Crypto News. August 8, 2026
Elon Musk subtle shills Jimothy
Pumpfun launched social trading app similar to FOMO, started endorsing some meme kols to delete FOMO app and join Pump app
Tether is expanding its tokenization business into Saudi Arabia, starting with real estate.
Robinhood Wallet cut its gas-sponsorship minimum from $5 to $0.50 on Robinhood Chain through September 29.
Trump Media is pulling back from crypto, scrapping its CRO treasury venture with Crypto.com and Yorkville, and dropping plans to build prediction markets directly into Truth Social
Galaxy Research confirmed 1,719 BTC (~$111M) stolen in the Coldcard exploit, with total losses likely topping $130M across 25+ attack patterns and 250+ victim reports
Grayscale filed to let its Ethereum Staking Mini ETF stake nearly all of its ETH once tax conditions are met
Firmus, a former Bitcoin miner turned AI infrastructure company, raised $2B at a $10.5B+ valuation with Nvidia to fund AI factory buildout in Australia and Asia.
Coinkite said it will publish a post-mortem on the Coldcard incident once its investigation wraps but won’t estimate customer losses
Hyperliquid Policy Center pushed the CFTC for a regulatory framework letting Americans access onchain derivatives
Federal judge granted Bybit an injunction freezing wallets suspected of holding funds from North Korea’s $1.5B hack
CFTC sent letters to prediction market platforms warning them to drop American-style gambling odds and avoid deceptive listing practices
BTCPay Server disclosed a critical vulnerability being actively exploited and urged users to update to v2.4.2.
Etherfi stripped restaking exposure from weETH, making it a pure LST, and shifted restaking to a new weETHs token powered by Symbiotic
Michigan federal judge denied Coinbase’s bid to block state enforcement against sports event contracts.
Sui will integrate two NIST-approved post-quantum signature schemes, letting users adopt quantum-safe keys without new addresses
Senate delayed vote on the Clarity Act until September
Robinhood Ventures Fund I invested $30M in Whatnot’s $545M Series G round.
