Crypto for Sunday, August 2, 2026

• PayPal Betting Big on Stablecoins After Disclosing Q2 Results
• After 3 reverse stock splits and a $13.5M loss, this real estate firm bet $8M on crypto it may not be allowed to withdraw
• Coldcard exploit sparks Bitcoin flight, ‘bullish’ crypto consolidation: Hodler’s Digest, August 2
• A tiny cluster of Solana bots unlocked a 3x trading advantage by routing through one proprietary protocol
• Grok AI Predicts Bitcoin Will Blow Past Its Old Record by End of 2027
• Robinhood’s Q2 Revenue Hits Record $1.31B as Prediction Markets Fuel 10x Surge in Event Contracts
• How Interactive Strength erased a $50M FET token bet and sent common shareholders to the back of the line
• CLARITY Act vanishes from Monday’s Senate schedule, triggering 72-hour countdown to save it before recess
• Teleprompter Operator Accused in Kalshi Betting Case Is No Longer a Federal Employee
• Another crypto wallet pulls the plug tomorrow with no exact cutoff, leaving users racing to rescue tokens
• Trump Media Sells Another $165M in Bitcoin, Booking a Fresh Loss
• Bitcoin vs. Ethereum ETF Battle: Who Won July?
• XRP extends the longest active ETF inflow streak in crypto as rival funds struggle for fresh cash
• Counting down the days: State of Crypto
• Ripple (XRP) ETF Monthly Recap: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
• Coldcard’s $89M wallet bug triggers the biggest Bitcoin movement since FTX and completely distorts market signals
• Coldcard Bitcoin Exploit Balloons to $88 Million as Attackers Keep Draining Wallets
• Why a DeFi platform ditched its consumer app to become the secret backend for tech giants
• The US just blacklisted the Iranian maritime scheme forcing commercial ships to pay Bitcoin tolls for safe passage
• The future of crypto payments won't include on-ramps or bridges, Fun CEO says
• How XRPL validators quietly killed a silent exploit that could have drained victim accounts through transaction fees alone
• Strategy leaves preferred STRC dividend at 12% as price still below par
• What’s the Deal With Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’?
• Why Is Cardano (ADA) Up 9% Today While the Crypto Market Stalls?
• Trump’s legal loophole around the Supreme Court is keeping inflation alive – and trapping Bitcoin in the Fed’s crosshairs
• Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH’s Double Rejection at $2K Spells More Trouble Ahead
• XRP Price Analysis: Is a Drop Below $1 Inevitable as Sellers Stay in Control?
• Bitcoin Price Analysis: Will the Next Liquidity Sweep Push BTC Below $60K?
• New York asks judge to force Kalshi to hand over the names, wagers, and losses of its local bettors
• The reverse bridge: Crypto meets Wall Street using perps
• Ethereum just outpaced Bitcoin with $365 million in ETF inflows, but on-chain data shows the real bottom isn’t in yet
• Unlike the FTX collapse, the $89 million Coldcard exploit has investors sending bitcoin back to exchanges
• The sudden collapse of a $20 billion AI fund reveals why Bitcoin is the first thing Wall Street sells when margin calls hit
• Ethereum Just Had Its Best Month in a Year: Can ETH Keep Rallying in August?
• BNB Chain pursues legal action after ex-employee’s memecoin launch
• XRP Price Prediction: Japan Just Made It Insanely Easy to Get Free XRP with a Credit Card
• Why a sudden 5,500 BTC drop in leveraged short positions failed to deliver the bullish confirmation Bitcoin traders wanted
• Donald Trump releases the $1.2 million data feed that lets Wall Street front-run his market-moving policy announcements
• Trump Media sells another 2,628 BTC, holdings fall to 4,261 BTC
• July’s Biggest Ripple (XRP) Stories: RLUSD Expansion, AI, and Institutional Adoption
• Coldcard hack sparks biggest sub-1 BTC move since FTX: CryptoQuant
• Cardano Rockets by 9%, Bitcoin Reclaims $63K After War De-Escalation: Weekend Watch
• Bitcoin Price Rebounds as Trump Calls Off Iran Strikes and Hints at a Deal
• Strategy Posts $8.2B Q2 Loss as Coinbase Revenue Falls 19%
• Funding stock buybacks by selling your primary reserve asset is a dangerous game, but Lite Strategy just pulled it off without using a dime of debt
• Bitcoin ETFs just bled $265M in a brutal 24 hours, and Ethereum’s supposed rescue is another BlackRock illusion
• Bitwise is liquidating six crypto option ETFs that offered 25% payouts while returning investors’ own capital