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Coinbase Premium Index Hits Record 77 Consecutive Days of Negative Premium

According to Cointelegraph, Bitcoin fell below $63,000 on Monday, trading at approximately $62,362, while the Coinbase Premium Index has recorded negative values for 77 consecutive days, setting a new historical record for the longest period of negative premium. According to Coinglass data, as of Mo

Luno to Close Accounts in Certain Regions by September 1

CoinDesk reports:Luno is implementing a regional business exit, and some users who have been notified are no longer able to transfer their crypto assets to external wallets or other platforms. According to the current schedule, these accounts will be permanently closed on September 1, with the final

Bitcoin Faces Critical Crossroads with BIP-110, Consensus Bugs, and Quantum Migration

Bitcoin entered BIP-110's final ordinary 2,016-block window on July 25 with miner support at 0.89%. The proposal requires 1,109 blocks, or 55%, for ordinary lock-in, and its mandatory version-bit phase can begin in August if support stays below that threshold.Jameson Lopp has framed Consensus Cleanu

DeepSeek V4-Flash reduces costs to 1/105 of Claude, priced at $0.14 per input token.

According to Reuters, China’s AI startup DeepSeek officially launched its latest API model, V4-Flash, on July 31. According to benchmark tests by AI performance analysis firm Artificial Analysis, its operational cost is just 1/105 that of Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet. In terms of pricing, V4-Flash

Cardano Price Jumps 10% as Dijkstra Era Lifts ADA Bets

Cardano price rose nearly 10% as ADA traded near $0.189.Dijkstra era planning adds focus to Cardano scalability.Analysts see $0.15 to $0.086 as a key demand zone.Cardano price jumped nearly 10% to around $0.184 as traders reacted to Cardano’s next development phase. The move followed the van Rossem

Tether Q2 Profit Reaches $1.5B as Excess Reserves Drop to $4.1B

Written by Andrew Folkler Compiled by Chopper, Foresight NewsAccording to the latest report from audit firm BDO, Tether generated $1.5 billion in operating net profit in the second quarter of 2026. The stablecoin issuer has total assets of $187.75 billion and total liabilities of $183.64 billion. US

Hyperliquid Upgrades TWAP Orders with Trigger Prices, Dynamic Intervals, and 7-Day Durations

Hyperliquid just made it significantly harder for centralized exchanges to claim they offer superior order tooling. The Layer 1 blockchain built for decentralized trading rolled out a sweeping upgrade to its Time-Weighted Average Price (TWAP) order system, adding trigger prices, min/max price bounda

Coldcard Bitcoin Exploit Enters Suspected Fourth Wave, Affecting 462 Addresses

Key PointGalaxy Research head Alex Thorn warned early Monday that a likely fourth coordinated attack wave is targeting Coldcard users. Thorn identified 218 transactions between blocks 960,778 and 960,792 that moved over 380 BTC from 462 suspected victim addresses to 210 fresh destinations. The sweep

BitMEX Founder Arthur Hayes Buys 1,337 ETH Using 2.5 Million USDC

Arthur Hayes, the founder of BitMEX and a closely followed figure in the cryptocurrency market, continues to increase his Ethereum investments. According to data shared by the on-chain analytics platform Onchain Lens, Hayes purchased approximately 1,337 ETH using a total of 2.5 million USDC.Accordin

AI safety firm METR offers $503K salaries but struggles to hire enough staff.

METR, a nonprofit founded in 2022 by former OpenAI researcher Beth Barnes, is dedicated to evaluating the capabilities and risks of AI models. Despite deep collaborations with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others, METR currently has only 35 employees and still struggles to recruit sufficient talent

IBM Report: AI-Driven Attacks Account for 25% of Data Breaches, Causing 20% Higher Losses

A joint survey report by IBM and the Ponemon Institute found that AI-driven attacks now account for 25% of all malicious data breaches, representing a 56% year-over-year increase. The average cost per incident is $6 million—20% higher than the average cost of all data breaches. 62% of AI-driven cybe

Tibo Reveals Google Developed a ChatGPT-Like Model a Year Earlier

What, did Google really develop ChatGPT a year earlier than OpenAI?It's not that Google backtracked afterward; this time it's an insider from OpenAI—Tibo, head of Codex, just confirmed the news:That was the previous year's version of ChatGPT. It was originally called LMChat, then later changed to an

Google Halts AI Image Generation in Google Earth Due to Misinformation Risks

Google has announced the suspension of its AI image generation feature in Google Earth, which was shut down less than 48 hours after launch due to risks of misinformation. Previously, Google integrated the AI image generation model Nano Banana2 into Google Earth, allowing users to generate fictional

Solana Price Holds Near $70 Amid Whale Exits and Heavy Long Liquidations

Heavy deleveraging in a choppy market can often turn bullish if the impact remains limited.Right now, Solana’s [SOL] price action is showing a similar setup. One analyst pointed out that Bitfinex whales have closed massive long positions, meaning these whales have cut their bullish exposure and exit

U.S. Senate's August Recess Looms as CLARITY Act Fails to Make Agenda

The U.S. Senate has entered a critical week for the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, with just days left before lawmakers break for the August recess. While crypto advocates continue pushing for the bill, former CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo has urged the industry not to treat the legislation as an

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