Reports put the Coldcard drain at 1,082 BTC from 1,196 wallets; Chainalysis says the hack involved more than $38 million and that early hits on high-value wallets suggest prior study of victims. Claims about affected models remain conflicting, while at-risk users are being urged to migrate funds.
Reports say the U.S. assisted the yen twice within 24 hours after a reported $50 billion Japanese intervention, helping it strengthen after crossing 160 per dollar. Crypto commentators continue to debate whether resulting dollar and liquidity shifts could lift BTC and ETH, but that transmission remains uncertain.
Collector Crypt cards can now be wrapped from Solana onto Ethereum through Emblem Vault and deposited into FWA, including with ETH backing in one transaction. Users can also unwrap and bridge the cards back to Solana.
Strategy says restoring STRC toward $100 is a primary objective, while reports say it issued 300 times more STRC than it repurchased and sold 3,588 BTC to fund preferred distributions and replenish dollar reserves. It has nevertheless bought 48 times more Bitcoin than it sold year to date.
Tether reported $1.5 billion in Q2 net operating profit as its reserve buffer halved to $4.11 billion, while also adding 14 tons of gold. A separate reading flagged a negative first-half financial result and an implied Q2 loss that Tether had not clarified.
MarsCoin, launched on Flap with a tokenized SpaceX bStock trading pair, has been listed on Binance Alpha. The listing adds momentum to BNB Chain campaigns pairing memecoins with tokenized stocks.
Polymarket’s Combo Cup reached its final day, with participants placing multi-leg wagers for a share of a reported $50,000 daily prize pool. One post says the top 100 participants receive $500 each.
Promotional posts claim CATJAK reached a fresh overnight high while much of the crypto market declined. Supporters continue pitching seven-figure targets around the Solana memecoin’s Wojak-cat brand.
Bitcoin slid toward $62,000 as rising Treasury yields and post-Fed weakness across global equities fueled a broader crypto risk-off move and trader liquidations.
Crypto traders are comparing Situational Awareness’s deleveraging after a reported 67% July loss to a crypto-style forced unwind and debating whether the AI trade has bottomed. Its LP letter reportedly says the fund used a block trade to remove leverage, closed every short and remains operational and up about 80% year to date.
Coinbase reported Q2 revenue of $1.22 billion versus $1.29 billion expected and an EPS loss of $1.36 versus $0.44 expected, with shares reported down about 12% on the session. JPMorgan cut its price target, while Mizuho warned that Robinhood is gaining traction among mainstream spot traders.
Promotional traders say FEFER rebounded to roughly a $5 million market cap and are calling for new highs amid a purported StableChain memecoin season. The posts identify no firm catalyst for the move.
Pons says it is now listed on Uniswap’s Launches aggregator after facilitating more than 210,000 token launches and $283 million in Uniswap-pool volume over two weeks. The team says V2 will be built on Uniswap v4.
Uniswap launched Earn in its web app and wallet, routing USDC, USDT and ETH deposits into Gauntlet-curated Morpho vaults without withdrawal lockups.
Kaito launched Katalyst, an X-compliant creator campaign layer that can reward outcomes such as clicks, sign-ups, deposits and platform activity. Token campaigns allocate 80% to creators and 20% to KAITO stakers, with disclosed vesting and refundable project deposits.
Ethereum’s community continued celebrating one day after the network’s July 30 anniversary. The birthday-themed 11x11 networked-art project ended after minting 34,000 unique pieces.
The NYDFS granted Circle a limited-purpose trust charter, allowing the USDC issuer to provide fiduciary and custody services under New York banking law. The approval follows its OCC national trust bank authorization earlier in July.
Sandmark reported that Pump.fun laid off staff shortly before PUMP allocations began vesting, with at least one former employee allegedly forfeiting a seven-figure allocation; the reported total cuts remain unverified.
Ready Cards integrated directly with PSA Vault, allowing eligible cards acquired through its Solana product to move into secure custody with access to shipping and marketplace liquidity.
GRVT perpetuals are now live on Binance, Bybit and GRVT’s own platform, with Bybit offering up to 20x leverage. The derivatives launches follow GRVT’s broader rollout across Coinbase, OKX and other trading venues.
MoonPay says 14,681 users claimed $209,000 on day one and 4,389 claimed $146,305 on day two, totaling $355,305 in USDC on Solana via Claude and ChatGPT within 48 hours. It says another $100,000-plus will be distributed after experience improvements.
BIP-110 has entered its last activation period, with one tracker reporting that 78.6% signaling is now required while current hashrate support stands at 1.8%. Debate continues over changing Bitcoin’s base-layer consensus rules.
Zcash’s Ironwood pool surpassed Sapling to become its second-largest shielded pool, with posts estimating about $260 million in value secured.
OFAC sanctioned two Iran-linked firms accused of operating an IRGC-backed insurance and extortion scheme for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz that accepted Bitcoin or other digital assets.
Traders say JIMOTHY’s twofold rebound was followed by a sharp selloff as holders rotated or took profits. A newer isolated post argues buyers are returning at the lower price.