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Coldcard Exploit Accounts for $100M of July's $247M in Crypto Thefts
A breach of Coldcard hardware wallets hit 7,300 Bitcoin addresses across three attack waves, with other major protocols and bridges also targeted in the month's second-worst security toll of 2026.
Ondo's IVVon Leads Tokenized ETFs Past $500M With Two-Thirds Market Share
Ondo Finance's IVVon tokenized ETF grew to $69.6 million this year, pushing the total tokenized ETF market beyond $500 million while controlling nearly two-thirds of the category.
ETH Whale Flow on Hyperliquid Splits: $91M Long vs. $1.21M Short in 24 Hours
Hyperbot data shows 10 of 11 new whale positions over $1M are long ETH, with the largest single bet a 25,000 ETH long worth roughly $47.93M.
Whale Stakes 32,400 ETH Worth $61.46M in Direct Beacon Depositor Move
An unknown wallet locked over $61 million into Ethereum's proof-of-stake system on Aug. 17, adding 1,012 new validators in a single transaction.
$23M of 0x8c96's $117M Bitcoin Short Liquidated as BTC Clears $65K
On-chain data shows 360 BTC wiped from the position; the remaining 1,440 BTC short faces a liquidation trigger at $65,041.72.
Venezuela Routes Oil and Trade Payments Through USDT as Sanctions Block Dollar Access
Cut off from correspondent banking, Venezuela settles international transactions in dollar-pegged stablecoins — a live stress test no sandbox could replicate.
BNB Meme Dev Built a $29M Token and Walked Away With Nothing
Wallet 0x6aF3 launched 牛来 without buying any allocation, watched it peak near $29M FDV, then chased returns through three follow-on tokens.
Aster DEX Whale Follows AKE Win With $450K GPS Long
The on-chain trader who booked $1.42M in peak unrealized gains on AKE has opened a 2x leveraged GPS position worth $450,000 on Aster DEX.
Gambler 0xff84 Takes $18.55M Liquidation as BTC Pushes Past $64,000
The whale trimmed his short twice but still lost 288 BTC to forced liquidation; a 512 BTC short worth $33M remains open with a liquidation price at $64,665.18.
FalconX Moves 954 BTC Worth $61 Million to Unknown Address
The institutional crypto brokerage sent 954 BTC—about $61.4 million—to an unidentified wallet, days after a dormant 2011 wallet routed nearly 50 BTC to a FalconX-linked address.
Meme Coin Volume Is a User Acquisition Funnel for Serious Protocols
Analyst Ceteris argues speculative meme coin volume creates conditions for protocol experiments, even if the tokens themselves are worthless.
Venezuela Routes International Payments Through Stablecoins as Banking Rails Stay Blocked
Cut off from correspondent banking, Venezuela is settling cross-border trade in USDT and USDC — a live stress test for on-chain dollars at sovereign scale.
Tokenized Gold Survives DeFi Stress Test, but Only 1.5% Lands in Lending Markets
RedStone's Q1 report shows XAUT and PAXG weathered gold's worst weekly drop in 40 years, yet just $63M of $4.2B in supply is deployed as collateral on Aave and Morpho.
Wallet Loses $110.7K in Two Hours Chasing CZ's $MARSCOIN Burn
On-chain data shows wallet 0xacbf bought 6.15M $MARSCOIN for 133K USDT after CZ's token burn, then sold for 22.4K USDT after CZ abandoned his public address.
CoinZoom Receive Addresses: Two Paths, One Network Error Away From Permanent Loss
CoinZoom users can locate receive addresses via the wallet tab or deposit screen, but wrong network selection or a missing memo means funds are gone for good.
Neutrl Halts NUSD Minting and Redemptions After Reserve Problem Surfaces
The synthetic dollar's $53.6M supply is locked as Neutrl discloses an unspecified reserve problem and pauses protocol functions on legal advice.
Tether CEO Shrugs Off KPMG Critics as Audit Scope Questions Linger
Paolo Ardoino says Tether International is the sole USDT issuer after KPMG's U.S. arm issued a clean opinion on its 2025 financials — but the full report remains private.
