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08-05
Circle Renews Distribution Agreement with Coinbase on Existing Terms
According to ChainCatcher, Jeremy Allaire, founder and CEO of Circle, stated during tonight’s earnings call: “We have successfully renewed our agreement with Coinbase on existing terms, ensuring that USDC remains central to all of Coinbase’s product offerings.
We also look forward to continuing t
High-win-rate ETH short address closes 26,000 ETH position, earns $177,000 profit
Address 0xd9a…8bbf3 closed a short position of 26,000 ETH at 15:47, with a trade value of $48.66 million. The entry price was $1,871.2, the take-profit level was $1,864.4, and after holding for 1 hour and 17 minutes, the profit amounted to $177,000. Since July 27, this address has shorted ETH 21 tim
TradeXYZ Uses HIP-3 Revenue to Purchase 2,000 HYPE Tokens Worth $108,000
ME News reports that on August 5 (UTC+8), according to Hyperliquid News monitoring, TradeXYZ used its HIP-3 revenue to purchase HYPE for the first time, then utilized those HYPE tokens to acquire a new ticker. TradeXYZ bought 2,000 HYPE tokens, valued at approximately $108,000, using HIP-3 revenue.
DAT Companies Overtake ETH ETFs as Largest Holders, BitMine Holds Nearly 5%
Public companies with dedicated digital asset treasuries have officially overtaken spot Ethereum ETFs as the largest collective holders of ETH. Together, DATs and ETFs now control approximately 11% of Ethereum’s circulating supply.The biggest name driving this trend is BitMine Immersion Technologies
Hyperliquid Whale's cumulative profits rise to $6.2M from a $4.77M loss
ChainCatcher report, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a Hyperliquid whale has recovered from approximately $4.77 million in unrealized losses and now has cumulative historical profits of $6.2 million.
Recent closed long positions generated profits of approximately $1.33 million from MU trades
Coldcard vulnerability triggers 98% surge in Bitcoin's 7-day hot supply
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Vetle Lunde, Head of Research at K33, stated that the Coldcard attack likely triggered the movement of approximately 890,000 BTC within seven days, setting a new seven-day active supply record for 2026. K33 estimates that, as of the report’s preparation, around 7,300
Hyperliquid Trader Reverses $4.77M Loss to Turn $6.2M Profit in AI and Tech Stocks
Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a Hyperliquid trader recently achieved a significant turnaround, recovering from approximately $4.77 million in cumulative losses and now reaching a total trading profit (All-time PnL) of approximately $6.2 million.On-chain data show
Remittix Expands RTX Ecosystem With Crypto Payments and Perps Trading
Remittix is combining global crypto-to-fiat payments with perpetual futures trading as the RTX ecosystem expands beyond a single product category.Following the launch of Remittix Markets, the project now brings together two different areas of crypto demand. Its PayFi platform is designed for users m
Meta Urges Engineers to Use MetaCode to Enhance AI Coding Capabilities
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Meta is encouraging thousands of its internal engineers to use its proprietary AI programming assistant, MetaCode, to enhance the code-generation capabilities of its AI models and accelerate its competition with OpenAI and Anthropic in the field of AI programming.It
Roche Advances First AI-Identified Drug Target with Recursion Pharmaceuticals
After nearly five years of collaboration, Roche and Recursion Pharmaceuticals have something concrete to show for it. On August 5, 2026, the two companies confirmed that their first AI-identified drug target had been advanced, a neuroscience candidate aimed at treating an undisclosed neurodegenerati
trade.xyz Launches UNITREE Pre-IPO Perpetual Market
Odaily Planet Daily reports that trade.xyz has posted on X that the UNITREE Pre-IPO Perpetual (IPOP) market is now live. UNITREE is a pre-IPO market reflecting the market’s expected price per A-share of Unitree Technology Co., Ltd. Unitree Technology Co., Ltd. is expected to list on the Shanghai STA
Ondo Finance Appoints Former Blockchain.com CFO as New CFO
PANews, August 5: According to CoinDesk, Ondo Finance, a tokenized asset platform focused on on-chain capital markets, has appointed Adam Schlisman, former Chief Financial Officer of Blockchain.com, as its new CFO. Schlisman previously served as CFO of the global macro hedge fund Monashee Investment
Taurus Completes Full Hedera Integration, Adds Custody, Staking, and EVM Smart Contracts
Taurus has finished an 18-month integration of the full Hedera technology stack, rolling out support for custody, staking, token issuance, node infrastructure and smart contracts across its institutional platform on Aug. 5. The move lets banks and regulated financial firms access Hedera services thr
Boerse Stuttgart Digital Completes Tradias Merger, Forms 300-Person Institutional Crypto Unit
Boerse Stuttgart Digital completes Tradias merger, forms 300‑person institutional crypto unit
Boerse Stuttgart Digital and institutional trading firm Tradias have closed their merger after clearing a regulatory ownership control review, creating a unified digital-asset business with roughly 300 emp
MiCA Crypto Alliance Launches Searchable EU Crypto License Directory
Headline: New MiCA CASP Tracker turns ESMA’s crypto authorisations into a searchable EU licence directory
The MiCA Crypto Alliance on Aug. 5 launched the MiCA CASP Tracker, a searchable directory that converts ESMA’s public authorisation data into an easy-to-use tool for crypto users, businesses an
