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OCEAN co-founder Luke Dashjr has left the Bitcoin mining pool after what CoinDesk described as a mutual split over the future of Bitcoin mining and recent protocol developments. He sold his equity back to OCEAN and is launching a venture called CONVOY.
2026-09-01 · Source: CoinDesk
Bitcoin held steady even as U.S. military strikes on Iran pushed crude oil higher and stocks lower, and the largest cryptocurrency closed out August up roughly 24% — its strongest month since November 2024, per CoinDesk.
Michael Saylor's Strategy has bought 4,603 BTC for roughly $370 million, ending a roughly two-month pause in accumulation and funding the purchase entirely with proceeds from stock sales.
2026-08-31 · Source: crypto.news
Cointelegraph's daily roundup covers a California Senate bill banning memecoin issuance by federal officials, a report that an Abu Dhabi royal backs a Trump-linked crypto bank, and Grayscale's case that Zcash could challenge Bitcoin.
2026-08-31 · Source: Cointelegraph
BitGo has agreed to acquire NYDIG IF Holdings, NYDIG's trading arm, in a deal worth $42.5 million in cash and stock plus a $15 million earnout, CoinDesk reported. The consideration includes about $7 million in cash and roughly $35.5 million in stock.
2026-08-31 · Source: CoinDesk
CoinDesk reports Solana's first network-wide validator vote narrowly approved a proposal to double the chain's disinflation rate, with Kraken- and Galaxy-linked validators switching sides before the result was decided.
Crypto markets pulled back sharply, with total market capitalization falling 3.3% to about $2.61 trillion after a hawkish speech from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh triggered roughly $378 million in futures liquidations, according to CoinMarketCap.
2026-08-30 · Source: CoinMarketCap
CoinDesk reports Ripple is readying the XRP Ledger for the quantum era, as Bitcoin and Ethereum publish migration plans and a quantum-resistant bitcoin transaction is mined on mainnet without a soft fork.
2026-08-30 · Source: CoinDesk
CoinDesk reports that Kraken customers were briefly locked out of their accounts after a wave of transactions that appeared to spread sanctioned funds to trigger account restrictions, occurring between Aug. 17 and Aug. 24.
Crypto sentiment hit "extreme greed" for the first time since late 2024, with CoinMarketCap's Fear and Greed Index reaching 81 after a roughly 24% weekly bitcoin rally. BTC has since consolidated near $78,450 as whale activity turns mixed.
2026-08-30 · Source: Investing News Network
Crypto outlet crypto.news reports that an Interpol-coordinated crackdown on cryptocurrency investment scams has led to 58 arrests. Further details, including jurisdictions and amounts involved, were not specified in the report available at the time of writing.
2026-08-29 · Source: crypto.news
Cryptonews reported on Aug. 28, 2026 that banking-sector plans tied to the pending CLARITY Act pushed shares of Circle and Coinbase lower, as the Senate's crypto market-structure bill remains stalled short of the 60 votes needed to advance.
2026-08-29 · Source: Cryptonews
Bitcoin opened at $79,026.75 and ether opened 2.6% higher on Thursday, August 27, 2026, per Yahoo Finance. Both slipped from earlier-week peaks but held their highest opening levels in months.
2026-08-29 · Source: Yahoo Finance
Bitcoin briefly touched $81,455 overnight, its highest level since May 15, before pulling back as altcoins consolidated, CoinDesk reported. The move came as Nasdaq futures slipped and gold extended gains.
2026-08-29 · Source: CoinDesk
Bitcoin.com News reports spot bitcoin ETFs have crossed the $100 billion mark, with bitcoin and ether funds extending inflow streaks to a ninth straight session on Thursday, taking in $242.24 million and $234.51 million respectively.
2026-08-29 · Source: Bitcoin.com News
California's Senate passed Assembly Bill 2409 in a 40-0 vote, restricting public officials' involvement with memecoins over conflict-of-interest concerns, in a day that also featured a Trump-linked crypto bank report and a Grayscale note on Zcash.
2026-08-29 · Source: Cointelegraph
The SEC has sent a proposal revising how investment advisers may hold digital assets to the White House's regulatory review office, a procedural step that typically precedes formal publication of a proposed rule.
2026-08-29 · Source: The Block
Bitcoin held near $79,762 after briefly topping $81,000, capping a week up roughly 7.3%, while US spot bitcoin ETFs logged an eighth straight day of inflows totaling about $2.8 billion.
2026-08-29 · Source: Coin Edition