Securitize Posts $4.3B Tokenized AUM Record as Net Loss Widens to $21.7M
Transaction volume surged 147 percent year-over-year to $5.3 billion in Q2, but revenue fell 5 percent and adjusted EBITDA swung to a $5.5 million loss.
Venezuela Routes Dollar Payments Through Stablecoins as Sanctions Block Banking Access
Cut off from correspondent banking, Venezuela settles cross-border transactions in dollar-pegged stablecoins — a live test of whether blockchain rails can replace SWIFT for a sanctioned economy.
RWA Deposits Triple to $7.4B in Q2 as DeFi Deposits Drop 15 Percent
A CoinShares and Token Terminal report shows RWA spot trading up 220 percent year over year while overall DEX volumes dropped roughly 70 percent in the same period.
Securitize Tokenized AUM Hits $4.3B as Revenue Misses, Shares Fall 20%
Transaction volume surged 147% year over year to $5.3 billion, yet quarterly revenue fell to $14.4 million and the net loss widened to $21.7 million.
Hyperliquid's Spot Build-Out Targets AI Agent Liquidity as Perp Dominance Holds
With $8B+ in open interest and zero gas fees, Hyperliquid is the leading candidate for autonomous AI agent liquidity—if its spot layer can match its perp depth.
Pump.fun Distributes 4.85B PUMP Tokens to 124 Wallets in Scheduled Unlock
The Aug. 14 unlock distributed roughly $13.6M worth of PUMP across 124 addresses, extending insider releases that have shadowed the token's 30% weekly rally.
Venezuela Settles Trade in Stablecoins as Sanctions Cut Off Dollar Banking
Locked out of correspondent banking, Venezuela routes cross-border payments through USD-pegged tokens — a sovereign-scale test of on-chain dollar settlement.
Bitcoin Options Skew Falls to 4% as Traders Strip Pre-Fed Hedges
The 1-week 25-delta skew fell to roughly 4% from elevated June levels as large traders accumulate $70,000 strike calls ahead of Wednesday's Fed decision.
KPMG Clears Tether's 2025 Books With Unqualified Opinion After Years of Reserve Questions
The Big Four firm physically counted every gold bar in Tether's custody and found reserves exceeding liabilities by $6.814 billion, the company said Aug. 13.
Tether Lands First Full Audit, Posts $6.81B Reserve Surplus for 2025
KPMG U.S. issued an unqualified opinion on Tether International's financials, physically verifying gold bar holdings under U.S. GAAP.
Pump.fun Recaptures 51.7% of Launchpad Fees After Robinhood Chain Rivals Fade
Total fees across 125 token launchpads rose 77 percent to $75.39 million in 30 days as Robinhood Chain protocols briefly undercut Pump.fun's dominance.
SKALE Labs Launches Agent Pit Sandbox for AI Prediction Market Strategy Testing
The gas-free network replicates Polymarket's order book and settlement mechanics, letting developers stress-test autonomous trading agents before deploying live capital.
Bank of Russia Approves Retail BTC, ETH and USDT Access; Excludes XRP
A Bank of Russia draft directive permits public exchange access for three major digital assets, imposing a 300,000-ruble annual cap for non-qualified investors while excluding XRP.
EIP-8363 'Tapered Issuance Burn' Draws DeFi Pushback Over Decentralization Risk
The proposal would cut new ETH issuance to zero once 50 percent of supply is staked, alarming DeFi builders and institutional stakers.
Bitmine Buys 13,000 ETH From BitGo, Holds 4.8 Percent of Supply
The $24.36 million purchase extends Bitmine's 58-week accumulation streak as the firm targets 5 percent of Ethereum's total supply.
SharpLink CEO Opposes EIP-8363, Warns Tapered Issuance Burn Would Hurt ETH Staking Yields
Joseph Chalom says the proposal to burn consensus-layer rewards as staked ETH rises would eliminate validator issuance and raise capital costs across DeFi.
