Analysis Archive – Page 72

Community Bankers, Not Crypto Lobby, Stall the CLARITY Act
The CLARITY Act has stalled again in the Senate, and the resistance is coming from community bankers worried about deposits, not the usual crypto skeptics.

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.
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