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08-05
ZEUS Temporarily Offline Following a Cybersecurity Incident; No Customer Funds Lost
According to ME News, on August 6 (UTC+8), Bitcoin News posted on X that ZEUS has temporarily taken its infrastructure offline following a cybersecurity incident within the past few hours. ZEUS stated that the attack has been contained and services will remain offline until a comprehensive security
SpaceX Aims for $1 Trillion Revenue by 2030, Stock Slides Amid Rising AI Spending
SpaceX now expects to reach $1 trillion in annual revenue by 2030, a year sooner than its pre-IPO forecast, CEO Elon Musk said on the company’s first earnings call as a public company.
SpaceX shares fell in after-hours trading Tuesday, then extended losses to roughly 14% during Wednesday&rsqu.
Ethereum Proposes EIP-8361 to Burn Staking Rewards as Staked ETH Nears 50%
Ethereum developers have proposed a market-driven tweak to issuance that would progressively burn staking rewards as more ETH is staked — eventually reducing nominal consensus rewards to zero once roughly half the supply is locked up.
What’s being proposed
- EIP-8361, dubbed the “tapered issuance b
Apple's Short-Lived Market Lead Slips Amid Chip Shortages and AI Skepticism
Headline: Apple’s brief climb past Nvidia fades as chip shortages and AI doubts dent its outlook
Apple briefly reclaimed the title of the world’s most valuable company late last month, nudging ahead of Nvidia — but the lead was short-lived and the iPhone maker has since slipped back to third. Still
Jim Cramer Sells Bitcoin Live After IBM CEO Warns of Quantum Risk in 3–4 Years
Morning Minute (Tyler Warner) — the views here are his own and don’t necessarily reflect Decrypt.
Headline: Jim Cramer Sells Bitcoin On-Air After IBM CEO Flags a “3–4 Year” Quantum Risk
CNBC’s Jim Cramer announced he was selling his Bitcoin live after asking IBM CEO Arvind Krishna whether future q
U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Two Aircraft and Three Airlines Linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
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SanDisk Q4 Revenue Beats Expectations, Shares Fall 8% After Earnings
ME News reports that on August 6 (UTC+8), SanDisk (SNDK.O) reported strong results for Q4 of fiscal year 2026, with revenue and profits exceeding market consensus. Revenue surged 372% year-over-year and 51% quarter-over-quarter.
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Nikita Bier Steps Back as X Product Chief After 400 Days
Nikita Bier is stepping back as X’s product chief after 400 days. He stays on at Elon Musk’s platform as an advisor.He left with a number. X shipped nearly 30 new products on his watch, he said Wednesday. The independent data tells a harder story.SponsoredSponsoredLadies and gentlemen, it's time to
Polymarket Assigns 18% Odds to Tesla-SpaceX Merger by 2026
Polymarket traders assign just an 18% probability that Tesla and SpaceX will officially announce a merger before the end of 2026, despite months of speculation about the two companies.The odds reveal deep skepticism, even as operational overlap among Elon Musk’s flagship firms continues to grow.Spon
Gold Reaches Two-Month High as Expectations of Fed Rate Hikes Subside and Geopolitical Tensions Ease
CoinTelegraph reports — On the morning of August 6 in Asian trading, spot gold traded around $4,250 per ounce. Gold rose over 4% on Wednesday, reaching a two-month high of $4,267.55 per ounce, supported by declining U.S. Treasury yields and optimistic sentiment regarding progress toward reopening th
Block Cuts 40% of Workforce, Boosts Earnings with AI Strategy
Block just fired nearly half its employees and Wall Street loved it. The fintech company behind Square and Cash App announced on February 26 that it’s cutting over 4,000 jobs, roughly 40% of its entire workforce, as part of what CEO Jack Dorsey described as an AI-driven operational overhaul.The comp
Bitcoin Price Prediction to $70,000: Key Levels at $64,000 and $61,500
Key Insights:Bitcoin price tests $64,000 resistance, with a breakout potentially opening a path toward $67,200.BTC liquidity clusters sit near $61,500-$62,400 below and $65,200-$67,200 above.BTC crypto rejection at $64,000 could expose Bitcoin to support levels around $61,500.Bitcoin price is testin
U.S. Holds 328,372 BTC in Strategic Reserve, Worth $25 Billion
The United States government is sitting on 328,372 BTC, worth approximately $25 billion, making it the single largest sovereign holder of Bitcoin on the planet. Not bad for a collection that was never actually purchased.Every last satoshi in that reserve came from criminal and civil asset forfeiture
PEPE Records Largest Exchange Outflow Since November 2024 as 4.54 Trillion Tokens Leave Exchanges
PEPE recorded its largest exchange outflow since November 2024 as 4.54 trillion tokens left centralized trading platforms, reducing available supply.Investors shifted tokens into private wallets while sideways price action highlighted accumulation instead of immediate selling pressure despite muted
Senator Elizabeth Warren Questions Relaxation of UAE AI Chip Export Policy
According to Cointelegraph, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, questioning the U.S. government’s decision to ease AI chip export restrictions on the UAE, following investments of $500 million by UAE entities in Trump family’s cryptocurrency company, World Liber
