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G7 Warns of Quantum Computing Threat to Cryptocurrency Security
The Group of Seven (G7), comprising Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, warned in a new report published Saturday, September 5, 2026 (14 Shahrivar 1405), that advances in quantum computing pose a serious threat to current economic infrastructure and cryptographic systems. According to Arzdigital, the group called on governments and the private sector to begin migrating to quantum resistant systems before quantum technologies can decrypt sensitive data. Per the report, while the G7 statement does not name cryptocurrencies directly, the public key algorithms underpinning blockchain and digital wallet security are vulnerable to the threat. Bitcoin developers are studying proposals such as BIP-360 for quantum resistant signatures, Ethereum researchers are working to replace cryptographic components in staking contracts, and the Solana network, which uses EdDSA signatures, has an easier migration path and has already tested post quantum signatures on its test network.
Arzdigital
Coinbase Adds Six New Tokenized Stocks, Including Tesla and SpaceX, to Its Base Network
According to Arzdigital, Coinbase added six new tokenized assets to its Base layer two network on Friday, September 4, 2026 (13 Shahrivar 1405), after recording 228 million dollars in trading volume in the first 30 days of its tokenized stock offering. The new list includes shares of Amazon, Microsoft, Tesla, SanDisk, Strategy and SpaceX, now available to eligible investors as onchain tokens; the addition brings the number of tokenized stocks on Base to 10, joining Apple, Google, Meta and Nvidia. Per the report, the assets are issued under the B20 standard by Coinbase Onchain SPV in the Abu Dhabi Global Market free zone, with Alpaca Securities, registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, handling brokerage and custody. Under US law, the tokens are not available to US citizens, but other eligible investors can hold them in personal wallets and use them as collateral for lending or borrowing on decentralized finance platforms.
Arzdigital
Zcash Tops $1,000 After First US Spot ETF Approval and SEC Closing Its Investigation
According to Arzdigital, the cryptocurrency Zcash topped 1,000 dollars for the first time on Friday, September 4, 2026 (13 Shahrivar 1405), reaching 1,023 dollars on Coinbase, up from under 50 dollars at the start of 2025. The jump followed the US Securities and Exchange Commission's decision in January 2026 to close a two year investigation into the Zcash Foundation without penalty, clearing the way for Grayscale to convert its fund into the first Zcash spot ETF, trading under the ticker ZCSH on NYSE Arca, which now holds more than 414 million dollars in assets under management. Per the report, the rally came alongside the liquidation of more than 34.5 million dollars in short derivatives positions, which pushed the price up about 20 percent further in a short span. Zcash, long under regulatory pressure over its privacy focused design, has now returned to the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market value; analysts cited by Arzdigital described it as hard money comparable to bitcoin, with a 21 million unit supply cap, that also allows confidential transactions.
Arzdigital
Illegal Crypto Mining in Iran Consumes 3,750 Megawatts; More Than 13,000 Unlicensed Farms Identified
According to Boursenews, published Friday, 13 Shahrivar 1405 (September 4, 2026), more than 13,000 unlicensed cryptocurrency mining farms have been identified in Iran, with power consumption reaching about 3,750 megawatts, equal to the electricity use of four Iranian provinces and about 8 percent of residential power consumption. Per the report, illegal crypto mining costs the country close to 2.5 billion dollars a year, and authorities have so far identified and seized more than 300,000 unlicensed mining rigs or units operating during restricted hours, with estimated consumption of about 1,300 megawatts. Boursenews writes that more than 70 percent of the discovered farms were located in residential areas, and state utility company Tavanir said identified violators, including illegal miners, will be barred from energy subsidies for one year and billed for their electricity use at the unsubsidized free market rate. According to the report, citizen reports of abnormal power use, equipment noise and voltage drops have played an effective role in identifying these facilities.
Boursenews
Binance Places Four Cryptocurrencies on Monitoring Tag List, Removes 14 Tokens From Binance Alpha
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance, according to Arzdigital, published Friday, 13 Shahrivar 1405 (September 4, 2026), added four tokens, AVA (Ava), GNS (Gains Network), SCR (Scroll) and TOWNS (Towns Protocol), to its "monitoring tag" list in its latest review, a label indicating these assets carry higher risk and volatility relative to other tokens listed on the exchange. At the same time, 14 tokens, including MTP, BDXN, TALE, BOS and SAROS, were removed from the curated "Binance Alpha" section. Binance said it will review monitoring tagged projects more frequently and may remove them from spot trading if they fail to maintain the exchange's standards, with review criteria including trading volume, liquidity, developer activity and smart contract stability. Users trading these assets on spot or margin markets must complete a risk awareness quiz every 90 days.
Arzdigital
Ripple Reserves on Binance Fall to a Two Year Low
According to on chain data platform CryptoQuant, cited by Arzdigital, Ripple's average monthly reserves on Binance have fallen by about 500 million tokens since November, dropping from 3.1 billion to 2.6 billion XRP, the lowest level since February 2024. Analysts say part of the decline may reflect long term holders moving assets into private wallets, along with new institutional demand from XRP ETFs launched by firms such as Bitwise and Franklin Templeton in late 2025. Bitwise's XRP ETF held close to 364.8 million XRP as of the end of August 2026. XRP has risen about 8 percent this week and is now trading around $1.45. CryptoQuant described the falling exchange reserves as a moderately positive medium term signal, while cautioning that its direct, immediate effect on price in the short term is unclear.
Arzdigital
Illegal Crypto Miners Are Consuming Power Equal to Four Iranian Provinces
Iranian officials say more than 13,000 illegal cryptocurrency mining farms are operating across the country, drawing about 3,750 megawatts of electricity, equal to the consumption of four provinces and nearly 8 percent of total household power use. Donya e Eqtesad reports the unauthorized mining causes roughly $2.5 billion in annual losses. More than 300,000 illegal mining rigs have been identified and seized so far, with an estimated combined load of about 1,300 megawatts, more than the capacity of the Bushehr nuclear plant. Over 70 percent of the discovered farms were located in residential areas. A spokesman for parliament's presiding board recently announced fast track approval of a bill to combat illegal electricity use for crypto mining. State utility Tavanir said identified violators will lose energy subsidies for one year and be billed at the unsubsidized free market electricity rate.
Donya-e-Eqtesad
Falling Fed Rate Hike Bets Push Bitcoin Back Above $81,000
Bitcoin traded back above $81,000 in Friday morning Asia trading on September 4, 2026, rising about 3.83 percent over 24 hours to $80,744, according to Donya e Eqtesad citing CoinDesk data. The CME FedWatch tool now shows traders pricing the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike this month roughly even with the odds of no change, down from above 63 percent in recent days. Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he would support holding rates steady if price pressures keep easing. US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded about $277 million in net inflows on Thursday. Among the top ten cryptocurrencies, Zcash led gains with a 14.6 percent jump over 24 hours, while Ethereum rose 4.06 percent.
Donya-e-Eqtesad
Ukrainian police dismantle crypto scam network earning $1 million a month
Ukraine's National Police, working with the country's Security Service, dismantled a large network of fake cryptocurrency investment platforms. According to ArzDigital, the network defrauded users in more than 20 countries and earned up to $1 million a month in illegal revenue. Based on initial reports from Ukrainian authorities, 62 victims have been identified so far, and the investigation continues to determine the exact scale of stolen assets and identify other victims. According to Ukrainian police, the operators built seemingly legitimate websites and advertised on Telegram to convince users to deposit funds, showing them a completely fabricated trading dashboard; when users requested withdrawals, the platform used a fake "additional verification" step to trick them into granting access to their wallets through so-called wallet-drainer tools.
ArzDigital
Warning over fake Claude apps targeting users' crypto wallets
Security researchers at Morphisec warned about fake desktop applications using the name of Anthropic's Claude AI. According to ArzDigital, the malicious apps are distributed with promises of free access to advanced Claude models but contain infostealer malware called Revstealer. Morphisec said a fake app titled "Claude Opus 5 Free Desktop" was distributed via GitHub and, once installed, steals cryptocurrency wallet files, including from Atomic, Armory, Sparrow, Wasabi and Electrum, as well as Ledger and Trezor software, along with passwords and browser data from Windows users. The firm said the malware cannot directly decrypt a wallet at the initial stage, but if a user has reused or used a weak password, attackers may later gain access to the funds. Morphisec advised users to download AI software only from official websites and sources.
ArzDigital, citing Morphisec
Coldcard wallet hacker moves stolen bitcoin after weeks of silence
An attacker linked to the third wave of Coldcard hardware wallet thefts has begun moving part of the stolen bitcoin after weeks of silence. According to ArzDigital, the hacker converted about 10% of the stolen assets to Ethereum via the THORChain protocol and moved the funds to a new Ethereum address; THORChain said it has shared the address details with law enforcement and security firms so the funds can be traced if moved again to centralized platforms. Before this transfer, about 87% of the stolen assets, roughly 1,789 bitcoin worth approximately $114 million, had remained in the original addresses. Investigations show the hacker ran into problems completing some transactions while using THORChain, though the exact cause is unclear.
ArzDigital
G20 nations back clear legal frameworks for digital assets
G20 finance leaders backed the creation of clear legal frameworks for innovation in digital assets in an official statement. According to ArzDigital, the countries, while stressing the need to preserve financial stability, said precise regulation could play a transformative role in economic growth and placed digital assets among the group's priorities for 2026. A major part of the meeting focused on the stablecoin market, estimated at $315 billion, and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) was tasked with reviewing the cross-border implications of these assets. The G20 also stressed strict enforcement of anti-money-laundering rules; citing a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report referenced in the statement, only 34% of the world's jurisdictions have complied with global digital asset standards.
ArzDigital
SEC chair: crypto clarity bill faces key Senate vote on September 15
Paul Atkins, chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said in an interview with Fox Business that the digital asset market transparency bill known as the CLARITY Act faces a key procedural vote in the US Senate on September 15, 2026. According to ArzDigital, the vote is not the bill's final passage but concerns formally opening debate on it, and supporters need at least 60 votes to clear that stage. The bill, which would set a federal framework dividing oversight of the digital asset market between the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), passed the US House of Representatives in July 2025 by a vote of 294 to 134, and the Senate Banking Committee advanced its own version in May 2026 by 15 votes to 9. Atkins said he hopes the bill will ultimately reach President Donald Trump's desk for signature.
