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Mining

Ocean Buys Out Luke Dashjr as the Two Split Over Mining's Future

A joint statement dated 29 August says Dashjr resigned as Ocean's chairman, CTO and director and that Mummolin repurchased all his equity. No price was given.

· 31 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Bitcoin Holds $78,000 as September Hike Odds Stall Below 60%

Two CME FedWatch readings for a September rate increase came in at 57.5% and 58% on Monday. Bitcoin held just under $78,000 as August's last session ran.

· 31 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Zcash Wallet Proofs Get 14x Faster on Mobile With No Fork Needed

Zakura's new library cuts shielded transaction creation from over three seconds to under 200 milliseconds in many cases. No consensus change is involved.

· 31 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

DeFi

Cronos Halts Its Chain After an Estimated $75M Tectonic Exploit

Validators stopped block production on Sunday after an attacker inflated TONIC about 100-fold and borrowed against it. The loss estimates do not agree.

· 31 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

Bitfinex Securities Puts a $1.6B Nickel Stockpile Behind a $50M Token

ALKN is backed by about 7 million metres of nickel wire held in a Swiss vault. Whether the $50 million is raised or still being raised depends on the outlet.

· 30 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

DeFi

Cosmos Labs Says It Misgraded the Bug Behind a $5.7M Six-Chain Hack

A postmortem published Friday says Cosmos Labs could not reproduce the flaw on 18-decimal chains and cleared it in May. Attackers took $5.7 million in August.

· 30 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Ripple Sets Out a Four-Stage Path to a Quantum-Safe XRP Ledger

Ripple's engineering lead described four stages of post-quantum work on the XRP Ledger, with the network-wide amendment targeted for 2028. The stage dates differ by account.

· 30 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Bitcoin ETFs Snap a Nine-Day Run With a $202 Million Outflow

US spot bitcoin funds shed about $202 million on Friday, ending nine sessions of inflows worth $3.04 billion. Ether, XRP and Solana funds kept buying.

· 30 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

Circle Puts USDC on Chelsea's Shirt in a Premier League First

Circle becomes Chelsea's principal partner and front-of-shirt sponsor from 2026/27. Neither side disclosed a fee, and the reported estimates disagree.

· 30 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Fogo Halts Its Mainnet After 400 Million Tokens Left Its Wallets

The Fogo Foundation says an unknown actor took 400 million FOGO from its wallets. The chain stopped about fifteen hours after it said all was normal.

· 30 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Mining

IREN's AI Cloud Revenue Overtakes Mining as the Loss Hits $684M

AI cloud brought IREN $70.5 million in the June quarter against $66.7 million from bitcoin mining, the first time the split has gone that way. The quarter cost $684 million.

· 29 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

DeFi

Ethena Moves USDe Backing Into Equity Perpetuals as Yields Shrink

Ethena is putting USDe's backing into equity perpetual trades that paid 14% to 17.5% over the summer, while bitcoin funding kept falling. A fee-switch vote runs alongside.

· 29 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read