Crypto News. August 6, 2026

Aug 06, 2026

Circle confirmed Arc mainnet to launch September 16, with BlackRock, DTCC, Visa, Mastercard and eight other institutions as founding validators and USDC as native gas

Arc@arc

Arc Mainnet launches September 16. Arc is an open blockchain network being built for the world’s financial markets, real-time money movement, and agentic economic activity. Arc’s founding validator cohort includes @BlackRock, @The_DTCC, @galaxyhq, @GlobalPayInc, @Mastercard,

1:39 PM · Aug 5, 2026 · 217K Views

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Binance-affiliated entities are suing RedotPay co-founders in Hong Kong, alleging they diverted over 470,000 Binance users to RedotPay and caused $472.8M in losses

BSCN@BSCNews

Binance Sues RedotPay Founders... Bloomberg reports that @binance affiliates have filed a $472.8M damages suit in Hong Kong against the co-founders of @RedotPay. The complaint alleges a massive breach of a 2025 agreement, claiming the founders fraudulently diverted more than

12:54 PM · Aug 5, 2026 · 24.7K Views

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Strategy joined the Invest America Business Pledge, matching the Treasury’s $1,000 Trump Account contribution for newborns of US employees plus $250/year per eligible child.

Strategy@Strategy

A strong financial future starts early. Strategy has joined the Invest America Business Pledge and will match the @USTreasury's $1,000 @TrumpAccounts contribution for newborns of U.S. employees, plus contribute $250 annually for each eligible child. strategy.com/press/strategy…

12:02 PM · Aug 5, 2026 · 199K Views

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Lido DAO’s on-chain vote for NEST Automated Buybacks is live, voting window Aug 5–8.

Lido@LidoFinance

Lido DAO Governance Update The on-chain vote for NEST: Automated Buybacks is live. Voting window (main phase): Aug 5 → 8, 2PM UTC Vote here: vote.lido.fi/vote/204

3:11 PM · Aug 5, 2026 · 10.2K Views

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Trade xyz launched a Pre-IPO Perpetual market for UNITREE, tracking the market-implied Unitree Technology A-share price ahead of its Shanghai STAR Market listing.

trade.xyz@tradexyz

The Pre-IPO Perpetual (IPOP) Market for UNITREE is now live. UNITREE is a pre-IPO market reflecting the market-implied expected price per A-share of Unitree Technology Co., Ltd., expected to list on the Shanghai STAR Market (code 688836). Unitree designs and manufactures

2:11 PM · Aug 5, 2026 · 35.9K Views

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Putin signed law regulating cryptocurrency in Russia.

Watcher.Guru@WatcherGuru

JUST IN: 🇷🇺 Russian President Putin officially signs law regulating cryptocurrency.

7:01 PM · Aug 5, 2026 · 894K Views

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Plume rebranded its ecosystem as Plume Vaults, now showing $178M TVL, $706M total transaction volume and 195K real-world assets minted.

Plume@plumenetwork

Introducing Plume Vaults. One unified brand for everything we've built. ✅ $178M in total value locked 🔁 $706M in total transaction volume ⭐ 195K real-world assets minted New access point, same vaults and mission. ↓

2:02 PM · Aug 5, 2026 · 25.8K Views

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Hyperliquid said HIP-3 deployers are in Growth Mode with 90% discounted trading fees; next upgrade will make fees adjustable per ticker, ranging from a 90% discount to 3x standard cost.

steven.hl@_stevenhl

HIP-3 deployers are currently in Growth Mode, which means trading fees are discounted by 90%. The next network upgrade will bring changes: 1) HIP-3 fees will be adjustable with a granularity of 90% discount to being 3x more expensive 2) Adjustable on a ticker basis Hyperliquid

11:06 AM · Aug 5, 2026 · 74.2K Views

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Chainlink launched a tokenized securities framework in Hong Kong using CCIP and ACE for issuance, settlement and compliance.

RWA Foundation@RWAFoundation_

.@chainlink ⛓️ has launched a tokenized securities framework in Hong Kong 🇭🇰, using CCIP and ACE to handle issuance, settlement, and compliance end-to-end.

4:06 PM · Aug 5, 2026 · 3.4K Views

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Eliza OS founder Shaw Walters said the Eliza token is dead and its foundation is winding down, plans to restart Eliza as an OS.

