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South Korea to create $3.5b chip fund for semiconductor materials and hubs
South Korea has earmarked 5 trillion won, equaling $3.52 billion, for a fund designated to develop chip materials, components and small design firms. This development was announced by presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik on Monday, in a bid to cut the country’s reliance on foreign suppliers that feed its world-leading chip manufacturers. $3.5 billion...
Mon, Aug 10
Strategy's STRC inches closer to $100 as Saylor continues to sell BTC for USD
Dragging its Stretch (STRC) preferred shares back to par value at $100 remained the priority for chief executive Michael Salor and Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) as the firm reported that it allocated 100% of the $108.6 million it raised from selling 1,690 Bitcoins last week to buying back STRC. Strategy raised another $653.1 million by selling...
Mon, Aug 10
Strive recommits to BTC amid Q2 earnings loss
Strive (NASDAQ: ASST) continued its march up the Bitcoin accumulation ladder today, August 10, as the firm announced that it added a fresh batch of 147 BTC to its digital asset treasury. The latest purchase installment arrives despite a $257.6 million Q2 net loss that the firm reported on the same day, mostly attributed to...
Mon, Aug 10
MARA Holdings sells $1.63 billion of Bitcoin in the first six months of 2026
MARA Holdings sold $1.63 billion in Bitcoin in the first six months of 2026. In a Form 10-Q filing, MARA disclosed that it sold approximately 23,093 BTC in the half-year ended June 30th, which works out to roughly $70,631 per coin. The sale represents nearly 34% of MARA’s Bitcoin treasury at the end of last...
Mon, Aug 10
Australia forces 96 Cryptolink crypto ATMs offline in AML crackdown
Australia’s anti-money laundering authority has put a halt to the registration of Cryptolink, resulting in the shutdown of 96 cryptocurrency ATMs. This move comes as countries such as the United States, Canada, and Europe have started to clamp down on cash-to-cryptocurrency kiosks, facilities that are increasingly being linked with fraud and other financial crimes. The...
Mon, Aug 10
Unitree has opened subscriptions for its IPO on the Shanghai STAR Market
Unitree Robotics on Monday opened subscriptions for its initial public offering on the Shanghai STAR Market. The leading Chinese robotics company is offering its shares at 150.80 yuan (about $22) to raise roughly 6.1 billion yuan ($904 million). The completed float would give Unitree an estimated market capitalization of around 60.99 billion yuan (approx. $9...
Mon, Aug 10
Fake tenant paid rent early, then handed landlords phones rigged to drain their crypto wallets
Hong Kong police arrested a 67-year-old woman accused of posing as a tenant to take HK$4.3 million from two landlords through a scammy crypto investment app.
Mon, Aug 10
MICA-licensed Flowdesk receives VARA license for UAE expansion
Dubai entity Flowdesk Omega FZE, a subsidiary of French-headquartered Flowdesk, a liquidity provider and virtual asset trading technology firm backed by BlackRock, Cathawy innovation, and Coinbase ventures, has received a crypto brokerage dealer license from Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA). As per the announcement, Flowdesk in the UAE will be able to offer digital asset...
Mon, Aug 10
H100 completes Europe's largest Bitcoin merger as reserve strategy gets hot
H100 Group has closed the biggest merger yet in Europe’s public Bitcoin treasury sector, with its holdings now standing at 3,506 BTC, which is nearly triple what it had before the merger. It has also helped it move clear of a cluster of European firms all racing to bulk up their corporate crypto reserves. Capital...
Mon, Aug 10
Bitstamp handles Robinhood's UK crypto debut as FCA licensing window nears
Robinhood opened UK crypto trading through Bitstamp with 50-plus tokens and zero trading fees, as the FCA prepares a tougher licensing regime for 2027.
Mon, Aug 10
Bernie Sanders presses AI giants to pause development as machines get out of control
The longest serving independent to have ever held a seat in the U.S. Congress, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), has threatened legislative action if OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta and their leaders do not hit the brakes on their AI work, according to a letter first reported by Axios. Bernie Sanders, who has earned his reputation as...
Mon, Aug 10
Fake investment sites and counterfeit IRS letters hit crypto holders in the same week
New York State Police warn Twin Tiers residents of a crypto and gold-bar investment scam, days after the IRS flagged fake letters pushing a bogus compliance portal.
Mon, Aug 10
This BTC cohort has the fastest accumulation rate in 2026
BTC holders with over 10,000 coins in their wallets became the most active buyers, with accelerated accumulation at the beginning of August.
Mon, Aug 10
Alibaba's Qwen goes live inside Siri on Chinese Macs after two-year regulatory wait
Apple switched on Alibaba's Qwen for Siri and Writing Tools on Mac in China, the first confirmed rollout after Beijing cleared Apple Intelligence on July 15.
Mon, Aug 10
Claude Code flips to autonomous by default as Anthropic says humans stopped reading prompts
Anthropic makes auto mode the default in Claude Code on August 14 for Pro, Max, and Team plans, citing a study where humans caught 13.6% of dangerous commands.
Mon, Aug 10
Quantum’s first crypto victim may not know they’ve been hacked
The next blow to the crypto market could trigger without an identifiable perpetrator and no apparent compromise. Christopher Smith, the CEO and co-founder of blockchain firm Quantus Network, reportedly suggested that a signal that a quantum computer has compromised the crypto security used in major blockchains may be a succession of wallet thefts that cannot...
Mon, Aug 10
North Korean hackers turn to AI as DPRK drives 66% of crypto hack losses
North Korean hackers are turning to artificial intelligence to expand their cyber operations, adding a new layer of sophistication to a threat that already accounts for most cryptocurrency hacking losses worldwide. North Korea-linked hacking groups were responsible for roughly $643 million in stolen cryptocurrency during the first half of 2026, or 66% of all crypto...
Mon, Aug 10
Weekend Trading Pushes Hyperliquid HIP-3 Open Interest Past $4 Billion
Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 markets have grown tremendously both in terms of volume and open interest ever since going live on mainnet last year in October. This weekend saw HIP-3 markets notch up another milestone as they closed above $4 billion in open interest for the first time. A month ago the figure stood at $3.67 billion,...
Mon, Aug 10
White House crypto adviser blasts Senate Democrats as CLARITY Act hits September deadline
White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt called out Democrats for stalling the CLARITY Act’s progress. On X, he accused them of orchestrating a total blockade against a minor procedural vote on the bill prior to the August recess. He contended, “Chuck Schumer and the “pro-crypto Democrats” pulled out all the stops to block a mere...
Sun, Aug 9
Berkshire Hathaway smashes Q2 earnings, but Greg Abel shows no sign of openness to crypto
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) came out of the second quarter with much stronger operating profit, while CEO Greg Abel kept the company’s position on crypto firmly cold. Earnings from Berkshire Hathaway’s operating businesses rose 16% to $12.98 billion, compared with $11.16 billion in the same quarter last year. Berkshire Hathaway spent about $4.5 billion...
Sat, Aug 8
