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Zcash Labs launched Aug. 6 to move Zcash deeper into business and institutional use. The independent group is focused on integrations, infrastructure, and adoption projects for companies that want to use ZEC.Zcash Labs will front project costs and later seek retroactive reimbursement from ZEC holders with a 20% markup. Its first supported project, zcashtocash, connects ZEC with Venmo, Revolut, Cash App, Chime, Monzo and Zelle across more than 100 geographies.Ethereum and Solana are pushing confidentiality into larger financial networks. Zcash now has to compete on distribution as aggressively as it has competed on cryptography.Zcash is spreading adoption workAll Electric Coin…

Bitcoin traders are rebuilding bets on a run toward $70,000 while still paying for protection against a fall to $60,000, showing that softer US inflation data has done little to break the market’s defensive positioning.The split held after the Consumer Price Index rose 0.1% in July and 3.4% from a year earlier, while core inflation increased 0.2% for the month and 2.5% annually. Both yearly readings eased from June and matched expectations, reducing pressure for the Federal Reserve to tighten policy further.However, Bitcoin barely reacted. CryptoSlate data showed BTC trading around $63,270 as of press time, extending a three-week stretch…

Hyperion’s record Q2 performance was driven by substantial gains in its HYPE treasury, alongside higher adjusted gross profit and lower operating expenses. The company is putting more of its HYPE holdings to work through commitments to Entropy and Skew, following the end of two earlier agreements. Its results contrast with wider digital asset treasury companies facing pressure from falling crypto prices and weaker balance-sheet gains. Hyperion DeFi has posted US$31 million (AU$44.02 million) in second-quarter net income, more than three times its US$8.8 million (AU$12.50 million) result from the previous quarter. It was the company’s second straight quarterly net income…

Solstice announced a tranched product built on Strategy’s Bitcoin-related STRC preferred stock, and said its senior tranche would not begin absorbing losses until STRC trades below $47.66.STRC currently trades near $95.315, putting that threshold roughly half of today’s market price and about 52% below the security’s $100 par value.Solstice COO David Plisek described the $47.66 level as a modeled senior-impairment threshold under the protocol’s current coverage structure and assumptions, both of which the team can revise.How Bitcoin holds the lineStrategy has spent the past six weeks actively managing STRC’s price. The company announced a Digital Credit Capital Framework on June…

The investigation used a controlled fake workplace to observe suspected operatives’ identities, tools, working habits and online infrastructure. Researchers uncovered questionable identity documents, location-masking technology, AI-assisted work and servers associated with malware families linked to North Korean campaigns. A reporter’s simulated investor role formed part of the deception, which eventually ended when researchers challenged workers over their documents. Cybersecurity researchers used a fake cryptocurrency company to investigate three developers they believe were North Korean operatives, with a reporter joining the deception by posing as a venture capital investor. The fabricated business, Ballena Azul, was presented as a decentralised finance startup,…

The Intercept and Freedom of the Press Foundation filed suit in Manhattan federal court on 12 August, calling Truth API “extraordinary, corrupt, and unconstitutional” and asking a judge to shut it down. Access costs US$100,000 (AU$141,000) a month, or US$60,000 (AU$84,600) on a three-year commitment, and Trump Media says more than ten customers have signed. Interim CEO Kevin McGurn told the 10 August earnings call the company is exploring licensing the feed to prediction-market operators. Two news organisations sued President Donald Trump and two White House officials on 12 August over Truth API, the paid feed that pushes his Truth…

Arthur Hayes says a $60 billion Federal Reserve limit is the next liquidity trigger he wants to see before adding more aggressively to risk assets, such as Bitcoin.His Aug. 11 essay focuses on the standing Foreign and International Monetary Authorities Repo Facility, or FIMA. The facility allows approved foreign official accounts to raise dollars against US Treasury collateral temporarily.Hayes has already positioned for a rebound in liquidity, saying he has kept more dollars on hand until the Fed revises FIMA’s rules.A monetary authority pledges Treasuries to the Fed, receives dollars, then sells those dollars for yen. The structure can finance…

Goldman Sachs agreed on 12 August to acquire NEOS Investments for up to US$2.25 billion (AU$3.17 billion) in cash and equity, subject to performance and service commitments. The deal brings NEOS Bitcoin High Income ETF, which held just under US$1.1 billion (AU$1.55 billion) on 11 August, into Goldman Sachs Asset Management alongside 18 other options-income funds. Goldman’s own Bitcoin income ETF, filed in April, has had its effective date pushed back three times and has yet to commence operations. Goldman Sachs agreed on 12 August to buy options-ETF manager NEOS Investments for up to US$2.25 billion (AU$3.17 billion) in cash…

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA) recorded $79,073 of realized gains and $265,776 of unrealized appreciation on written options in its first operating period, helping offset losses on its Bitcoin holdings and shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT).BITA posted an $860,335 decrease in net assets from operations through June 30, its first quarterly filing shows. IBIT is BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin fund and one of BITA’s underlying investments. Related ReadingBlackRock’s new Bitcoin ETF offers monthly income, but caps gains when Bitcoin surgesThe Nasdaq-listed ETF offers monthly income potential through covered calls while capping part of the rally trade.…

Zcash treasury firm and Leap Therapeutics owner, Cypherpunk Technologies, reported $39.4 million in second-quarter net income, reversing a $16.6 million loss a year earlier.Cypherpunk recorded a $4.7 million operating loss, while a $46 million unrealized gain on its ZEC treasury drove the change in its bottom line.Research and development expense accounted for $0.2 million of the quarter’s costs, while general and administrative expense was $4.5 million. That left the company loss-making at the operating level before the ZEC revaluation was reflected in the income statement.The accounting treatment recognizes price movements without requiring Cypherpunk to sell the tokens. Related ReadingBitMine made…