Strategy Holds STRC Dividend at 12% as Stock Stays Below Par
Key Takeaways Strategy held STRC’s dividend rate at 12% for August 2026, its highest rate since the July 2025 launch. STRC closed at $89.46 on July 31, about 10-11% below its $100 par value. Experts have warned the ratchet mechanism…
Dice Rolls Keep Bitcoin Keys Offline, but Not Everyone Will Bother
Key Takeaways A fair six-sided die roll supplies about 2.585 bits of entropy, per Claude Shannon’s formula. Coinkite’s documentation said that 50 dice rolls meet the 128-bit standard for a bitcoin wallet seed. Kevin Loaec’s Wizard Sardine analysis flagged risk…
Blackrock, Fidelity Lead $265M Bitcoin ETF Outflows as Ether Gains
Key Takeaways U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw $265.4 million in net outflows on July 31, led by Blackrock’s IBIT. Spot ether ETFs bucked the trend with about $9 million in inflows on the same day. The reversal came…
Coldcard Exploit Fuels Market Fear as 2 Bitcoin Forks Loom Ahead
Key Takeaways Bitcoin traded near $63,000 after a Coldcard hardware wallet hack drained 1,082 BTC on July 30. Blackrock’s IBIT led $265 million in Bitcoin ETF outflows on July 31. Miners will decide on BIP-110 near block 961,632 as an…
Sygnum Bank’s B2B Model Fuels Switzerland’s Crypto Boom – Bitcoin News
Key Takeaways Bancastato added bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), litecoin (LTC) and solana (SOL) without a separate exchange. Sygnum powers 25+ banks, signaling regulated crypto adoption is spreading across Switzerland. About 20 Swiss banks served 2.5M+ accounts by mid-2026; more integrations…
DOJ Files to Recover $47K in Crypto From ATM Fraud Scheme
Key Takeaways Prosecutors seek 47,461.73111 USDT worth approximately $47,000. Five victims’ payments reached the same cryptocurrency wallet. The filing extends a series of Massachusetts crypto recoveries. Computer Warning Led Victim to a Crypto ATM The U.S. Attorney’s Office civil forfeiture…
WNBA Posts Reese-Bueckers $400 Bet Video, Deletes It as a Joke
Key Takeaways WNBA posted and removed footage of a $400 Reese-Bueckers wager on their own game. Atlanta beat Dallas 82-81, leaving Bueckers owing $400 on a game she played in. Neither player faces discipline despite the new CBA’s wagering prohibition….
AI GPUs Earn 10x More per Hour Than Mining Rigs
Key Takeaways HIVE’s AI GPU cluster earns about $2.90 per GPU-hour, dwarfing bitcoin mining’s roughly $0.12/hour take. The company’s fiscal 2026 revenue jumped 158% to $297.8 million as hashrate rose 290% to 22.2 EH/s. HIVE’s BUZZ HPC unit grew AI…
CEO Arrested Over Alleged Crypto-Funded Contract Killing
Key Takeaways Cash and 25,000 USDT allegedly funded murder-for-hire payments. Complaint alleges $750,000 was converted into cryptocurrency. Federal probe also describes suspected money laundering and BSA violations. Prosecutors Allege Crypto Payments Completed Murder-for-Hire Scheme The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)…
Filipinos Are Searching Less for Shopee and Lazada—Because They’re Becoming the Sellers, Says Paymongo
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. For years, the dominant story of Philippine e-commerce was simple: millions of shoppers logging onto Shopee and Lazada to buy…
