Sunday, August 9, 2026

CLARITY Stalls, Coldcard Fallout Continues, Bitcoin Barely Budges

This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week, with a comment on each story. Last Friday, Bitcoin dropped from $64.7K to $62.8K, […]

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Where Stolen Crypto Really Goes: Inside the 45-Day Laundering Machine

Hacker standing against a sci-fi backgroundHackers stole $3.4 billion in crypto in 2025 and topped $1 billion again in the first half of 2026. Once the coins start moving, investigators have roughly 45 days before the trail goes cold. Six Years, More Than $16 Billion Gone Crypto theft is no longer a phase that the digital asset industry is slowly […]

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VALR’s Ehsani Warns Crypto Curbs Could Reduce Regulatory Oversight

Farzam Ehsani slams latest SARB crypto regulations proposalsVALR co-founder and CEO Farzam Ehsani warned that South Africa’s proposed cross-border crypto regulations could severely harm the local digital asset sector, stifle innovation, and drive capital offshore. Corporate Limits and Illicit Flow Risks South Africa’s new proposed cross-border cryptocurrency framework risks severely damaging the domestic digital asset industry and driving financial activity underground unless […]

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Saturday, August 8, 2026

Bitcoin Wallets Spike to 2026 High as Coldcard Hack Fallout Spreads

Wallet spike in relation to BTCBitcoin logged 2.27 million new wallets and 751,000 active wallets this week, its strongest onchain activity in months, as holders raced to move funds off Coldcard hardware wallets following a firmware exploit that has drained more than $116 million. A Security-Driven Surge, Not a Buying Spree Santiment put out onchain figures this week, describing 751,000 […]

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Musk’s SpaceX Stock Rallies 6% as Tokenized Volume Hits $700M

Gate SPCX volumeTokenized SpaceX shares saw nearly $700 million in trading volume on Gate as the underlying stock rallied 6.1% to around $114.92, bucking expectations that a 911.5 million-share unlock would send Elon Musk’s space company lower. A $700 Million Bet on One Day’s News Gate’s tokenized SPCX product lets crypto traders worldwide gain price exposure to […]

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Circle Renews Coinbase USDC Deal and Rules Out Dividends

Circle logo on mobile phoneCircle has renewed its longstanding USDC partnership with Coinbase on existing terms, preserving a key distribution channel for the stablecoin. The company also ruled out quarterly dividends, saying capital can generate stronger returns by funding growth. Circle Says No to Quarterly Dividends as Growth Takes Priority Circle Internet Group is keeping two pillars of its […]

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Friday, August 7, 2026

Cathie Wood’s Ark Buys $21M in Block, $2.3M in SpaceX

Image of Cathie Wood talking in a studio.Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest bought $21 million in Block shares and $2.3 million in SpaceX stock, doubling down on two companies sitting at the intersection of bitcoin and Elon Musk’s business empire. Ark’s Latest Trades Ark Invest, the asset management firm founded by Cathie Wood and known for publishing its daily trading activity, disclosed purchases […]

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