Trump Media & Technology Group’s Truth API became available to institutional customers on Aug. 1, giving trading firms rapid, machine-readable access to posts from influential Truth Social accounts, including U.S. President Donald Trump’s account. Summary August 1 launch gives institutions millisecond access to influential Truth Social posts with continuous coverage. Schiff and Warren asked the
Strategy Inc. kept the annual dividend rate on its STRC preferred stock at 12% for August 2026, even though the Nasdaq-listed security ended July more than 10% below its $100 stated amount. Summary 12% annualized dividend remains unchanged for August despite STRC closing July at $89.46 per share. $3.75 billion reserve covers roughly 2.1 years
Ripple Director of Engineering Vijay Khanna urged XRP Ledger node operators on Aug. 2 to install xrpld version 3.2.1 after developers observed a validator manifest flood on July 31. Summary July 31 manifest flooding prompted xrpld 3.2.1 while XRP Ledger continued closing ledgers normally throughout. Four safeguards now cap manifest size, message batches, outbound sharing
Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 can no longer reach its 55% voluntary miner threshold during the current difficulty period, according to blockchain signaling data and an Aug. 1 analysis from Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor. Summary 28 signaling blocks appeared among 1,108, leaving BIP-110 at 2.53% support as of Aug. 2. Saylor said all 24 initial
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 BTC moved to Crypto.com, but no company filing has confirmed an outright sale yet. Trump Media reported 9,542.16 BTC in March, including 4,260.73 BTC pledged as secured convertible-note collateral. Lookonchain estimates realized
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, on Aug. 1. Summary 1,367.05 BTC was drained across 4,585 addresses in three suspected Coldcard attack waves, Galaxy reported. July 30’s first wave removed 1,082.65 BTC from 1,196 addresses in just 41
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 Commission disclosures. Summary Protect Progress spending surpassed $2 million backing Thanedar and opposing McKinney before Tuesday’s primary vote. $884,240 in new advertisements supported Thanedar, while more than $150,000 targeted McKinney with opposition
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. Summary July’s DEX-to-CEX spot ratio reached about 24%, according to The Block’s current data series estimate. DefiLlama’s trailing data ranked Solana, BNB Chain and Ethereum among the largest spot ecosystems globally. Robinhood
Coinkite says an attacker used AI to find a flaw its own AI review missed, exposing 500 wallets to a seed generation bug that reduced 128 bits of entropy to 40. Summary An attacker drained 594 BTC, approximately $38 million, from roughly 500 Coldcard hardware wallets in 25 minutes on July 31, exploiting a seed
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 sustain its reserve strategy through a rate cycle. Summary Tether reported $1.5 billion in net operating profit for the second quarter of 2026, driven primarily by returns from US Treasury holdings and
