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Strategy’s $66B Bitcoin Treasury Faces Capital Markets Risk, Not BTC Price: Report

August 27, 2026 Jackson Miller

Strategy’s massive Bitcoin treasury, now valued at $66.7 billion, may be less exposed to a crypto market crash than to a prolonged loss of access to capital markets, according to a new analysis from Regime Intelligence. The report highlights that the company’s ability to service roughly $1.76 billion in annual obligations depends on its continued […]

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Bitcoin enters ‘initial phase’ of new bull market, but $83K remains key: CryptoQuant

August 26, 2026 Jackson Miller

Bitcoin has entered the early stages of a new bull market after a 24% rally pushed key onchain and demand indicators into bullish territory, according to analytics firm CryptoQuant. The firm’s Bull Score jumped to 80 from 30 over the past week, hitting its highest level since October 2025, with eight of the index’s 10 […]

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Gemini and Apex Fintech Plan to Bring Crypto Prediction Markets to Brokerage Clients

August 25, 2026 Jackson Miller

Crypto exchange Gemini and Apex Fintech Solutions have signed a non-binding letter of intent to make Gemini Titan the exclusive regulated venue for crypto event contracts offered by brokerage firms through Apex’s Futures Commission Merchant (FCM). The proposed arrangement would give participating brokerages access to Gemini for execution and clearing, creating a new distribution channel […]

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Banks and regulators join quantum-resistant crypto transfer pilot

August 24, 2026 Jackson Miller

Banks and financial regulators from Europe, the Middle East and Asia have joined a pilot testing quantum-resistant infrastructure for digital asset wallets and onchain transfers. The initiative, announced Monday by the Responsible Fintech Institute (RFI) and crypto custody provider Safeheron, marks one of the first cross-border efforts to prepare financial institutions for the arrival of […]

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MiCA’s next frontier: Why DeFi lending vaults are a regulatory puzzle for Brussels

August 23, 2026 Jackson Miller

The European Commission is reviewing whether crypto lending and borrowing should be brought under the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework, but the decentralized nature of many lending protocols is making it difficult to determine who — if anyone — should be regulated. On May 20, 2026, the Commission launched a targeted consultation seeking stakeholder […]

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MANTRA token sinks 18% to record low as blockchain halt triggers exchange suspensions

August 22, 2026 Jackson Miller

MANTRA’s native token plunged 18.5% from its 24-hour high to an all-time low on Thursday, shortly before MANTRA Chain stopped producing blocks and the team announced a precautionary halt over an unexplained incident. The network’s status page classified the event as a full outage, prompting several exchanges to suspend deposits and withdrawals for the token. […]

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Bitcoin.com adds UAE-regulated USDU stablecoin to self-custodial wallet

August 21, 2026 Jackson Miller

Bitcoin.com has integrated USDU, a US dollar-backed stablecoin registered with the Central Bank of the UAE, into its self-custodial web and mobile wallet. The move expands access to the UAE’s first regulated foreign payment token, which until now has primarily been distributed through institutional channels. USDU’s regulatory standing and launch background USDU is issued by […]

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Inside Apate: How 200,000 AI ‘victims’ are wasting scammers’ time and saving millions

August 20, 2026 Jackson Miller

Australian cybersecurity firm Apate is running a global operation that turns the tables on online fraudsters: a fleet of nearly 200,000 AI-powered personas that pose as gullible victims, waste scammers’ time, and extract actionable intelligence for banks, telcos, and crypto analytics firms. The company’s bots field hundreds of thousands of calls and chat conversations daily, […]

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FASB proposes new guidance on when stablecoins can be treated as cash equivalents

August 19, 2026 Jackson Miller

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has taken a significant step toward clarifying how US companies should account for stablecoins, proposing new guidance that would allow certain digital assets to be classified as cash equivalents under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). In a proposal announced on Tuesday, the FASB said it would add illustrative examples […]

Harmony blockchain rollback after ONE token exploit

Harmony to roll back blockchain after ONE exploit, discarding 109,000 transactions

August 18, 2026 Jackson Miller

Harmony has confirmed plans to roll back its blockchain to Aug. 11 following an exploit that produced forged ONE tokens, a move that will discard more than 109,000 transactions confirmed after the network’s chosen checkpoint. The layer-1 network said validators will revert to blocks recorded at 11:25 pm UTC on Aug. 11, with new blocks […]