Monthly Archives: August 2026

Nasdaq-listed PowerCompute refinanced $18 million of debt through a Bitcoin-backed facility carrying an initial interest rate of about 2%. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-collateral-cuts-powercompute-debt-rate?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

US-listed Bitcoin ETFs attracted $244.4 million on Wednesday, marking three consecutive inflow days for a combined $626 million. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/markets/bitcoin-etf-244-million-three-day-inflow-streak-626-million?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Criminals are reportedly using fake websites and falsified documents to target customers searching for licensed crypto providers. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-watchdogs-mica-crypto-impersonation-scams?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said she is “prepared to act” if inflation remains too high above the Fed’s target rate. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/markets/feds-cook-warns-persistent-inflation-could-prompt-rate-hike?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Eliza Labs founder Shaw Walters said the project transferred its remaining treasury to settle a tokenholder lawsuit and will continue building Eliza without an associated cryptocurrency. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/markets/elizaos-token-record-low-founder-declares-dead?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The incident reportedly stemmed from a misconfigured testing environment, adding Meta to a growing list of AI firms whose models have escaped evaluation sandboxes. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/meta-latest-ai-firm-to-see-model-go-rogue-during-testing?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Cash App and Square drove better-than-expected results, while the company said it expanded its use of AI across software engineering. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/markets/block-raises-2026-outlook-strong-quarter-says-ai-touches-nearly-all-code?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Mysten Labs’ co-founder Sam Blackshear said he is joining Anthropic as AI shifts the balance between attackers and defenders. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/mysten-labs-tech-chief-joins-anthropic-to-work-on-ai-security?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

“There’s a lot of chaos right now in the ecosystem. We absolutely understand that many people are being bombarded with security issues right now,” said Bitcoin developer Calle. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-red-team-reports-5k-findings-in-sweeping-security-audit?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Cash App and Square drove better-than-expected results, while the company said it expanded its use of AI across software engineering. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/block-raises-2026-outlook-on-strong-quarter-says-ai-touches-nearly-all-code?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound