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.
Wells Fargo will roll out tokenized deposits for corporate clients in fall 2026, starting with a USD-to-GBP corridor and expanding through 2027. Blockchain undisclosed.
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.
The first US-Japan joint yen intervention in 28 years rattled Bitcoin, dropping it 2% and reviving yen carry trade unwind fears. Fear & Greed Index hits 25.
Total crypto market cap sits at $2.25T (+0.15%) as the Fear & Greed Index drops to 25. Ethereum falls 1.8% to $1,850 while Bitcoin holds 56.3% dominance.
A London jury convicted five people for the 52-hour kidnapping and torture of two French crypto millionaires — prosecutors won without either victim testifying.
Elon Musk's xAI sued Minnesota AG Keith Ellison to block the US's first AI nudification ban before its August 1 deadline, citing First Amendment overreach.
