NYSE President Lynn Martin says the exchange is building a platform for onchain settlement of tokenized securities, joining Wall Street’s clearinghouse in a push to move stock trading onto blockchain rails.

North Korea-linked hacking group Kimsuky is building and testing an expanding arsenal of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that researchers say could eventually help automate phishing, analyze stolen data and sharpen malware development.

Yeh fell to his death from the 30th floor of the Jade Park Building, one of the highest residential complexes located in Asuncion, Paraguay. Police are investigating whether Yeh, who was found totally naked and covered by a black bag, was alone at the time of his fall.

Bitcoin has lost roughly 49% from its October 2025 record high, yet months of Middle East war, institutional dumping, security failures and bitter Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) battles still haven’t cracked the $60,000 line. The bloodletting may not be finished, but after absorbing nearly every bearish catalyst thrown at it, this is increasingly looking like bitcoin’s mildest bear market yet.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the network’s priorities have shifted so much since 2023 that he had to redraw his own roadmap.

Bitcoin fell below $64,000 on Aug. 10 after briefly reaching an intraday high of $65,416. The sudden price drop erased nearly 2% of bitcoin’s market capitalization, reducing it to $1.28 trillion and wiping out over $47 million in long leveraged positions.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies scooped up another 7,391 ether tokens last week, lifting its ethereum war chest to 5.81 million ETH and putting the company within striking distance of controlling 5% of the entire ethereum supply.

World Liberty Financial’s largest disclosed token purchase traces back to a Chinese businessman under active UK investigation for money laundering, the New York Times reported, with up to $75 million flowing to Trump family and Witkoff-linked entities.

Dormant bitcoin is moving at a dramatically faster pace in August, with 2,209.05 BTC leaving long-idle addresses during the first 10 days of the month, already 74.7% more than the 1,264.16 BTC tracked across all of July.

Meta launched Muse Glimmer, an AI model that can run on a personal computer instead of relying entirely on cloud servers. It can help users manage files, write code and complete multi-step tasks even without an internet connection.

MARA sold 23,093 bitcoin during the first half of 2026, marking a significant shift from its earlier accumulation strategy. The miner is also borrowing against its remaining BTC to finance expansion without issuing new equity.

Bitcoin mining pool OCEAN revealed that a configuration issue caused some miners to unknowingly mine on the stalled BIP-110 chain for roughly 18 hours. The pool said it will distribute approximately 0.3 bitcoin in direct rebate payments to match the rewards miners would have earned on the main chain.

Strategy sold 1,690 bitcoin for $108.6 million last week, using the proceeds to repurchase its STRC preferred stock as Michael Saylor’s company reshuffled a balance sheet still dominated by bitcoin.

An anonymous bitcoin holder has offloaded more than 7,500 BTC since mid-July, including another 1,019 BTC just hours ago, deepening questions about who is behind one of the market’s largest recent sell streaks.

Grayscale has quietly withdrawn its Cardano, Hedera and Polkadot exchange-traded fund (ETF) registrations within three minutes of each other, ending three attempts to bring the tokens to U.S. markets without explanation.