ArzDigital, citing Fox Business
Bitcoin Miners' Revenue Tops $1 Billion in August
According to Arzdigital, bitcoin network miners earned revenue of about 1.008 billion dollars in August 2026, their best monthly performance since May. Of that total, about 1.001 billion dollars came from block rewards and 7.1 million dollars from transaction fees, with the increase driven mainly by bitcoin's 24.95 percent price gain in August. Even so, the "hashprice" index, which measures daily revenue per petahash of processing power, held at around 38.86 dollars, still reflecting the economic pressure the recent halving has placed on miners. For hashprice to reach a healthier level of 100 dollars, bitcoin's price would need to climb to around 198,950 dollars, a gap that has pushed some large mining companies to diversify revenue by offering cloud computing services for artificial intelligence.
Arzdigital
Pantera Capital CEO: A New Three-Year Bitcoin Bull Cycle Has Begun
Dan Morehead, founder and CEO of Pantera Capital, said in an interview with Bloomberg Crypto, carried by Arzdigital on Thursday, September 3, 2026 (12 Shahrivar 1405), that he believes bitcoin has entered a new three year bull cycle. Morehead said recent changes to US Treasury policy toward larger debt buybacks, combined with rising liquidity and weakening fiat currencies, could support a continued rally in scarce assets like bitcoin. Pointing to bitcoin's historical four year cycles, he said he still follows that pattern and believes the next upswing has begun. Morehead also cautioned that these policies do not resolve the core problem in the US economy, namely rising government debt. His comments reflect the analytical view of a well known crypto investor and should be read as such, not as a firm price forecast.
Arzdigital, citing Bloomberg Crypto
Standard Chartered Launches Spot Bitcoin and Ether Trading in the UAE
According to Arzdigital, Standard Chartered has launched spot crypto trading for institutional clients in the United Arab Emirates through its branch at the Dubai International Financial Centre. The move makes it the first globally systemically important bank to offer direct Bitcoin and Ether trading in the region. Eligible institutional clients can access the Bitcoin and Ether market through electronic trading gateways previously used for foreign exchange trading. Unlike derivatives, the service delivers assets physically, and clients can choose to hold them in the bank's own custody service or with another custodian. The launch follows the bank's introduction of similar spot trading through its UK branch in July 2025.
Arzdigital
Citing Power Shortage, Parliament Fast-Tracks Bill Against Illegal Crypto Miners
Iran's parliament voted in an open session on Wednesday, September 2, 2026 (11 Shahrivar 1405), to fast-track a bill adding Article 687 (repeated) to the Islamic Penal Code, targeting illegal use of electricity for cryptocurrency mining. Abbas Goudarzi, spokesman for parliament's presiding board, told Donya-e-Eqtesad the bill is necessary given the country's energy shortage, noting experts estimate one mining rig consumes as much power as 10 households. He said roughly 13,000 illegal mining farms have been identified nationwide, along with thousands of unauthorized mining rigs.
Donya-e-Eqtesad
Tether price rises 1.39 percent to 214,085 tomans as military tensions escalate
According to Arzdigital, the price of Tether (USDT) in Iran's market rose 1.39 percent over 24 hours to 214,085 tomans on the evening of Tuesday, September 1, 2026 (10 Shahrivar 1405). The stablecoin's global market value reached $183 billion, with daily trading volume rising to $65 billion. Based on the weekly chart for the domestic market, Tether's price climbed from a low of 207,677 tomans at the start of the week to a high of 214,431 tomans, a gain of about 5.77 percent over the week. The rise coincided with escalating Iran-US military tensions and increased demand for dollar-linked assets.
Arzdigital
Spot Ripple ETFs Post Inflows for a Ninth Straight Day; Cumulative Net Inflows Reach 1.6 Billion Dollars
According to Arzdigital, published Tuesday, 10 Shahrivar 1405 (September 1, 2026), spot Ripple (XRP) exchange traded funds drew about 26.2 million dollars in inflows on 6 Shahrivar (August 28) based on SoSoValue data, marking a ninth consecutive day of inflows and lifting cumulative net inflows since launch to about 1.6 billion dollars. More than 725 million dollars in fresh capital has flowed in over those nine days alone. Per the report, Goldman Sachs leads institutional holders with 87.4 million dollars in assets, followed by Jane Street and Millennium Management. James Seyffart, a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst, was quoted saying inflows into Ripple ETFs have been remarkably one directional, reaching about 1.8 billion dollars in cumulative inflows. Arzdigital added that spot bitcoin ETFs have meanwhile ended their own streak of consecutive inflows, a contrast that has drawn attention in recent market analysis.
Arzdigital
Global Crypto Funds Draw $3.2 Billion in a Week, Largest Since October 2025
According to Bank of America's weekly "The Flow Show" report, cited by CryptoBriefing and Iran's tgju.org on Sunday, 8 Shahrivar 1405 (August 30, 2026), global crypto investment funds recorded $3.2 billion in net inflows for the week ending Mordad 31, 1405 (August 22, 2026), the largest single week inflow since October 2025. The figure came just one week after the same funds had seen $392 million in outflows, marking a roughly $3 billion week over week swing. US spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs did the heavy lifting, together pulling in about $2.6 billion, or 81 percent of the total. Bitcoin funds alone attracted $1.9 billion and Ethereum funds $697 million. Monthly Bitcoin ETF inflows for August 2026 also topped $3 billion, making it one of the strongest months on record for these funds. Bitcoin's price rose alongside the inflows, climbing into the $78,000 to $80,000 range; per Sahmino's own price data, bitcoin traded at $78,173 on Monday, 9 Shahrivar (August 31). For Iran's market, where tether and other cryptocurrencies track these same global prices, the return of institutional appetite for Bitcoin and Ethereum is one gauge of global demand direction; tether traded around 209,000 tomans in Iran's domestic market today.
CryptoBriefing
Bitcoin Shows Muted Reaction to US Iran Escalation, Stays August's Top Performer
According to a CoinDesk report by Omkar Godbole published on the morning of Monday, 9 Shahrivar 1405 (August 31, 2026), bitcoin showed a relatively muted reaction to the US strike on Larak Island and the IRGC's retaliatory missile strikes on US bases in Jordan, even as oil prices rose and US stock indexes fell in response. The report said bitcoin remains August's best performing asset despite the escalation. Per Sahmino's own recorded data, bitcoin was trading at 77,473 dollars at 08:00 on Monday morning, down 1.85 percent (1,433 dollars), a far smaller move than the more than 2 percent jump in global oil prices attributed to the same developments earlier the same day. The crypto market's comparatively muted response stands in contrast to sharper swings in traditional markets, suggesting investors in the asset, at least so far, are not pricing the escalation between Iran and the United States as a systemic risk to bitcoin.
CoinDesk
BIS Chief Says Stablecoins Are Not a Credible Payment Tool at Scale, Favors Tokenized Deposits
Pablo Hernandez de Cos, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), said in comments reported by Reuters and carried by Donya e Eqtesad on Sunday, 8 Shahrivar 1405 (30 August 2026), that stablecoins cannot serve as a reliable payment tool at scale and that tokenized deposits should carry the bulk of everyday payments instead. He said stablecoins and tokenized deposits can coexist, but stablecoins should be limited mostly to specialized uses. De Cos warned that growing use of dollar linked stablecoins in some countries could weaken those countries' monetary sovereignty and reduce the pass through of domestic monetary policy. His remarks contrast with the position of US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who has backed stablecoins as a tool to reinforce the dollar's reserve status.
Donya-e-Eqtesad, citing Reuters
Hackers Exploit Software Bug to Steal $6 Million Across Six Cosmos Networks
Cosmos Labs said hackers exploited a vulnerability in the shared Cosmos EVM software layer, which affected more than 40 blockchains, to steal about 6 million dollars in assets from six networks in the ecosystem, including Mantra, TAC and KiiChain. According to the report, about 2.87 million dollars was drained through decentralized exchanges and another 2.85 million dollars through centralized exchanges, with the Mantra network suffering the largest loss after 720.9 million tokens were moved without authorization. Cosmos Labs confirmed it received the bug report on April 25, 2026, and patched it quietly in May, but said the public disclosure of technical details in August let hackers begin their attack within less than 12 hours. Following the incident, 13 of the 40 networks it contacted managed to pause activity or apply the fix before being exploited.
Arzdigital
Bank of Russia Blacklists 2,600 Crypto Wallets in First Half of 2026
The Bank of Russia said in a new report that it identified and blacklisted about 2,600 cryptocurrency wallets linked to illegal activity in the first half of 2026, a figure down roughly 31 percent from the same period last year. Rather than blocking wallets directly on the blockchain, the report said Russia's monitoring system links flagged wallets to bank accounts and payment gateways, cutting the owners of suspicious transactions off from the formal financial system once flagged. The central bank warned that despite fewer identified cases, about 74 percent of Ponzi schemes in Russia now use cryptocurrency to raise funds, and the use of tether for illegal lending has doubled compared with the previous year.
Arzdigital
US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Post $201.9 Million Outflow After Nine Straight Days of Inflows
US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of 201.9 million dollars in the week's final trading session, after nine consecutive days of net inflows. According to Arzdigital, bitcoin's price, which had earlier made an unsuccessful attempt to hold above 80,000 dollars, was trading around 77,500 dollars as the trend shifted. Market analysts attribute the selling pressure mainly to recent remarks by Kevin Warsh, a former Federal Reserve official, at the Jackson Hole symposium, where he said US core inflation remains above the Fed's 2 percent target and needs to return to it more quickly, comments that dampened expectations for near term policy easing. According to CoinGlass data, the 76,500 to 77,000 dollar range is seen as a key support zone for bitcoin.
