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IBM portfolio acquisition makes Circle the largest US blockchain patent holder

IBM portfolio acquisition makes Circle the largest US blockchain patent holder

Circle acquired fundamental assets from IBM's blockchain patent portfolio in a deal the stablecoin issuer says makes it the largest blockchain patent holder in the United States.The portfolio comprises more than 680 patent families and nearly 1,000 issued patents worldwide, spanning foundational blo…

Bitmine adds nearly 10,000 ETH while repurchasing 6.1 million common shares

Bitmine adds nearly 10,000 ETH while repurchasing 6.1 million common shares

Bitmine Immersion Technologies kept its streak alive last week, adding 9,946 ETH to its Ethereum digital asset treasury, which now totals 5,787,4148, worth about $11.3 billion at current prices."Bitmine has bought ETH every week since the inception of the ETH Treasury Strategy on June 30, 2025," Cha…

STORJ token falls 20% as decentralized storage firm files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid crypto shutdown wave

STORJ token falls 20% as decentralized storage firm files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid crypto shutdown wave

Storj's (STORJ) token fell about 19% over 24 hours to roughly $0.06 after the decentralized storage provider filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 26 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.Storj Labs, Inc. said the filing is meant to resolve le…

CXMT Price Spike Fully Liquidates Trader’s 272,505-Token Short Position

CXMT Price Spike Fully Liquidates Trader’s 272,505-Token Short Position

A trader identified as 0x517b had a short position of 272,505 CXMT fully liquidated after the token’s price suddenly surged, resulting in a loss of $249,000. According to ChainCatcher, Lookonchain monitored the liquidation, which involved a position valued at $1.8 million.

South Korea Uncovers 7.2 Trillion Won in Illegal FX Transactions in First Half of 2026

South Korea Uncovers 7.2 Trillion Won in Illegal FX Transactions in First Half of 2026

According to Yonhap, South Korea's Korea Customs Service said it uncovered 7.2 trillion won ($4.92 billion) in illegal foreign exchange transactions in the first half of 2026 as the government seeks to curb volatility in the currency market. The agency said it found 792 cases between January and Jun…

Hyperliquid Whale Positions Near $5.5 Billion as ETH Short Shows $5.22 Million Unrealized Loss

Hyperliquid Whale Positions Near $5.5 Billion as ETH Short Shows $5.22 Million Unrealized Loss

According to Coinglass data, whales on the Hyperliquid platform currently hold $5.474 billion in positions, including $2.676 billion in long positions, or 48.89%, and $2.798 billion in short positions, or 51.11%. According to ChainCatcher, long positions are showing a loss of $32.441 million, while …

Strategy Skips Four Straight Weekly Bitcoin Buys Ahead Of Q2 Earnings

Strategy Skips Four Straight Weekly Bitcoin Buys Ahead Of Q2 Earnings

Strategy has skipped four straight weekly Bitcoin (BTC) purchases, its longest buying pause in two years, and reports second-quarter earnings Thursday, July 30, after the US market closes. According to BeInCrypto, SEC filings show Strategy’s last BTC purchase covered the week ending June 21, while t…

Bitcoin Rises; Potential Passage of U.S. Crypto Bill in Focus — Market Talk

Bitcoin Rises; Potential Passage of U.S. Crypto Bill in Focus — Market Talk

Bitcoin rises in Asian trading as market sentiment improves ahead of the potential passage of the U.S. Clarity Act. A strong lobbying push by pro-crypto lawmakers and Wall Street has accelerated the bill's progress toward a Senate floor vote, generating positive headlines that have supported bitcoin…

BitMart withdrawals appear to slow following wind-down announcement

BitMart withdrawals appear to slow following wind-down announcement

Withdrawals from crypto exchange BitMart appeared to slow after it announced plans to wind down its operations.On Monday, blockchain analytics account Lookonchain reported that only 58 wallets withdrew about $805,000 in over 24 hours. It added that the exchange had not processed any withdrawals duri…

The Funding: Are crypto vaults funds and curators fund managers?

The Funding: Are crypto vaults funds and curators fund managers?

Earlier this week, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce published a statement saying crypto vaults and onchain lending strategies may already fall within federal securities laws. Moving an activity onchain does not, as a general matter, take it outside those laws, she wrote. Anyone doing "headstands, back…

Triple-A confirms treasury-wallet breach after losses reach $11.8M

Triple-A confirms treasury-wallet breach after losses reach $11.8M

Stablecoin payments firm Triple-A confirmed that unauthorized access to its treasury wallets resulted in the loss of company-owned digital assets.On Monday, the Singapore-based company said it detected the unauthorized access on Saturday and temporarily placed certain services into maintenance mode …

ECOMI: BitMart ceases platform operations - 31 Jan 2027

ECOMI: BitMart ceases platform operations - 31 Jan 2027

BitMart Exchange announces cessation of operations, with trading ending on 26 August 2026 and the platform fully shutting down at 15:59 UTC on 31 January 2027.The closure completes BitMart's venue exit for OMI holders. The operational consequence is a fixed deadline for withdrawing assets before the…