Tagged: bitcoin

August 11, 2026 @ 12:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On Saturday, nodes enforcing the BIP-110 rules diverged from Bitcoin’s primary blockchain at height 961,632. Those nodes began treating any block that failed to include the required version-bit signaling as invalid. When a non-signaling block was produced and accepted by the rest of the network,… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 12:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ), the payments and financial technology firm co-founded by tech entrepreneur and bilionaire Jack Dorsey, has grown its long-term Bitcoin holdings to 9,117 BTC as of June 30, 2026. The update appears in the company’s quarterly report filed with the US Securities… Read More

August 10, 2026 @ 8:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of BitMEX and chief investment officer at Maelstrom, has outlined a scenario in which Bitcoin could experience further short-term weakness before ultimately surging to extraordinary heights. In a recent essay, the crypto commentator suggested that the leading digital asset might trade… Read More

August 10, 2026 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Texas is intensifying its examination of large-scale power users as Governor Greg Abbott has instructed state regulators to thoroughly review every data center project seeking to connect to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid. The August 3, 2026 directive requires the Public Utility… Read More

August 10, 2026 @ 7:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

German authorities are currently evaluating whether to put forward Joachim Nagel, the head of the country’s central bank, as a candidate to lead the European Central Bank (ECB). This internal deliberation stems from growing talk that the current ECB president, Christine Lagarde, could step down… Read More

August 9, 2026 @ 12:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin, the flagship digital currency, temporarily pushed past the $65,000 mark in early August 2026 following the release of weaker-than-anticipated U.S. employment figures. The move reflected shifting investor sentiment around Federal Reserve policy as markets digested evidence of cooling labor demand. On August 7, 2026,… Read More

August 8, 2026 @ 11:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Strategy’s (NASDAQ:MSTR) Michael Saylor asserts Bitcoin can progress independently as the U.S. Senate postpones a vote on the CLARITY Act. Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy Inc., the publicly traded company formerly known as MicroStrategy and the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, has drawn a… Read More

August 7, 2026 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Monthly payroll numbers were released this morning and the closely watched metric caused markets to jump as bad news is good news. Non-farm payrolls dropped by 23,000 in contrast to estimates that pegged the number at around 83,000 job gains. A revision for the previous… Read More

August 7, 2026 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MARA Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA), a Bitcoin mining and infrastructure firm, reported a significant reduction in its Bitcoin treasury at the end of the second quarter of 2026. The company’s total holdings stood at 35,577 BTC as of June 30, marking a drop below the 36,000… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 2:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On-chain data reveals that major XRP holders have continued building positions throughout the recent market decline, even as prices remained range-bound. At the same time, Ethereum metrics highlight more evident paper losses among its broader holder base compared with Bitcoin and XRP. According to analysis… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Block (NYSE: XYZ), the payments and financial services company founded by billionaire tech entrepreneur Jack Dorsey, disclosed second-quarter 2026 results showing a clear contraction in profitability from its Bitcoin-related activities. Bitcoin Ecosystem gross profit fell 31 percent compared with the same period a year earlier,… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin has moved closer to the $65,000 level in recent sessions, trading in the mid-to-high $64,000 range as of early August 2026. The cryptocurrency has shown resilience after earlier consolidation in the low $60,000s, with intermittent advances testing the psychologically important $65,000 BTC price threshold… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 2:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Three men from St. Louis, Missouri, are facing federal charges in connection with an alleged scheme to seize Bitcoin through a planned residential break-in in Connecticut nearly two years earlier. US Attorney David X. Sullivan for the District of Connecticut announced that Sedric Louis, 32,… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

In a challenging market for the world’s most popular crypto, Xapo Bank reports that its clients are buying more Bitcoin. According to a note from the bank, data from Q2 2026 (79%) shows an increase in the amount of Bitcoin held in accounts during the… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 11:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, on August 3rd, CNBC host Jim Cramer declared he would sell all his Bitcoin (BTC) holdings due to fears about Quantum computing. On July 31st, Cramer interviewed Arvind Krishna, CEO of IBM, who stated that Quantum computing would eventually be able to break into… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 5:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin-focused treasury company Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) has started actively monitoring the cryptocurrency’s 200-week moving average, according to a recent announcement from its founder and executive chairman. The firm now displays this metric along with the premium of Bitcoin’s current price relative to that average on its… Read More

August 3, 2026 @ 5:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A critical vulnerability in certain Coldcard hardware wallets has led to substantial Bitcoin losses, with researchers tracking approximately 1,367 BTC drained from more than 4,500 addresses. The estimated value of the stolen funds has climbed toward $90 million as of early August 2026, according to… Read More

August 3, 2026 @ 1:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wallets linked to Trump Media and Technology Group (NASDAQ: DJT), the operator of Truth Social, recently relocated a significant volume of bitcoin. On-chain records document two transactions totaling 2,628 BTC, valued at roughly $165 million at prevailing bitcoin prices near $63,000, sent to Crypto.com addresses… Read More

August 3, 2026 @ 12:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As August 2026 gets underway, Bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies have faced renewed downside pressure after a cooling in artificial intelligence and semiconductor shares. The episode illustrates the frequent correlation between these speculative segments of the market and points to broader fragility in risk assets that… Read More

August 2, 2026 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), the Bitcoin treasury company led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, has confirmed it will keep the annual dividend rate on its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC) steady at 12% for the August period. This decision comes even as the… Read More