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Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $812.25 million in net outflows on Friday, marking the second-largest single-day exodus in the history of these products. The post Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $812M as Ether ETFs Break 20-Day Inflow Streak appeared first on Cryptonews.

The disappearing Satoshi statue, symbolizing Bitcoin’s anonymity, was stolen in Lugano. Organizers are offering 0.1 BTC to anyone who helps retrieve it. A statue honoring the mysterious Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto has been stolen from Parco Ciani in Lugano, Switzerland. The theft was confirmed by Satoshigallery, the group behind the global Satoshi statue initiative, which is now offering a 0.1 Bitcoin (BTC) reward (worth over $11,000) for information leading to its recovery. “Where is Satoshi?” the group posted on X on Sunday. “You can steal our symbol but you will never be able to steal our souls,” the statement read, reaffirming their commitment to install the statue in 21 cities around the world despite the setback. Read more

A massive Bitcoin theft from 2020 has surfaced nearly four years later, and it's now being called the largest crypto heist ever uncovered. The post Arkham Uncovers $3.5B Bitcoin Theft from Chinese Mining Pool Stolen in 2020, Largest Theft Ever appeared first on Cryptonews.

The layers of disappearing stripes were only empty ground where the illusion of Satoshi, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, fading into code stood since late 2024.

SharpLink spent $108.57 million in USDC over 48 hours to acquire 30,755 ETH, raising its total Ether holdings to 480,031 ETH worth $1.65 billion. SharpLink has continued its aggressive accumulation of Ether, adding another 15,822 ETH, worth approximately $53.9 million, over the past several hours, according to onchain data. The purchases were split across multiple transactions, with the largest single transfer totaling 6,914 Ether (ETH), valued at $23.56 million, according to data from Arkham Intelligence. The new haul brings SharpLink’s total ETH holdings to 480,031 ETH, worth around $1.65 billion at current prices. The buying spree has been ongoing over the past 48 hours, during which the company spent $108.57 million in USDC to acquire 30,755 ETH at an average price of $3,530. Read more

The Federal Reserve held rates steady this week, opting to monitor trade data, which has reduced market odds of a September rate cut and weighed heavily on high-beta assets.

Crypto advertising is often characterized by big promises and technological jargon. Yet, Coinbase’s “Everything Is Fine” campaign stands out for its wicked humor, cultural savvy, and unapologetic take on inflation, the housing market, and the general state of the United Kingdom in 2025. Released on Thursday, Coinbase’s dark satire was quickly spotlighted by Ad Age […] The post Coinbase presents a darkly comic take on the state of the UK with ‘Everything Is Fine’ campaign appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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In its Q2 2025 earnings release, DJT said it had acquired $2B billionin bitcoin and related securities, and allocated $300 million to an options-based BTC strategy.

Bitcoin and Ether could fall back toward the $100,000 and $3,000 level amid concerns of more tariffs, a sluggish credit market and slowed job creation, Arthur Hayes argues. Maelstrom Fund chief investment officer Arthur Hayes has warned that mounting macroeconomic pressures could drag Bitcoin back down to the $100,000 level — and he's already taken crypto profits in anticipation. Hayes linked the recent crypto pullback to renewed tariff fears sparked by the disappointing Non-Farm Payrolls report, which showed just 73,000 new jobs added in the US in July — a sign of economic fragility. Hayes also pointed to sluggish credit growth in major economies stunting nominal gross domestic product growth in warning that Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) could fall further toward the $100,000 and $3,000 levels. Read more

The following is a guest post and opinion of Rostyslav Bortman, Founder of Ethereum Ukraine. Even in wartime Kyiv, innovation doesn’t pause. At ETHKyiv 2025, more than 100 hackers proved it—shipping privacy-first dApps, competing for grants, and showing what’s possible when the world’s toughest challenges meet Web3 grit. But the real shockwaves came from the […] The post 400 TPS and “Ethereum on your phone”: Vitalik Buterin & Tomasz K. Stańczak dropped big news at ETHKyiv 2025 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

XRP may be gearing up for a short-term rebound, crypto companies are beginning to return to the United States, and other news. Crypto companies are beginning to return to the United States as top officials signal a shift toward friendlier regulation and domestic growth. In a Thursday speech at the America First Policy Institute, SEC Chair Paul Atkins called on the country to “reshore the crypto businesses that fled,” reinforcing a broader effort by the administration of President Donald Trump to position the US as a global hub for digital assets. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that the US has entered the “golden age of crypto” and issued a direct call to builders: “Start your companies here. Launch your protocols here. And hire your workers here.” Read more

A victim lost $908,551 in a crypto phishing scam 15 months after signing a malicious approval transaction. The scammer waited until two large deposits were made before striking. A crypto user lost $908,551 to a wallet-draining scam 458 days after unknowingly signing a malicious approval transaction, onchain data shows. The attack originated from an ERC-20 approval transaction — likely signed via a phishing site or fake airdrop — that gave the scammer’s wallet, “0x67E5Ae,” ongoing permission to access the victim’s funds. The scammer — linked to the notorious pink-drainer.eth wallet address — executed the theft on Aug. 2 at 4:57am UTC, stealing $908,551 worth of the USDC (USDC) stablecoin, Scam Sniffer pointed out on X. The theft came 458 days after the victim signed the phishing approval transaction on April 30, 2024. Read more

Bitcoin’s on-chain activity lit up again as Blockstream CEO Adam Back alerted the Bitcoin community to the return of the so-called “Bitfinex whale.” According to Back, this unknown but powerful entity has been accumulating Bitcoin at a staggering rate, purchasing roughly 300 BTC per day over the past 48 hours using time-weighted average price (TWAP) […] The post Bitfinex whale returns: Adam Back sights massive Bitcoin accumulation appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The task force will visit 10 cities from August to December, targeting smaller crypto projects, to hear their perspectives and concerns.

The $3.5 billion heist is the single largest cryptocurrency hack and went unreported by both parties for years, according to Arkham. Chinese mining pool LuBian was hacked in 2020 for 127,426 Bitcoin (BTC), valued at about $3.5 billion at the time, making it the biggest crypto hack in history, according to blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence. The platform retroactively uncovered the heist on Saturday, claiming that LuBian, which emerged as the sixth-largest BTC mining pool at the time, was first hacked on December 28, 2020.  About 90% of the pool’s BTC was stolen by the threat actor before LuBian was able to move its remaining 11,886 BTC to recovery wallets. Neither the platform nor the hacker publicized the attack at the time, the intelligence platform said. Read more

Samourai Wallet co-founders change pleas in $100M laundering case, risking 25 years as DOJ targets crypto privacy tools.

Arkham, a blockchain analytics firm, says it uncovered a five-year-old theft of 127,000 BTC from LuBian, a major 2020 mining pool.

Impermanent loss has been a major factor preventing crypto holders from becoming liquidity providers on decentralized finance platforms. Yield Basis, a protocol developed by the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Curve Finance, mitigates impermanent loss for tokenized Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) liquidity providers (LPs), while also creating a market-based approach to token inflation and emissions, according to Curve founder Dr. Michael Egorov.  Impermanent loss in crypto occurs when the price of assets deposited in a liquidity pool dips or deviates in a way that leaves the user with fewer funds than if they had simply held their crypto and not engaged in liquidity provisioning. Dr. Egorov told Cointelegraph that when funds deposited in a liquidity pool are proportional to the square root of Bitcoin’s price, it creates impermanent loss. The Curve Finance founder said: Read more