Strategy’s founder, Michael Saylor, says artificial intelligence (AI) helped Strategy design a financial product that unlocked roughly $15 billion in capital, a milestone he argues demonstrates how AI is changing business just as profoundly as bitcoin changed digital ownership. Speaking with Steven Bartlett on The Diary of a CEO podcast, the Strategy executive chairman described […]
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Blackrock Leads $305 Million Bitcoin and Ether ETF Inflow
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs attracted $244.42 million on Wednesday, extending their inflow streak to three sessions. Ether funds added $60.86 million, while HYPE ETFs ended a prolonged run of withdrawals with a modest gain. Bitcoin ETFs Add $244M as Streak Hits 3 Days Money continued to move into the largest crypto funds at a brisk […]
Read MoreReport: Crypto Holders Lose $30M as Wrench Attacks Spiral Worldwide
Criminals stole more than $30 million from cryptocurrency holders through violence in the first half of 2026, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis reported on Thursday, putting the year on pace to break 2025’s record of $58 million. The crimes fall under a category security researchers call “wrench attacks.” The term comes from an old internet joke […]
Read MoreCoinbase Brings Nearly 4,000 US Stocks to UK Users in One App
Coinbase has begun offering nearly 4,000 U.S. stocks to eligible U.K. users, combining equities and crypto in a single app. The service includes fractional shares, zero commissions and funding through pounds or USDC. Coinbase Opens 24/5 US Stock Trading to Eligible UK Users Coinbase is expanding beyond digital assets in the United Kingdom, rolling out […]
Read MoreTOKEN2049 Singapore Returns as the Largest Industry Gathering of the Year
Singapore, Singapore, August 6th, 2026, Chainwire. 25,000 attendees, 500 exhibitors, 300 speakers and 1,000 side events will bring the global crypto industry to Singapore this October. TOKEN2049, the world’s largest crypto event, returns to Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on 7–8 October, bringing together 25,000 attendees from over 7,000 companies across 160 countries. The first […]
Read MoreBitcoin Nears Chain Split as BIP-110 Rebels Defy Global Hashpower
Bitcoin is closing in on a possible chain split after block 961,632 as BIP-110 backers prepare to enforce rules that barely register across the network’s computing power. BIP-110 Faces Its Moment of Truth At block 961,289 on Thursday morning, Bitcoin sat roughly 343 blocks from BIP-110’s mandatory signaling phase. The bip110.org/monitor dashboard showed just 41 […]
Read MoreCanadian Users Account for 25% of Coldcard Exploit Losses
Canadian Bitcoin holders account for 25% of all attributable losses in the Coldcard wallet exploit. Total stolen assets reach $116 million while Galaxy Research traced the attack to a March 2021 firmware update. Geographic Distribution of Losses Canadian bitcoin holders have emerged as the single largest demographic affected by the ongoing Coldcard hardware wallet exploit, […]
Read MoreWorld Chain Deploys EIP-7928 Ahead of Ethereum Mainnet
World Chain is launching full block access lists on its mainnet, making it the “first” production layer-2 network to stream EIP-7928 data every 200 milliseconds inside flashblocks. Tackling the Decentralization Dilemma World Chain says it will introduce full block access lists on Aug. 17, becoming the “first” production layer‑2 (L2) network to stream EIP‑7928 access‑list […]
Read MoreUtah Judge Rejects Kalshi’s Federal Shield From Gambling Laws
A federal judge granted Utah summary judgment Tuesday, holding that the Commodity Exchange Act does not preempt the state’s anti-gambling laws as applied to Kalshi’s sports event contracts. The exchange says it will appeal to the Tenth Circuit, which would bring prediction-market appeals into seven of the 13 federal circuits. Shelby Finds Multiple Readings of […]
Read MoreChina Says It Cracked the Chipmaking Tech the West Spent Billions Trying to Keep From It
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics built a laser-produced plasma EUV light-source platform that hit 3.42% conversion efficiency in a March 2025 paper, a key step toward domestic advanced-chip manufacturing. EUV remains the choke point for sub-7nm production, and ASML has been barred from selling its most […]
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