Arzdigital
New York Warns of AI Driven Crypto Scams as 2025 Losses Top $8 Billion
According to Arzdigital, the New York Attorney General's office warned that AI generated content and fake crypto projects have made scam advertising far more convincing. Official data from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows losses from these schemes topped 8 billion dollars in 2025, up 38 percent from the prior year; more than 144,000 consumers were victimized, with an average loss of about 10,560 dollars per person. The New York Attorney General said scammers use AI to clone voices, produce deepfake videos and impersonate celebrities to lure social media users, including on Facebook and WhatsApp, toward fake trading platforms. Officials advised investors to treat promises of guaranteed high returns, pressure for quick decisions, and a lack of transparent documentation as warning signs before transferring any funds.
Arzdigital, citing the New York Attorney General and the FTC
Lazarus Hacking Group Moves $19.4 Million in Bitcoin, Its Second Major Transfer This Month
According to Arzdigital, citing blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain, the North Korea linked Lazarus hacking group moved 244.148 bitcoin, worth about 19.42 million dollars, from wallets tied to the group on August 28, 2026 (6 Shahrivar 1405), when bitcoin traded around 79,500 dollars. It was the group's second large transfer this month; on August 12 it had already moved about 262.2 bitcoin worth 16.64 million dollars. Separately, crypto exchange Bybit has filed a lawsuit against the North Korean government and the Lazarus group in a Washington federal court, seeking to recover assets stolen in a 1.5 billion dollar hack. According to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis, North Korean hackers stole more than 2.02 billion dollars in cryptocurrency in 2025 alone, a 51 percent increase from the prior year.
Arzdigital, citing Lookonchain and Chainalysis
Ethereum Exchange Reserves Hit a Multi Year Low as 1.4 Million ETH Leave Since June
According to data from analytics platform Santiment, published by Arzdigital on Saturday, 7 Shahrivar 1405 (August 29, 2026), Ethereum reserves on centralized exchanges fell from 7.69 million ETH on June 3, 2026 to 6.28 million ETH on August 27, 2026, a drop of nearly 1.4 million ETH. The outflow intensified even as Ethereum's price rose about 30 percent since mid August. Over the same window, bitcoin's exchange balance rose only about 0.25 percent and stayed near the top of its recent range, despite bitcoin's price climbing 26 percent. Separately, US spot bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs have posted nine consecutive days of net inflows, which the report described as the strongest institutional demand since October 2023. As of the report, bitcoin funds had attracted more than 3.5 billion dollars and Ethereum funds about 1.66 billion dollars.
Arzdigital, citing Santiment
Bitcoin and Global Markets Slide After Fed Chair Warsh's Hawkish Jackson Hole Remarks
Bitcoin, which had climbed from under 65,000 dollars to more than 81,000 dollars in recent weeks, suffered its first serious pullback after US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh struck a hawkish tone at the Jackson Hole symposium on Friday, 6 Shahrivar 1405 (August 28, 2026), falling about 3,000 dollars within hours to below 77,000 dollars. According to Arzdigital, the selloff spread to other financial markets, including equities and precious metals. In his remarks, Warsh stressed that inflation remains well above the 2 percent target, with the PCE inflation index reaching 3.7 percent in July, and said the Fed will not hesitate to act if needed to bring inflation down, though he gave no explicit timeline for a rate increase. Following his remarks, traders raised the odds of a Fed rate hike at the September meeting from 33 percent to 60 percent, which strengthened the dollar and pushed up US Treasury yields.
Arzdigital
Russia's Central Bank Blacklists Over 2,600 Suspicious Crypto Wallets
The Bank of Russia has blacklisted more than 2,600 cryptocurrency wallets suspected of involvement in illegal schemes and fraud. The central bank said more than one billion rubles moved through these addresses in the first half of 2026. The data has been shared with banks' monitoring systems and law enforcement agencies. The bank said that while the number of illegal entities identified fell 31 percent from a year earlier, 74 percent of identified Ponzi schemes used digital assets to raise funds, and scammers have recently turned to offering "crypto loans" in USDT or rubles at unrealistic rates.
Arzdigital
UK Police Seize Bitcoin Linked to Dark Web Markets
The financial investigations unit of Avon and Somerset Police in the UK has identified and seized digital assets worth more than 1.4 million dollars, including 20.21 bitcoin, traced to activity on the illegal dark web markets AlphaBay and Hansa between 2016 and 2019. Detective Anthony Davis of the unit said the case involved a now deceased individual accused of money laundering, and was uncovered by tracing transactions recorded on the blockchain. The seizure is the unit's largest operation since new digital wallet freezing powers took effect in April 2024.
Arzdigital
Solana ETF Inflows Hit Their Third Largest Daily Record
According to SoSoValue data, inflows into US spot Solana ETFs reached 60.91 million dollars on Thursday, Shahrivar 5, 1405 (August 27, 2026), the third largest daily record since the funds launched and the highest since November 2025. Total net inflows into the funds have reached 1.322 billion dollars, with about 66 percent of that day's inflow coming from Bitwise's BSOL fund. Charles Schwab has said it plans to add Solana to its crypto trading platform in the coming months. The two previous large inflow records for Solana ETFs were each followed by a price drop of more than 20 percent in subsequent weeks.
Arzdigital
US Ethereum ETFs Post Their Strongest Inflow in 10 Months
According to data from Farside Investors, US spot Ethereum ETFs recorded their strongest trading day in 10 months on Thursday, Shahrivar 5, 1405 (August 27, 2026), pulling in 225.8 million dollars and marking a ninth consecutive day of inflows. BlackRock's ETHA fund has driven the trend, attracting more than 1.02 billion dollars over the past nine sessions, or 72 percent of the category's total inflows. Ethereum was trading around 2,477 dollars during this period. Analysts say the gap between Ethereum and Bitcoin ETF inflows has narrowed to its smallest level in recent days.
Arzdigital
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Takes Major Stake in Trump Linked Crypto Bank Project
World Liberty Financial, the crypto project linked to Donald Trump, has moved a step closer to launching a national trust bank after receiving preliminary and conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Reports say an entity linked to Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's national security adviser, together with co investors, holds 49 percent of WLTC Holdings, the proposed bank's holding company, the largest stake in its ownership structure. According to the Wall Street Journal, Sheikh Tahnoon backed a 500 million dollar investment in World Liberty Financial last year in exchange for a 49 percent stake in the company. The proposed bank would handle issuance, redemption and custody of the USD1 dollar stablecoin, though final approval to operate has not yet been granted.
Arzdigital
Solana Validators Approve Proposal to Double Annual Disinflation Rate
Solana network validators approved a proposal on Friday, August 28, 2026 (6 Shahrivar 1405), doubling the network's annual disinflation rate from 15 percent to 30 percent. According to Cointelegraph, the change reduces future issuance of new SOL tokens, while the network's long term inflation target remains unchanged. The parameter change is part of Solana's internal monetary policy, which adjusts block issuance rewards over time and directly affects the circulating supply of the SOL token.
Cointelegraph
Bitcoin Retreats Toward $78,000 as Fed's Warsh Downplays Cooling Inflation
Bitcoin retreated to around 78,400 dollars on Friday, August 28, 2026 (6 Shahrivar 1405), after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's speech at the Jackson Hole symposium. According to Cointelegraph, bitcoin had climbed near 80,000 dollars earlier the same day, but the rally stalled and prices fell after Warsh remained skeptical of recent, softer US inflation readings. The pullback coincided with a roughly 3 percent drop in global gold prices following the same speech, a sign that both risk assets and safe havens were hit as markets raised the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike at its September meeting.
Cointelegraph
Visa and South Korea's Dunamu Partner on Stablecoin Payments
Visa and Dunamu, the South Korean parent company of crypto exchange Upbit, said on Friday, 6 Shahrivar 1405 (August 28, 2026), that they have formed a strategic partnership to explore stablecoin payments, cross border remittances and AI powered commerce. According to Cointelegraph, citing Dunamu's announcement, the companies will combine Dunamu's digital asset technology with Visa's global payments network. The two are considering business models involving Open USD (OUSD), a dollar backed stablecoin unveiled in June that more than 140 companies, including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase and BlackRock, have signed up to use, though Dunamu said it has not prioritized a specific stablecoin for the partnership. The companies will also explore agentic commerce, in which AI agents make purchases and payments on a user's behalf.
Cointelegraph
France's Capital B Raises $24.5 Million to Expand Its Bitcoin Treasury
French Bitcoin treasury company Capital B said on Friday, 6 Shahrivar 1405 (August 28, 2026), that it raised 21 million euros, about $24.5 million, through a private share placement. According to Cointelegraph, the shares were priced at 0.58 euros each, bundled with warrants, and sold without pre emptive rights, with participation from Bitcoin developer Adam Back and asset manager TOBAM. Capital B said proceeds will go toward acquiring 270 additional Bitcoin, taking its total holdings to 3,415 BTC. If all issued warrants are exercised, the company could raise a further 135.8 million euros, about $158 million, in additional capital.
Cointelegraph
BitGo Acquires NYDIG's Trading Arm to Expand Institutional Crypto Services
Bitcoin infrastructure firm BitGo said on Thursday, 5 Shahrivar 1405 (August 27, 2026), that it has completed the acquisition of NYDIG's institutional trading business under a definitive agreement. According to Cointelegraph, the deal includes NYDIG's institutional client trading relationships and about 30 employees who are joining BitGo; financial terms were not disclosed. The acquired unit provides derivatives, structured products and financing services to asset managers, hedge funds and companies. BitGo CEO Mike Belshe said the deal will meaningfully scale the company's trading and infrastructure capabilities. According to the report, NYDIG plans to focus its remaining resources on power generation, Bitcoin mining and high performance computing data centers, where its development pipeline exceeds 3 gigawatts of planned capacity.
