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BTCPay LND flaw: patch 2.4.2 after live theft
BTCPay Server says LND macaroon theft is actively exploited; operators on builds before 2.4.2 should patch to 2.4.2 or take nodes offline now.
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MARA Q2: more hashrate, smaller Bitcoin stack
MARA Holdings Q2 2026 grew energized hashrate while cutting its Bitcoin stack 29% after selling most coins mined; CleanSpark printed soft mining revenue beside a $6.6B Sandersville lease.
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Circle Q2: USDC float grows as reserve yield thins
Circle’s Q2 2026 print shows $701M revenue and reserve income with $73.3B USDC in circulation, while reserve yield compression capped income growth at 5%.
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Circle Arc: BlackRock to Visa join founding validators
Circle named BlackRock, Visa, DTCC, Mastercard and peers as Arc founding validators ahead of a September 16, 2026 public mainnet, with BUIDL and DTCC tokenization still on the…
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Wells Fargo tokenized deposits join the bank rails race
Wells Fargo will launch tokenized deposits this fall for select corporate USD-GBP flows, keeping commercial bank money on-chain as banks push back against stablecoin settlement rails.
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Mastercard closes BVNK: stablecoin rails go institutional
Mastercard completed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK on Aug. 3, 2026. The desk's read: treat the close as a rails story, not a finished volume story,…
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BlackRock BRSRV: tokenized cash for stablecoin reserves
BlackRock launched BRSRV and BSTBL OnChain Shares for stablecoin reserve managers under GENIUS. SEC prospectus details, Solana and Ethereum rails, and our falsifiable adoption claim.
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Strategy sells 1,638 BTC to fund dividends, STRC
Strategy sold 1,638 BTC for about $104.7 million in the week through August 2, using proceeds for preferred dividends and STRC buybacks while the USD Reserve rose to…
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Bitget exits Japan: venue risk before 2027 rules
Bitget is ending services for Japan residents on a staged calendar through Dec. 31, 2026. Our read: this is venue compliance under Japan’s new financial-instrument rules, not a…
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Coldcard weak seeds: Bitcoin cold storage under fire
Coinkite’s Coldcard advisories and Block’s engineering write-up detail a seed RNG failure while Galaxy-tracked sweeps near 1,367 BTC. Mira Chen on what cold storage still means.