Crypto News. August 3, 2026

Michael Saylor hinted Strategy may resume bitcoin buying after a five-week pause.

Michael Saylor@saylor

Bitcoin Drive engaged.

12:36 PM · Aug 2, 2026 · 892K Views

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Trump Media confirmed 2,628 BTC (~$165M) sent to Crypto[.]com on Saturday was not sold.

The Block@TheBlockCo

NEW: Trump Media says 2,628 BTC worth about $165 million transferred to Crypto.com on Saturday was not sold. The move left roughly 4,261 BTC in publicly tagged wallets, nearly matching the 4,260.73 BTC pledged as collateral for its convertible notes.

3:41 PM · Aug 2, 2026 · 16.2K Views

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Iran-linked crypto exchange Shelbit sent at least $676 million to Binance and processed $4 billion while serving as a hub connecting Iranian gambling sites.

HIT.com@HIT

JUST IN: An Iran-linked exchange sent $676 million to $BNB Binance in an alleged sanctions-evasion operation, Reuters reports, with Dubai-based Shelbit processing over $4 billion since May 2024 through a network tied to Iranian gambling sites, the central bank and the IRGC.

10:10 PM · Aug 1, 2026 · 2.09K Views

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BNB Chain is pursuing legal action against a former employee accused of keeping a tutorial wallet’s seed phrase and using it to launch the ASTEROID memecoin

BNB Chain@BNBCHAIN

A wallet address was previously created by a former employee, which they then used to generate a token, as part of a video tutorial. That individual is no longer with the company as part of this incident. The individual retained unauthorised access to the associated seed phrase

10:10 AM · Aug 1, 2026 · 1.63M Views

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Russia will ban crypto mining and mining pool participation across Moscow and the surrounding region from Aug. 15 through end of 2032

CoinDesk@CoinDesk

NEW: Russia bans Bitcoin mining in Moscow and surrounding regions from August 15 through 2032, citing power grid concerns in a country that holds 17% of global $BTC hashrate.

7:18 PM · Aug 1, 2026 · 81.9K Views

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trade xyz began compensating users for the July 27 SKHYNIX pricing incident, using $1,115.50 as reference price

trade.xyz@tradexyz

Distributions for the July 27 SKHYNIX pricing event have gone out. Each eligible liquidation was measured against a reference price of $1,115.5. Where the resulting amount is under 10,000 USDC, wallets have been credited in full, and no action is needed. Where it exceeds 10,000

trade.xyz @tradexyz

On July 27 at 23:01 UTC, SKHYNIX mark price dropped from $1,127.9 to $917.25. This print was based on an executed trade which was relayed by multiple independent data providers. The XYZ oracle was live in external pricing and tracking that venue, which serves as the primary

12:32 AM · Aug 1, 2026 · 81.5K Views

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Robinhood now earns more transaction revenue from prediction markets than stocks or crypto combined

Sheel Mohnot@pitdesi

Robinhood now makes more transaction revenue from prediction markets than from either stock or crypto trading... Prediction market take rates are massive, 170x higher than stocks per $1 traded For every $1,000 traded, Robinhood generates roughly: Stocks: $0.13 Options: $1.47

5:48 PM · Aug 2, 2026 · 159K Views

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Bitcoin stolen in the Coldcard hardware wallet hack now exceeds $88,000,000.

Watcher.Guru@WatcherGuru

JUST IN: Bitcoin stolen from Coldcard hardware wallet hack now exceeds $88,000,000.

9:04 PM · Aug 1, 2026 · 3.15M Views

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Solana’s deflation and burning proposals head to an early vote, needing 15% stake support to move to a final vote.

mert@mert

big news the solana deflation & burning proposals will go to an early vote starting tomorrow if they get at least 15% of stake to signal support, they'll go to a final vote after that if you're a node or holder that want these on Solana, show support fast no time to waste

great hylord cavey phd ∿ @cavemanloverboy

yuge yuge week. there is a plan for the proposals for 1) The Burn SIMD, aka The Resource Fee SIMD 2) The Disinflation SIMD to go live this week for voting. for these changes to make it into the protocol and into agave/fd we need 1) proposals to swiftly get support from 15%

11:02 PM · Aug 2, 2026 · 58.1K Views

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