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Today’s highlights
- “You stole, please return some.” Coldcard hacker’s wallet becomes a graffiti wall of pleas and hustles — 2026-08-05
- A wallet holding $36 million in stolen bitcoin has become an unlikely public message board, as hack victims and opportunists pay to leave permanent notes for the thief.
- Bitcoin flat at $64,000 as stocks print records and Hormuz deal nears — 2026-08-05
- BTC held near $64,000 as MSCI’s world index set another peak and Brent fell toward a Hormuz deal. Ether is the only major down on the week.
- Bybit’s EU payments arm secures Austrian e-money license — 2026-08-05
- Bybit’s Austrian payments subsidiary gained regulatory approval to develop card, merchant, open-banking and person-to-person payment services.
- Ethereum researchers want to rein in staking; critics say it could backfire — 2026-08-05
- EIP-8363 is a newly published draft proposal that would cut net consensus-layer rewards as the Ethereum staking ratio heads toward 50%.
- SpaceX tops Wall Street revenue forecast, posts $540 million loss on bitcoin holdings — 2026-08-04
- Elon Musk’s space company posted its first earnings as a public company ahead of a major insider share unlock.
- Here’s what happened in crypto today — 2026-08-04
- Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.
- US, UK reaffirm support for stablecoins, tokenization in joint financial regulation talks — 2026-08-04
- In a July 8 meeting, US and UK regulators highlighted the implementation of the GENIUS Act, payment modernization and cross-border cooperation, reinforcing a shared framework for digital asset oversight.
- Open USD rattled Circle’s stock, but its key backers still support USDC — 2026-08-04
- Executives at Coinbase, Visa and Mastercard said they plan to support multiple stablecoins, suggesting Open USD is another payments rail rather than a direct replacement for USDC.