Bitcoin Core developer and BIP Editor Mark “Murch” Erhardt formally called for Luke Dashjr removal from the Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) editorial team on Aug. 9, escalating a dispute over Dashjr’s handling of BIP110 and the proposal’s recent chain split. The motion, posted to the Bitcoin Development Mailing List and backed by GitHub pull request…
Chainlink price rose 4.5% to $8.67 on Aug. 11 after Standard Chartered initiated coverage with a $200 target for 2030, while technical indicators pointed to improving short-term momentum. Summary Chainlink gained 4.5% to $8.67, breaking above the daily chart’s $8.48 Fibonacci level. Standard Chartered projected LINK could reach $200 by 2030 as asset tokenization expands….
Jupiter rolled out Lend V2 on Monday, a redesign of its Solana lending product that lets a single deposit earn interest as a loan and a cut of trading fees at the same time. Jupiter Lend currently holds about $1.9Bn in deposits and generated $1.6 million in fees over the past 30 days, roughly 1%…
[PRESS RELEASE – Curacao, Curacao, August 11th, 2026] BetFury, a leading crypto casino, closed its Fury World Cup ’26 on July 27. The campaign turned the 2026 FIFA World Cup into a platform-wide event with a $600,000 prize pool spread across five parallel promotions. The final numbers show what an event scaled to the world’s…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold an open meeting on Aug. 14 at 10:00 a.m. ET to consider whether to propose a tailored offering regime for certain investment contracts involving crypto assets. Summary SEC commissioners will meet Friday to consider proposing tailored offering rules for crypto investment contracts. Atkins previously outlined startup,…
Ravencoin disclosed on Aug. 11 that a critical consensus vulnerability had been exploited since Aug. 7, allowing vulnerable nodes to accept invalid blocks beginning at height 4,487,776. Summary Ravencoin said invalid blocks began at height 4,487,776 after a critical consensus vulnerability was exploited. 2Miners released an emergency patch rejecting forged blocks and advised every network…
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said on Aug. 11 that a Federal Reserve facility increasingly discussed as part of Japan’s yen defense could eventually create a liquidity tailwind for Bitcoin, Ether and gold. Summary Hayes says expanded FIMA lending could strengthen yen while adding temporary dollar liquidity to markets. Japan officially plans to use FIMA after…
Prediction markets terminal Fireplace is shutting down less than seven months after launch. The company raised $1.5 million in February and is giving users until September 30 to close positions and withdraw funds. Fireplace, the prediction markets trading terminal that raised $1.5 million in February, told users on August 10 that it is shutting…
Ethereum’s updated roadmap adds native rollups, stronger privacy, and post-quantum scaling as advances in cryptography and AI reshape the network’s long-term technical priorities, according to co-founder Vitalik Buterin. Summary Quantum security has moved higher in Ethereum’s priorities compared with its 2023 roadmap. New areas include native rollups, stronger privacy, and blob and gas futures. Ethereum…
The analyst believes February’s low near $60,000 remains BTC’s key macro floor despite another possible dip ahead. Crypto analyst Sykodelic said Bitcoin is building toward explosive moves well ahead of the Q4 low that many traders expect, as the market sits in an unusually quiet stretch that has left participants bored. The trader has…