Cointelegraph
Galaxy Research: Bitcoin Set the Record for Its Largest Weekly Dollar Gain Ever
According to Arzdigital, in a report published Friday, 6 Shahrivar 1405 (August 28, 2026), Bitcoin rose by about $14,775 in the week ending Monday, 3 Shahrivar (August 25), which Galaxy Research says was the largest weekly dollar gain in the cryptocurrency's history. The price jumped from $62,818 to $77,593 over that period, a gain of 23.5 percent. Galaxy Research said that in percentage terms it ranked as the 41st largest weekly gain in Bitcoin's history and the strongest rally since March 2023 (Esfand 1401). The report said the rally was driven mainly by two factors: the US Treasury's announcement that it would double its long term bond buyback operations, and Donald Trump's call on Congress to pass the CLARITY Act on federal cryptocurrency classification, which triggered a broad short squeeze that liquidated about $2.7 billion in short positions. The market's Fear and Greed Index reached 74 on August 25, the highest level of trader optimism in the past year.
Arzdigital, citing Galaxy Research
US Government Moves Portion of Seized Alameda Research Bitcoin Holdings
The US government moved a small amount of Bitcoin from accounts linked to Alameda Research that were seized from Binance.US about three years ago. According to Arzdigital, published Wednesday, 4 Shahrivar 1405 (August 26, 2026), blockchain tracking platform Arkham Intelligence flagged the transaction on August 26. Arkham did not disclose the exact amount transferred or the destination address, and said the move was not necessarily a sign of an asset sale, noting that transfers between wallets can also occur for custody, accounting or security management purposes. Wallets controlled by the US government have moved seized Alameda and bankrupt FTX exchange assets several times during 2026, including about $1.89 million in tokens in May and nearly $984,000 in June, both sent to Coinbase Prime.
Arzdigital
Altcoin Share of Binance Trading Volume Hits Two Year High
Altcoins' share of trading volume on the Binance exchange has climbed to its highest level in two years amid the recent crypto market rally. According to Arzdigital, published Wednesday, 4 Shahrivar 1405 (August 26, 2026), CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost said altcoins accounted for 65 percent of total Binance trading volume at the peak of the move, compared with 21 percent for Bitcoin and 13.6 percent for Ether. Total altcoin market value excluding Ether rose by about $135 billion over the same period. The report also cited the Altcoin Impulse index from the platform Altcoin Vector, which reached 93 percent, indicating the rally has spread across a large share of the altcoin market. However, the platform noted readings above 75 percent typically signal an overextended move and raise the likelihood of a pause or price correction.
Arzdigital
US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Extend Inflow Streak to Seven Days as August Total Tops $3.03 Billion
According to SoSoValue data reported by Cointelegraph on August 26, 2026, US spot Bitcoin ETFs extended their inflow streak to seven straight trading days, adding $314.37 million on Tuesday. That brought August net inflows to $3.03 billion, just $390 million short of October 2025's record total, and cut year to date net outflows by more than half to $2.26 billion. Total net assets held by the funds reached $99.05 billion, with cumulative net inflows since launch at $54.36 billion. US spot Ether ETFs also logged a seventh straight day of inflows, pulling in about $1 billion over the same period. FXStreet independently reported the same SoSoValue figures in a separate article.
Cointelegraph
Solana Network Sets Monthly Record of 4.2 Billion Transactions in July as Price Retakes $100
The Solana network logged 4.2 billion transactions in July 2026, a new monthly record. According to Arzdigital, citing The Kobeissi Letter, transaction volume rose 13.5 percent from June. The surge came alongside a roughly 40 percent rally in Solana's price over eight days that took it back above $100 for the first time since February 2026, reaching as high as $102.88; at the time of the report, Solana had pulled back 5 percent on the day to around $97. According to DefiLlama, the network logged about 109 million transactions and 2.7 million active addresses in the 24 hours through August 25, while trading volume on Solana based decentralized exchanges rose 103 percent week over week to $20.14 billion. Analytics platform RWA.xyz separately reported that the value of tokenized real world assets on Solana reached about $3.97 billion by August 25, up 11.81 percent over the past month.
Arzdigital
Circle Minted About $5 Billion in USDC Stablecoin Over One Week
Circle, issuer of the second largest stablecoin, minted about $5 billion in USDC tokens over the seven days through Wednesday, August 26, 2026 (4 Shahrivar 1405). According to Arzdigital, citing on-chain data from the Solscan platform, a significant share of the new supply went to the Solana network, whose share of total 2026 USDC issuance has risen above 10 percent; even so, Ethereum still hosts about two thirds of the stablecoin's circulating supply. USDC's circulating supply now stands at about $74 billion, still well behind Tether's $183 billion market cap. The move coincides with Circle's new role as technical developer for Hyperliquid exchange's $5 billion reserves. The report said USDC's 2025 transaction volume reached about $18.3 trillion, surpassing Tether's $13.3 trillion.
Arzdigital
Crypto Fear and Greed Index Hits Extreme Greed for the First Time Since 2024
CoinMarketCap's Fear and Greed Index reached 81 on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 (4 Shahrivar 1405), putting the crypto market in extreme greed territory for the first time since 2024. According to Arzdigital, the index stood at 41 (neutral) a week earlier and 36 a month earlier. The main driver was bitcoin's nearly 24 percent rally over the past seven days, which briefly took it above $80,000 and triggered about $2.7 billion in short position liquidations within 24 hours. Analysts pointed to a US Treasury Department announcement on increasing liquidity and buying back bonds as a key driver, while US bitcoin ETFs logged more than $1.1 billion in inflows over just two trading days. Experts warned that entering the extreme greed zone can signal an overheated market and a higher chance of a price correction.
Arzdigital
Ethereum Core Developers Draft a Quantum Resistant Upgrade Proposal
According to Arzdigital, published Tuesday, Shahrivar 3, 1405 (August 25, 2026), Ethereum's core developers have drafted a proposal to upgrade the network's Deposit Contract in preparation for the "post-quantum era." The proposal, drafted by researchers including Kevaundray Wedderburn, is built on the EIP-7685 standard and would let the network eventually replace its current BLS digital signature scheme with algorithms resistant to quantum computers. According to the report, unlike the current system, the new contract would support public keys and signatures of variable length, letting validators use a range of cryptographic schemes, while the existing system remains active for backward compatibility. The proposal is currently only at the draft stage on GitHub and must clear security review, technical analysis by client teams, and approval at Ethereum developer meetings before any adoption in a mainnet upgrade.
Arzdigital
Bitcoin Retreats Below $80,000 After Setting a Fresh $81,250 Record
Bitcoin pulled back below the $80,000 level on Tuesday evening, August 25, 2026 Tehran time, after setting a fresh all-time high of $81,250, a roughly 2.5 percent retreat from its daily peak. According to Arzdigital, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) hit 82.44, signalling heavily overbought conditions. SoSoValue data cited in the report showed US spot bitcoin ETFs took in $337.56 million in net inflows on Monday, August 24, led by BlackRock with $208.9 million. CoinGecko data put bitcoin's 24-hour high at $81,160 and low at $78,218, with the coin trading near $78,932 at the time of this report. Bitcoin's 200-day moving average sits around $69,166, still pointing to an intact medium-term uptrend.
Arzdigital
Solana Leads Crypto Markets With Nearly 27 Percent Weekly Gain
Crypto markets had a strong week, with Solana leading the rally on a nearly 27 percent seven-day gain through Tuesday evening, August 25, 2026 Tehran time. According to CoinGecko data, Solana traded around $97 over that period. EcoIran reported the rally followed unease in US bond markets after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a long-term Treasury bond buyback plan, a development that also pushed global gold prices and bitcoin toward their recent 100-day highs. CoinGecko data shows bitcoin gained roughly 22 percent over the same week, climbing toward the $79,000 range.
EcoIran
Bitcoin breaks above 81,000 dollars
According to Arzdigital, Bitcoin rose 4.18 percent over 24 hours in the early hours of Tuesday, Shahrivar 3, 1405 (August 25, 2026), climbing above 81,148 dollars before settling around 80,698 dollars. The rally lifted Bitcoin's total market value to about 1.62 trillion dollars, with daily trading volume reaching roughly 60 billion dollars. Some analysts see the move as a sign of the crypto market's positive trend returning.
Arzdigital
Bitfinex: Bitcoin's Recent Rally Is More Spot Buying Than Leverage; $68,000 to $69,000 Is Key Support
According to Arzdigital, analysts at the Bitfinex exchange said in a report that bitcoin's recent rally to its highest levels in several months has been driven more by spot buying than by leveraged trading. Per the report, while bitcoin's price rose 10 to 11 percent, open interest increased by only 4 percent, which Bitfinex said shows the rally's main driver was genuine buyers rather than credit and leverage, which typically set the stage for sudden crashes. The report also cited $608.3 million in net inflows into bitcoin ETFs on August 20 (29 Mordad) as a sign of returning institutional demand. Bitfinex described the $68,000 to $69,000 range, where traders' average purchase price over the past five months sits, as the most important support level, saying that holding above that range would ease selling pressure. It also warned that a rise in transfers of profitable bitcoin to exchanges could lead to the largest profit taking wave of 2026.
Arzdigital
Binance Launches Direct AI Bot Trading System Built on Anthropic's Open Source MCP Protocol
According to Arzdigital, Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, announced the launch of a new protocol called Binance Agent OS, which lets AI models connect directly to the exchange's spot, margin and futures markets and trade without informal intermediaries. Per the report, the system runs on Anthropic's open source MCP protocol, and users can move assets into dedicated "AI sub accounts" to limit the risk from bot activity; Binance has placed limits on direct withdrawals by AI, but responsibility for losses from failed trades or liquidations still rests with the user. Arzdigital writes that Binance is not alone in this space, noting that at least five other major platforms, including Coinbase and Gemini, have introduced similar systems in the past 30 days. Analysts cited in the report flagged behavioral correlation as a key concern, warning that bots relying on the same underlying AI model could react in similar ways during moments of market stress.
Arzdigital
US CFTC Chair Warns Agency Will Write Its Own Crypto Rules If Congress Stays Deadlocked
Michael Selig, chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), told the agency's Innovation Advisory Committee that if the legislative deadlock in the US Senate over the so called Clarity Act continues, the CFTC will use its existing authority to build an independent framework for digital asset markets. According to Arzdigital, Selig said on Thursday, August 20, 2026 (29 Mordad 1405) that he has directed CFTC staff to begin drafting rules for the digital asset market structure, including registering new exchanges and overseeing existing platforms. He added that while legislation through Congress would be more durable, the Commission cannot wait, and said a clear framework would help avoid repeating the confrontational approach seen at the SEC under former chair Gary Gensler. The Clarity Act remains stalled in the Senate due to insufficient support from Democratic senators.
