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Corporate crypto accounts on HTX face a complete dead end with zero legal exit routes when EU sanctions strike on August 23
EU sanctions rules will bar direct and indirect transactions with HTX from Aug. 23 when those dealings fall within the bloc's jurisdiction. For some individuals still needing to exit the exchange, an ordinary withdrawal will then require a narrow authorization from a national aut...
August 3, 2026
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Italy's biggest bank just slashed its Bitcoin ETF call position by 99% to triple down on staked Ethereum
Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest banking group, cut the underlying-share amount of its reported iShares Bitcoin Trust ET...
Aug 3
Over 400 million locked XRP face a quiet October deadline as the Evernorth SPAC takes a $135,000 lifeline
Armada Acquisition Corp. II, the SPAC seeking to take XRP treasury operator Evernorth Holdings public, has borrowed $135...
Aug 3
Researchers just uncovered 4,200 malicious smart contracts that successfully tricked 5,700 victims into signing away their crypto
Simulating transfers using safety tools inside crypto wallets can show a small gain even when the final transaction send...
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August 3, 2026•Cryptocurrency
Where did Trump Media’s 5,278 BTC go? Trackers spot $165 million Bitcoin transfer leaving just 3.43 BTC
Trump Media & Technology Group moved 2,628 BTC on Aug. 2, bringing the sum of two recently reported Bitcoin movements to within 3.43 BTC of the portion of its March holdings not id...
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August 3, 2026•Cryptocurrency
Solana just boosted block capacity by a massive 66%, but the one bottleneck infuriating traders hasn't budged
Solana raised the maximum computation allowed per block from 60 million to 100 million compute units on July 29, a 66.7% jump that gives unrelated transactions more room without ch...
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August 3, 2026•Cryptocurrency
How Coinbase plans to force-settle and instantly recreate institutional positions on Deribit within a 30-minute window
Coinbase expects to move Coinbase International Exchange institutional accounts, balances, and positions to Deribit on Sept. 9, a planned cutover that would cancel open orders, set...
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August 3, 2026•Cryptocurrency
Kraken is force-selling 7 delisted tokens into dead markets, warning users insufficient liquidity could result in zero proceeds.
Kraken will begin automatically liquidating seven delisted tokens today, Aug. 3 after closing withdrawals for affected clients. Any PLANCK, AIR, MICHI, FLY, ANLOG, TERM or STRD lef...
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August 3, 2026•Cryptocurrency
No dice? Your Bitcoin hardware wallet is probably not as secure as you thought it was
Most people don't realize that an air-gapped Bitcoin wallet can keep a private key away from the internet for years and still be vulnerable from the moment its seed was created. Co...
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August 3, 2026•Cryptocurrency
Five days, a 30% chance, and a battle over Trump’s crypto profits: Inside the Senate’s scramble to pass CLARITY Act before Friday
The CLARITY Act enters the Senate's final scheduled week before the August recess. Monday's floor schedule opens with H.R. 6500, a government funding vehicle, and CLARITY has yet t...
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