šŸ”Institutional Consolidation Dampens Volatility Amid Tactical Capital Reallocations

At $63,046, Bitcoin has registered a minor 24-hour decline of -1.02%. This marginal downward movement suggests a brief period of consolidation and cautious trading behavior in the short term. Market participants appear to be maintaining a watchful stance as the cryptocurrency hovers below recent hig

Minnesota crypto ATM ban goes into effect after reported $1M losses

Minnesota crypto ATM ban goes into effect after reported $1M losses

A Minnesota law prohibiting virtual currency kiosks in the US state took effect on Saturday following the signing of a bill by Governor Tim Walz in May.According to the law, SF 3868, which Walz signed on May 5, all crypto ATM operators in Minnesota are prohibited from ā€œinstalling, operating, maintai

Chainlink Price Struggles to Break Above $8.20 as Sellers Defend the Resistance Level

Chainlink Price Struggles to Break Above $8.20 as Sellers Defend the Resistance Level

between $8.08 and $8.23 in 24 hours, while trading volume stood near $143 million. The narrow range shows hesitation, but the wider structure still leans bearish. Recent charts show that LINK has failed to extend July's recovery and is testing short-term support.Chainlink Price Remains Below the $8

ZIGChain: retires 519,300 ZIG tokens - 01 Aug 2026

ZIGChain: retires 519,300 ZIG tokens - 01 Aug 2026

ZIGChain says its ecosystem has voted to permanently remove 519,300 ZIG from circulation. The tokens move to ZIGChain's public retirement wallet and leave circulating supply, representing part of the tokens acquired in July.The retirement converts part of July's acquired tokens into a permanent supp

Russian decree bans crypto mining across Moscow region through 2032

Russian decree bans crypto mining across Moscow region through 2032

The Russian government has issued a decree banning crypto mining and participation in mining pools in Moscow, the surrounding Moscow region, and parts of the Kursk region from Aug. 15 until the end of 2032.The more than six-year ban will expand restrictions aimed at curbing the crypto mining industr

CZ Says Bear Market Money is Hunting, Social Capital Founder Says Skip AI Chips

CZ Says Bear Market Money is Hunting, Social Capital Founder Says Skip AI Chips

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) says this bear market has no shortage of money. Plenty of it is hunting for somewhere to go.Elsewhere, Social Capital founder Chamath Palihapitiya said where he thinks it should land. Not in artificial intelligence chips.The Bear Market Has Money. It Is Not Buyin

Key facts: CRYPTO:BTCUSD tests $62,410 support; supply 23.5%; -3.4%

Key facts: CRYPTO:BTCUSD tests $62,410 support; supply 23.5%; -3.4%

BTCUSD tests key support at $62,410; hold signals target toward $64,640, break opens path to $60,000. August seasonal average ~10% decline noted in positioning.Short-term holder supply for BTCUSD fell to 23.5% of realized cap (from 27% one month ago, 40% three months ago). 3–6 month coins dropped fr

Why Strike CEO Calls Coldcard Wallet Drain ā€˜One Of The Most Serious’ Bitcoin Hacks

Why Strike CEO Calls Coldcard Wallet Drain ā€˜One Of The Most Serious’ Bitcoin Hacks

For many Bitcoiners (BTC), the past two days have been particularly difficult due to a hack which Strike CEO Jack Mallers labeled ā€œone of the most serious wallet security incidents Bitcoin has seenā€.The Coldcard wallet drain, revealed by Block’s engineering team, had discovered that some Coldcard fi

$70 Million Gone in 40 Minutes: CZ Weighs in on Coldcard Fallout

$70 Million Gone in 40 Minutes: CZ Weighs in on Coldcard Fallout

Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has a warning for Bitcoin holders. Hardware wallets can fail too. He spoke days after a Coldcard firmware bug let thieves work out private keys and take $70 million.Researchers at Galaxy and Block tracked the theft. Attackers emptied 1,196 wallets in 41 minutes on July 30. Nobody

Coldcard Bitcoin loss estimate rises to $70M after Galaxy analysis

Coldcard Bitcoin loss estimate rises to $70M after Galaxy analysis

Galaxy Research, the research arm of crypto investment company Galaxy Digital, identified 1,196 addresses linked to the Coldcard wallet incident that lost 1,082.65 Bitcoin, worth about $70.2 million at the time of the transactions.Galaxy Research traced the Bitcoin movements between 1:10 AM and 1:51

Russia expands crypto mining ban to Moscow through 2032

Russia expands crypto mining ban to Moscow through 2032

Russia has expanded its cryptocurrency mining restrictions to Moscow, with the ban set to take effect on Aug. 15, 2026, and remain in place through Dec. 31, 2032.Russia’s Resolution No. 936, signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on July 25, 2026, amends an earlier mining restriction order issue