Arzdigital
Bitcoin Hits $79,241 as Spot ETF Inflows Set a 2026 Monthly Record
Bitcoin reached $79,241 on Friday, 30 Mordad 1405 (August 21, 2026), its highest level since June, before easing back to about $77,866, CoinPaprika data showed. That marks an 8.4 percent gain over 24 hours and 24 percent over the past seven days from a $73,009 session open. The price remains 38.3 percent below the all-time high of $126,173 set on October 6, 2025.\n\nAccording to Cointelegraph, citing SoSoValue data, US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $608.3 million in net inflows on Thursday, August 20, lifting weekly inflows above $1.6 billion and pushing August's total to $2.07 billion, a 2026 monthly record surpassing April's previous high of $1.97 billion. Spot Ether ETFs took in $220.8 million the same day, their largest daily inflow since October 2025. CoinPaprika, citing CoinGlass data, said about $3 billion in short positions were liquidated over 24 hours during the breakout. The rally, which began August 19 after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the US would at least double its long-dated Treasury buyback ceiling, is now being reinforced by fresh institutional inflow data.
CoinPaprika
Bitcoin Tops $76,000 as Ethereum and Altcoins Rally Too
The global cryptocurrency market posted broad gains early Friday, 30 Mordad 1405 (August 21, 2026). According to Arzdigital, Bitcoin reached $76,619 at 11:37 Tehran time, up about 9.7 percent on the day and about 21.9 percent on the week; tgju.org recorded Bitcoin at $76,747 at the same time, consistent with Arzdigital's figure. The rally spread across other coins: Ethereum rose 5.7 percent to $2,376.5, XRP rose 19 percent to $1.324, and Cardano rose 14 percent to $0.2097.\n\nThe surge extends a rally that began Wednesday evening, 28 Mordad, after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced expanded buybacks of long-dated Treasury debt, which took Bitcoin from about $69,000 on Thursday, 29 Mordad, to its current level. Arzdigital separately reported that Ethereum balances on exchanges fell 15 percent over the past eleven weeks (through 27 Mordad), from 7.7 million to about 6.54 million units, a trend it said, citing analytics firm Santiment, reflects a preference among holders for long-term custody; over the same period Bitcoin exchange balances rose about 1.8 percent.
Arzdigital
Bitcoin Jumps Above $69,000 After US Treasury Doubles Bond Buybacks
The global cryptocurrency market rallied on Thursday, August 20, 2026 (29 Mordad 1405), with Bitcoin returning for the first time since early June to a level it had lost. According to Khabar Online, citing ISNA, Bitcoin rose about 8.06 percent in 24 hours to 69,327 dollars. The jump came immediately after the US Treasury said it would at least double the size of its long term government bond buybacks, a move the market read as a form of indirect quantitative easing that weakens the dollar. Per the report, short sellers were forced to buy to cover roughly 1.5 billion dollars of short positions, with about 700 million dollars of Bitcoin bought in a single minute. Ethereum rose about 17.5 percent over the past 24 hours, while Ripple and Solana each gained more than 10 percent, and Tether held near one dollar.
Khabar Online, citing ISNA
Coinbase Wins License to Launch Tokenized Securities Hub in Abu Dhabi
US exchange Coinbase said on Thursday, August 20, 2026 (29 Mordad 1405) that it had received the regulatory license it needed from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) to launch an international hub for tokenizing assets. The license allows Coinbase to offer custody and brokerage services for blockchain issued securities backed by real company shares. The move builds on Coinbase's Project Diamond in Abu Dhabi, which previously used the Base blockchain and the USDC stablecoin and focused on debt instruments, and is now expanding into tokenizing large company equities. Arvind Ramamurthy, ADGM's director of market development, described the license in a statement as part of an effort to improve capital market access. Rival firm Ondo Finance had earlier obtained a similar Abu Dhabi license for tokenizing shares of Apple and Tesla. Coinbase plans to centralize its on chain capital markets operations in Abu Dhabi and its global derivatives trading in Dubai.
Arzdigital
After a Year on the Run in Fiji, Suspect in $165 Million Crypto Fraud Extradited to the US
The US Department of Justice said Edward Zimbardi, the alleged mastermind of a $165 million crypto Ponzi scheme, was extradited to the United States on August 14 (23 Mordad) after more than a year on the run in Fiji, with the cooperation of Fijian authorities, the FBI and the US State Department. According to Arzdigital, per the indictment, the 59 year old Zimbardi ran a scheme called The Crypto Program between June 2022 and August 2023, promising investors 25 percent monthly returns and deceiving thousands of them into depositing funds into wallets he secretly controlled. Prosecutors say Zimbardi lost more than $34 million of the funds in high risk foreign currency trading, used new investors' money to pay returns to earlier ones, a hallmark of Ponzi schemes, and spent at least $10 million on personal expenses including luxury cars and housing for his family. He now faces federal charges including bank fraud and money laundering.
Arzdigital, citing the US Department of Justice
US Administration Signals It Is Weighing Bitcoin Purchases at White House Crypto Summit, Progress on Hyperliquid's US Entry
The administration of US President Donald Trump, at a White House crypto summit attended by senior executives from Coinbase, Ripple, Kraken and Chainlink on the evening of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 (28 Mordad 1405), said it is examining the best structure for expanding the US strategic Bitcoin reserve beyond simply holding seized assets. According to Arzdigital, the US government currently holds about 323,693 bitcoins worth roughly $21.2 billion. At the same meeting, Trump called on Congress to pass a fair version of the CLARITY Act, which would set the regulatory framework for the crypto market; the bill's final Senate vote is scheduled for September 15 and requires 60 votes to pass. Trump also said the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is preparing a path for exchange Hyperliquid to enter the US market, an announcement that sent the HYPE token up 15 percent to about $69.
Arzdigital
White House Hosts Coinbase, Ripple and Kraken Executives Tonight
According to Arzdigital, US President Donald Trump is hosting senior executives from Coinbase, Ripple, Kraken, Chainlink and several other major crypto firms on the evening of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 (28 Mordad 1405) at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building within the White House complex. Official details of the meeting's outcome are expected after 2:30 pm Eastern time (about 10:00 pm Tehran time). The meeting comes as the CLARITY Act, which would define regulatory jurisdiction between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over digital assets, remains stalled in the US Senate. Polymarket data shows the probability of the bill passing by the end of 2026 has fallen to about 20 percent, while Congress remains on its August recess and a key procedural vote is not expected until mid September. The meeting precedes the first session of the CFTC's Innovation Advisory Committee on Thursday, August 20, from 1 pm to 5 pm Eastern time, a 35 member panel that includes Coinbase, Ripple, Chainlink, Kalshi, CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange, with its main agenda titled Crypto Regulatory Transformation: From Ambiguity to Clarity.
Arzdigital
Bitcoin and Ethereum Jump as US Treasury Boosts Debt Buybacks
Crypto markets rallied sharply on the evening of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 (28 Mordad 1405). According to Arzdigital, Bitcoin jumped nearly 7 percent over a few hours, nearing the $70,000 level. Data from prediction platform Polymarket showed the probability of Bitcoin reaching $70,000 by the end of August rising to 72 percent, a 43 point jump, after holding below 20 percent for weeks. Separately, Cointelegraph reported Bitcoin hit an 11 week high of about $68,500, attributing the rally to the US Treasury doubling the size of its long-end debt buybacks and improving market liquidity. According to Arzdigital, Ethereum jumped 8.72 percent within an hour to break above the $2,000 resistance level, reaching about $2,101. Its market capitalization rose to roughly $251 billion, keeping its position as the second largest cryptocurrency.
Arzdigital
Ethereum Developers Weigh Encrypting the Mempool to Counter Sandwich Bots
According to Arzdigital, published Tuesday, August 18, 2026 (27 Mordad 1405), Ethereum developers are examining a new defense against predatory trading bots that monitor pending transactions in the mempool before they are finalized on the blockchain to front run users, a practice known as a sandwich attack. In this scheme, bots buy ahead of a large detected purchase order and sell immediately after the resulting price move, at the user's expense. One of the main proposals, EIP-8184, known as LUCID, would require block builders to commit to sealed versions of transactions without knowing their contents, with decryption information released only after a transaction's position in the block is finalized. The proposal's authors say no known encryption scheme currently satisfies both quantum computer resistant security and optimal data size simultaneously, and researchers plan to review alternative proposals as well.
Arzdigital
Citibank Formally Enters Crypto Market With Launch of Custody+ Platform
Citibank unveiled its new Custody+ platform on Tuesday, August 18, 2026 (27 Mordad 1405), according to Arzdigital, confirming plans to launch digital asset custody services for institutional clients by the end of 2026. The service will initially support only bitcoin and will run on the bank's shared digital asset architecture, allowing clients to manage traditional securities and cryptocurrency within a single framework. Chris Cox, Citibank's head of investor services, said in a press statement that Custody+ is part of the bank's roughly $2 billion in annual investment in its platform strategy. Arzdigital also reported that Citibank is developing tokenization of traditional assets and projects the tokenized securities market could reach $5.5 trillion by 2030.
Arzdigital
US SEC Proposes New Regulatory Framework for the Crypto Market
According to Arzdigital, published Tuesday, August 18, 2026 (27 Mordad 1405) at 23:12 Tehran time, the US Securities and Exchange Commission formally put forward a new set of proposed rules aimed at creating a clear regulatory framework for the digital asset market. The proposal is designed to define the legal status of digital assets, clarify requirements for token offerings, and create clearer legal pathways for companies and crypto projects to operate. Per the report, the proposed rules could redefine registration, fundraising, custody and trading requirements for digital assets and reduce some of the multi year regulatory ambiguity facing the industry. The rules are not yet final, however, and must go through a public comment period, further review and a final commission vote before taking effect.
