Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

BlockBeats news, on August 8, Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest launched stock rebalancing for several of its ETFs yesterday, including:Flagship fund ARKK purchased:Increased position in Cloudflare (NET) by 114,000 shares;Increase holdings in Circle Internet Group (CRCL) by 314,000 shares;Increase position i

A privacy feature built for institutional money is going to a vote on the XRP Ledger, where more than $530 million of tokenized real-world assets already sit.XRPL version 3.3.0, released this week, includes six proposed amendments. Among them, a “Confidential Transfers” update is the one aimed squar

According to monitoring by Beating, OpenAI’s latest tests have found that Astra’s emerging programming and web capabilities are advancing too rapidly to rule out the possibility of it autonomously attacking real-world critical systems. Previously, GPT-5.6 Sol was only at a lower level. By OpenAI’s s

ChainThink reports that on August 8, according to monitoring by The Data Nerd, a new wallet received 1,346 BTC from Galaxy Digital. At the price at the time of monitoring, this BTC was worth approximately $87.28 million.

According to Mars Finance, citing a16z crypto, monthly spending on crypto payment cards has grown from a niche scale to $759 million. These cards allow users to pay with cryptocurrency anywhere traditional card networks are accepted, with stablecoins converted to local currency at the point of sale—

Huo Xing Finance reports that on August 8, U.S. financial commentator Jim Cramer recently advised investors to view SpaceX stock through a long-term lens, likening it to a "generational asset" similar to century-long railroad bonds from the past century, while cautioning short-term investors to wait

According to @ai_9684xtpa, the address that previously opened a $102 million BTC short position liquidated 700 BTC at 21:00 last night, incurring a loss of $624,000. At 09:33 (UTC+8) today, it added another 30 BTC. The address currently holds 930 BTC (approximately $60.32 million), with an average e

According to Beating Monitor, Anthropic has announced that Claude Code will have Auto Mode enabled by default. Starting August 14, new sessions for Pro, Max, and Team users will automatically use this mode. Instead of frequently pausing to ask for user confirmation, Claude will now rely on an automa

ChainCatcher report, according to a16z crypto, the monthly spending volume on crypto payment cards has grown from a niche scale to $759 million. These cards enable users to pay with cryptocurrency anywhere traditional card networks are accepted, with stablecoins converted to local currency at the po

ChainThink reports that on August 8, according to Anthropic, Claude Code will have Auto Mode enabled by default.Starting August 14, new sessions for Pro, Max, and Team users will automatically use this mode, with a security classifier determining whether each action is permissible, reducing the need

ChainCatcher reports, according to CoinDesk citing sources, that before announcing its shutdown, BitMEX spent two years exploring a sale with multiple potential buyers, including competing exchanges and payment platform Exodus, but ultimately failed to reach a deal. According to sources, potential a

ChainCatcher report: The U.S. Senate has postponed the vote on the CLARITY Act until after the summer recess, increasing uncertainty over the bill’s passage in the near term. The CLARITY Act previously received bipartisan support in the House of Representatives and aims to establish a federal regul

According to Bloomberg, data center company Switch Inc. has secretly filed for a U.S. IPO, aiming to go public as early as November this year. Switch is working with Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley to pursue a valuation of nearly $50 billion. Ben Horowit

Kalshi’s regulated event markets are getting a new use case: powering an AI tool that helps small businesses spot and hedge operational risks. An independently developed system called Blanket — built by developer Zminsky — scans a company’s stated exposures and maps them to event contracts availabl

火星财经消息： On August 8, the U.S. Senate postponed the vote on the cryptocurrency regulatory bill, the CLARITY Act, until after its five-week summer recess, increasing the likelihood that Congress will be unable to pass cryptocurrency market regulation in the near term. The CLARITY Act previously receiv