In Bitcoin ETF news today, Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest bank, filed its Q2 2026 Form 13F, the SEC’s mandatory quarterly disclosure of institutional long positions in US-listed securities, on August 4, and the numbers tell a sharp story. The bank slashed its BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) position by roughly 94% while tripling its stake…
Some builders fear lower staking rewards could weaken DeFi activity by making staking-based strategies less attractive. A group of Ethereum contributors has proposed EIP-8361 as a way to reduce staking incentives to ensure that no more than 50% of the supply is locked up by validators. That proposal has triggered a heated debate over…
SpaceX stock fell as much as 11% on Wednesday after record AI investment, and an approaching share unlock overshadowed the company’s stronger-than-expected second-quarter revenue. Summary SpaceX generated $7.8 billion in Q2 revenue, up 92% from a year earlier. AI-related capital expenditure jumped to $15.8 billion, compared with $749 million a year ago. Piper Sandler cut…
In Bitcoin news today, BitMEX co-founder and Maelstrom Chief Investment Officer Arthur Hayes has made his most direct Bitcoin price prediction yet: $1M per coin, driven not by a crypto-native catalyst but by the collapse of what he calls the largest credit bubble in modern history. The mechanism he describes is the AI infrastructure buildout,…
A $473 million lawsuit has put RedotPay under pressure as Binance affiliates alleged that the firm breached a commercial agreement. RedotPay is facing a lawsuit seeking around $473 million in damages from Binance-affiliated companies. The case centers on allegations that the Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments firm diverted more than 470,000 users from Binance Card…
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. A Brazilian federal appeals court has ordered a fresh review of the $527 million asset freeze tied to Gurhan Kiziloz, marking a key legal development. Summary Brazil’s appeals court has reopened the legal battle…
The most consequential crypto regulation bill in years is running out of runway. The CLARITY Act, formally the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, is staring down a near-certain Senate defeat before lawmakers leave Washington for the August recess, and Bitcoin price is already absorbing the uncertainty, trading near $63,500, roughly -50% below its October 2025 all-time…
The victim actually admitted that he received the bitcoin fortune through illicit activities. Eric Halem, a former Los Angeles Police Department officer with 13 years of experience, was sentenced for orchestrating a fake police raid that ended with the theft of $350,000 in BTC from a teenage crypto investor. Halem was sentenced to life…
Former LAPD reserve officer Eric Halem has been sentenced to life in prison plus 15 years for kidnapping and robbing a teenager of a hard drive containing about $350,000 worth of Bitcoin during a 2024 home invasion in Los Angeles. Summary Former LAPD reserve officer Eric Halem has been sentenced to life plus 15 years…
PUMP is today’s top performer, followed by ZEC, LIT, and HYPE. After testing the $62,000 support on a couple of occasions since August began, bitcoin has managed to weather the storm and now sits above $64,000 as markets expect a Strait of Hormuz deal to be announced today. Most larger-cap alts have produced contracting…