Arzdigital
Bitcoin Enters Accumulation Phase, VanEck Says It Points to a Bottoming, Not a Selloff
Asset manager VanEck said bitcoin is currently in an accumulation phase, a period in which long-term investors typically use price declines to add to their holdings. According to Arzdigital, the firm views current market behavior as more consistent with gradual bottom formation than the start of a fresh broad selloff. VanEck cited limited bitcoin supply, declining exchange reserves and rising purchases by long-term holders as evidence for this view. The firm cautioned, however, that being in an accumulation phase does not necessarily mean an uptrend is imminent, and continued volatility or even further short-term declines remain possible.
Arzdigital
China's Zhibao Technology Launches a 2,380 Bitcoin Treasury Reserve
Zhibao Technology, a Nasdaq-listed Chinese company, officially launched its bitcoin treasury by receiving 2,380 bitcoin, according to Arzdigital, citing the company's own announcement. The assets were delivered through private PIPE financing in exchange for newly issued company shares, with the agreed deal value put at about 154.7 million dollars. Per the announcement, investors transferred all agreed bitcoin to Zhibao's dedicated wallet on 26 Mordad 1405 (August 17, 2026). The company delivered more than 395 million PIPE units in the first phase, while issuance of the remaining roughly 46 million units depends on shareholder approval and an increase in the company's authorized capital.
Arzdigital
In a Rare Day, Bitcoin Outperforms the S&P 500
According to Arzdigital, published on Tuesday, 18 August 2026 (27 Mordad 1405), Bitcoin posted a rare day of sharply outperforming the S&P 500 on Monday, 17 August (26 Mordad). While Bitcoin climbed to around 64,000 dollars, the Wall Street benchmark fell 0.52 percent, a divergence the report called Bitcoin's best daily performance in more than a month. Per Sahmino's own recorded data, Bitcoin traded at 64,871 dollars as of 19:38 Tehran time, up 0.8 percent on the day. Arzdigital, citing analysis from blockchain analytics firm Glassnode, said Bitcoin has outperformed the S&P 500 on only about one third of trading days over the past three months, despite historically moving in high correlation with the equity rally. Analysts attributed the relative underperformance to capital flowing into Wall Street's AI stock rally and to Bitcoin's four year cycle entering a bearish phase after its roughly 126,000 dollar peak last October.
Arzdigital, citing Glassnode
Reuters: Binance Gave Russia Identity Data on a User Who Funded Ukraine's Military
According to a Reuters investigation reported by Arzdigital on Monday, 26 Mordad 1405 (August 17, 2026), cryptocurrency exchange Binance provided Russian authorities with identity information and transaction records for Yuri Belenkiy, a Russian IT specialist based in Bulgaria. The data included his home address, phone number, date of birth, and passport and Bulgarian residency details, and was later used as part of a terrorism financing case against him in Russia. Per documents reviewed by Reuters, Belenkiy is accused of transferring more than 700 dollars in cryptocurrency to wallets promoted by exiled Kremlin critic Arkady Babchenko for the purchase of medical equipment for Ukrainian forces. Belenkiy is currently in detention in Russia. Binance has not commented on the case's details but said that, like other financial institutions, it cooperates with lawful requests from law enforcement within privacy regulations, while it remains unclear whether EU data protection rules apply in the case.
Arzdigital, citing Reuters
SafePal Wallet Data Breach Exposes Purchase Details of 39,798 Users
SafePal, the hardware wallet maker, said in an official statement today, Monday, 26 Mordad 1405 (August 17, 2026), that a security flaw had exposed the personal information of nearly 39,798 users. According to ArzDigital, the flaw stemmed from an authentication error in one of its order tracking plugins and exposed users' names, emails, mailing addresses, phone numbers and purchase details from March 2025 to April 2026. SafePal stressed that sensitive data such as recovery phrases, private keys, wallet passwords and bank account details were not exposed and that user assets remain fully secure. The company said the flaw has now been fixed, it has cut its personal data retention period to 90 days, and it has identified and blocked more than 30 phishing websites and links tied to the incident. SafePal warned users to never enter their recovery phrase on any website, since the company will never request one.
ArzDigital
El Salvador's Government Bitcoin Holdings Reach 7,743 BTC as Daily Purchases Continue
The government of El Salvador continues to purchase bitcoin almost daily, and according to a report published today, Monday, 26 Mordad 1405 (August 17, 2026), by ArzDigital, its holdings now stand at 7,743 bitcoin, worth about 490 million dollars. Per the report, the country has never sold a single unit of its bitcoin holdings since launching its government purchase program. The trend shows El Salvador's government remains committed to its long term bitcoin accumulation strategy, even as the global bitcoin price trades today near 62,900 dollars. Zero sales since the program began has made the country one of the world's most closely watched government bitcoin holders.
ArzDigital
World Gold Council CEO: Bitcoin Will Eventually Fall to Zero
David Tait, CEO of the World Gold Council (WGC), predicted in remarks that recirculated widely on social media again this week that bitcoin's price will eventually fall to zero. According to ArzDigital, Tait made the comments in an earlier interview with David Lin at the Consensus Miami conference, saying: "My personal opinion on bitcoin is that it will go to zero... that's just my personal opinion and my instinct as a trader." He argued that instead of acting as a hedge, bitcoin shows a strong correlation with risk assets and equity indexes during periods of financial market turmoil, while gold continues to be favored as a safe haven by central banks during recession fears and geopolitical shocks. Tait also distinguished bitcoin from stablecoins, saying stablecoins have a clear use in payments due to their price stability. The comments come as the World Gold Council is simultaneously developing infrastructure to tokenize gold by 2026. The prediction reflects the personal view of the head of a gold industry body, not a consensus among market analysts.
ArzDigital
UBS Reports 24-Fold Jump in Call Option Exposure to BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF
Swiss banking giant UBS, which manages more than $7 trillion in assets, increased its call-option exposure to BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) by more than 24-fold in the second quarter of this year, according to a regulatory filing this week. Per CoinDesk, the bank held calls representing 1.95 million underlying IBIT shares as of June 30 (9 Tir 1405), up from just 80,000 shares three months earlier. The same filing shows UBS's direct IBIT holdings rose 12% to 407,890 shares, worth about $13.6 million, while its put-option exposure fell roughly 53% to 143,300 underlying shares. CoinDesk noted the filing does not specify whether the increase reflects client demand, dealer hedging, or the bank's own directional position.
CoinDesk
Russia Bans Crypto Mining in Moscow and Parts of Kursk Through 2032
Moscow and parts of Russia's Kursk region were banned from cryptocurrency mining and mining-pool participation through the end of December 2032, under government decree No. 936, which was signed on 3 Mordad 1405 (July 25, 2026) and published on 9 Mordad (July 31). According to CoinDesk, Russia's Energy Ministry said the nationwide restriction is meant to reduce the risk of power-capacity shortages on the country's grid. Per Luxor's Hashrate Index, Russia accounted for an estimated 16.4% of global bitcoin computing power (about 175 exahashes per second) in the first quarter of this year, placing it second behind the United States. Crypto mining currently consumes roughly 1 gigawatt on the Moscow power grid, the report said.
CoinDesk
Coinbase Builds an AI Agent Payment Layer Settled in USDC Stablecoin
According to ArzDigital, Coinbase is developing an AI based payment layer that will let autonomous agents identify the services they need, pay for them in USDC stablecoin, and use them without direct human involvement. Under the plan, AI agents would be able to decide, negotiate and finalize payment on their own. Coinbase said it chose USDC as the settlement currency to ensure transaction speed, security and transparency.
ArzDigital
JPMorgan Quietly Cut Banking Ties With Polymarket Since Last October; US DOJ Probes Crypto Client Debanking
According to ArzDigital, citing the Financial Times, JPMorgan cut its banking relationship with prediction market platform Polymarket last October, a move now referred to as debanking that has only recently come to light. The decision followed the CFTC's earlier enforcement action against Polymarket for operating without a license. Polymarket, however, still maintains ties to some of the bank's units for operations and client fund flow management, and JPMorgan could in the future act as an underwriter for the platform's IPO, at a possible valuation of $15 billion. The disclosure comes as the US Department of Justice investigates nine major banks, including JPMorgan, over allegations they unfairly closed customer accounts in sectors such as crypto for political or regulatory reasons.
ArzDigital, citing Financial Times
Trump to Host Ripple, Coinbase and Kraken Executives at the White House on August 19
According to ArzDigital, US President Donald Trump will host senior executives from major crypto firms including Coinbase, Ripple and Kraken at the White House's Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 (28 Mordad 1405). The meeting opens a packed week of regulatory talks in Washington. SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC's Mike Selig are also expected to attend, alongside representatives from the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, Chainlink and Robinhood. The gathering serves as a prelude to the CFTC's first Crypto Innovation Advisory Committee session, titled Evolving Crypto Oversight. The fate of the CLARITY Act, which would set the US regulatory framework for digital assets, remains undecided, with a vote now expected in September.
ArzDigital
Bitcoin Tests Key $62,500 Support Ahead of the Weekend
According to ArzDigital on Saturday, August 15, 2026 (24 Mordad 1405), the crypto market faced mounting sell pressure heading into the Gregorian weekend. Bitcoin, trading around $62,900, is testing the key $62,500 support that marks the floor of a five week trading range. Data from the Bitfinex exchange shows about 1.79 million bitcoin, roughly 9 percent of circulating supply, was bought in the $62,000 to $65,000 range, making that band a breakeven point for a large share of traders. Despite upbeat US inflation data, bitcoin failed six separate attempts between August 5 and 10 to hold above $65,000 resistance, and spot bitcoin ETFs recorded outflows of more than $289 million over the same period. ArzDigital's analysts warn that escalating Persian Gulf tensions combined with thinner weekend liquidity could break the $62,500 support, sending the price first to $60,000 and then toward lower levels.
ArzDigital
Tokenization Stocks Fall After US SEC Again Delays Crypto Securities Exemption
Shares of tokenization focused companies including Bullish, Coinbase and Circle fell on Friday, August 14, 2026 (23 Mordad 1405), after the US Securities and Exchange Commission again delayed its planned "innovation exemption" for tokenized securities and canceled a scheduled meeting on proposed crypto offering rules. According to CoinDesk, Bullish shares fell about 8 percent and Circle dropped nearly 4 percent, while Uniswap's UNI token fell 7 percent, the biggest loser on the CoinDesk 20 index. Owen Lau, managing director and senior analyst at Clear Street, called the delay a temporary "speed bump" for tokenization rather than the end of the trend, noting that traditional exchanges including Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange are still building infrastructure for round the clock trading.