CoinDesk@CoinDesk

LATEST: Shaw Walters, founder of Eliza Labs, declared the ELIZAOS token “completely” dead, said its foundation is closing and urged holders to sell, while vowing to keep building the underlying software without a new token. Read the full story by @shauryamalwa on CoinDesk.

1:27 PM · Aug 5, 2026 · 46.4K Views

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Hashdex to close and liquidate its DEFI Bitcoin ETF (~$14.7M AUM),

Eric Balchunas@EricBalchunas

We have our first spot bitcoin ETF closure.. $DEFI (Hashdex) is throwing in the towel. Only raised $14m. The issue here isn't the price decline as much as it is that it launched waaay after the rest of pack, really tough for an indie issuer to make it (in any category) when

8:16 PM · Aug 4, 2026 · 32.1K Views

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a16z-backed Web3 game studio Proof Of Play is shutting down, open-sourcing Pirate Nation code and art under CC0, while Shiba Story Go! has been sold to a third party.

Proof of Play@ProofOfPlay

Proof of Play will be ceasing operations. When we started out, we believed games using blockchain tech had the potential to usher in a new, decentralized internet. Ultimately, we couldn't build a product and sustainable business that proved out this thesis at scale. We are

5:55 PM · Aug 4, 2026 · 153K Views

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Suspected Strategy-linked wallet transferred another 1,030 BTC (~$66.14M)

Lookonchain@lookonchain

Is Michael Saylor's @Strategy dumping $BTC again? Wallets linked to #Strategy transferred out 1,030 $BTC($66.14M) again 2 hours ago. arkm.com/explorer/entit… https://t.co/Vz0aSXsP5i

Lookonchain @lookonchain

Just as we tracked, Michael Saylor's @Strategy did sell $BTC again. Last week, Strategy sold 1,638 $BTC($102.4M) and now holds 842,138 $BTC ($52.65B). https://t.co/dQzZC0Le82 https://t.co/TpYYnLDWqj

1:40 AM · Aug 5, 2026 · 132K Views

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Prosecutors charged NFT startup founder Taj Tarsha with stealing millions from investors

US Attorney SDNY@SDNYnews

NFT startup founder charged: Taj Tarsha allegedly misappropriated millions from investors to fund his gambling and lifestyle. @NewYorkFBI

justice.gov

NFT Startup Founder Charged With Fraud

3:21 PM · Aug 5, 2026 · 3.56K Views

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Kraken parent Payward, via Broadridge, will let eligible xStocks holders submit proxy voting preferences on shares underlying their tokenized equities.

BSCN@BSCNews

Kraken's xStocks holders are getting proxy voting rights Broadridge (@Broadridge) will extend its governance platform to xStocks (@xStocksFi), the tokenized equities framework from @krakenfx's Payward Services, letting eligible holders log in to ProxyVote dot com through Web3

5:13 PM · Aug 5, 2026 · 10.2K Views

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Solana activated its first slot time reduction (SIMD-0525) on testnet, cutting slots from 400ms to 350ms as step one of four toward 200ms.

Solana Developers@solana_devs

The first slot time reduction feature is now live on Solana testnet. SIMD-0525 is active on testnet, reducing slot time from 400ms to 350ms as the first of four feature-gated steps toward 200ms slot time.

1:53 PM · Aug 5, 2026 · 129K Views

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Yellow Card raised $40M in strategic funding to grow USD accounts and stablecoin rails across LatAm and APAC.

Yellow Card@yellowcard_app

We just raised $40M in strategic funding from @scventuresDNA, @Sony_Innov_Fund, @polychaincap, @bcap, and others. Total financing is now $120M+, and it's going toward growing Global USD Accounts and our stablecoin rails across LatAm and APAC. Read More: buff.ly/n8LkD2N

9:15 AM · Aug 4, 2026 · 19.5K Views

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Mastercard launched a stablecoin pilot with Borderless, testing its Crypto Credential framework across cross-border payment flows in 100+ countries

Borderless.xyz@borderlessxyz

@Mastercard is partnering with Borderless to bring its shared governance standard to stablecoin payments - running on the world's largest stablecoin orchestration network. The Borderless network connects 15+ licensed on & off ramp providers across 100+ countries, settling

2:43 PM · Aug 5, 2026 · 254 Views

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DefiLlama launched a Market Maker Performance Index leaderboard with Forgd, ranking 40+ institutional liquidity providers on depth, volume, spreads, and uptime.