Zcash miner buys 9.4% of merger target that warns failed deal could end in liquidation
The private placement gives Fortitude 9.4% at a 22% premium while HeartSciences’ vote date remains unset.
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Ethereum’s next upgrade turns a 2-second block bottleneck into a roughly 9-second window
The public network gives validators and infrastructure teams a place to test Glamsterdam’s client, builder and gas changes before the fork reaches established testnets and mainnet.
Datavault wants to buy a bank and fund it with $35 million after reporting $1.4 million cash
The proposed BankWyse acquisition requires fresh closing finance while Datavault's going-concern warning remains unresolved.
This Bitcoin miner just signed a $350 million AI deal, but it needs $185 million to make it work
Only $35 million of BUZZ’s stated $180 million ARR is active; the rest depends on Q4 deployments.
Solana’s 50,000 SOL security contest did not cover a clock attack disclosed months earlier
Legacy PoH and TowerBFT paths were out of scope, and no paper-specific implementation review is public.
Tether-backed Antalpha’s loan TVL declined $696 million as its gold bet returned a $22 million loss
Loans facilitated fell to $1.353 billion and guidance points below the second-quarter result, while Aurelion’s gold positions dominated the earnings swing.
MAYAChain’s $1.36 million exploit spiraled into nearly $11 million of pool damage
A 23-message transaction corrupted pool accounting before CACAO fell 88.7%, widening the damage that Maya's recovery plan still must reconcile.
Nasdaq-listed company warned it may not survive 12 months after its crypto treasury crashed 46%
Its crypto holdings were $1.44 million below cost at June 30, while outstanding shares climbed 145% by Aug. 18.
SEC faces Aug. 20 deadline to unlock $123 million recovery fund for Terra investors
The money is collected, but eligibility, loss calculations and payment timing were not public early Thursday.
FBI gets alleged $165 million crypto Ponzi scheme mastermind back after year-long Fiji escape
Prosecutors say The Crypto Program drew more than $165 million with a promised 25% monthly return.
Bitcoin miner Ionic gets 90% of revenue from AI lease as BTC drives $35M loss
Straight-line lease recognition and an August rent start leave cash conversion as the next test.
Nearly 1 in 5 crypto spot trades now happen on DEXs as centralized exchange volume collapses
Centralized crypto exchanges lost 31.2% of their spot crypto trading volume in July, falling to $727 billion and marking the lowest monthly total since October 2023. Decentralized exchanges also lost volume, but only 9.82%, settling at $176 billion. That gap…