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The United States joined Japan’s effort to support the yen after preliminary central-bank data indicated Tokyo may have deployed almost $96 billion over two days, putting Bitcoin traders on alert for a possible unwind of positions financed with cheap Japanese capital.On Aug. 3, Japan’s Ministry of Finance confirmed that it purchased yen in coordination with the US Treasury on July 31 to counter months of “excessive volatility and disorderly movements.”According to Reuters, the Bank of Japan may have spent as much as $58.97 billion during an initial intervention last Thursday and another $36.58 billion during last Friday’s coordinated operation with…

Nasdaq PHLX’s proposed Bitcoin index options remain frozen as CME Group challenges the SEC’s authority to approve them.The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) granted CME’s petition on July 29 to review the agency’s May approval of QBTC.The approval had been automatically stayed since CME filed notice of its challenge on June 11, and the agency has set no deadline for deciding the case. Public statements are due Aug. 24. Related ReadingNasdaq’s Bitcoin options win SEC approval, but Wall Street’s real battle is still aheadSEC approval moved Nasdaq Bitcoin index options closer to launch, but cash-settled QBTC still needs CFTC relief and…

American Bitcoin ended June with 8,002 BTC. Nearly two-fifths of that total, or 3,090 BTC,  had been pledged to Bitmain for mining equipment. The other 4,912 BTC remain outside the disclosed miner-purchase pledge.The company was formed in 2025 by Hut 8 and American Data Centers, backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. Hut 8 held an 80% stake at launch, while Eric Trump served as co-founder and chief strategy officer.The pledged Bitcoin equaled 38.6% of the reserve, and the coins remained on the balance sheet because the company retained redemption rights and economic exposure.American Bitcoin can pay cash before…

Key takeaways AAVE is holding above its 50-day EMA at $90.80 as its near-term recovery continues. Deposits in Aave V3 on Monad increased by more than $500 million over the past month. Aave V4 deposits reached a record high above $350 million. Aave (AAVE) is extending its mild recovery on Tuesday, trading above the 50-day Exponential Moving Average at $90.80. The recovery comes amid increased adoption of Aave’s lending protocols. Aave V3’s deployment on the Monad Layer 1 blockchain attracted more than $500 million in deposits over the past month, alongside more than $215 million in active loans. Despite the…

Tyler Williams served as Secretary Scott Bessent’s principal adviser on blockchain and digital asset policy, making him one of Treasury’s top voices on US crypto regulation. He is returning to the private sector after leaving his post on July 31.His exit is the fourth senior crypto departure from a position of federal power this year, and it comes before Congress has finished the legislation that will decide who regulates digital assets.Harry Jung announced on July 20 that he would leave the White House Crypto Council within two weeks, ending his run coordinating digital asset policy between agencies, Congress and the…

Key takeaways Dogecoin is trading near $0.070 after declining 3.5% last week. DOGE’s long-to-short ratio rose to a one-month high of 1.25, signaling bullish positioning. Funding rates remain positive at 0.0074%, indicating stronger demand for long positions. Dogecoin (DOGE) is holding steady near $0.070 at the time of writing on Tuesday after falling 3.5% last week. Although the broader technical trend remains bearish, improving derivatives data and bullish divergences across key momentum indicators suggest that selling pressure may be easing. This setup could support a short-term recovery if buyers defend the current support zone. Derivatives data supports a bullish DOGE…

Former FBI agent Patrick Yaroch allegedly exploited internal access to transfer cryptocurrency from wallets tied to national security investigations into accounts he controlled. Investigators say he later confessed, citing shame, while searches uncovered cryptocurrency accounts, travel plans and ChatGPT conversations about the money. The former supervisory special agent was dismissed by the FBI on 31 July and now faces federal charges relating to transporting and receiving allegedly stolen property. A former FBI supervisory special agent is facing federal charges after allegedly transferring about US$1 million (AU$1.43 million) in cryptocurrency from digital wallets connected to investigations into an adversarial nation. Prosecutors…

In an Aug. 3 post, Bitcoin bridge Boltz said automated, AI-assisted probing led to several contained exploits before the attack accelerated sharply. Boltz’s non-custodial design kept every user’s funds safe through months of attacks. Yet the Bitcoin swap service shut down anyway.Boltz said its team could no longer keep pace, so swaps will remain offline until further notice.Before the shutdown, Boltz bridged Bitcoin’s layers by switching between on-chain BTC, the Lightning Network, and Liquid. Its non-custodial structure meant users retained control of their coins throughout each swap, with a built-in refund path if anything went wrong before settlement.That structure protected…

Strategy sold 1,638 BTC for US$104.73 million between 27 July and 2 August, at an average US$63,957 a coin. The company’s average purchase price stands at US$75,419, putting the sale about 15% below what it paid. Michael Saylor, Strategy’s executive chairman, said on X that he has never sold his own Bitcoin, a holding no company filing covers. Michael Saylor said he has never sold any of his own Bitcoin on the same day Strategy disclosed selling 1,638 BTC for US$104.73 million (AU$149.8 million), at an average price roughly 15% below what the company paid for its coins. “When I…

Block’s Bitcoin Engineering and Security team and independent Bitcoin Core developers have traced the recent batch of Coinkite Coldcard wallet losses to a specific firmware defect that exposed a hidden weakness in Bitcoin self-custody before any user touched a seed phrase.The bug diverted the device’s random-number generation from its STM32 hardware source to MicroPython’s deterministic Yasmarang fallback.Mk2 and Mk3 devices running firmware 4.0.1 through 4.1.9 produced seeds whose cryptographic randomness collapsed into a small, searchable set.Mk4, Q, and Mk5 models were less severely affected, producing seeds with about 72 bits of entropy, still well under the 128 bits specified by…