Crypto News. August 4, 2026
BlackRock filed with the SEC to issue tokenized fund shares on Solana through its new BRSRV vehicle
BlackRock launched two tokenized money market funds: the $6.2B BSTBL on Ethereum with BNY as transfer agent, and BRSRV with Securitize as transfer agent
Ripple invested in transfer agency firm ZILO and tokenization platform Licuido
Coldcard halted shipments and destroyed remaining inventory built with vulnerable firmware; Satscard, Opendime, and Tapsigner are unaffected, and users must generate new seeds to be secure.
BitMNR bought 10,399 ETH, lifting holdings to 5.8M ETH worth $10.7B
Aztec Foundation laid off 18 employees, about 55% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring splitting the organization into Aztec Labs and the foundation.
Mastercard completed its acquisition of BVNK.
USDT is now live on Uniswap.
MicroStrategy sold 1,638 BTC at an average price of $63,957, raising $104.7M
Tyler Williams, Treasury Secretary Bessent’s top crypto adviser, resigned.
Franklin Templeton joined the Canton Network as a Super Validator, alongside Nasdaq and Visa.
The Proof of Attendance Protocol (POAP) is shutting down after five years.
BitGo launched Link, connecting clients to Coinbase, Kraken, Crypto.com and more.
Robinhood secured FCA registration under the UK’s crypto AML regime, effective July 31.
The Smarter Web Company bought 11.89 BTC for $753,300, bringing holdings to 2,712 BTC
Robinhood opened the order book for Robinhood Ventures Fund II,
BitGo’s CEO challenged Anthropic’s Claude to hack a wallet he set up holding 100 BTC, pushing back on AI hacking capability claims.
Base’s third network upgrade, Cobalt, is planned for September, bringing native account abstraction and B20 improvements.
Steakhouse’s confidential USDC vault on Morpho now holds $28M+ TVL.
Coinbase launched WTI and Brent crude oil perpetual futures for non-US traders
Coldcard hack losses now exceed $100M, with Galaxy Research confirming at least 1,596 BTC stolen across three waves.
Bitget will stop accepting new Japanese users and move existing accounts to close-only mode starting November 1, citing tightening Japanese crypto rules.
The BlackRock, Mastercard, Ripple, and Franklin Templeton updates all point in the same direction: digital assets are increasingly becoming part of mainstream financial infrastructure rather than a separate ecosystem.