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08-01
Japan and US Plan Joint Yen Support Amid Speculator Pressure
Japan and the United States are preparing to unveil a joint policy as early as next week to stop speculators from driving the Japanese yen to fresh multi-decade lows.Key TakeawaysJapan and the U.S. may unveil a joint yen policy next week, Kyodo News and CNBC reports.Japan sold up to $58.97 billion o
Galaxy Identifies Third Wave of COLDCARD Attacks, Estimated Losses Exceed $88M
Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to Bitcoin News monitoring, Galaxy has identified a third wave of ColdCard attacks, with estimated losses now exceeding $88 million. If users still hold BTC in any ColdCard model manufactured after 2020, it is recommended to transfer their BTC immediately.
South Korea's Retail Crypto Market Volume Drops 54% in H1 2026
South Korea’s retail crypto market is cooling fast — and liquidity is crowding into the biggest exchanges.
NexBlock data show trading across the country’s five major won-based platforms — Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit and Gopax — fell sharply in H1 2026. Combined volume for the first six months t
ARK Invest Buys $6.8M in Circle Shares After New York Trust Charter Approval
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest picked up 109,129 shares of Circle (CRCL) — roughly $6.8 million worth — the day after the stablecoin issuer won a New York limited-purpose trust charter, according to ARK’s daily trade filings.
What ARK bought
- Total shares: 109,129 (approx. $6.83M based on Circle’s July
Pi Coin Rises 8% Amid Upcoming Protocol v26 Deadline
Pi Coin (PI) rose 8% on Saturday to $0.0870. The move pushed the token onto CoinGecko’s trending list, days before a hard deadline for Pi Network.Nodes are the computers that check Pi transactions. The people who run them have until August 11 to install an update. Nodes that miss it get cut off.Spon
SHIB Price Holds Near Key Support Amid Resistance Tests
SHIB defended a major long-term support zone while testing trendline resistance and improving weekly momentum indicators.Price held near $0.0000046 as MACD weakened bearish pressure and RSI stabilized below the neutral threshold.Fibonacci projections remain active, although confirmation still depend
Bob Diamond Predicts Circle and Hyperliquid to Benefit from CLARITY Act
Bob Diamond has a reputation for calling institutional shifts early. The former Barclays CEO and current head of Atlas Merchant Capital used a CNBC appearance on July 31, 2026, to make a pointed prediction: the CLARITY Act is coming, and Circle and Hyperliquid will be its biggest infrastructure bene
Dice Rolls Keep Bitcoin Keys Offline, but Not Everyone Will Bother
A standard six-sided die produces about 2.6 bits of unpredictable information with every roll. That may not sound like much, but repeated enough times, those rolls can create the raw randomness needed to secure a bitcoin wallet without relying on software or an electronic component.Key TakeawaysA fa
Crypto-Backed PAC Spends $2M on Michigan House Race Ads
A crypto-industry-backed political action committee affiliate has intensified its advertising push ahead of next week’s Michigan Republican primary, according to the latest Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. Protect Progress PAC, which the filings indicate is funded largely by contributions
Louisiana Law Lets Users Demand Full Refunds from Unlicensed Crypto ATM Operators
Starting Aug. 1, Louisiana users may cancel a virtual-currency-kiosk transaction made on or after that date and demand a full refund at any time if the machine's owner or operator was unlicensed when the transaction occurred.Act 482 puts the cost of an eligible refund on the operator. Eligibility de
Goldman Sachs Predicts $700B AI-Driven Capex Super Cycle by 2026
Goldman Sachs is making a bold claim: the current investment cycle is the most capital-intensive in history, and the Federal Reserve is essentially a spectator.The bank is framing what it sees as an AI-driven “capex super cycle” that extends well beyond chips and chatbots into energy, infrastructure
Hyperliquid burns 8,570 HYPE in 24 hours, total burn reaches 46.17M
Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, Hyperliquid’s HYPE burn volume was lower over the weekend compared to weekdays, with 8,570 HYPE burned in the past 24 hours, valued at approximately $449,400. During the same period, the protocol allocated $1.45 million to the Assist
Galaxy Research Reveals $70M Bitcoin Cold Wallet Theft via Weak Seed Exploit
Most security breaches in crypto involve compromised private keys via phishing, malware, or physical theft of hardware wallets. A newly uncovered attack on Bitcoin cold wallets flipped that model on its head. According to a report from Galaxy Research, an attacker drained over 1,000 BTC—worth roughl
NYDFS Grants Circle Limited Purpose Trust Charter for Digital Asset Custody
NYDFS granted Circle a limited purpose trust charter in New York.The charter expands Circle’s regulated custody and fiduciary services.Circle now holds separate trust approvals from both NYDFS and the OCC.Circle announced on Friday that the New York Department of Financial Services granted a limited
Morningstar Analysts Say Nvidia Stock is Highly Undervalued
Key InsightsNvidia stock has formed a descending channel in the past few weeks.Morningstar analysts believe that the company is highly undervalued.Valuation metrics show that the company is trading at a bargain.Nvidia stock price ended the month at the important level of $200. Investors reflected on
