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With $0 in revenue and 35 idle machines in storage, an inactive Bitcoin miner printed 1.65 billion shares to stay alive
News Article Aug 09, 2026
With $0 in revenue and 35 idle machines in storage, an inactive Bitco…

Only 800 million of those shares raised $700,000 in cash as the inactive miner searched for an operating restart. The p…

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Crypto holders face an Aug 27 deadline to save 21 tokens before Kraken liquidates them into thin order books
News Article Aug 09, 2026
Crypto holders face an Aug 27 deadline to save 21 tokens before Krake…

Withdrawals close at 14:00 UTC, then thin markets could determine what automatic liquidation returns. The post Crypto h…

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A proposed Ethereum upgrade threatens to kill native yield and force SharpLink’s $125M treasury into high-risk DeFi
News Article Aug 09, 2026
A proposed Ethereum upgrade threatens to kill native yield and force …

EIP-8363 would drive net consensus yield to zero at 60.25 million ETH staked, shifting the burden toward variable fees,…

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Bitcoin 'Anti-Spam' Fork Sputters to a Halt After Mining Just Two Blocks
News Article Aug 09, 2026
Bitcoin 'Anti-Spam' Fork Sputters to a Halt After Mining Just Two Blo…

The breakaway chain drew just 2.53% of mining support, leaving its blocks hours apart and roughly 350 days from a diffi…

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A major Bitcoin miner burned through 357 BTC on secret compute deals while its output plummeted
News Article Aug 09, 2026
A major Bitcoin miner burned through 357 BTC on secret compute deals …

Production and managed hashrate fell in July, while the price and economics of the prepaid capacity remain undisclosed.…

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Is Clarity's delay a blessing in disguise?: State of Crypto
News Article Aug 09, 2026
Is Clarity's delay a blessing in disguise?: State of Crypto

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Investors poured $267 million into Bitwise’s Solana ETF, but market losses erased every cent
News Article Aug 09, 2026
Investors poured $267 million into Bitwise’s Solana ETF, but market l…

$262.9 million of unrealized SOL depreciation drove most of a $316 million operational loss. The post Investors poured …

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White House warns CLARITY Act will die Sept 15 unless 7 Democrats vote yes
News Article Aug 09, 2026
White House warns CLARITY Act will die Sept 15 unless 7 Democrats vot…

The White House is raising pressure on Senate Democrats ahead of a Sept. 15 vote on the CLARITY Act, arguing that lawma…

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Michael Saylor reveals how ChatGPT helped Strategy unlock $15 billion for its Bitcoin machine
News Article Aug 09, 2026
Michael Saylor reveals how ChatGPT helped Strategy unlock $15 billion…

Michael Saylor says Strategy used AI to design a new class of preferred stocks that ultimately allowed the company to r…

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Wall Street put $7B into tokenized funds, but under 1% is actually being used in DeFi
News Article Aug 09, 2026
Wall Street put $7B into tokenized funds, but under 1% is actually be…

DeFi recorded 99 hacks in the second quarter of 2026, more than any quarter on record in DeFiLlama's database. Real-wor…

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Hyperliquid’s RWA perps boom is eating into the revenue that backs HYPE
News Article Aug 09, 2026
Hyperliquid’s RWA perps boom is eating into the revenue that backs HY…

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Bitcoin investors pour $853 million into spot ETFs. BlackRock’s IBIT claims the bulk
News Article Aug 09, 2026
Bitcoin investors pour $853 million into spot ETFs. BlackRock’s IBIT …

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