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The breakaway chain inherited bitcoins mining difficulty with only a tiny share of hashpower, leaving blocks hours apart while both chains still accept the same transactions.

Bitcoin barely flinched through two potentially disruptive events, holding near $65,000 as losses tied to the Coldcard hardware wallet exploit mounted and the BIP-110 minority chain stalled almost immediately after split...

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Ripple says the regulatory groundwork for its European crypto business is now in place, shifting its focus from winning approvals to scaling. The push follows full MiCA authorization as Europe tightens rules for crypto s...

Polymarket traders now price the CLARITY Act at a 21% chance of becoming law this year. The Senate filed a cloture motion on Aug. 8 after missing its pre-recess vote, pushing the fight into September. Why Is the CLARITY ...

This weeks metrics show tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) have cracked another ceiling, with total value locked (TVL) blowing past $38 billion and hitting $38.17 billion on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. The RWA sector is now ju...

BIP-110 proponents are debating whether to change the proof-of-work algorithm on their stalled minority chain after it managed to mine only two blocks before Bitcoins enormous difficulty effectively brought activity to a...

This weeks stories highlighted regulatory delays, security concerns, institutional growth, and market experimentation. The Senate pushed the CLARITY Act vote to September, while a Bitcoin security team uncovered thousand...

The crypto industry is angry and disappointed that the Senate is not holding a procedural vote on the Clarity Act this month, but that isn't the worst possible outcome.

Prediction markets and the CME Fedwatch tool are lining up behind the U.S. Federal Reserve holding rates steady in September, but anyone watching the board knows this is hardly a done deal. Traders have moved toward a pa...

Roughnecks, the mining group responsible for the only two blocks on Bitcoins new BIP-110 minority chain, has stopped mining under its name and urged others to stand down as the breakaway network remains stuck just two bl...

Michael Saylor posted Strategys bitcoin chart on Aug. 9 with a two-word caption. Days earlier, the company disclosed another bitcoin sale, leaving 842,138 BTC on the books and raising fresh questions about its next move....

Revenue has fallen four quarters running while open interest hit a record high. The gap is a fee-sharing program that hands half the platform's volume to outside builders.

An industry-wide reckoning is weeding out unsustainable startups, leaving behind only the protocols with real cash flow and actual users.

The enforcing fork remains stuck at Bitcoins full mining difficulty as mandatory signaling proceeds with little hashpower support.

The enforcing fork remains stuck at Bitcoins full mining difficulty as mandatory signaling proceeds with little hashpower support.

Discover how Claude ai predicts a price rise to $150,000 by December amid diminishing supply and regulatory clarity. The post Dario Amodei Claude AI Predicts the Next Chapter for Bitcoin in 2026 appeared first on Crypton...

VALR co-founder and CEO Farzam Ehsani warned that South Africas proposed cross-border crypto regulations could severely harm the local digital asset sector, stifle innovation, and drive capital offshore. Corporate Limits...

The rules, effective Jan. 1, 2027, cover transactions above $10,000 sent to overseas providers or self-custody wallets, along with other transfers flagged for review.

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission will launch on-site inspections and desk-based reviews of authorized crypto asset service providers starting in the second half of 2026 through mid-2027. Targeting Custody an...

MARA (NASDAQ: MARA) has secured $600 million of new debt after pledging 18,750 BTC, tapping its bitcoin reserves to help finance an expansion into power generation and AI infrastructure. This article first appeared in Th...

Foundation and Citadel21 reported drained Lightning nodes, but the total amount stolen and number of affected operators remain unknown.