Nadia Rahman is CoinScoop's Markets Editor. She covers Bitcoin, macro liquidity and the spot-ETF complex, and previously reported on rates and FX for a global newswire.
A new Ethereum proposal, ERC-8393, introduces a standard for tokenized carbon credits using ERC-1155, distinguishing between transferable and permanently retired balances.
Pakistan's virtual asset licensing portal went live, giving existing crypto firms 12 days, until September 5, 2026, to apply for a no-objection certificate or cease operations.
GameStop is swapping $1.4B in convertible notes for equity while its entire 4,710 BTC sits pledged at Coinbase for a covered-call strategy — GME shares fell 13.84%.
Crypto market cap flatlines at $2.27T. Bitcoin holds $63,965 with 56.6% dominance while ETH slides 3.1% weekly and Fear & Greed sinks to 27.
At least 37 Americans have been arrested in 2026 for protesting AI data centers — mostly for minor infractions — as local opposition grows into a national movement.
Canada's 3iQ Corp secures the first institutional mandate to manage Bhutan's Gelephu Mindfulness City Bitcoin reserves, linked to a 10,000 BTC (~$641M) pledge.
American Bitcoin Corp pledged 3,090 BTC — nearly 40% of its 8,002-BTC treasury — to Bitmain as collateral for mining equipment, its Q2 SEC filing reveals.
Solana validators are weighing a proposal to increase daily SOL burns more than tenfold while cutting new token issuance — a dual deflationary shift for SOL supply.
Bitdeer (BTDR) shares jumped 23% after signing a 16-year, $4.7B AI data center colocation lease in Tydal, Norway — the largest crypto miner pivot to AI infrastructure yet.
Strategy's STRC preferred stock has reclaimed $90 in early August 2026, rebounding ~24% from its June record low as buybacks and a $3.75B cash reserve reverse the slide.
