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Bitcoin miner IPO demands 99.8% of funds from public buyers while handing them just 10% equity

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Bitcoin miner IPO demands 99.8% of funds from public buyers while handing them just 10% equity

August 23, 2026

Bitari Inc., a Bitcoin mining host pursuing a planned Bitcoin mining IPO and Nasdaq listing, is asking...

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Pakistan gives crypto platforms a September 5 deadline to comply or leave

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Pakistan gives crypto platforms a September 5 deadline to comply or leave

August 23, 2026

Pakistan has given crypto platforms until Sept. 5 to enter its new licensing regime or stop serving...

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How a $20M crypto payout left a micro-cap firm with under $83K in usable cash reserves

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How a $20M crypto payout left a micro-cap firm with under $83K in usable cash reserves

August 23, 2026

ZK International said it received 205,512.5 AWA tokens on July 30 to settle a $20.02 million equity-financing...

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The US approved high-leverage Bitcoin trading while crypto founders remain legally blocked from raising funds

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The US approved high-leverage Bitcoin trading while crypto founders remain legally blocked from raising funds

August 23, 2026

On May 29, the CFTC approved a Bitcoin perpetual contract for a regulated US exchange. Almost three...

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Layer 1 network dilutes supply by 75% overnight to fund survival after main developer quits

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Layer 1 network dilutes supply by 75% overnight to fund survival after main developer quits

August 23, 2026

Secret Network executed a 1.079 billion-SCRT mint on Aug. 21 as backers of Proposal 365 moved to...

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Crypto treasury firm seeks 20B share ceiling and reverse splits after launching $300M stock offering

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Crypto treasury firm seeks 20B share ceiling and reverse splits after launching $300M stock offering

August 23, 2026

Shareholders of Chaince Digital Holdings, a crypto treasury firm, will decide Monday whether to increase the company’s...

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As foreign investors dump $29 billion in Treasury bills, Washington pivots to stablecoin issuers to back US debt

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As foreign investors dump $29 billion in Treasury bills, Washington pivots to stablecoin issuers to back US debt

August 23, 2026

Foreign investors sent a net $133.5 billion into US financial markets in June. During the same month,...

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Ripple relies on locked XRP reserves to back a $275 million institutional credit line

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Ripple relies on locked XRP reserves to back a $275 million institutional credit line

August 23, 2026

Ripple Prime closed an upsized $275 million private placement of senior unsecured notes, giving the non-bank prime...

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America is creating a new class of crypto banks – but they aren’t really banks

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America is creating a new class of crypto banks – but they aren’t really banks

August 23, 2026

Circle now has a federal bank charter. However, the charter provides no ordinary checking accounts, FDIC-insured savings...

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Local’s access to global crypto platforms could end under Nigeria’s proposed capital floor

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Local’s access to global crypto platforms could end under Nigeria’s proposed capital floor

August 23, 2026

Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed rules that would bring crypto businesses into its licensing perimeter...

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Coldcard now requires 65 key presses after seed exploit, while exposed funds still must move

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Coldcard now requires 65 key presses after seed exploit, while exposed funds still must move

August 23, 2026

Coinkite, the maker of the Coldcard Bitcoin hardware wallet, released new standard firmware on Aug. 20 that...

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Grayscale’s Zcash ETF filing proposes a 2.5% fee and a potential 34% DCG stake

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Grayscale’s Zcash ETF filing proposes a 2.5% fee and a potential 34% DCG stake

August 23, 2026

Grayscale’s proposed Zcash ETF would carry a 2.5% annual fee. Under one dated ownership calculation, a DCG...

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Everyday crypto users face monthly tax bills on total asset value if covered brokers fail to collect under new Illinois rules

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Everyday crypto users face monthly tax bills on total asset value if covered brokers fail to collect under new Illinois rules

August 22, 2026

Illinois’s 0.2% digital asset tax, scheduled to start Jan. 1, 2027, now faces another industry complaint as...

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Reaching instant 27ms validation on Bitcoin will take 17 GPU years of compute power

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Reaching instant 27ms validation on Bitcoin will take 17 GPU years of compute power

August 22, 2026

Hazync’s developer reports that a 1.7 MB standalone verifier checked a 226,434-byte cryptographic receipt covering the first...

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A $1 billion meme coin purchase puts a huge 167% share dilution down to a single vote for ZeroStack

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A $1 billion meme coin purchase puts a huge 167% share dilution down to a single vote for ZeroStack

August 22, 2026

ZeroStack’s Aug. 21 resale registration puts a shareholder vote between the company and 36.2 million new shares...

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