Report: Block Bits Founder Guilty After $960K Crypto Bot Pitch Implodes
Bitcoin Newsby Jamie Redman·24 Aug 2026
A federal jury convicted Block Bits co-founder Japheth Dillman on five fraud-related counts after prosecutors showed how nearly $1 million flowed from investors into a cryptocurrency trading...
Bitcoin Trader Down $4.56M Opens New $23M Short on 300 BTC
Bitcoin Newsby Shiraz Jagati·24 Aug 2026
A wallet tracked by onchain analysts opened its 15th bitcoin short in five days on August 24, a 40x leveraged bet on 300 BTC worth roughly $23.13 million, after 14 straight losing trades wiped out...
Six-Figure Bitcoin Price in Sight as BTC Call Options Go Berserk
Bitcoin Newsby Jamie Redman·24 Aug 2026
Bitcoin derivatives markets are running hot while bitcoin’s price tagged an intraday high of $79,989 Monday, with traders stacking billions into futures and options while paying increasingly steep...
Bitcoin Price Drives Toward $80K as Economist Warns of 'Massive QE'
Bitcoin Newsby Terence Zimwara·24 Aug 2026
Bitcoin rebounded to an August high of $79,989 after briefly dipping below $77,000, recovering from a weekend market slump.
Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Pull In $2.6B in Strongest Week Since October
Bitcoin Newsby Emmanuel Musa·24 Aug 2026
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs drew $1.92 billion in net inflows during the week of August 17 to August 21, while ether funds added $697.18 million.
AOC Blasts Past Newsom as 2028 Prediction Market Bets Pile Up
Bitcoin Newsby Jamie Redman·24 Aug 2026
Prediction market traders are already throwing enormous sums at the 2028 U.S. presidential race, with JD Vance leading the overall field and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) breaking out as the...
Strive Scoops 1,110 Bitcoin as Its BTC Treasury Blasts Higher
Bitcoin Newsby Jamie Redman·24 Aug 2026
Strive grabbed another 1,110 bitcoin for $81.5 million last week, pushing its holdings to 21,356 BTC as the asset manager keeps feeding investor capital straight into its expanding digital asset...
Bitcoin Storms Past $79K Before Hitting Resistance Near $80K
Bitcoin Newsby Jamie Redman·24 Aug 2026
The price of bitcoin blasted past $79,000 around 9 a.m. EDT on Monday, August 24, 2026, as buyers kept their foot on the gas following last week’s blistering rally.
Pakistan Puts Crypto Firms on Notice as Sept. 5 Deadline Looms
Bitcoin Newsby Jamie Redman·24 Aug 2026
Pakistan has officially thrown the switch on its virtual asset licensing regime, putting existing crypto businesses against a hard deadline to secure regulatory clearance or stop operating.
Digital Sovereignty Alliance Concludes Digital Asset Case Study Course at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
Bitcoin Newsby Media·24 Aug 2026
Washington, D.C., August 24, 2026 — The Digital Sovereignty Alliance (DSA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing clear and ethical public policy, research, and education surrounding...
Strategy Slams Brakes on Bitcoin Buying, Stockpiles $6.69B Cash
Bitcoin Newsby Jamie Redman·24 Aug 2026
Strategy bought zero bitcoin last week, choosing instead to stack billions in cash and buy back preferred stock as Michael Saylor’s company loaded its balance sheet for whatever bitcoin or its own...
Abraxas Builds $783M Hyperliquid Short, Hedges ETH as BTC Hits $77.5K
Bitcoin Newsby Shiraz Jagati·24 Aug 2026
Abraxas Capital has piled into a $783 million short position on Hyperliquid even as bitcoin’s biggest weekly rally since March 2023 forces billions of dollars in bearish bets to unwind elsewhere.
Solana Validators Open Vote on Constitution
Bitcoin Newsby Shiraz Jagati·24 Aug 2026
Solana kicked off its first formal governance vote on August 22, 2026, putting three proposals, including a plan to double annual disinflation to 30%, in front of validators through August 27.
Gold Hits $4,620 as Treasury Buybacks Reignite the Dollar Debasement Trade
Bitcoin Newsby Shiraz Jagati·24 Aug 2026
Gold surged to its highest price in three months this week, climbing past $4,600 an ounce and brushing $4,650 in futures trading, as the U.S.
Trump Team Nets $3.39 Million Selling TRUMP Tokens in 10 Hours
Bitcoin Newsby Shiraz Jagati·24 Aug 2026
The team behind Donald Trump’s TRUMP memecoin collected 3.39 million USDC over a 10-hour stretch by adding and removing liquidity on Solana, per Lookonchain.
PeaqOS and World ID Bring ZK Proofs to Autonomous Robots
Bitcoin Newsby Terence Zimwara·24 Aug 2026
An integration between PeaqOS and World ID allows autonomous machines to verify that they are interacting with real, unique humans without collecting personal data.
Besu Patches 5 Node Vulnerabilities: What Operators Must Know
Bitcoin Newsby Terence Zimwara·24 Aug 2026
Ethereum client Besu remediated five security vulnerabilities discovered by Certik in version 26.7.1, released July 27.
Clarity Act Won't Save US Treasury Debt Market, Analyst Warns
Bitcoin Newsby Sergio Goschenko·24 Aug 2026
Lawrence Lepard, author of “The Big Print,” explained that even with CLARITY passing, demand for U.S.
Bitcoin to Solana: How 8 Crypto Networks Reach Consensus
Bitcoin Newsby Jamie Redman·24 Aug 2026
Every blockchain eventually hits a hard wall: thousands of independent computers have to settle on one history without a central referee deciding which version wins.
Crypto Firm Shut Down After Nine Investors Lose Over £300,000
Bitcoin Newsby Kevin Helms·24 Aug 2026
A U.K. court shut down Key Coin Assets Ltd. after nine investors who complained to Action Fraud paid more than £300,000.
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