📢 Bitmine reaches 4.8% of Ethereum supply after a new ETH purchase
Bitmine Immersion increased its Ethereum reserves to 5.815 billion ETH after acquiring another 9,926 ETH over the past week, moving closer to one of the most ambitious targets in its treasury strategy: controlling 5% of the total Ethereum supply. The company led by Tom Lee reported this Monday that the new…
📢 Bitcoin bounces to $64,000, but low liquidity keeps the market at risk
Bitcoin regained the $64,000 level after strongly rebounding from the monthly open near $62,700, in a move that, while it seems to confirm a price recovery, shows signs of fragility. Analysis of derivatives data from the main exchanges shows that the rally was accompanied by a…
🚨 Paraguay tightens control over cryptocurrencies: the DNIT will require reporting transactions above USD 5,000 per year, including wallet data, transactions, and network movements.
🎬 Fake copies of The Odyssey are distributing malware capable of stealing cryptocurrency wallet data and session cookies, putting users’ funds and accounts at risk.
💳 Byb1t enabled its Mastercard virtual card for users with Venezuelan KYC. For now, tests indicate greater use for international purchases rather than Venezuelan physical stores.
✅🔥 OPTIMIST: Jane Street added $630M in Bitcoin ETFs in the second quarter, raising its holdings to $1.06B after cutting them by 71% in the previous quarter.
📈 Bitcoin surpassed USD 64,000. According to a recent Glassnode report, the price of the digital coin is caught between two opposing forces: a constant short-term selling pressure and a long-term investor resistance posture.
📢 BitMart faces claims over blocked funds and requests for independent audits
BitMart is facing mounting pressure from users and critics demanding clarity about the funds deposited on the platform, following reports of blocked withdrawals and unpaid employee salaries. The exchange’s founder, Sheldon Lee, dismissed the allegations as “fabricated rumors” and stated that the company’s account in China on X was…
🔑 Does self-custody depend too much on the user? For Ledger’s CEO, it shouldn’t be. Manufacturers should develop safer tools that can tolerate human error, rather than shifting all responsibility to the user.
📈 Bitmine bought 9.926 ETH and reached 5.81 million units in its treasury. Meanwhile, Strategy paused BTC purchases to raise its fiat cash reserve to $4.8 billion.
🏦 Solana led the weekly growth of tokenized U.S. Treasury bills, adding an additional USD 29.5 million. The move reflects how low costs and network speed attract new inflows.
📉 DeFi yields depend on market activity: when loan demand drops, the APY can also fall.
But there’s another model in which returns come from lending to real-economy businesses, at previously set interest rates. 🏦
What differences exist between the two, and what tool makes access to this type of loans possible?
👉 The debate about whether banks would enter the crypto industry is already over 🏦
Now the question is: what’s next?🚨
🚀 80 of the 100 largest banks in Europe are gathering in Barcelona for the European #blockchain Convention 2026. The main theme will be the post-MiCA era and its implications for the ecosystem.
Learn more about one of Europe’s key events below👇
Bitcoin’s defense changed forever
User security stopped relying on its ability to verify and started relying on the margin of a race that they don’t run. It’s not that open-source code failed, but that the assumption that many eyes reviewing it would keep it safe was no longer enough. The eyes that matter now are those of machines—fast and expensive.
🔎 The principles that underpin Bitcoin could be under attack in the AI era. Dive deeper into this topic in our new article.
💬 "Bitcoin took major technical hits in August, and yet the market barely reacted."
A controversial proposed rules change ended up in a minority chain. Shortly after, a flaw in a hardware wallet enabled the theft of more than 2,000 #BTC .
Meanwhile, #bitcoin stayed range-bound, and institutional capital began returning to the market.
Are we looking at a market that learned to distinguish between the problems of an application and the risks of the protocol? Or is there a disconnection that could be dangerous?
🗳️ A group of miners voted to use the ticker "BTC" for the September hard fork cryptocurrency. The network will change its algorithm to BLAKE2b.
📉 Analyst Willy Woo insists that the price of bitcoin could fall as low as USD 40,000. This pullback would happen if the price repeats the historical pattern of past cycles and looks for its capitulation level at the cost basis.
🚨 Luke Dashjr demands that the cryptocurrency emerging from the next September hard fork be called "Bitcoin" using the Blake2b algorithm. This naming dispute seeks to delegitimize the main network, which the developer describes as "Spamcoin".
🚨 Attackers compromised macOS systems to take control of machines and install Monero miners. Apple released security patches to fix the vulnerability.
💵 Strategy added USD 150 million to its reserves after selling shares, reaching an operating fund of USD 4.8 billion. The company kept its 840.447 BTC reserve untouched, ensuring funds to pay dividends for nearly 3 years.
:📌 The French government lost tax data of 678,000 people amid a wave of targeted attacks on bitcoiners.
📌 Michael Saylor writes a maximalist essay on Bitcoin while Strategy sells and diversifies into USDT.
📌 Stephan Livera highlights that the multi-vendor multisig (MVM) provides true fault tolerance with only a small increase in complexity.
📌 Elon Musk makes public all of the government’s censorship requests in the open-source code algorithm of X.
📌 Alex Thorn (Galaxy) cuts the chances of the CLARITY bill being approved down to just 10%
🔏When the right to privacy is not absolute, confidentiality is a matter of life or death; a single piece of home-address data leaked into the hands of hackers and criminals multiplies an individual’s exposure to real dangers. If the government collects data but doesn’t guarantee its confidentiality, what happened in France can happen again: bitcoiners being attacked in their homes and unable to stop having their data handed over, because the government forces it.
