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A $2 trillion asset class is getting a new blockchain rail

ADI Chain and Shipfinex are partnering to tokenize commercial ships, aiming to open the $680B ship-finance market to wider capital pool.

Shipping terminal. (Niklas9416/Pixabay)

Markets

BTCPay offers $190,000 bounty after bitcoin payment servers drained in exploit

The project said it will pay 10% of recovered funds, up to 3 BTC, after attackers stole LND credentials and drained merchant Lightning wallets last week.

Close up of hands typing on a keyboard in a darkened room. (Unsplash)

Tech

Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork is 300 blocks behind BTC and six years from fixing itself

The breakaway chain has produced two blocks since splitting off on Saturday. Bitcoin has produced more than 300 in the same stretch.

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Markets

XRP, ether lead crypto losses as traders eye $70,000 bitcoin next

Bitcoin failed to hold $65,000 for a fourth day as an oil rally revived inflation worries before Wednesday's U.S. price data.

XRP price today. (CoinDesk Data)
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Policy

U.S. SEC sets meeting to propose Reg Crypto to support certain digital assets offerings

The Securities and Exchange Commission will vote this week to start its first major crypto rulemaking process.

U.S. SEC headquarter in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin's 'strongest hands' are back, on-chain data show

Elite wallets holding over 10,000 BTC has hit a six-month high of 90, building on earlier accumulation by mid-sized whales amid Coldcard fallout and Clarity Act delays.

It's the "strong hands" who are dominating. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Trump Media’s bitcoin holdings shrink as crypto losses hit $361 million

The Truth Social parent held 9,477 BTC worth $557 million at the end of June, while its Cronos position also suffered a steep drop in value.

President Donald Trump at the White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

CoinDesk News

Bitwise's Rasmussen: Circle is mispriced as stablecoins head toward trillions

Bitwise's Ryan Rasmussen says investors are underestimating Circle as stablecoins expand and the company builds out its payments infrastructure.

Ryan Rasmussen
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Strategy builds $4.75 billion cash cushion as only bitcoin isn’t enough for investors

Strategy is holding billions in cash after learning that traditional investors don’t necessarily view its massive bitcoin reserves as a substitute for dollars.

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Finance

Grayscale quietly drops Cardano, Polkadot and Hedera ETF plans

The asset manager said it no longer intends to proceed with the offerings. None became effective, and no securities were issued or sold.

(Grayscale)

Markets

Solana lending giant Jupiter now lets the same dollar earn twice

The new Lend v2 product turns deposits and borrowed assets into trading liquidity, tying higher returns to whether Jupiter’s router can send enough swap flow to the new vaults.

A 100 dollar bill on table (Live Richer/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitmine’s ETH buying slows as Tom Lee's firm shifts capital to share buybacks

Chairman Tom Lee said easing financial conditions could support crypto, even as the CLARITY Act failed to reach a Senate vote before the August recess.

Tom Lee Consensus Hong Kong 2026
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Finance

Solana gets its first Strategy STRC product through Solstice Finance

The Solana vault splits income from Strategy’s preferred stock into a lower-risk senior token and a higher-risk junior token.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Markets

Strategy sells 1,690 bitcoin, raises $653 million from MSTR shares

The company increased its USD reserve to $4.65 billion while reducing its bitcoin holdings to 840,447 BTC

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk Television)

Finance

Crypto exchange Coinsbuy loses $8 million in coordinated two-blockchain attack

Onchain forensics tie a single actor to an $8 million coordinated drain across TRON and Ethereum, with most funds routed through FixedFloat and the attack vector still unknown.

Hacker facing screens with lines of code (Boitumelo/Unsplash)

Finance

UK’s FCA to regulate tokenized gold to preserve London’s place as the top hub for bullion

The FCA said it will 'have more to say on' their approach to tokenization, as it draws up rules to put assets on the blockchain.

Gold bars (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash)
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