August 4, 2026
Bitcoin

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Announces ETH Holdings Reach 5.70 Million Tokens, and Total Crypto and Total Cash Holdings of $9.8 Billion

Bitmine owns 4.7% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 94% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 11 months Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap index on June 26, 2026 Bitmine’s Series A Preferred Stock is trading on the NYSE under the symbol BMNP Bitmine

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Vitalik Buterin Backs Obfuscation for Blockchain

Vitalik Buterin says obfuscation could improve blockchain privacy, but current runtimes remain too slow for practical use. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has discussed how obfuscation could change the way blockchain systems handle privacy.  He described it as one of the most powerful tools in cryptography. Obfuscation can turn a normal program into an encrypted program

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Saylor Readies For Shoot Out With MSTR Bears: Will Strategy Drop Another BTC Buy?

In Bitcoin news today, Michael Saylor posted Strategy’s BTC acquisition tracker chart to X on Sunday, June 29, captioned “We’re gonna need more charts”, his established pre-buy signal, even as the firm’s Bitcoin treasury sits roughly $13Bn underwater with BTC price trading below $60,000, its weakest level since October 2024. The post follows the same

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Bitcoin (BTC) price steadies as analysts warn more downside lies ahead

The crypto market enters the final stretch of the month in a perilous position with bitcoin BTC$59,822.57 still below $60,000 and ether (ETH) less than $1,600. The bitcoin price has now lost more than 50% of its value since October’s record high, with analysts suggesting that more downside is on the cards over the coming

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Perception Exits Beta With Four Digital Asset Integrations

Perception, a real-time narrative intelligence platform for digital asset firms, has exited beta and announced integrations with BitGo (NYSE: BTGO), Swan, Relai, and Bitcoin Well (TSX.V: BTCW). The four companies embedded Perception’s data layer into their internal AI workflows during the beta period, ahead of today’s public launch. The platform targets a structural problem in

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BNB Chain Extends Free Stablecoin Transfers

BNB Chain extends its 0 Fee Carnival, covering USDC, USD1, and U transfers and saving users over $4.5M in fees. BNB Chain has extended its zero-fee stablecoin program for users moving USDC, USD1, and U.  The campaign allows covered stablecoin transfers without gas fees across selected exchanges, wallets, and bridges. The network said more than

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How the Steak and Shake Bitcoin Payments Could Save $6M a Year in Fees

Steak and Shake is saving roughly 50% on payment processing fees by accepting Bitcoin, and projecting $6 million in annual savings if its full credit-card customer base made the switch. That number, confirmed again in a June 2026 company statement, makes the 90-year-old burger chain one of the most concrete proof points in the argument

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CZ wants to make the U.S. the ‘capital of crypto’: State of Crypto

CZ told CoinDesk over the course of two interviews that he saw multiple causes for crypto’s 2026 bear market including investors moving funds to AI, geopolitical events and the usual four-year crypto market cycle. He laid out his goals for Binance.US — the U.S. crypto exchange he majority owns but does not run on a

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Upgrade Verse Staking Rewards Program to Increase Capital Efficiency? You Decide

Greetings Verse Community, We are thrilled to bring you another exciting proposal as we continue to shape the future of Bitcoin.com’s Verse Ecosystem. Verse Staking V1 In April 2023, we launched the Verse Staking Program which rewarded participants with VERSE for staking their VERSE on Ethereum. Verse Staking V2 In 2024, we introduced the next iteration of

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Matt Corallo Urges Bitcoin Projects To Exit GitHub After Rust Lightning Ban

GitHub has been the home to Bitcoin Core and many other software projects in the Bitcoin industry for over a decade, but it was not the first collaborative version control platform to host the digital currency’s code, and it may not be the last. Recent performance issues in GitHub have triggered a new wave of

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