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Trump Jr.-linked 1789 Capital is reportedly leading a $1 billion funding round for Polymarket, valuing the prediction market platform at $21 billion.
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Bitmine acquired $131 million in Ether on August 31, its largest ETH purchase since June, as co-founder Tom Lee cited a bullish Q3 crypto outlook.
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Ireland has launched new tax-advantaged investment accounts but explicitly excluded cryptocurrency, targeting roughly $203B in domestic deposits.
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Strategy returned to the Bitcoin market on August 31, 2026, spending $370 million — its first purchase since late June — with BTC trading near $78,000.
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Cronos validators paused block production on 31 August 2026 after an attacker drained an estimated $75 million from Tectonic, a DeFi lending protocol on the chain.
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Polygon disclosed security vulnerabilities already patched via two hard forks, following a responsible-disclosure approach to protect users before going public.
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BitGo has acquired NYDIG's institutional trading arm to expand its derivatives and financing capabilities, deepening its push into institutional crypto services.
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Capital B secured $24.5M to grow its Bitcoin treasury, backed by Blockstream's Adam Back and French asset manager TOBAM amid crypto market volatility.
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Solana's community voted on 28 August 2026 to double its disinflation rate, slowing new SOL issuance in a dramatic, razor-thin governance finish.
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Visa has partnered with Dunamu, operator of South Korea's Upbit exchange, to develop stablecoin payment infrastructure and AI commerce applications.
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The SEC has sent a proposed crypto custody rule overhaul to the White House for review, marking a key step toward new standards for investment firms holding digital assets.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas warns tokenized deposits could reduce U.S. bank lending capacity by up to $700 billion by disrupting fractional-reserve banking.
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An ECB board member claims the digital euro will offer a 'maximum level of privacy' — more than standard bank transfers — amid rising surveillance concerns.
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A federal court has pushed Roman Storm's Tornado Cash retrial to April 2027, extending a landmark crypto criminal case that began with his 2023 indictment.
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A coalition of U.S. state banking associations is developing a shared nationwide blockchain network, targeting a 2027 launch, CoinTelegraph and CoinDesk report.
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Bitcoin's futures market saw a historic short squeeze on August 25, 2026, with open interest collapsing to 12% of prior levels as leveraged shorts were liquidated.
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Franklin Templeton and HashKey have partnered to bring a tokenized U.S. money-market fund to Asian investors, expanding the regulated RWA market in the region.
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Bitcoin's late-August 2025 rally is tracking a weakening US Dollar Index, leading analysts to frame the move as a macro hedge — mirroring a simultaneous rise in gold.
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A free AI model called Ox Alpha has reportedly outperformed Anthropic's Claude Fable on benchmarks — and nobody knows who built it. Here's what we know.
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