BIP-110 backers are aiming for a Sept. 1 launch of a separate BLAKE2b Bitcoin fork, but miner support is thin, infrastructure backing is missing, and replay risks linger. BTC itself stays unchanged unless this breakaway chain finds real traction.
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Australian and U.S. authorities have charged two Western Australian men in a suspected TeamPCP supply-chain cybercrime scheme that may have hit over 1,000 organizations. Investigators say crypto may have been used for payments, but the real damage came from poisoned software and stolen trust.
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Strategy ended its two-month Bitcoin buying pause with a fresh $369.7 million purchase of 4,603 BTC, lifting its total holdings to 845,050 BTC. The move came alongside MSTR share sales, STRC repurchases, and Saylor’s blunt reset: “We’re back.”
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Strive bought another $143 million in Bitcoin, lifting its treasury to 23,156 BTC and putting it in fifth place among public corporate holders. The bullish headline comes with a catch: the spree is being funded through ongoing equity issuance, which means more BTC — and more dilution.
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Bitcoin is holding above $78K, but the rally now depends on ETF inflows staying strong as renewed Fed rate-hike risk clouds the outlook. With $77.1K support and $80K–$83K resistance in play, BTC needs real buying power, not just a short squeeze.
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Ether is holding near $2,500 as Ethereum ETFs log nine straight days of net inflows, a sign that demand for ETH exposure is still alive and well. It’s encouraging, but not a prophecy: inflows support sentiment, not guaranteed price fireworks.
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Tether is pushing back against the BIS, arguing fully reserved stablecoins are safer and more useful than bank-led tokenized deposits. The real battle is over who controls digital dollars: open, reserve-backed money on blockchain rails, or permissioned bank money kept inside the financial system.
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Hong Kong’s regulated stablecoin push is picking up speed: Standard Chartered has become the first bank distributor of HKDAP, while RedotPay says stablecoin card spending has topped $10.9 billion. A new report argues the “sovereign stablecoin era” is already here.
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South Korea is gearing up to make its long-delayed crypto tax bite harder, with wallet-tracing tools, exchange reporting, and cross-border data sharing aimed at private wallets and overseas platforms ahead of the 2027 start date.
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Bitcoin just posted its best August since 2017, jumping about 24% on strong ETF inflows and a brutal short squeeze. But with $80,000 still acting like a ceiling, the real test is whether this rally has legs or just too much leverage.
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