August 6, 2026
Crypto

Bitcoin stopped trading the war. That’s the whole story.

In one week, Bitcoin sat still through missile strikes in the Strait of Hormuz and then fell with Asian chip stocks. The war test and the tech test gave opposite answers about what Bitcoin is, and both answers are correct. Working out how is the most useful thing a holder can do right now. Summary

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Ethereum

Devcon in Osaka: Applications now open!

Friends, The year is well underway, cherry blossoms have fallen, and Devcon is quickly approaching! As announced on-stage at Ethereal last month, Devcon will be returning to Asia in 2019. We hope that you’ll join us this October 8th-11th as we come together in Osaka, Japan! Without further delay, we’re excited to reveal new details

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Bitcoin

Hyperliquid plans to introduce decentralized prediction markets in HIP-4 upgrade

Hyperliquid said its HIP-4 upgrade, which introduced “outcome trading” to the decentralized exchange, will support permissionless deployment of the contracts in a future enhancement. Once live, anyone will be able to offer a prediction market on the platform, subject to templates approved by validators, Hyperliquid said on Telegram on Sunday. In the meantime, they remain

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Crypto

Bitcoin price slips under $64K as Middle East tensions and China’s Kimi K3 launch rattle markets

Bitcoin price has slipped below $64,000 as renewed US-Iran tensions, volatile oil prices, and a technology-sector sell-off tied to China’s Kimi K3 launch drove investors away from risk assets. Summary Bitcoin price fell below $64,000 as Middle East tensions and Kimi K3 rattled risk markets. BTC must reclaim $65,047 to confirm a sustained recovery toward

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Ethereum

EF-Supported Teams: Development Report | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Friends, Over the last year, developers and researchers supported by Ethereum Foundation have kept their heads down and continued to produce at a staggering pace. Their focus has remained on their work, and together we’re all building a more complete Ethereum. Today, our regular all-team update series is relaunching in a changed and ever growing

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Crypto

South Korea weighs new legal framework for seizing self custodied crypto

South Korean tax officials have proposed amendments to the country’s Criminal Procedure Act to establish a legal framework for seizing self-custodied digital assets, arguing that existing rules do not adequately cover wallets controlled through private keys. Summary South Korean tax officials have proposed changes to criminal law to allow the seizure of self custodied digital

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Ethereum

Solidity Storage Array Bugs | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Solidity Storage Array Bug Announcement This blog post is about two bugs connected to storage arrays which are otherwise unrelated. Both have been present in the compiler for a long time and have only been discovered now even though a contract containing them should very likely show malfunctions in tests. Daenam Kim with help from

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin VC Veterans Launch $40 Million Holding Company Targeting Small Business Acquisitions

Another day, another Bitcoin treasury.  But this time, with a twist: Earlier this week, macroeconomist and all-round Bitcoin legend Lyn Alden announced Orange Juice — an investment firm that aims to buy, improve and get businesses on a Bitcoin standard.  The idea is that Orange Juice will buy small and mid-sized businesses at low prices,

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Crypto

Hyperliquid plans permissionless HIP 4 prediction market deployment

Hyperliquid has announced plans to introduce permissionless deployment for HIP-4 outcome markets, with the feature set to roll out on testnet before a later mainnet release. Summary Hyperliquid plans to introduce permissionless deployment for HIP 4 outcome markets, starting on testnet before a mainnet rollout. Market deployers will need to stake 500,000 HYPE and can

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Ethereum

Geth v1.9.0 | Ethereum Foundation Blog

After many months of silence, we’re proud to announce the v1.9.0 release of Go Ethereum! Although this release has been in the making for a lot longer than we anticipated, we’re confident there will be some juicy feature for everyone to enjoy! Warning: We’ve tried our best to squash all the bugs, but as with

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