Abraxas Capital has piled into a $783 million short position on Hyperliquid even as bitcoin’s biggest weekly rally since March 2023 forces billions of dollars in bearish bets to unwind elsewhere. Whales Hold Short Positions Through the Surge Abraxas Capital, Fasanara Capital, and Wintermute together are holding onchain short positions of 138,569 ETH and 3,425 […]
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Solana Validators Open Vote on Constitution
Solana kicked off its first formal governance vote on August 22, 2026, putting three proposals, including a plan to double annual disinflation to 30%, in front of validators through August 27. Three Proposals, One Vote The Solana network continued on its path of backend proactiveness this week, opening its first governance vote to validators yesterday, […]
Read MoreGold Hits $4,620 as Treasury Buybacks Reignite the Dollar Debasement Trade
Gold surged to its highest price in three months this week, climbing past $4,600 an ounce and brushing $4,650 in futures trading, as the U.S. Treasury’s expanded bond buybacks revived fears of a weakening dollar. Gold’s Breakout Above $4,600 Bloomberg analysts noted that gold climbed to a three-month high above $4,620 an ounce as Treasury […]
Read MoreTrump Team Nets $3.39 Million Selling TRUMP Tokens in 10 Hours
The team behind Donald Trump’s TRUMP memecoin collected 3.39 million USDC over a 10-hour stretch by adding and removing liquidity on Solana, per Lookonchain. A Liquidity Pool Sale, Not a Straight Dump President Trump’s team received the funds by adding and removing liquidity tied to TRUMP over a 10-hour window rather than dumping tokens directly […]
Read MorePeaqOS and World ID Bring ZK Proofs to Autonomous Robots
An integration between PeaqOS and World ID allows autonomous machines to verify that they are interacting with real, unique humans without collecting personal data. Zero-Knowledge Identity Verification for Robotics Autonomous machines can now verify they are interacting with real, unique humans without collecting names, faces or other personal details, following an integration between PeaqOS and […]
Read MoreMicrosoft Axes a Cult Publishing App After 30 Years, With .pub Files at Risk
Microsoft is retiring Microsoft Publisher in October 2026, ending service for Microsoft 365 subscribers on October 1 and cutting off support for perpetual-license users on October 13. The shutdown puts years of proprietary .pub archives at risk unless they are converted ahead of time, pushing teams toward exports like PDF or migrations to tools such […]
Read MoreBesu Patches 5 Node Vulnerabilities: What Operators Must Know
Ethereum client Besu remediated five security vulnerabilities discovered by Certik in version 26.7.1, released July 27. Certik’s Jialiang Chang highlighted that the “patch-first, details-later” model protects node operators against immediate N-day exploits by allowing staging and rollout before attack details become public. A ‘Patch-First’ Approach to Defender Advantage Developers behind the open-source Ethereum client Besu […]
Read MoreClarity Act Won’t Save US Treasury Debt Market, Analyst Warns
Lawrence Lepard, author of “The Big Print,” explained that even with CLARITY passing, demand for U.S. Treasuries used to back most stablecoins in circulation was insufficient to prop up the debt market, as issuance is less than 3% of the total $8 trillion needed to position each year. CLARITY Act Unable To Save The US […]
Read MoreBitcoin to Solana: How 8 Crypto Networks Reach Consensus
Every blockchain eventually hits a hard wall: thousands of independent computers have to settle on one history without a central referee deciding which version wins. That process is called a consensus algorithm, and the design determines who can add transactions, how rival versions of the ledger get settled, and when a payment is effectively locked […]
Read MoreCrypto Firm Shut Down After Nine Investors Lose Over £300,000
A U.K. court shut down Key Coin Assets Ltd. after nine investors who complained to Action Fraud paid more than £300,000. Investigators found no evidence of genuine trading and described its operation as displaying hallmarks of a Ponzi-style scheme. UK Court Winds Up Key Coin Assets The U.K. government announced on Aug. 18 that a […]
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