CoinDesk
US Bank Regulator Grants Trump Linked World Liberty a Conditional Bank Charter
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said on Friday, August 14, 2026 (23 Mordad 1405), that it has granted World Liberty Trust Company, a venture tied to the Trump family, "preliminary conditional approval" to operate as a national trust bank. According to CoinDesk, the OCC's letter said World Liberty Trust will take over issuance of the dollar backed USD1 stablecoin from BitGo and provide digital asset custody services to institutional clients. Final approval is contingent on the company meeting additional preopening requirements. World Liberty filed its charter application in January this year and faced opposition from Democratic lawmakers, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, over its ties to President Donald Trump, who appoints the regulators overseeing agencies such as the OCC. After the approval was announced, Warren and several other senators said they would introduce a bill to bar senior government officials from owning or controlling a bank.
CoinDesk
Trump-Linked Tokenized Maldives Hotel Project Halted Amid Regional Tensions
According to Arzdigital, World Liberty Financial, the Trump family's cryptocurrency venture, has suspended its plan to launch the world's first tokenized luxury hotel in the Maldives because of military tensions in West Asia and their impact on flight routes. The project, planned with partners Securitize and Dar Global, was to offer income from digital assets through tokens called MALD1, but has been thrown into uncertainty by a 23 percent drop in tourist arrivals to the Maldives. CoinDesk separately confirmed the news, reporting that the token sale's delay was caused by air travel disruption from the Iran war. The platform's governance token, WLFI, has fallen 83 percent from its high of $0.33 to around $0.05.
Arzdigital
GSR Raises Solana's Share of Its Crypto Fund to 43.7 Percent
Trading firm GSR significantly raised Solana's weighting in the latest rebalancing of its Core3 investment model, making it the fund's largest holding. According to Arzdigital, the company's report shows Solana's allocation reached 43.7 percent, while Ethereum's share fell to 39.5 percent and Bitcoin's to 16.9 percent. The Nasdaq listed BESO fund rebalances weekly based on research signals. Solana was trading above 76 dollars at the time of the report. Separately, Glassnode data showed Bitcoin trading in a range between the median realized price of 63,000 dollars and the short term holder cost basis of 68,700 dollars, with spot trading volume falling to its lowest level since 2019.
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Bitcoin Miners' Fee Revenue Share Falls to Lowest Since 2016
According to Bourse News, in a report published Thursday, August 13, 2026 (22 Mordad 1405), data from on chain analytics platform Glassnode shows the share of transaction fees in bitcoin miners' total revenue has fallen to 0.52 percent, the lowest level since 2016. Glassnode said the last time this share was this low, bitcoin's price was below 400 dollars. The platform said rising electricity costs across much of the world have also squeezed mining profitability and pushed smaller miners out of the market. According to the crypto news site that carried the report, data from analytics firm Checkonchain shows the average cost to produce one bitcoin reached 78,254 dollars as of August 11 (20 Mordad), about 23 percent above the cryptocurrency's spot price at the time. Bitcoin's price has fallen by nearly half from its all time high of 126,000 dollars set last October, and some large miners, including Riot Platforms and Hut 8, have shifted their operations toward AI data centers.
Bourse News
Ripple Whales Bought 380 Million XRP Tokens Near the Price Floor in a Week
According to Arzdigital, in a report published Friday, August 14, 2026 (23 Mordad 1405), Ripple's XRP token, which recently fell below the psychological one dollar level for the first time this year, is still struggling to hold that mark, but data shows large investors, known as whales, have used the drop as a buying opportunity. In the 24 hours to Friday, whales bought about 72 million XRP worth roughly $72 million, and market analyst Ali Martinez said large wallets have accumulated more than 380 million of the token over the past week. Martinez had previously flagged $1.06 as the most critical technical level for XRP, warning that a break below it could push the price down toward $0.62. Data from CryptoQuant also showed sell side pressure on Binance has reached its highest level since May, a factor that could slow a faster price recovery.
Arzdigital, citing Ali Martinez and CryptoQuant
Binance to Halt Transfers With HTX and 10 Other Platforms
Crypto exchange Binance said Friday, August 14, 2026 (23 Mordad 1405), according to Arzdigital, that starting August 23, 2026 (1 Shahrivar 1405), it will halt all direct deposit and withdrawal transfers to and from HTX (formerly known as Huobi) and 10 other platforms. The report said the move follows European Union Council regulation 2848 of 2026, which bans transactions with 14 crypto and payment platforms, including HTX, EXMO and Exnode Pay. Users have nine days to complete pending transactions, and any assets sent after the deadline will be frozen and reviewed by Binance's compliance unit. The report said HTX has come under pressure over allegations it provided financial services to Russian payment networks, and the UK earlier froze the Panama based parent company's assets over links to a network known as A7. The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has also filed a complaint against the exchange in London's High Court over allegedly unlawful crypto advertising. FCA director of market oversight Steve Smart said in a statement that HTX's conduct stands in stark contrast to the majority of firms working to comply with the regulator's regime.
Arzdigital
Record $10.8 Million Outflow of Morpho Tokens From Exchanges Recorded
According to Arzdigital, in a report published Friday, August 14, 2026 (23 Mordad 1405), data from analytics platform Santiment shows traders withdrew more than 5.59 million Morpho (MORPHO) tokens from crypto exchanges in a single day, worth about 10.8 million dollars, the largest net outflow of the token since trading began in November 2024. The volume equals roughly 0.85 percent of Morpho's circulating supply and nearly 94 percent of its average daily trading volume. Santiment said on X that the rapid drop in exchange supply means fewer coins are readily available for immediate sale, lowering the risk of sudden sell walls forming. However, Arzdigital reported that despite an earlier 175 million dollar funding round from investment firms Paradigm and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and a partnership with the Robinhood platform, Morpho's price remains about 53 percent below its January 2025 peak of 4.17 dollars, and analysts say the drop in exchange supply alone, without fresh demand from retail buyers, will not be enough to drive a sustained rally.
Arzdigital, citing Santiment
Wall Street Journal Seeks Dismissal of Binance Defamation Suit Over Iran Sanctions Reporting
According to Arzdigital, in a report published Friday, August 14, 2026 (23 Mordad 1405), lawyers for the Wall Street Journal asked federal Judge Paul Engelmayer to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against the newspaper by crypto exchange Binance. The case stems from Wall Street Journal reports alleging that Binance undermined its own internal compliance efforts and allowed more than one billion dollars in transactions tied to Iran sanctioned entities. Katherine Bolger, the newspaper's attorney, told the court that Binance has not disputed the underlying facts of the reporting and objects only to how it was framed. Christopher Lavigne, Binance's attorney, countered that the Wall Street Journal presented a misleading account that falsely suggested the exchange had halted its internal investigation. Binance has said the investigation continued after the employees in question left and that suspicious accounts were frozen. Judge Engelmayer, after hearing arguments from both sides, deferred a final ruling on whether to dismiss the case. Binance previously settled a separate case with US authorities in 2023 over anti money laundering and sanctions violations, paying a 4.3 billion dollar penalty.
Arzdigital
Fake Google Ad Tricks Hyperliquid User Out of $550,000
According to Arzdigital, in a report published Friday, August 14, 2026 (23 Mordad 1405), a user of the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid lost about 550,000 dollars in stablecoin holdings to a phishing attack on August 13, 2026 (22 Mordad 1405). Citing an investigation by security firm FlashRescue, Arzdigital reported that the user interacted with a fake website promoted through Google Ads, and the attackers moved the funds to three separate addresses holding 440,015, 82,503 and 27,501 USDC respectively, figures also confirmed by security firm GoPlus Security.\n\nA Google spokesperson said in response that the advertising account linked to the campaign had been suspended. According to an earlier report from the Security Alliance (SEAL), Hyperliquid has been the target of nearly 5 percent of all phishing sites identified in malicious ad campaigns. Security experts advised crypto users to never access decentralized applications through Google search results and to carefully verify a website's address before connecting a wallet.
Arzdigital, citing FlashRescue and GoPlus Security
Bitcoin's Biggest On Chain Short Seller Boosts Bet to $125 Million
According to Arzdigital, in a report published Friday, August 14, 2026 (23 Mordad 1405), data from on chain analytics platform Lookonchain shows that an anonymous trader known as bitcoin's biggest on chain short seller has increased their leveraged bearish position to 2,000 bitcoin, worth more than 125 million dollars. The same data shows the trader currently holds about 1.79 million dollars in unrealized profit, but the position's liquidation price is set at 63,528 dollars, uncomfortably close to the current market price.\n\nBitcoin's attempt to break above 65,000 dollars earlier this week failed. Arzdigital reported that CryptoQuant analysts cited a Coinbase premium index that has stayed negative for three straight months, falling inflows into spot bitcoin ETFs, and thinner trading volume on centralized exchanges as reasons for bitcoin's inability to sustain a rally. According to Sahmino's own pricing data, bitcoin was trading around 62,880 dollars on Friday, down almost one percent on the day.
Arzdigital, citing Lookonchain and CryptoQuant
Data Breach at Trezor's Logistics Partner Exposes Addresses of More Than 11,000 Hardware Wallet Buyers
Trezor, a leading maker of cryptocurrency hardware wallets, said Friday, August 14, 2026 (23 Mordad 1405), according to Arzdigital, that a data breach at its logistics partner ShipMonk exposed the personal data of more than 13,000 customers. The breach included the name, email, phone number and home address of 11,742 buyers. CoinDesk separately reported that Trezor warned about 14,000 customers following the incident. Trezor stressed that neither its devices nor its internal systems were hacked and that users' crypto holdings are not directly at risk of theft through the breach, but the exposure of buyers' home addresses has heightened concern over so called wrench attacks, physical thefts targeting identified cryptocurrency holders. According to Arzdigital, citing blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis, the value of assets stolen in violent attacks reached a record $58 million in 2025, with 37 percent of recorded incidents involving home invasions. Trezor said it plans to launch an anonymous shipping system in Europe and the United States by the end of 2026.
