Strategy's Return to Bitcoin Buying Lasted Exactly One Week
The Bitcoin treasury firm spent $176.3 million on its own preferred stock, and doubled the buyback program's authorization to $2 billion.
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Morning Minute: The Trenches Just Had Their Biggest Week Since TRUMP
Is it a warning sign for a local top? Or is the onchain party just getting started?
Polish Court Detains Fifth Suspect in Zondacrypto Exchange Probe
Two chief executives of the exchange have now vanished, four years apart, leaving 1.3 million clients locked out.
Your LG TV Might Still Be Listening to You—Even When It Looks Like It’s Off
A Gamers Nexus investigation found LG sets scanning every device on a home network and capturing microphone audio with the screen off, four months after LG promised Texas regulators it had cleaned up its tracking.
OpenAI Chief Scientist Warns AI Labs May Need to Slow Down
Jakub Pachocki is calling for mandatory safety standards as OpenAI finds it harder to monitor advanced AI models’ reasoning.
Brazilian Banks Expand Crypto Offerings as Regulation Takes Hold
Itaú, Nubank, and Banco do Brasil now sell more than a dozen tokens each to retail clients, even as none of them touch crypto with their own balance sheet.
Will the Crypto Trenches Show Up for Hunter Biden's Meme Coin?
Biden's LAPTOP meme coin drops this week. Most crypto traders out there so far don't seem too enthused.
Liquid Hackers Return $270M in Bitcoin After Swiping $320 Million
Nearly 600 BTC remains outstanding after Blockstream told the actors in an on-chain message that Liquid’s bridge nodes had been patched.
Middle East Crypto Activity Triples to $350 Billion Amid Ongoing Conflict, Report Finds
The Iran conflict has increased demand for digital assets to preserve and transfer wealth, while Gulf crypto businesses have kept operating through disruption, the Bitcoin Policy Institute says.
Malone Lam Faces Plea Hearing Over $245M Bitcoin Theft
A plea agreement hearing in Lam's case is set for Tuesday in Washington, nearly two years after his arrest in Miami.
Hunter Biden to Airdrop LAPTOP Meme Coin to TRUMP’s Biggest Losers
Hunter Biden is launching a meme coin called LAPTOP on Sept. 9 on Base, and airdropping traders who lost money on TRUMP.
Harmony Cites AI Threats in Proposed Blockchain Shutdown
The team wants to move ONE to Ethereum and enter the AI-video business, urging users to exit smart contracts before September 10.