Strategy Swings From $13 Billion Bitcoin Loss to $1.4 Billion Profit as BTC Rallies
The Bitcoin treasury giant is sitting on roughly $1.4 billion in unrealized gains after Bitcoin climbed above its average acquisition price.
Zcash miner buys 9.4% of merger target that warns failed deal could end in liquidation
Fortitude Mining, Digital Currency Group’s Zcash-focused miner, bought a 9.4% stake in Nasdaq-listed HeartSciences for about $1 million, giving its proposed merger partner cash for operating expenses while shareholder approval remains pending. The…
Ethereum’s next upgrade turns a 2-second block bottleneck into a roughly 9-second window
Ethereum node operators now have an active public network for rehearsing Glamsterdam’s coordinated execution- and consensus-client upgrade. Platåberget has an open, permissionless validator set, turning the upgrade into a practical test of whether client…
Datavault wants to buy a bank and fund it with $35 million after reporting $1.4 million cash
Datavault AI has agreed to acquire BankWyse, a Wyoming banking institution, while promising funding substantially larger than the cash it reported at the end of June. The mismatch leaves a central question for the proposed deal: How can Datavault finance…
Tensions Flare as CME, Kalshi Execs Clash Over Prediction Markets in DC
CME Group Chairman Terry Duffy and Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara traded barbs during a CFTC meeting over prediction markets, manipulation, and regulatory standards.
This Bitcoin miner just signed a $350 million AI deal, but it needs $185 million to make it work
HIVE Digital Technologies’ $350 million AI cloud contract depends on a $185 million GPU buildout that must be completed in the fourth quarter before most of the revenue can begin. The five-year agreement, signed by HIVE’s BUZZ High Performance Computing…
Solana’s 50,000 SOL security contest did not cover a clock attack disclosed months earlier
At USENIX Security on Aug. 12, researchers presented a Solana Proof-of-History clock attack they had disclosed privately to Solana developers in December 2025. Anza’s 50,000 SOL Alpenglow competition closed seven days later, and its rules appear to…
What’s Next for Bitcoin After Historic Rally? Experts Weigh In
Bitcoin’s surge above $72,000 wiped out billions in bearish bets, but analysts say fresh buying will be needed to keep the rally going.
Bitcoin Is Pumping But Prediction Market Traders Aren’t Convinced
Bitcoin’s sharpest rally in five months flipped prediction-market odds from bearish to a coin flip—but the longer-term bets still price in a crash.
CFTC Chair Readies Crypto Rules If Congress Fails to Pass Clarity Act
The CFTC chair said staff is already exploring a crypto market structure framework and could move quickly to propose rules if Congress fails to act.