August 2, 2026
Crypto

Trump Media transfers 2,628 BTC as holdings shrink

Trump Media-linked wallets transferred 2,628 Bitcoin, valued at about $165 million, to Crypto.com on Aug. 2, according to on-chain analysts Lookonchain. Summary 2,628

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Coldcard Bitcoin losses rise to $88.6M in third wave

Galaxy Research raised its estimate of Bitcoin drained from addresses linked to the Coldcard firmware flaw to 1,367.05 BTC, worth about $88.6 million,

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Crypto PAC spending tops $2M in Michigan House race

A crypto industry-aligned political action committee has pushed its spending above $2 million in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, according to final-week Federal Election

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DEX spot volume reaches 24% of CEX trading

Decentralized exchange spot trading rose to about 24% of centralized exchange volume in July 2026, according to The Block’s current DEX-to-CEX data series. 

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A build error in Coldcard’s firmware drained $38 million in bitcoin in 25 minutes

Coinkite says an attacker used AI to find a flaw its own AI review missed, exposing 500 wallets to a seed generation bug

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Tether’s $1.5 billion Q2 profit and the reserve buffer problem

Tether earned $1.5 billion in three months while its safety cushion fell by half, raising questions about whether the world’s largest stablecoin can

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difficulty falls 19.9% as miners pivot to AI

Bitcoin mining difficulty has dropped 19.9% from its peak in the third deepest ASIC era decline on record, as miners sell bitcoin at

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The $4 billion Iran sanctions evasion network through crypto

The United States has sanctioned Iranian exchanges, frozen nearly $1 billion in cryptocurrency, and traced $3.84 billion in Iran-linked flows through a single

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Bitcoin price tests $63K as ETF outflows hit $265M

Bitcoin price hovered near $63,000 on Aug. 1 as US ETF outflows, weakening momentum and regulatory uncertainty kept buyers on the sidelines. Summary

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What is proof of work? Bitcoin consensus explained

Proof of work is a consensus mechanism that forces computers to spend measurable energy solving a mathematical puzzle before they can add a

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