Monthly Archives: August 2026

The “sickening” loss of $90 million of Bitcoin from cold storage weighs heavily on sentiment, as the Clarity Act stalls with just five days left to hold a Senate vote. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/coldcard-exploit-sparks-bitcoin-flight-clarity-act-no-vote-or-no-vote-hodlers-digest-august-2?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Investors have previously benefited from a payout boost when the preferred STRC shares traded well below their $100 par value for a month. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/strategy-leaves-preferred-strc-dividend-at-12-price-still-below-par?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

BNB Chain said a former employee allegedly used a company tutorial wallet to create a memecoin that the company says it did not authorize or endorse. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bnb-chain-legal-action-ex-employee-memecoin?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Trump Media transferred another 2,628 Bitcoin to Crypto.com, bringing its reported sales over seven months to 7,281 BTC and leaving the company with 4,261 BTC in holdings. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-media-2628-btc-crypto-com-4261-btc-holdings?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin users moved 39,600 BTC in small transactions as the Coldcard hack continued, with researchers warning that the attack remained active. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/coldcard-biggest-sub-1-btc-transfer-ftx-cryptoquant?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

A case tied to defunct crypto exchange FTX moves forward, a soldier seeks to dismiss over a Polymarket bet and a former congressman was ordered to pay $35,000 for manipulative trading. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/on-chain-in-court-crypto-legal-news4?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

State officials reported that Minnesota residents, and largely senior citizens, had lost about $1 million from scams tied to crypto kiosks from 2023 to 2025. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/minnesota-crypto-atm-ban-losses-scams?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Michigan incumbent Shri Thanedar’s re-election bid against other Democratic candidates is getting more about crypto with an infusion of ads funded by an industry-aligned PAC. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-pac-michigan-thanedar-mckinney?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Russia has added Moscow, the Moscow Region and parts of Kursk Region to its cryptocurrency mining ban list, citing power supply concerns behind the restrictions. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/russia-expands-crypto-mining-ban-moscow-2032?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Galaxy Research identified 1,196 addresses that lost 1,082.65 Bitcoin in a 41-minute window, expanding the estimated scope of the Coldcard wallet incident. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/coldcard-bitcoin-loss-estimate-70-million-galaxy-analysis?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound