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Italy’s biggest bank just slashed its Bitcoin ETF call position by 99% to triple down on staked Ethereum
Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest banking group, cut the underlying-share amount of its reported iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF call position by 99.3% in the second quarter, while a 500,000-share-equivalent held put row appeared and its staked Ethereum ETF balance roughly tripled.The changes mark a reset in the Italian bank’s disclosed quarter-end crypto ETF positions. They do not, by themselves, show that Intesa adopted a net bearish Bitcoin strategy.The bank’s July 31 Form 13F captures positions held on June 30. Its May 15 filing provides the March 31 comparison point, making the figures quarter-end snapshots rather than a record of trades made…
Over 400 million locked XRP face a quiet October deadline as the Evernorth SPAC takes a $135,000 lifeline
Armada Acquisition Corp. II, the SPAC seeking to take XRP treasury operator Evernorth Holdings public, has borrowed $135,000 from Arrington XRP Capital Fund. Arrington is both Armada’s sponsor and the subscriber behind a major XRP commitment to the transaction. Related ReadingNew US company completes $1 billion XRP purchase as Ripple celebrates price surgeInstitutional momentum builds as Evernorth and XRPR ETF showcase growing demand for compliant XRP investment products. Oct 27, 2025 · Oluwapelumi Adejumo The unsecured note was signed July 27 and drawn July 31. Its proceeds may be used for ordinary administrative expenses, and Armada can seek more funding…
Researchers just uncovered 4,200 malicious smart contracts that successfully tricked 5,700 victims into signing away their crypto
Simulating transfers using safety tools inside crypto wallets can show a small gain even when the final transaction sends the user’s deposit to an attacker, according to a July 30 arXiv preprint that links the technique to 5,742 victim addresses and about $3.48 million in historical losses.The authors used SimGuard, a contract-bytecode detector, to identify 4,224 transaction-simulation phishing contracts across Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Avalanche and Polygon.The study associated them with 6,223 victim transactions but called the loss estimate an upper bound because some attacker test activity may have been misclassified. It attributed 91.5% of the losses to Ethereum and…
Where did Trump Media’s 5,278 BTC go? Trackers spot $165 million Bitcoin transfer leaving just 3.43 BTC
Trump Media & Technology Group moved 2,628 BTC on Aug. 2, bringing the sum of two recently reported Bitcoin movements to within 3.43 BTC of the portion of its March holdings not identified as convertible-note collateral.The near-match puts the latest wallet activity at the center of a question about what remains of Trump Media’s quarter-end Bitcoin treasury once note collateral is separated out.Trump Media reported 9,542.16 BTC as of March 31, including 4,260.73 BTC serving as note collateral. Subtracting those figures produces 5,281.43 BTC, though the company did not label that difference liquid or unencumbered.The same filing separately said Trump…
Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are featured in a new collectible product from the United States Mint. Launching today, the U.S. Mint’s first Comic Art Three-Medal Set brings the legendary superheroes together in a colorful offering with broad appeal among comic book fans and coin collectors alike. The US Mints first Comic Art Three Medal Set features Superman Batman and Wonder Woman medals The release is the latest entry in the U.S. Mint’s multi-year Comic Art Coin and Medal Program, created to explore the ideals of DC Super Heroes and the American values they embody. The designs first appeared in…
Solana just boosted block capacity by a massive 66%, but the one bottleneck infuriating traders hasn’t budged
Solana raised the maximum computation allowed per block from 60 million to 100 million compute units on July 29, a 66.7% jump that gives unrelated transactions more room without changing the separate cap governing its busiest accounts.Compute units, or CUs, measure computational work performed by transactions. The block limit caps the aggregate CUs a leader can include before the block is full.The on-chain feature account identifies SIMD-0286 as active at slot 435,888,000, at the start of epoch 1009, while the activation block timestamps that slot to July 29. The change raised the block limit by 66.7% mathematically, which the Solana…
How Coinbase plans to force-settle and instantly recreate institutional positions on Deribit within a 30-minute window
Coinbase expects to move Coinbase International Exchange institutional accounts, balances, and positions to Deribit on Sept. 9, a planned cutover that would cancel open orders, settle positions at market prices, and recreate them on Deribit. The change applies to International Exchange institutional clients, not the retail migration path for Coinbase app and website users. Related ReadingCoinbase agrees to acquire Deribit in landmark $2.9 billion dealCoinbase looks to expand offshore derivatives market presence amid favorable U.S. regulatory climate. May 8, 2025 · Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright Clients that do not want to migrate should treat Aug. 28 as the boundary. Coinbase’s institutional…
Kraken is force-selling 7 delisted tokens into dead markets, warning users insufficient liquidity could result in zero proceeds.
Kraken will begin automatically liquidating seven delisted tokens today, Aug. 3 after closing withdrawals for affected clients. Any PLANCK, AIR, MICHI, FLY, ANLOG, TERM or STRD left on the exchange is due to be sold during a five-day window that runs through Aug. 7, according to Kraken’s published schedule.This is a disposal of residual spot balances, not leveraged positions or margin calls. Clients can no longer move the affected assets off Kraken because the withdrawal cutoff passed at 14:00 UTC on July 31. Kraken says it will liquidate the balances automatically based on prevailing market conditions.Kraken published the delisting notice…
The CLARITY Act enters the Senate’s final scheduled week before the August recess. Monday’s floor schedule opens with H.R. 6500, a government funding vehicle, and CLARITY has yet to appear on the schedule.Negotiators are still working through disputes over government ethics and stablecoin rewards, and prediction markets price the odds of the bill becoming law this year below even money.Aug. 7 is the last scheduled weekday before recess, as the Senate’s state work period begins Aug. 10 and runs through Sept. 11, leaving senators five weekdays to produce floor action before the break.A missed window sends the fight into September,…
Russia has approved a ban on cryptocurrency mining and mining pool participation in Moscow, the surrounding Moscow region, and parts of the Kursk region from 15 August through the end of 2032. The government said the ban is needed to protect the electricity grid, warning that energy-intensive mining could worsen power shortages in affected regions. The move expands Russia’s regional mining restrictions introduced in late 2024, while the country continues to regulate cryptocurrency mining nationally rather than imposing a nationwide ban. Russia has approved a long-term prohibition on cryptocurrency mining and mining pool participation covering Moscow, the surrounding Moscow region…