📅 The events agenda for this week is already available.
Here are some of the highlighted meetups from August 17 to 23: 🔹 Bitcoin Vibecamp (August 17 to 22). 🔹 Payments Innovation Forum (August 18). 🔹 ALEPH WEEK 2026 (August 20 to 23). 🔹 Learning Bitcoin 2026 (August 21 to 23).
📆 View the complete #Calendar here.
SafePal confirmed that a flaw in its ordering system exposed data of nearly 40,000 customers: names, addresses, phone numbers, and purchases. The wallet, seed phrase, and private keys were not affected, but phishing risk is increasing.
Peru’s Central Reserve Bank keeps the benchmark interest rate at 4.25% for the eleventh month
The next board meeting in which the Monetary Program of Peru will be evaluated will be on September 10, the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) said. The Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) kept the benchmark interest rate at 4.25% for the eleventh consecutive month, after taking into account that monthly inflation in July in the country was 0.29% and core inflation without food and energy reached 0.28%. In its monthly board meeting, the BCRP said this result was explained mainly by higher prices for some food items and by increases in domestic transportation fares due to higher seasonal demand for the country’s independence festivities, which are held on July 28 and 29.
This overall index includes purchases at stores, restaurants, and gas and is not adjusted for inflation, which has accelerated notably during this period. Spending by U.S. households fell in July, mainly due to a drop in vehicle purchases and online sales, against market expectations, according to data published Friday by the Department of Commerce. Retail sales totaled $763.600 billion last month, down 0.6% from June, but up 5% from the previous year.
Two ADNOC ships were attacked by Iran while crossing the Strait of Hormuz
Since the start of the war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28, at least 18 ADNOC vessels have been attacked in Hormuz. These actions have resulted in the death of one crew member and injuries to another 20. Two ships belonging to the Emirati oil company ADNOC were attacked last night while transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, without causing casualties, the company said, while the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) described the action as «hostile» and blamed it on Iran. «The National Oil Company of Abu Dhabi (ADNOC) confirmed that two of its ships were attacked while transiting through the Strait of Hormuz on the night of Thursday, August 13. The incident caused no injuries, and the situation is already under control.»
World Bank Offers $200 Million and Technical Assistance to Colombia After the Earthquake
Susana Cordeiro, Vice President of the World Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean, offered Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella her “support to accompany Colombia in this recovery process” The World Bank Group this Friday outlined the scope of its comprehensive response to Colombia, which includes direct economic support of $200 million and technical assistance following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake of August 10. The World Bank said that it is carrying out “joint work with the Government of Colombia and partners to address immediate needs and lay the groundwork for recovery.”
Petrobras discovers major oil find at the mouth of the Amazon River
Petrobras, the Brazilian state-owned oil company, president Magda Chambriard said the discovery is «absolutely relevant» to keep Brazil as «a geopolitically important hub in the world of oil over the coming decade». The Brazilian state-owned company Petrobras expects to begin oil production near the mouth of the Amazon River within a period of up to seven years, according to calculations by the head of the oil company Magda Chambriard. The company, controlled by the Brazilian state but with shares traded on the stock market, announced on Friday the discovery of hydrocarbons about 175 kilometers off the coast of the state of Amapá, the region where the Amazon River empties, and at a water depth of 2,886 meters.
Apple has sent notifications to users in 110 countries, warning that their devices could be targeted by spyware attacks. This alert appears on the iPhone lock screen. Apple recommends enabling "Lockdown Mode" for better protection.
This type of warning is crucial for improving device security. By turning on lockdown mode, you get better protection against potential attacks. However, the effectiveness of this measure may be limited. Users should also improve their overall security habits.
Google has unveiled the Pixel 11 series, which includes the Pixel 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro XL, and the Pro Fold foldable. All smartphones run on the new Tensor G6 chip. The Pro versions feature an RGB indicator instead of the traditional flash, which responds to notifications and interaction with Gemini.
How will the new Pixel 11 series affect the smartphone market? With prices starting at $899 for the Pixel 11 and $1099 for the Pro models, the consumer response is crucial.
North Korea secretly hires IT workers in the U.S.!
North Korea has secretly hired thousands of technology workers at U.S. companies. According to the WSJ, during interviews they use artificial intelligence (AI) to change their appearance. North Koreans pose as other people, using stolen identities and intermediaries in the U.S....
Some of these specialists earn up to $300,000 a year, sending as much as 90% of their income back to North Korea. This money helps fund the Kim Jong-un regime.
OpenAI has released the GPT-5.6 Sol model on Cerebras hardware, reaching up to 750 tokens per second. This allows artificial intelligence (AI) to respond almost instantly, without wasting time moving data. In the HLE test, the full cycle took just over 11 hours, while in Claude Fable it lasted nearly 80 hours..
🤔 Will AI development transform the crypto market? 🚀 Faster answers make investment decisions easier. 👎 It could increase risks—be careful! 😐 #OpenAI #AI #Aİ #GPT5 #interescompuesto
Young People and Their Financial Digestion: Passing the Torch
Two 17-year-old students have launched a financial newsletter aimed at Generation Z, which has even been adopted by employees at major Wall Street firms. Passing the Torch explains market and economic news in simple terms. It currently has almost 60,000 subscribers, and 77% of the audience has signed up with corporate email addresses. Readers include employees from McKinsey, JPMorgan, Blackstone, and Goldman Sachs....
How will this kind of project impact the financial world?
🔥 Definitely, it will attract more interest among young people.