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This incident highlights the critical need for robust credential management in blockchain firms to prevent unauthorized actions post-employment. BNB Chain disavows unauthorized meme token linked to former employee.
Crypto
Chainlink continues to expand its strategic reserves, with data showing the protocol added 706,809 LINK tokens to the portfolio in July. According to the data shared today by market analyst CryptoJack, Chainlink now holds over $5.
Strategy shares fell 4.56% to $93.28 on July 31 after the company reported an $8.22 billion quarterly loss and prioritized restoring its STRC preferred stock to its $100 par value. Strategy stock slides after $8.
Bitcoin's diminished role as a payment method shifts focus to stablecoins and AI, prompting strategic pivots in mining and investment strategies. MARA CEO Fred Thiel says Bitcoin has missed its chance as a payment method.
Ethena (ENA) price continues to consolidate within a multi-month falling wedge on the daily chart, with price trading just below a key descending resistance trendline. While the broader market structure remains bearish, the narrowing price range and sustained derivatives activity indicate that volatility could be building ahead of the next significant move.
HIP-3 volume market share rose to 65%, further elevating TradeXYZ's dominance risk.
Strategy booked an $8.22 billion quarterly loss and Coinbase missed again. Here is what crypto's brutal earnings week means for Bitcoin.
Bitcoin briefly broke below $63,000 on Friday, with the reason sitting 6,000 miles away. America bought Japanese yen for the first time in 28 years.
Solana (SOL) remained stuck in a narrow trading range on Friday, even as its broader ecosystem logged a string of adoption and infrastructure developments that could shape medium-term sentiment. The token hovered around the low-$70s amid softer volume and a cautious risk backdrop, but news tied to NFTs, payments, and institutional products continued to reinforce the network's longer-term growth narrative.
Galaxy Research identified 1,196 addresses that lost 1,082.65 Bitcoin in a 41-minute window, expanding the estimated scope of the Coldcard wallet incident.
PUMP and PI are also well in the green on a daily scale.
Pump.fun laid off employees in early April 2026, two months before a quarter of their PUMP token grants were due to vest, according to a termination email, a meeting recording, and a grant agreement described in Sandmark's reporting. Separately, on-chain data shows the company's own team and investors received a large PUMP unlock in mid-July, three days later than the scheduled date, and for less than the full scheduled amount. Nothing in the confirmed record establishes a link between the two; Baton Corporation's overdue UK accounts, due since 30 June, remain the one document that could still clarify how many employees were actually affected.
Bitcoin's 49% decline shouldn't mask the fact that the network is still operating as intended. XRP has potential utility in certain areas, but value creation for token holders is a big question mark.
AAVE just shed 7% in a single session to $90.93, landing near the lower Bollinger Band while top traders quietly press 61% long — if the $88.
Texas broke its all-time electricity demand record twice in two days last week. ERCOT served a preliminary 91,308 megawatts around 5 p.m.
After an 8.45% single-session flush to $0.
HBAR is coiled at $0.07 in a volatility squeeze, with top-trader positioning sitting 63% long — but a 29% gap to the 200-day SMA makes $0.09 the make-or-break level for 2026. Break it and $0.
WIF is pinned at $0.14 with every meaningful moving average stacked overhead as resistance and taker sell flow consuming 56% of all volume — a breakdown toward $0.
PEPE's stochastic oscillator is printing an oversold crossover from the low-20s while RSI idles at neutral and MACD stays in bearish territory — this setup has the fingerprints of a short-term tact
Bitcoin price hovered near $63,000 on Aug. 1 as US ETF outflows, weakening momentum and regulatory uncertainty kept buyers on the sidelines. Bitcoin price struggles to hold $63,000 According to data from crypto.
