・New analysis finds AI infrastructure contracts are becoming larger and more profitable, but investors now demand stronger execution before rewarding bitcoin mining stocks.
・Hackers behind the Coldcard exploit transferred millions in digital assets to cryptocurrency mixers, while most stolen funds remained traceable in attacker-controlled wallets.
・Tokenized cows may have gone viral, but they’re just the latest in a long line of strange things to find a home onchain, from farts, to human skin and destroyed artworks
・A volunteer group running AI models against bitcoin codebases says it is averaging roughly one critical bug per hour per person, at about $10,000 a day in compute.
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・While only 12 of 46 documented attempts resulted in payment, data leaks and attacks on relatives are widening the physical risks facing crypto holders.
・Eliza Labs founder Shaw Walters said the project transferred its remaining treasury to settle a tokenholder lawsuit and will continue building Eliza without an associated cryptocurrency.
・Tokenized real-world assets accounted for more than a third of Hyperliquid’s quarterly trading volume, generating 6.6% of the protocol’s $169 million quarterly revenue.
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・Trump’s comments on jobs, inflation and a possible Strait of Hormuz deal have helped risk sentiment, but bitcoin’s next move depends on whether lower oil actually pulls Treasury yields and the dollar down.
・Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a crypto law establishing market rules for exchanges, custodians and investors, with core provisions taking effect in September 2026.
・Tokenized real-world assets moved beyond issuance as RWA deposits more than tripled to $7.4 billion, while lending and trading activity expanded despite a broader industry slowdown.
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・Situational Awareness reportedly made a $400 million investment in an undisclosed company, days after the hedge fund nearly collapsed following July’s AI stock crash.
・The stablecoin issuer is extending its tokenization business into Saudi Arabia, starting with institutional real estate assets with plans to expand to other asset classes.
・Three circuit judges disputed the former FTX CEO’s claims that the defunct crypto exchange’s investors could have been made whole and wouldn’t have experienced any losses.
・The South Carolina lawmaker who heads the Senate Banking Committee said that the majority leader still had time to put the crypto bill on the agenda despite the narrow voting window.
・Strong earnings from SanDisk and Western Digital were not enough to satisfy investors, raising questions about whether capital is beginning to rotate from AI winners into crypto.
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・CryptoQuant said large XRP spot orders point to "quiet accumulation" rather than a breakout, while ether’s price below realized value leaves holders underwater and gives it the strongest valuation case among BTC, ETH and XRP.
・The self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning Network wallet disabled infrastructure after an incident and founder Evan Kaloudis said no customer funds were lost and no Lightning vulnerability was found.