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Visa Widens Stablecoin Payouts via Zerohash Rails

Visa is widening its stablecoin payout capabilities through Zerohash rails, positioning the crypto infrastructure firm as the backend enabler for moving and settling stablecoin payouts across Visa Direct.

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Circle Names Visa, Mastercard, and BlackRock as Validators for Arc Launch

Circle has named Visa, Mastercard, and BlackRock among the founding validator cohort for Arc, its upcoming blockchain, ahead of a September 16 mainnet launch.

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Eliza founder says AI token is ‘dead’ and shuts down foundation after lawsuit settlement

The founder of the Eliza artificial intelligence project has described the associated AI token as "dead" and moved to shut down the project's foundation following a lawsuit settlement, in one of the more abrupt reversals to hit an AI-linked crypto venture.

Ethereum

Ethereum Proposal Weighs Zero Staking Rewards at 50% ETH Staked

The clearest confirmed point is procedural. An Ethereum Magicians discussion titled “EIP-8361: Tapered Issuance Burn” shows that the zero-reward idea is being circulated as a written proposal, which supports calling it a live governance debate rather than a client release or protocol activation.

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Coldcard Hack Sparks Self-Custody Security Overhaul: Cory Klippsten

CoinDesk's August 5 report is the only directly named source in the brief that ties the phrase "self-custody security overhaul" to Cory Klippsten, while TechCrunch's August 4 coverage and Fortune's August 3 report show the incident had already widened into a broader hardware-wallet security story.

Bitcoin

Hashdex to Shut Down Bitcoin ETF After Asset Struggles

Hashdex is set to shut down its Bitcoin ETF after struggling to gain assets, telling shareholders in an SEC filing that it will dissolve and liquidate the fund, halt trading on August 17, 2026, and return cash to investors later that month.

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Former FBI Agent Charged With Stealing Nearly $1 Million in Crypto

A former FBI agent has been charged in connection with the alleged theft of nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency, according to court records and news reports, in a case that places a onetime federal law enforcement official at the center of a digital-asset criminal proceeding.

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Coldcard Exploit Raises Questions About Air-Gapped Bitcoin Wallet Security

A reported Coldcard exploit rooted in weak seed-generation entropy has put air-gapped Bitcoin wallet security under scrutiny, after Coinkite warned that seeds created on affected firmware may be at risk and secondary reporting put observed losses near $114 million.