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StarkWare’s quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction reaches mainnet
StarkWare announced on Wednesday that it has executed the first-ever quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction confirmed on the mainnet, which ensured that the coins moved into a hash-based structure are safe from attacks exploiting Shor’s algorithm. This is significant not just for Bitcoin but also for other big blockchains, which rely on elliptic-curve signatures and ultimately encounter...
Thu, Aug 27
SoftBank eyes $6B 1X deal as humanoid robot race accelerates
SoftBank Group has entered into negotiations with humanoid robot manufacturer 1X Technologies regarding a proposed acquisition of the latter that may be conducted at an approximately $6 billion valuation, according to the report from The Information issued on August 26, 2026, quoting its sources. If the agreement is confirmed, it would indicate that the Japanese...
Thu, Aug 27
Bitcoin Reclaims Short-Term Holder Cost Basis as the Weekly Moving Average Holds at $81K
Bitcoin is on track for its best August return since 2017, having rallied over 25% so far, according to CoinGlass. That entire move has taken place over the past 10 days with BTC running from $62K on August 17 to a high of $81K on August 25 and now trading at the $78.5K zone. During...
Thu, Aug 27
Hack VC-linked wallet moves $3 million in ENA to Wintermute after 57% rally
On August 27, the on-chain analyst Ai 姨 (@ai_9684xtpa) spoke on X about a wallet that is connected to Hack VC, a venture firm, through which 21.85 million ENA worth nearly $3 million were transferred to the Wintermute deposit address. The timing of this transaction coincided with the fact that the value of ENA has...
Thu, Aug 27
Nvidia’s reported $12.9 billion Hugging Face deal puts open-source AI neutrality in focus
Nvidia has reached an agreement to acquire Hugging Face, the company behind one of the largest repositories of publicly available AI models. Based on reports from The Information, the company will pay roughly around $12.9 billion to buy Hugging Face. However, Reuters has been unable to verify the information, while Nvidia and Hugging Face had...
Thu, Aug 27
Synopsys raises 2026 outlook as AI chip spending lifts design software demand
On Wednesday, Synopsys announced an increase in its full-year revenue and earnings guidance, a sign of the billions being spent on AI making their way down to the software that powers the chip design. The California company, whose software is part of almost every high-end chip that is being developed, added that the increasing use...
Thu, Aug 27
Brazil hits Discord and TikTok in back-to-back child safety crackdown
Brazil’s government filed a civil collective moral damages lawsuit against Discord seeking 500 million reais, roughly $97 million, over what it says are failures to comply with laws protecting children and women, per Reuters. Solicitor General Jorge Messias announced the action Wednesday. It follows an order this month from the National Data Protection Authority requiring...
Thu, Aug 27
HYPE whale sits on $58M profit with $111M long, still not selling
A Pseudonymous trader, ‘watershedpath’, is sitting on a $58 million paper profit from his largest-ever long position in HYPE on-chain, Arkham revealed in a post. However, the trader withdrew $18.5 million from the position. It is a rare insight into the strategy of one of the largest holders of Hyperliquid’s native token. Who is this...
Wed, Aug 26
Eight transactions led Marion County detectives from a crypto ATM back to a prison cell
Patrick Marquelle Turner, 31, allegedly ran a $5,600 jury-duty scam from a Georgia prison cell, sending a Marion County senior to a crypto ATM.
Wed, Aug 26
One small withdrawal sold a Cobb County investor on a platform that did not exist
Georgia AG Chris Carr returned six figures in crypto to a Cobb County scam victim after the GBI traced the funds to an exchange and a court ordered them back.
Wed, Aug 26
BlackRock says rising U.S. debt and deficits are strengthening Bitcoin’s hedge case
BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) says Bitcoin’s latest move is tied more closely to America’s debt load than to another crypto policy fight. The U.S. total has now moved past $40 trillion, and BlackRock digital assets chief Robbie Mitchnick says that backdrop is pushing some investors toward Bitcoin as protection against fiscal pressure. Robbie told reporters that...
Wed, Aug 26
OpenAI says it could reach AGI before the end of 2026
OpenAI believes it will be able to achieve artificial general intelligence in 2026. The company’s CEO, Sam Altman, said in an interview with TIME Magazine that his organization hasn’t achieved AGI yet but will have an internal version soon enough. Sam said OpenAI is “not quite yet” there. OpenAI’s Chief Research Officer Mark Chen gave...
Wed, Aug 26
Apple's foldable iPhone tipped to ship 10 million units at $2,500
The research firm IDC predicts that Apple’s first foldable iPhone will sell more than 10 million units in its debut year. The phone will be priced at roughly $2,500, and is set to be launched in September into the worst smartphone market on record. How big will Apple’s foldable phone be? The International Data Corporation...
Wed, Aug 26
Chainalysis estimates $457 billion in potentially taxable on-chain crypto activity occurred worldwide in 2025
The blockchain analytics company Chainalysis reported that at least $457 billion in potentially taxable crypto activity occurred on-chain worldwide in 2025. It contends that the primary international standard for reporting rules, namely, the OECD Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), covers just 14 percent of the transactions. North America led $457B in potentially taxable crypto activity According...
Wed, Aug 26
An unsolvable test problem set an OpenAI model loose on Hugging Face
OpenAI's report says an internal model given impossible tasks and no safety classifiers exploited an Artifactory zero-day and breached Hugging Face in July.
Wed, Aug 26
Bill Gates calls for robot and AI taxes to blunt AI Job losses
The billionaire and Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, has backed ongoing calls for a robot tax and also proposed that certain jobs be set aside as “Human Reserved.” In a new essay on his Gates Notes blog, he argues that the proposals are meant to help workers who may lose jobs to AI in the next...
Wed, Aug 26
Atkins pushes custody rules through OIRA while the Senate stalls on CLARITY
The SEC sent its crypto custody rewrite to OIRA on August 25, moving through rulemaking while the CLARITY Act stays stuck in the Senate until September.
Wed, Aug 26
Stablecoin payments, not trading, drove Tron past 400 million accounts
Tron passed 400 million accounts on August 23, adding its last 100 million in about 16 months, and now settles 51.4% of all circulating USDT.
Wed, Aug 26
Bitcoin ETF assets neared $100 billion while the price slid below $80,000
BlackRock's IBIT drew $284.42 million of the $314.37 million entering US spot bitcoin ETFs on Tuesday, a seventh straight day of inflows.
Wed, Aug 26
Hyperliquid stays on US trail as HPC, tradeXYZ court CFTC on energy perp contracts
The Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) and trade[XYZ] asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Wednesday, August 26, to build a regulated US market for energy perpetual contracts. Should the CFTC grant the request, it will give American oil and gas traders a domestic venue to hedge crude and natural gas exposure around the clock,...
Wed, Aug 26
