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BitcoinRare CME Shift as Hedge Funds Cut Structural Bitcoin Shorts
The change concerns leveraged-fund positioning in CME bitcoin futures, the category that captures much of the hedge fund activity in regulated crypto derivatives. Long and short exposure by trader type is broken out weekly in the CFTC financial futures report .
NewsBybit Sues North Korea Over $1.5B Hack, Wins Asset Freeze
Bybit has sued North Korea over the roughly $1. 5 billion hack of the exchange and secured a court order freezing stolen assets, marking one of the most aggressive legal responses yet by a crypto exchange to a state-linked theft.
NewsNorth Korea’s Kimsuky Uses AI in Crypto and Finance Cyberattacks
The findings, published August 9, 2026, describe a state-linked espionage crew moving beyond generic AI text generation toward operational tooling that supports malware development, data analysis, and attack automation.
NewsRobinhood Launches Crypto Trading in the UK Through Its App
Robinhood has launched crypto trading in the UK through its app, extending the company’s Robinhood UK crypto trading offering to retail investors in one of Europe’s largest financial markets.
NewsMastercard to Acquire Stablecoin Firm BVNK in $1.8 Billion Deal
Mastercard is the buyer, and BVNK, a company that builds stablecoin payment infrastructure rather than issuing a consumer-facing coin, is the target.
NewsRobinhood Adds Crypto Trading to UK App via Bitstamp
Robinhood has added crypto trading to its UK app through Bitstamp, extending the company’s local product lineup and giving British users a route to buy and sell digital assets inside the Robinhood app. The move places Bitstamp at the center of Robinhood’s UK crypto rollout.
NewsBrazil Tightens Crypto Fraud Controls With 24-Hour Wallet Delay
Brazil is moving to tighten crypto fraud controls with a new 24-hour waiting period on transfers from exchanges to self-custody wallets, a measure framed as an anti-fraud safeguard rather than a restriction on the right to hold crypto directly.
BitcoinBitcoin Spot ETFs Add $853M as BlackRock IBIT Leads
Daily net flow data for the spot Bitcoin ETF category is tracked through issuer and aggregator dashboards such as Farside’s flow tables , which break down contributions fund by fund. The latest reading extends a pattern of concentrated demand around the largest issuers.
NewsOver 100 Crypto Projects Shut Down in 2026 as Industry Shakeout Deepens
The core claim, that more than 100 crypto projects have folded in 2026 , was reported by CoinDesk in an article dated August 9, 2026. It describes the closures as part of a broad contraction taking place this year.
Press ReleasesCashelix Launches CASX Token Presale to Fuel the Future of Blockchain P2P Transactions
CASX introduces a structured crypto presale with predefined timelines, fixed round-specific hard caps, transparent tokenomics, and utility centered on the Cashelix P2P payment ecosystem.
BitcoinBitcoin BIP-110 signaling phase begins at block 961,632
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 soft fork attempt has entered its signaling phase at block 961,632, marking the point where miners begin indicating whether they support the proposed change.
NewsRussia Hardware Wallet Sales More Than Double Ahead of New Crypto Rules
Electronics retailer M. Video said hardware-wallet unit sales on its marketplace rose 107% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the first quarter, while category turnover climbed 92% over the same period.