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08-03
Three Major Token Unlocks to Watch in First Week of August 2026
The crypto market will welcome tokens worth around $630.2 million in the first week of August 2026. Major projects, including Hyperliquid (HYPE), Succinct (PROVE), and Ethena (ENA), will release significant new token supplies. These unlocks could introduce market volatility and influence short-term
SB Pay Services to Acquire SP.LINKS to Strengthen Payment Operations
ME News reports that on August 3 (UTC+8), SB Payment Services (SBPS), a core subsidiary of SoftBank Group’s payment business, reached an agreement with a fund under Blackstone Group to acquire shares in the parent company of SP.LINKS (formerly Sony Payment Services). Upon completion of the transacti
DeFi Platform Shifts to OTC Lending After 75% Revenue Drop
A DeFi lending platform that once brought in $80 million in revenue has quietly dismantled its consumer-facing app, cutting off retail users entirely, as its OTC lending desk to tech giants now holds $260 million in outstanding loans. The pivot, detailed in the original report, reveals how some cryp
ZeroStack's Financial Stability in Doubt After 0G Token Value Plummets
ZeroStack’s plan to fund operations through 0G token reward sales is in jeopardy after a sharp drop in the token’s value. The downturn has also cast doubt on the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.ZeroStack ended June with a $61.3 million first-half loss, negative working capital, and
Ripple’s Strategic Investment in ZILO and Licuido to Enhance Digital Capital Market Infrastructure
ME News reports that on August 3 (UTC+8), according to the Ripple blog, Ripple has completed a strategic investment in transfer agent technology company ZILO and tokenization platform Licuido, bringing regulated transfer agent, issuance, and collateral liquidity capabilities to its XRP Ledger (XRPL)
Bezos Invests in CuspAI to Tackle GPU Shortages and Boost Crypto Infrastructure
Jeff Bezos just tightened his ties to the chip world — and that matters for crypto infrastructure as much as it does for AI.
What happened
- Bezos Expeditions invested in CuspAI, a Cambridge-based startup that just closed a $450 million Series B on July 20 and is now valued at $2.6 billion. Kleiner
Orbs Launches Community Governance Vote to Establish DAO Framework
Tel Aviv, Israel, July 27th, 2026, ChainwireOrbs, the decentralized Layer-3 blockchain infrastructure focused on advanced on-chain trading, today announced the launch of OIP-9 (Orbs Improvement Proposal 9), the project’s first formal community governance vote to establish the Orbs DAO and introduce
U.S. Jobs Report and Crypto Earnings to Shape Market Sentiment
The crypto week ahead centers on two catalysts named in the calendar: the U.S. jobs report and quarterly earnings from Circle, Galaxy and American Bitcoin, a cluster of macro and corporate events that could shape near-term sentiment for bitcoin and the wider market.Why the U.S. jobs report matters f
Doctor Profit Revises Bitcoin Buy Range to $54K-$64K, Rejects $40K Target
Doctor Profit moved his preferred Bitcoin buying range to $54K-$64K, replacing his earlier $40K-$50K accumulation target.The analyst said Bitcoin remains in a bear market and views the area below the 200-week moving average as a buying opportunity.Doctor Profit said he will keep accumulating Bitcoin
China's CXMT Plans Second Beijing Chip Plant to Expand DRAM Production
ChangXin Memory Technologies, China’s largest domestic DRAM chipmaker, is planning to build a second chip fabrication plant in Beijing and is actively discussing funding to make it happen. The move is part of a broader push to more than double the company’s production capacity by the end of 2027.CXM
ZeroStack reports an $82.5 million digital asset loss; 0G token value drops 91%
PANews, August 3: According to Cointelegraph, ZeroStack’s Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reveals that, as of June 30, the company had a cash balance of $2.6 million, negative working capital of $600,000, and accumulated losses totaling $339.1 million. The comp
CLARITY Act Not on Senate Floor Schedule as Approval Odds Drop to 33%
The most recent Senate schedule is flagging a concern that the CLARITY Act is not a top priority right now. The published floor agenda dated the 3rd of August included no reference to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633). Instead, senators are concentrating on a procedural vote regarding
Three Whales Place $23.7M Buy Orders on Hyperliquid for SKHX, MU, and SNDK
According to TradingBeats monitoring, three whales have placed 158 limit buy orders on the Hyperliquid order book, preparing to invest approximately $23.676 million as they await price pullbacks in SKHX, MU, and SNDK. Address 0xb37f plans to invest approximately $10 million to buy SKHX; address 0x46
Ripple Invests in Zilo and Licuido to Expand Digital Capital Markets Infrastructure
Ripple has expanded its digital capital markets strategy. The company announced today investments in Zilo and Lucuido – two firms that are focused on developing infrastructure for tokenized funds and institutional asset trading.The move builds on existing partnerships with both firms. Ripple did not
Anthropic’s Opus 5 Creates a 3D ‘Lord of the Rings’ World Using AI
Enough talk—let’s get straight to today’s daily sit (doge)!Just now, the expert Kappasi announced that "we" at Anthropic have begun enhancing large models in an entirely new way—The Lord of the Rings.According to Kapsis, this "Lord of the Rings benchmark" is replacing the once-popular "Pelican Bikin
