Keel Infrastructure (formerly Bitfarms) has decommissioned all its mining facilities in the US, preparing them to be converted into data centers for AI workloads and HPC. This was reported in the firm’s second-quarter report. Simultaneously, the organization continued to liquidate its bitcoin reserves. From April 1 to August 7, it sold 1085 BTC for $75 […]
Analysts at Standard Chartered have raised their forecast for Chainlink (LINK) to $200 by the end of 2030, according to a report by The Block citing the bank’s report. The company estimates the token’s potential growth at approximately 25 times its current level of around $8. The forecast is linked to Chainlink’s role as a […]
The North Korean-linked hacker group Kimsuky is employing local AI systems to target cryptocurrency and financial companies, according to South Korean cybersecurity analysts Genians. Researchers discovered that Kimsuky utilizes local LLM environments based on Ollama, GPT4All, and Msty. These tools operate offline and support the Retrieval-Augmented Generation method, allowing queries without sending data to cloud […]
Crypto platform Coinsbuy lost $8.07 million in a coordinated attack on the TRON and Ethereum networks on August 9, according to blockchain researchers from BlockWatchdog. 🔴 COINSBUY — $8.07M drained Coinsbuy refilled the wallets it was robbed from. 12 hours later $3.93M went back into the same ten addresses — seven matched to within 0.05% […]
Former US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, in a column for the Financial Times, urged the Senate to urgently pass the Clarity Act, describing the digital asset market structure bill as a national security issue. Esper connected his call to how the US has maintained global influence over the past 80 years: not only through military […]
An international team of scientists has demonstrated that concentrated sunlight can generate pairs of quantum-entangled photons. The study was published in the journal Optica. The authors of the paper include experts from the University of Ottawa and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Germany. In their experiment, researchers used sunlight as […]
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is in discussions with market participants regarding the regulation of tokenized gold, according to a report by the Financial Times, citing sources. Sources indicate that the regulator has been consulting with industry representatives, including major banks, on establishing rules for tokenized gold and supporting the growth of this segment. […]
The Bitcoin network split due to the BIP-110 soft fork, Bybit sued North Korea over a $1.5 billion theft, the U.S. Senate delayed a vote on the CLARITY Act, and other developments from the week. Bitcoin back to $65,000 The week opened with the pullback continuing: on August 4, the first cryptocurrency fell below $63,000. […]
Amazon confirmed it bought a site in Pecos County, Texas, for a data center campus that will be powered by a dedicated 7.65 GW gas-fired plant. The statement was cited by analytics service Cleanview. Pacifico Energy is building the GW Ranch plant. Permitting documents indicate 35 gas turbines will be installed on site. There are […]
On August 8, BitMart founder Sheldon Xia responded for the first time since the shutdown announcement, saying he is not hiding and did not take users’ funds. Users have reported being unable to withdraw since July 26. 1.我们没有跑路，也不会跑路。2.很多谣言和所谓的前员工、现任员工所谓的爆料，截图等等，请不要轻信谣言。3.核心团队还在进行资产盘点，资产归集和系统维护的工作，有序清退是我们的目标，请等待公告和通知。… — Sheldon (@sheldonbitmart) August 8, 2026 He said the core team is conducting an inventory and consolidation […]