TRON Holds 49 Percent of Global USDT Supply as Q2 Revenue Rises 15.9 Percent
The network hosts over $90 billion in USDT, nearly half of global supply, as daily active addresses and transactions climb quarter-over-quarter.
Stablecoin Supply Hits $305B as On-Chain Transfers Cross $15.6T
Ethereum holds $161 billion in supply and leads transfer volume, while Solana and Tron capture high-throughput payments and emerging-market remittances.
TUT Surges 10x After Aster DEX Perp Listing Triggers Short Squeeze
Aster DEX's Aug. 6 launch of 5x leveraged TUT perpetual futures drove a liquidation cascade that pushed the token to an all-time high by Aug. 9.
Venezuela's Dollar Freeze Made Stablecoins Work Outside Crypto
Cut off from correspondent banking and SWIFT settlement, Venezuela has routed trade through USDT and USDC — giving stablecoins their clearest proof of utility in real-economy commerce.
Saylor Posts Buying Show as Strategy Holds 842,138 BTC Worth $54.86B
Strategy's founder posted 'Doing ₿usiness' Saturday, a phrase he has used repeatedly ahead of confirmed Bitcoin purchase announcements.
1inch Launches Aqua to Spread Single-Wallet Liquidity Across 13 Chains
Aqua lets market makers quote positions on multiple protocols simultaneously from one wallet, with atomic reversion if a trade exceeds the available balance.
RWA Deposits Triple to $7.4B in Q2 as Total DeFi Deposits Fall 15 Percent
A CoinShares and Token Terminal report shows tokenized assets expanding across lending, spot trading and derivatives even as total DeFi deposits contracted.
EIP-8363 Would Cut ETH Issuance to Zero at 50% Staked. Critics Say the Cure Is Worse Than the
The Tapered Issuance Burn proposal from Justin Drake and Jerome de Tychey draws opposition from Lido, Ether.fi and Bitwise over DeFi collateral risk and monetary policy credibility.
Ethereum ICO Wallet Wakes After 11 Years, Moves First ETH Since 2015
Address 0x6A53, dormant since the 2014 presale, sent 0.1 ETH to Coinbase — the first on-chain movement from a wallet holding 2,000 ETH acquired at a $620 entry.
Ethereum Wallet 0x7378 Accumulates $9.1 Million in LIT
On-chain data shows wallet 0x7378 acquired 3.91 million LIT over two months at an average price of $2.33, aligning with broader whale accumulation.
Fed Holds at 3.5%-3.75%, Putting Tokenized Treasury Yields in Focus
The Federal Reserve kept rates unchanged, sustaining the yield floor for tokenized Treasuries and tightening the capital-flow competition against DeFi lending pools.
Ethereum Whale 0x8c58 Buys 27,000 ETH via Galaxy Digital OTC After Three-Month Dormancy
The anonymous wallet secured 27,000 ETH through Galaxy Digital's over-the-counter desk in its first major capital deployment in three months.
Proof of Play Shuts Down, Open-Sources Pirate Nation Assets as PIRATE Token Falls 99.7%
The studio behind on-chain game Pirate Nation ceased operations Tuesday, releasing code and art under a CC0 license and leaving PIRATE token support to an independent foundation.
Tokenized Asset Market Cap Hits $339.5B Across 47 Chains as Equities and Commodities Expand
Token Terminal data tracks 4,942 tokenized assets across 316 issuers and 47 chains, with equities led by Ondo Finance and gold-linked tokens dominating commodities.
EIP-8361 Would Cut Net Consensus Yield to Zero at 50 Percent Staking Ratio
The draft proposal would burn a rising fraction of validator rewards as more ETH is staked, eliminating issuance incentives beyond 50 percent of supply.
USDGO Crosses $1B in Circulation as Institutional Stablecoin Demand Builds
The regulated enterprise stablecoin USDGO reached $1 billion in circulating supply in July, three months after crossing $100 million, placing it among the top six globally.
eToro Leads $12.5M Round for Extended DEX, Integrates Zengo Wallet
The investment pairs Extended's Starknet-based perpetuals engine with eToro's Zengo self-custody wallet, opening on-chain derivatives across crypto, equities and FX.