Crypto infrastructure firm Bitgo is replacing Layerzero with Chainlink as the exclusive cross-chain infrastructure provider for wrapped bitcoin (WBTC), marking a major change in how the $7.7 billion token will move across blockchain networks.

Bitdeer has signed a 16-year agreement to provide 121 megawatts of AI computing capacity at its Tydal campus in Norway. The contract could generate as much as $8 billion if an eight-year extension is exercised.

Bitcoin ETFs attracted $170.09 million at the start of the week, with seven funds recording gains and none reporting an outflow. Ether products lost $11.42 million, while XRP edged higher and HYPE resumed its decline.

Michael Saylor told the backers of a contested Bitcoin proposal to “stand down” this week, days before a deadline that could split the network in two.

MARA Foundation says its Slipstream service is now open to anyone, with no signup code required, at the same moment thousands of bitcoin holders are racing to move funds off a flawed hardware wallet.

BNY, the world’s largest custody bank, is folding crypto staking into its digital asset custody platform through a new partnership with Galaxy Digital, marking another step in Wall Street’s push deeper into digital assets.

Boltz, a company that lets people move bitcoin between the main blockchain, the Lightning Network, and the Liquid sidechain, shut down all of its swap services on Aug. 3 after months of automated attacks it said were increasingly powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The timing rattled bitcoiners because the disclosure landed almost alongside the Coldcard disaster, where a firmware failure had already emptied wallets and shattered confidence.

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Tokenized equities are attracting a fast-growing onchain audience as investors seek access beyond conventional market hours. Yet rising wallet counts have not resolved questions about liquidity, ownership rights or secondary-market depth.

Mysten Labs (the development entity behind SUI) co-founder Evan Cheng says every digital payment on the internet will run through Sui within four years, and the network’s 2026 numbers are already backing up the bet.

The National Sheriffs’ Association is renewing its opposition to the CLARITY Act’s decentralized finance (DeFi) provisions, and the Blockchain Association says the law enforcement group has it backwards.

The Coldcard hardware wallet hack has grown to $116 million (potentially more) across four separate waves, and Coinkite says the last three days have been among the hardest in the company’s history.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he still expects a floor vote on the CLARITY Act this week, even as the chamber has just four legislative days left before its August recess.

Michael Saylor is comparing Strategy to Wall Street’s biggest bank, just weeks after JPMorgan itself warned that Strategy’s bitcoin sales policy could rattle the market.

European and U.K. financial institutions are investing heavily in digital asset infrastructure, but regulation is shaping their priorities in different ways. Continental firms are building within an established framework, while U.K. companies are preparing for rules still taking shape.