

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Mastercard expands stablecoin push with Crypto Credential pilot

By: Brian Danga β€”

Mastercard and Borderless.xyz are piloting Crypto Credential to support trusted cross-border stablecoin payment flows.

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Former LAPD officer gets life sentence for kidnapping teen in $350,000 bitcoin robbery: report

By: Brian Danga β€”

Former LAPD officer Eric Halem was sentenced to life plus 15 years for kidnapping teen and stealing $350,000 in bitcoin.

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BlackRock debuts tokenized share classes for select European money market funds with $311 billion in assets

By: Brian Danga β€”

BlackRock launched Ethereum-based tokenized share classes for select European money market funds using JPMorgan's Kinexys.

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Tom Lee says ether outperformed Nasdaq 100 in July as Bitmine adds 10,399 ETH

By: Brian Danga β€”

Bitmine expanded its ether treasury to 5.8 million ETH tokens as Tom Lee highlighted July's outperformance against the Nasdaq 100.

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