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An unlicensed Dubai exchange called Shelbit processed at least $4 billion for Iran's IRGC-linked gambling empire and sanctioned entities including Iran's central bank, with $676 mi…
Banco Santander disclosed 129,615 shares of BlackRock's IBIT worth $4.31 million in its Q2 2026 SEC 13F filing, the first time the Spanish bank has appeared on a Bitcoin ETF shareh…
Coinkite has issued an urgent security advisory for Coldcard Mk3 devices running firmware 4.0.1 through 5.0.3, warning that seeds generated under those versions may be compromised…
Gelephu Mindfulness City has named 3iQ Corp. as the first external manager of its sovereign Bitcoin treasury, drawing from a pledge of up to 10,000 BTC. It is the first time a Bitc…
Central banks purchased a Q2 record 288.9 tonnes of gold, up 62% year-over-year, led by Poland and China buying into a 16% quarterly price drop. The WGC survey shows 74% of reserve…
Satsuma Technology shareholders voted more than 90% on July 20 to liquidate 668 BTC and cancel the company's LSE listing, overruling four of six board members. Shareholders will re…
Hyperscale Data (NYSE: GPUS) sold approximately 100 Bitcoin from its corporate treasury on July 30, 2026, directing proceeds to its Michigan AI data center campus while retaining 1…
Leopold Aschenbrunner's Situational Awareness LP sold its entire public equity portfolio to a single unnamed buyer on July 30 after margin calls from three prime brokers. Bitcoin m…
Vida Global (NYSE: VIDA) began paying global team members in Bitcoin via Lightning on July 30, 2026, using Voltage Credit's revolving USD credit line. No Bitcoin touches the balanc…
Three FOMC dissenters wanted to hike immediately. The 30-year Treasury yield hit its highest point since July 2007. Bitcoin spot ETF flows are tracking the worst monthly total on r…
Ofgem launched a consultation July 29 on a commitment fee of £237,500 to £712,500 per megawatt for data centre projects holding UK grid connection queue spots. The queue has triple…
Vanguard's VTSAX added 269,200 shares of Strive Inc. (ASST), bringing its total position to approximately 1.98 million shares worth ~$23.7 million, per BitcoinTreasuries.NET. The p…
The BLM approved what is believed to be the first-ever AI data center on U.S. public land in Boulder City, Nevada, recycling a 19 MW solar project's environmental review to greenli…
A Reuters investigation published July 29 finds Iran is weeks from receiving up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired missiles through a Hong Kong shell company, directly contradictin…
Raphael Zagury, Twenty One Capital's new CEO, told a Miami audience two days after taking the job that the premium-funded Bitcoin treasury model can't generate easy returns forever…
Brookfield and NextEra announced July 29 a $100B AI data center campus at the DOE's former Paducah uranium enrichment site, targeting 1.8 GW of utility capacity backed by up to 4.6…
UAE sovereigns and companies have issued a record $30.3 billion in bonds through July 28, 2026, up one-third year-over-year, as Gulf states race to fund Hormuz bypass infrastructur…
Russia's FSB charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov in absentia on July 29, 2026, under Article 205.1 of Russia's Criminal Code and issued an international arrest warrant. A convicti…
Fidelity marketed FBTC's Fidelity Digital Asset Services custody as the differentiator that set it apart from every other spot Bitcoin ETF. The fund's SEC registration statement co…
Anthropic's unreleased Claude Mythos Preview cracked HAWK-256, a NIST third-round post-quantum signature candidate, in roughly 60 hours at a cost of ~$100,000, cutting the scheme's…
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