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Cipher, Hyperscale continue to offload BTC sale to fund AI pivot
An increasing number of miners have been letting go of their Bitcoin holdings to fund a pivot into AI data centers, and just a few days into August, more Bitcoin has been sold for the same purpose. Cipher Digital (NASDAQ: CIFR) and Hyperscale Data (NYSEAMERICAN: GPUS) are the latest miners to sell Bitcoin. So far,...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 5
ByteDance's founder refuses distillation shortcut in AI race
The founder of ByteDance, Zhang Yiming, has said distillation will not be used to train the company’s AI models. This differentiates the company from other Chinese AI labs that have been accused of using the distillation technique. This comes as US officials have accused Chinese labs of using the technique to bridge the gap with...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 5
Circle falls after mixed earnings as revenue misses expectations
Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) dropped close to 4% in early Wednesday trading after its second-quarter profit came in above Wall Street forecasts while revenue fell short. Stablecoin demand also rose during the quarter as fresh conflict in the Middle East made crypto markets more volatile. Traders cut exposure to riskier tokens and parked more...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 5
Ex-LAPD officer gets life sentence for $350,000 Koreatown bitcoin robbery
A former Los Angeles police officer has been sentenced to life plus 15 years in state prison for posing as a cop and robbing a teenager of a hard drive holding roughly $350,000 in Bitcoin. Despite the recent run of violent crypto activities, the sentence is one of the stiffest punishments that have been handed...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 5
Swiss-based Taurus gives banks access to Hedera via unified digital asset platform
Taurus, a Switzerland-based digital asset infrastructure provider, announced on Wednesday that it has extended its services, targeting banks and regulated financial institutions on the Hedera (HBAR) network.Fxstreet
Wed, Aug 5
Circle names founding validators in Arc network launch date announcement
Circle (NYSE: CRCL) has announced that its Arc blockchain will go live on public mainnet on September 16. It also announced 11 founding validators for the network, and they include BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard, and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), among others. The blockchain has been running a private mainnet that has institutional builders...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 5
Galaxy Digital, Terawulf lean on data center business to cut losses in Q2 earnings
Galaxy Digital (NASDAQ: GLXY) and TeraWulf (NASDAQ: WULF), two pure play Bitcoin miners to have made the AI pivot, saw contrasting fortunes as both firms turned in their respective scorecards for the second quarter of 2026 on August 5. Both firms’ relatively nascent AI data center businesses did a lot of the heavy lifting in...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 5
MoonPay Brings Gasless Transactions to TRON, Simplifying Stablecoin Payments
New York, August 5, 2026 — MoonPay, the global financial technology company powering the movement of value across fiat and digital assets, today announced the integration of the TRON network with MoonPay’s Trade infrastructure, enabling users to complete transactions on TRON without holding TRX to pay network fees. The TRON network is governed by TRON...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 5
Japan's FSA launches dedicated crypto and stablecoin division on August 7
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) will launch a dedicated Crypto Assets and Stablecoins Division on August 7, giving the country’s digital-asset firms a single supervisor. The agency is following through on a reorganization it approved back in December 2025, and is a major step forward in the country’s goal to treat crypto like mainstream financial...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 5
Eliza is dead: Founder blames lawsuits, endless complaining for foundation shutdown
Shaw Walters, the founder of ElizaOS, the AI agent project that started life as ai16z, has said that its token is dead and its foundation is winding down. Walters shared this information via his personal X account, stating that he is done fighting for the token side of the project and is moving on to...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 5
Best AI Voice Agent Platforms in 2026: 8 Options for Builders and Businesses
Choosing the best AI voice agent for your team requires clear selection criteria. In this guide, we previewed eight AI voice agent platforms for their full workflow price, as well as advantages and weaknesses.Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 5
OKB is the only token still beating Bitcoin since the 2021 peak
Only 22 tokens have managed to put in better price performances than Bitcoin over the last 24 months, according to an analysis posted by Messari analyst Carlos Gonzalez Campo. Of that group, only OKB has outperformed BTC if the slider is shifted to 2021. In the Messari analysis posted on August 4, about 187 coins...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 5
Crypto Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum advance while XRP lags amid US-Iran deal optimism
Bitcoin (BTC) hovers near $64,000 at the time of writing on Wednesday, buoyed by a marginal improvement in crypto sentiment amid growing optimism that the United States (US) and Iran could potentially reach an agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz this week.
President Putin signs Russia’s digital currency bill into law
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law the recently adopted “digital currency” bill that legalizes crypto transactions in his country. The long-awaited legislation, which establishes Russia’s first comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets, will enter into force in September. Putin gives the go-ahead to Russia’s crypto regulations Russia’s head of state has signed the...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 5
Chainstack adds Robinhood Chain support across managed and self-hosted node deployments
Singapore, August 5, 2026 — Chainstack, a Web3 infrastructure platform serving 100K+ developers across 70+ blockchain networks, has added Robinhood Chain support across three deployment models: Global Nodes, Dedicated Nodes, and Chainstack Self-Hosted. Robinhood Chain mainnet went live on July 1, 2026. Chainstack endpoints are live for mainnet (chain ID 4663) and testnet (chain ID...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 5
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