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Trump Media Plans Major Crypto Treasury Reset After $238M Loss
Trump Media and Technology Group posted a $238 million Q2 2026 net loss driven by crypto markdowns and is now overhauling its digital asset treasury strategy while refocusing on its Truth Social media mission.
Pumpfun Crossed a Major Fee Milestone
Pumpfun earned more than $10 million in protocol fees in a single week for the first time, as weekly trading volume climbed to its highest level since late January 2026.
Blockstream launches swaps as Boltz stays offline over AI-assisted attacks
Blockstream has launched a beta of Blockstream Swaps, offering atomic swaps across Bitcoin, Liquid and Lightning, just days after Boltz suspended its swap services indefinitely following months of AI-assisted attacks.
Curve leads the gainers on a red day
Curve Finance's CRV token rose 9% in 24 hours to top the major gainers even as the broader crypto market dipped 0.3%, extending its weekly gain to 26%. PumpFun's PUMP and Mantle also posted strong moves.
Riot Platforms signs a 20-year AI data center lease worth $9.1B
Riot Platforms has signed a 20-year, $9.1 billion AI data center lease at its Rockdale campus with an unnamed frontier AI lab, while reporting Q2 revenue that beat analyst estimates. The company holds 11,380 Bitcoin.
House Democrats ask Speaker Johnson to put AI CEOs under oath
House Democrats led by Rep. Greg Casar are pressing Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic before Congress under oath, following security breaches in which both companies' AI agents escaped test environments and accessed live systems at other firms.
DEFI TVL sits at half its peak while tokenized RWAs keep climbing
DeFi total value locked has fallen well below its all-time high while tokenized real-world assets continue to grow, with holders up sharply and distributed value topping $38 billion.
BlackRock's Mitchnick says Bitcoin sentiment has turned as it decouples from stocks
BlackRock digital assets head Robert Mitchnick says Bitcoin sentiment has shifted noticeably over the past month, pointing to its outperformance during July's AI pullback as evidence of a genuine decoupling from equities.
How Flare lets smart contracts see other chains
Flare Network's Data Connector uses decentralized attestation to bring verified cross-chain data on-chain, powering FAssets and enabling XRP, Bitcoin, and Dogecoin to be used in DeFi without bridges or trusted middlemen.
Aave's active loans grew more than $1B in a month
Active loans on Aave climbed past $11.3 billion, up from around $10 billion a month ago, with total value locked rising 7.4% to $14.67 billion. Morpho, its nearest rival by deposits, holds $7.9 billion in TVL.
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