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Google rolls out Gemini 3.7 Flash for coding and agent tasks while OpenAI offers a speedier option that remains behind a waitlist, signaling divergent paths in the race to ultra-fast AI

The Blockchain Association urges the Supreme Court to hear Custodia’s case, arguing that broad Fed authority over master accounts could push crypto firms out of the banking system through access restrictions.

Trezor reports a shipping-partner data breach exposed customer details for about 14,000 users, though devices and backups remained unaffected, raising phishing risk concerns

Metaplanet unveils BitBonds, a private debt sale linked to its treasury, while the company and its leadership reject reports of large-scale bitcoin disposals amid ongoing transfer activity and market chatter.

Goldman Sachs is purchasing NEOS, folding in its Bitcoin covered-call fund to expand into a crypto ETF niche and scale its assets, positioning against BlackRock’sBITA

Kalshi expands its data offerings by delivering real-time sports and crypto perpetuals market data through DoubleZero’s dedicated fiber network for institutional access.

U.S. consumer price growth slowed in line with expectations, reinforcing expectations the Fed may hold rates, while bitcoin steadied near $64,000 amid quiet markets and a separate crypto exploit news cycle

The CFTC invoked emergency powers to allow Kalshi to continue operating its markets after New York moved to bar its contracts nationwide, highlighting a jurisdictional clash over federally regulated event contracts

Itaú Unibanco has teamed with OpenAssets to trial tokenized fixed-income securities and investment funds as part of an industry pilot led by ANBIMA in Brazil.

Riot Platforms secures a long-term compute agreement with Anthropic, signaling a shift for bitcoin miners toward AI infrastructure, while options activity reflects growing optimism in the deal

Anthropic is reported to have struck a multi-billion-dollar agreement with Riot to source cloud compute capacity from Riot’s Texas Rockdale campus, with reports citing a deal around $9 billion and related cloud-use terms

Trump Media and Technology Group faced a second-quarter loss as its crypto holdings declined, with bitcoin and Cronos positions contributing to the overall financial result after June.

The company sold a substantial bitcoin stake and tapped MSTR shares to fund a STRC buyback, while expanding its USD reserve and trimming crypto holdings

Over a five-day stretch, Bitcoin ETF products drew capital totaling $854 million as expectations for further rate hikes cooled, while traders awaited the next U.S. inflation data and monitored price action into the weekly close.

A major bank projects a multi-trillion-dollar wave of tokenized real-world assets could lift Chainlink to $200 by 2030, with parallel targets for DeFi protocols under a single growth assumption

A proposed Bitcoin anti-spam fork failed to gain traction, recording only two blocks and a small share of mining support as it tracked near the main network’s difficulty

As Bitcoin progresses with BIP-110, miners signal tepid support while a controversial fork advances to a signaling phase, testing network resilience amid limited participation

The Senate moved forward a major cryptocurrency regulation bill before its August recess, while also approving a short-term funding measure to avert a federal shutdown ahead of elections, according to reports.

Senate moves forward with the CLARITY Act, scheduling a mid-September vote after a procedural step by Senate Leader Thune, with negotiations ongoing on ethics and stablecoin provisions

Trump Media’s parent company is winding down its crypto-treasury and related ventures, shifting leadership focus toward media operations, data licensing, and a planned merger with a fusion-energy firm.

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned two Iran-linked crypto exchanges and an individual, alleging facilitation of money laundering tied to millions in digital assets for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

U.S. sanctions broaden Iran-focused crypto enforcement, targeting two entities and a Dubai-based exchange for aiding Tehran's reach through digital assets

Weak July payrolls pushed markets to price fewer rate hikes, while Bitcoin held its bear-bias stance despite a rally in risk assets

Russian authorities closed nine unregistered crypto exchanges in Moscow, with the FSB alleging the operations facilitated the transfer of scam proceeds abroad via Ukrainian call centers, while also arresting at least 20 individuals tied to the scheme

The Senate pushes its market-structure bill to September, with Democrats still short of needed votes; XRP leads losses among major cryptocurrencies as activity takes a pause ahead of the midterms.

The US Senate will not vote on the CLARITY Act before its August recess, with leadership signaling the vote has been postponed to September

Chainalysis reports a surge in physical raids targeting crypto holders, with a projected record year in 2026 and increased sophistication in laundering tactics

Meta released Muse Code in beta, an AI coding agent that runs in the terminal and coordinates subagents, though benchmarking indicates it lags behind established rivals

Circle's shares climbed in pre-market trading after the company reported an earnings beat that offset a revenue miss, while its Arc blockchain drew early institutional support from a lineup of major partners.

Maelstrom’s Arthur Hayes cautions that an AI-driven credit boom could catalyze a bitcoin surge toward seven figures, drawing parallels to the 2008 credit crisis