Analysis Archive – Page 17

Grayscale Pulls Cardano, Hedera and Polkadot ETF Filings
Grayscale withdrew S-1 registrations for its Cardano, Hedera and Polkadot spot ETFs on August 7, 2026, filing all three Form RW requests within minutes.

Russia's Cold Wallet Rush: Hardware Sales Jump 107% Before Putin's Crypto Law
Hardware wallet sales in Russia jumped 107% as users move to self-custody ahead of a new crypto law, per Cointelegraph. Regulation is pushing coins off exchanges.

Wall Street's $7B in Tokenized Funds Sends Under 1% Into DeFi
BlackRock, Circle, and Franklin Templeton hold $7.23B in tokenized funds, but only $49.7M (0.69%) has reached DeFi. Q2 2026's record 99 hacks help explain why.

Empery Sells 1,635 BTC in Weeks as Its 'Never Sell' Reserve Drops 76%
Empery offloaded 1,635 BTC for $102.2M in just over a month, cutting its unrestricted Bitcoin to 325 coins and testing the limits of the never-sell treasury model.

Crypto's Dot-Com Shakeout: 100+ Projects Fold in 2026
More than 100 crypto projects have shut down in 2026 in a dot-com-style washout. Here is what the failures mean for anyone holding funds on a platform.

BTCPay Restricts Remote Lightning Access After LND Nodes Drained
BTCPay Server cut off remote Lightning access after attackers exploited a vulnerability to drain funds from LND nodes. Here is what merchants need to check now.

Marathon Digital Pledges 18,750 BTC to Back a $600M Loan
Marathon Digital pledged 18,750 BTC to secure $600M in new loans for energy and AI infrastructure, keeping its Bitcoin stack while raising growth capital.

Bitcoin Miners Reject BIP-110 With Near-Zero Signaling Support
Two weeks into BIP-110's mandatory signaling window, miner support sits near 0%. Here is what that number means for how Bitcoin upgrades actually pass.

BitMEX's $1 Billion Sale Collapses as Buyers Walk Away
BitMEX's roughly $1 billion sale process fell apart after potential buyers backed out, leaving one of crypto's oldest derivatives venues without a deal.

Bitcoin's Lightning Payment Servers Hit in New Infrastructure Exploit
A fresh exploit is draining merchant Lightning nodes on Bitcoin's payment layer, the latest hit to the infrastructure that settles instant BTC transactions.
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