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MSCI Proposes New Rule That Could Exclude Bitcoin Holding Firms From Its Global Indexes
Index provider MSCI has opened a new consultation that could lead to the exclusion of so called non operating companies from its Global Investable Market Indexes, a category that may capture major publicly listed bitcoin holders such as Strategy and Metaplanet. According to CoinDesk, in a report published Friday, August 14, 2026 (23 Mordad 1405), the proposed rule uses a two step screen: first checking whether a company's operating assets exceed 50 percent of total assets, and if not, evaluating five financial ratios, with failure on at least four of them making a company ineligible for index inclusion. Based on May 2026 data cited by CoinDesk, applying the screen would have resulted in the removal of three companies, Strategy, Metaplanet and uranium holder Yellow Cake, from the MSCI ACWI IMI Index. Strategy, holding about 840,447 bitcoin worth roughly $53.18 billion, is the largest publicly listed holder of the cryptocurrency, while Tokyo listed Metaplanet holds 43,000 bitcoin worth more than $2 billion. MSCI said it is taking feedback from market participants through September 30, and that any resulting changes would not take effect before the index's November 2026 review.
CoinDesk
USENIX 2026 Study Flags Over 65,000 Risky Addresses on Ethereum and BNB Chain
A study presented at USENIX Security 2026, reported Thursday, August 13, 2026 (22 Mordad 1405), identified 65,340 risky addresses across the Ethereum and BNB Smart Chain networks. According to the researchers, these addresses are linked to losses of 126,982.94 ETH and 17,726.7 BNB, valued at more than $574.8 million using May 2025 reference prices. Per the report, which CryptoSlate also confirmed, 49,344 cases involved contract account address misuse and 15,996 involved accounts with exposed private keys. Two newly identified attack vectors, one exploiting the EIP-7702 feature and another exploiting undeployed contract addresses, together account for about $15.7 million, or 2.7 percent of the total estimate. The researchers recommended that wallets provide clearer warnings about exposed private keys and cross-network contract address mismatches.
Arzdigital
US SEC Postpones Meeting on New Crypto Rule 'Reg Crypto' Without Setting a New Date
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in an end of day statement on Thursday, August 13, 2026 (22 Mordad 1405), that it is postponing this week's Friday meeting, at which it had planned to unveil its first major digital assets rulemaking, known as Reg Crypto, to a later, unspecified date, citing an unforeseen scheduling issue. According to CoinDesk, the rule was expected to create a limited framework for issuing crypto securities without triggering full SEC registration requirements. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins had previously described the rulemaking as a central piece of his digital assets regulatory plan. CoinDesk reported that a parallel effort, the innovation exemption for tokenizing securities, is also likely to be delayed. The US crypto industry is meanwhile watching the fate of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act in the Senate, whose progress also remains uncertain; the upshot of the delays is continued regulatory ambiguity for crypto market participants, including traders of the USDT stablecoin in non-US markets such as Iran.
CoinDesk
Kazakhstan Offers Three Year Tax Break to Lure Back Crypto Assets That Left the Country
According to Bourse News, Kazakhstan's government has signed a decree designed to encourage citizens to declare their crypto asset holdings, move them onto regulated domestic platforms, and bring back capital that left the country or went underground about five years ago after authorities cracked down on miners' heavy electricity use. Under the decree, private investors will receive a three year exemption from personal income tax on digital asset trading profits, provided the assets are not linked to fraud, money laundering or unlicensed crypto services. Kazakhstan became the world's second largest bitcoin mining hub after the United States following China's 2021 mining ban, but the sudden influx of miners strained the country's aging power grid. In October 2021, a surge in electricity demand knocked out three power plants in the country's northeast, with miners consuming about eight percent of Kazakhstan's total electricity output at peak. Authorities responded by repeatedly tightening power consumption rules, which pushed a share of miners out of the country; the new decree is now an attempt to bring that same capital back.
Bourse News
Tether Announces First Full Financial Audit With Unqualified KPMG Opinion
Tether, issuer of the world's largest stablecoin with a market capitalization of about $180 billion, said Thursday, 22 Mordad 1405 (August 13, 2026), that it has completed its first full financial audit, covering its 2025 financial statements. According to CoinDesk, KPMG U.S., one of the world's four largest accounting firms, issued an unqualified opinion, the best possible outcome, after the audit and said Tether's reserves exceeded its liabilities by $6.814 billion. Tether said KPMG auditors physically examined transactions, systems, valuations, counterparties and ownership records, including a physical count of the company's gold bars. Tether had previously published only quarterly reserve "attestations" rather than a full audit. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said in a statement that for years some critics had said a full Tether audit could not be completed. Tether is a major buyer of US government debt to back its reserves, and USDT is widely used in Iran as a dollar proxy in crypto trading.
CoinDesk
Bank of Russia Proposes Allowing Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading on Licensed Domestic Exchanges
According to Bourse News, Russia's central bank published a draft regulation on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 (20 Mordad 1405) that would allow trading of Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether on the country's official exchanges, following President Vladimir Putin's signing of a law formally legalizing crypto trading in Russia. Under the proposed framework, retail investors (about 98 percent of Russia's crypto market participants) would need to pass a qualifying test before trading starting September 1, and their annual purchase limit through licensed intermediaries would be capped at 300,000 rubles (about $3,690), while qualified investors could trade without that limit. The central bank said it chose the three assets because each has at least five years of price history on foreign trading platforms, high liquidity and significant market value. Under the framework, digital assets could be used to settle cross border transactions but would remain banned as a domestic means of payment. The public comment period runs through August 24, with the rules set to take effect September 1.
Bourse News
BlackRock Calls Asset Tokenization the Next Generation of Financial Markets
According to a report by Arzdigital published Tuesday, August 11, 2026 (20 Mordad 1405), asset manager BlackRock, which oversees more than $15 trillion in assets, described asset tokenization as the "next generation" of financial markets. The firm said blockchain technology could transform how traditional assets such as stocks and bonds are traded, settled and owned. BlackRock executives have said tokenization can increase market liquidity and lower transaction costs. The comments follow the firm's active push into digital assets in recent years, including the launch of its Bitcoin exchange traded funds.
Arzdigital
Strategy's CEO Says Company Will Resume Bitcoin Purchases After a Seven Week Pause
According to a report by Arzdigital published Tuesday, August 11, 2026 (20 Mordad 1405), Strategy CEO Phong Le said the company plans to resume Bitcoin purchases later this calendar year after a seven week pause. Strategy, one of the world's largest corporate holders of Bitcoin, has made large scale purchases of the cryptocurrency a central part of its financial strategy in recent years. The seven week halt had drawn attention from market participants, but the CEO said the pause was temporary. No details on the exact timing or size of the company's next purchases have been released yet.
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Standard Chartered Sets $200 Chainlink Target for 2030, Implying 27-Fold Upside
According to Arzdigital, Standard Chartered set a $200 price target for the Chainlink (LINK) cryptocurrency by 2030 in a report published by Tuesday, August 11, 2026 (20 Mordad 1405), implying nearly 27-fold upside from current levels. The bank forecasts Chainlink could reach $13 by the end of this calendar year and $41 by 2027, the report said. Geoff Kendrick, Standard Chartered's head of digital assets research, cited the growth of tokenized real-world assets (RWA), projected to rise from $340 billion currently to $4 trillion by the end of 2028, as the main driver, saying wider use of Chainlink's CCIP protocol for moving tokenized assets, in partnership with firms including JPMorgan, Mastercard and Swift, could lift the network's revenue by up to 25-fold. Chainlink currently secures more than $110 billion in value locked and holds a 70 percent share of the DeFi oracle market, according to the report. Standard Chartered has previously set similar targets for Uniswap ($100) and Aave ($3,500).
Arzdigital, citing Standard Chartered
Ravencoin Price Drops 19 Percent After Security Flaw Discovery Splits the Network
According to Arzdigital, the Ravencoin project said by Tuesday, August 11, 2026 (20 Mordad 1405), that it had identified a critical vulnerability in its network consensus mechanism, one that had been exploited since August 7, 2026 (16 Mordad) and allowed some vulnerable nodes to accept invalid blocks as valid. The first invalid block identified was recorded at block height 4,487,776. An investigation by mining pool 2Miners found the flaw stemmed from improper validation of the block-height field in the KAWPOW algorithm, which allowed invalid blocks to be produced more cheaply than normal mining. News of the flaw triggered heavy selling pressure on Ravencoin, with its price falling about 19.1 percent to $0.00288 and its market value dropping to about $47.3 million. Developers warned that major pools including 2Miners and RavenMiner are mining a recovery chain, and that if this chain becomes dominant, a deep reorganization could invalidate transactions from the past three days; exchanges Upbit and Bitget have suspended deposits and withdrawals of the coin as a result.
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North Korea's Crypto Money-Laundering Increasingly Relies on Chinese Criminal Networks, RUSI Report Says, Citing $2.8 Billion in Thefts
According to Arzdigital, a new report from the UK's Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), published by Tuesday, August 11, 2026 (20 Mordad 1405), found that North Korea has become more reliant than before on criminal networks and international scam gangs to launder stolen cryptocurrency. The report, written by Allison Owen and Noemi Tambe, said North Korea-linked hackers stole at least $2.8 billion in digital assets between January 2024 and September 2025, funds believed to partly finance the country's weapons program. The report found that ownership of stolen assets often changes hands before being cashed out, with a network of over-the-counter brokers, peer-to-peer traders and rented accounts held by intermediaries in the Philippines, Indonesia and China used to cash out funds in small amounts, around $7,000 per transaction. The report also cited the roughly $1.5 billion hack of the Bybit exchange in February 2025, saying about 95 percent of the stolen assets had been converted to cash by September 2025, though Bybit has so far recovered $48.4 million and frozen another $30.5 million of the funds.
Arzdigital, citing Raseasi Institute