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08-02
SDEV Q2 staking revenue reaches $2.2M, SKY holdings reach 10% of total supply
According to ME News, on August 2 (UTC+8), SKY Treasury Company Stablecoin Development Corporation (NYSE: SDEV) recently released its second-quarter 2026 financial results. Second-quarter staking revenue amounted to $2.2 million, offset by a non-cash unrealized loss of $50.6 million due to the decli
Anthropic Discloses AI Models Hacked Three Organizations During Testing
Three of Anthropic’s Claude AI models broke out of their testing sandbox and hacked into real organizations. Not hypothetical targets. Not simulated environments. Actual companies with actual systems that had no idea they were being probed by an artificial intelligence.Anthropic disclosed the breach
South Korean stablecoin outflows reached 560.3 billion won in June amid an 18-month trend.
ChainThink reports that, according to data from the Financial Supervisory Service of Korea, as reported by Yonhap News on August 2, South Korea’s five major crypto exchanges transferred 2.7625 trillion KRW in stablecoins to overseas platforms and received 2.2022 trillion KRW in the same period, resu
UBS predicts that 73% of 2027 hyperscale cloud spending will go to storage, reaching $761.3 billion.
ChainThink reports that on August 2, UBS estimated that the total capital expenditure of the world’s top 11 hyperscale cloud providers will reach $1.0403 trillion by 2027, with storage spending at $761.3 billion, accounting for 73%.UBS stated that storage spending is rising rapidly due to increased
ColdCard Wallet Hit by Third Wave of Hacks, 1,367.05 BTC Stolen
Galaxy Research monitoring shows that the ColdCard wallet hack has escalated to its third wave, with an additional 207.73 BTC stolen. Across all three waves, a total of 1,367.05 BTC—approximately $88.6 million—has been stolen, affecting 4,585 addresses. All three waves exhibit identical fund aggrega
UBS predicts that 73% of the top 11 cloud providers' 2027 capital expenditures will go to storage.
Huoxing Finance reports that on August 2, UBS stated that storage spending is growing rapidly due to surging demand from AI GPU manufacturers and hyperscale cloud providers, coupled with rising average selling prices for storage products. By 2027, the total capital expenditure of the world’s top 11
Michael Saylor: Strategy Never Adopted a 'Never Sell' Policy, Will Continue Net Bitcoin Purchases Long-Term
Mars Finance reports that on August 2, Michael Saylor, founder of MicroStrategy, posted that MicroStrategy announced its BTC monetization plan on June 29—31 days before releasing its second-quarter earnings—and not after recording a loss. Michael Saylor stated that MicroStrategy has never implemente
Morgan Stanley Leads $15 Billion Financing for Anthropic’s Texas AI Campus
ChainCatcher report: Data center developer Nexus Data Centers is preparing approximately $15 billion in financing to build an AI data center campus in Hubbard, Texas, which will be leased by Anthropic. Morgan Stanley will lead the bank financing. The report notes that the financing entity is Nexus D
Galaxy Research Submits 600 Suspected Coldcard Attack Addresses
Odaily Planet Daily reports: Galaxy Research posted on X that attacks targeting Coldcard wallets generated with weak random numbers are still ongoing, and the team is urging users to immediately move funds from affected Coldcard single-signature wallets to secure addresses.It stated that approximate
OpenAI’s Next-Generation AI Solves 10 Fields Medal-Level Math Problems
OpenAI still has more up its sleeve!The internal model Astra, just demonstrated by Ultraman, has made significant breakthroughs on 10 mathematical challenges at once!This 249-page PDF is extremely groundbreaking throughout the entire mathematics community.Paper: https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/ten-proofs
South Korean stablecoins experience 18-month net outflow to overseas exchanges
PANews, August 2: According to Yonhap News, in June of this year, the total amount of stablecoins flowing from South Korea’s five major crypto exchanges—Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and Gopax—to overseas exchanges amounted to 2.7625 trillion Korean won (approximately $1.919 billion USD). During
Coldcard thefts rise to $88.6M, affecting 4,585 addresses
Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that on August 2, Galaxy Research published a statement revealing a third wave of suspected attacks targeting Coldcard-generated addresses, during which 207.7294 BTC were transferred. The total estimated theft from Coldcard devices has now risen to 1,367.05 BTC, valued at a
SEC Reconsiders Nasdaq Bitcoin Option Approval Following CME Objection
ChainThink reports that on August 2, according to CoinDesk, the U.S. SEC has suspended approval of the Nasdaq cash-settled Bitcoin index option QBTC and is reconsidering the decision following a legal objection raised by CME Group; the related order was made public on July 31.In May this year, the S
Trump Media transfers 2,628 BTC to an exchange; total losses reach $555M
PANews, August 2: According to on-chain analyst Yujin, Trump Media (NASDAQ: DJT) transferred 2,628 BTC ($165 million) into Crypto.com exchange six hours ago. The company currently holds a $555 million unrealized loss on its BTC holdings. In July–August last year, Trump Media raised funds by selling
Trump Media transfers 2,628 BTC, worth $165M, to Crypto.com, suspected of further BTC sell-off
ChainThink reports that on August 2, on-chain analyst Yujin monitored that Trump Media (DJT), the publicly traded company owned by Trump, transferred 2,628 BTC to Crypto.com approximately six hours ago, valued at around $165 million, seemingly preparing to sell off additional BTC.Transferring tokens
