Trump Media Walks Away From Its CRO Treasury Plan After Crypto.com's Deal Unravels
Axios on Aug 7, 2026: Trump Media, Crypto.com and Yorkville mutually end the CRO treasury plan, scrap related services, and scale back Truth Social...
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weETH Drops Automatic Restaking and Gives Ethereum Stakers a Two-Token Choice
Ether.fi splits staking risk. weETH sheds auto restaking under a three‑phase hardening plan as weETHs offers opt‑in Symbiotic exposure. Prime LTV hits 86%.
BTCPay Lightning Nodes Drained in Live Attack as Operators Rush to Patch LND Servers
BTCPay Server nodes report live Lightning drains as LND ships v0.20.2-beta with reproducible binaries and verification steps. Operators move fast to patch.
Ondo Governance Lawsuit Collides With a Larger Grayscale DeFi Fund Allocation
Grayscale DeFi Fund rebalancing meets an Ondo governance lawsuit, putting DAO authority and index flows under the microscope. Here’s what could move risk.
Loopring Faces Its Coinbase Trading Cutoff After the L2 Shutdown
Coinbase suspends LRC trading on Aug 7, 2026 at ~2 PM ET after Loopring’s L2 shutdown. Limit-only mode is live. Practical options, risks, and...
Flow Traders Brings 24/7 Institutional Liquidity to Algorand
Flow Traders adds round-the-clock quotes for ALGO across institutional venues, with likely spillover to ETPs and DEX depth. Here’s how it could reshape execution.
Grayscale Solana Staking ETF Moves Toward Quarterly Reward Distributions
SEC filings on July 17, 2026 show Grayscale’s Solana Staking ETF moving to quarterly cash distributions around Aug. 7, with 6.10% gross rewards cited...
Arc's September Launch Will Start With BlackRock, DTCC and Visa as Validators
Eleven founding validators back Arc’s Sept 16 mainnet, including BlackRock, DTCC and Visa, as Circle moves from private to public launch. Low fees reported.
Hashdex Will Close Its $14.7 Million DEFI Fund in a Rare Bitcoin ETF Exit
Hashdex DEFI ETF closure: $14.56M AUM and 225.58 BTC set for wind-down despite +7.21% 1-month NAV. What investors should check before last trade.
Mastercard Closes Its BVNK Deal and Moves Stablecoin Settlement Into the Card Network
Mastercard-BVNK tie-up brings stablecoin settlement onto card rails, reshaping issuer-acquirer flows for cross-border commerce. Here’s what actually changes.