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Andreessen Horowitz just had the kind of week that venture capitalists daydream about during partner meetings. Within a five-day stretch in August 2026, two of the firm’s AI infrastructure portfolio companies were acquired in blockbuster deals, leaving a16z sitting on combined stakes worth more than

TL;DR:The technical amendment BatchV1_1 reached approximately 68% support among network validators.The code was integrated into XRP Ledger software version 3.3.0, released on August 6.To be activated, the proposal must exceed 80% favorable votes continuously for a 14-day period.The decentralized pay

Securitize has expanded institutional collateral support for BlackRock’s BUIDL fund across participating crypto prime brokerages, giving tokenized Treasuries another step toward deeper use in trading infrastructure.The expansion means qualified institutional traders can post BUIDL token shares as of

ChainCatcher report: The attacker, identifying as a "white-hat hacker," returned approximately 3,400 BTC (around $269.2 million) to the federation wallet of the Liquid Network on Monday, following the extraction of about 4,000 BTC. This represents the recovery of roughly 85% of the funds. The incide

Japan spent nearly $100 billion in August trying to strengthen the yen. Even after that intervention, the currency failed to reach 154 against the dollar.Then traders pushed it there themselves. USD/JPY fell from 160.39 on Wednesday to 154.50 by Monday, meaning the yen strengthened 3.7% in three ses

CoinDesk reports:Apple will hold a product launch event on September 9. Multiple media outlets and leak reports suggest that the focus of this event may extend beyond the iPhone 18 series to include Apple’s first foldable smartphone and new hardware initiatives centered around Siri AI.Fold iPhone or

SummaryCapital B purchased 376 BTC for €25.3 million, raising holdings to 3,521 BTC and lowering its overall acquisition cost significantly.Strategic investors Adam Back and TOBAM supported financing that generated approximately €30.1 million for the expanded Bitcoin treasury program collectively.Ca

Anatoly “Toly” Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana Labs, made a pointed argument on September 7: changing how the IRS taxes block rewards would do more for Solana’s ecosystem than any tweak to the network’s burn mechanisms, transaction fees, or inflation schedule.The tax problem nobody wants to do math

TL;DR:Bitcoin miners reduced selling after more than $30 billion in AI infrastructure spending, while miners cut hashrate by 15% over six months.Cango and IREN led the capacity reduction, while August’s Miner Position Index spike to 2.8 reflected temporary selling pressure linked to infrastructure f

Donald Trump took a victory lap on Truth Social this week, celebrating Intel’s stock price climbing from around $20 to nearly $96. The post, which featured an AI-generated image, claimed the US had earned “hundreds of billions” from stocks and holdings under his administration.The numbers backing th

TL;DR:Hunter Biden plans to launch LAPTOP on Base on September 9, with 1 billion tokens and 30% of supply allocated to founders under vesting.Another 20% is reserved for two airdrop rounds, including allocations for Biden’s Substack subscribers, Channel 5 members and traders who lost money on TRUMP.

CoinDesk reports:Bitcoin opened the new week below $80,000, with its short-term rally temporarily pausing. In contrast, the Chainlink token LINK showed significant strength, rising against the backdrop of generally sideways or declining movements across major crypto assets, becoming one of the top-p

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to Bitcoin News monitoring, at 9:09 AM Pacific Time, the Liquid white-hat hacker returned 3,400 BTC to the Liquid Federation, but communication between both parties continues. At 9:51 AM, the hacker broadcasted a new PGP-encrypted message to Blockstream. At 10:

The MSTR stock price has recovered from its June low, but Strategy remains down by more than 50% over the past year.The rebound has revived interest in Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer’s $435 price target, but reaching it would require MSTR to more than triple from its latest close of $142.80.MSTR reco

TL;DR:Cardano targets Nested Transactions and Linear Leios for mainnet by late 2026, with Peras planned for a second-phase hard fork in Q2 2027.Node 11.1.1, 11.2 and 11.3 will deliver fixes, testing features and a hard fork candidate before version 12.0.DijkstraNet will test Plutus V4, Nested Transa