Author: James Wilson

Aster has activated AOS-2, requiring projects to stake 1 million ASTER for four years before validators can approve a new perpetual market. Summary Applicants must stake 1 million ASTER for four years, with no early withdrawal option. Successful proposals will move to Aster’s risk team before the contract launches on T+1. Projects that fail the validator vote will receive their full ASTER stake back. AOS-3 will follow, although Aster has not disclosed its rules or launch date. AOS-2 opens Aster perpetual listings to applicants Aster said in an Aug. 11 X post that the standard replaces private listing talks with…

Strategy CEO Phong Le has said the company plans to increase its Bitcoin holdings again this year, even after recent sales reduced its reserve to 840,447 BTC. Summary Strategy plans to resume Bitcoin accumulation before the end of 2026. Recent sales have reduced its holdings to 840,447 BTC. Strategy sold 3,328 BTC for $213.3 million across the past two reporting periods. Its US dollar reserves have increased to $4.65 billion. Fox Business reported that Le expects Strategy to return to Bitcoin accumulation as the company builds its US dollar reserve and supports its preferred stock products. Le’s comments place the…

CeDeFi trading platform Grvt has partnered with Ondo Finance to build a position of up to $100 million in the tokenization firm’s yield-bearing USDY product over the next 12 months. Summary Grvt plans to build a $100 million position in Ondo Finance’s USDY token over the next 12 months. USDY returns will feed into Grvt Earn’s base rate, allowing users to access the yield without buying or managing the token directly. At USDY’s current APY of about 3.5%, a fully deployed $100 million position would generate roughly $3.5 million in annualized gross yield. The planned allocation would equal about 4.6%…

Ethereum price fell 2.6% toward $1,870 on Aug. 11 after another rejection below $1,950 triggered long liquidations, while traders reduced risk ahead of the latest U.S. inflation report. Summary Ethereum price fell 2.6% toward $1,870 after buyers failed to sustain a move above $1,900. The daily RSI remains neutral at 51.63, but ETH is below three major moving averages. Liquidation clusters at $1,895 and $1,940 could amplify a recovery, while $1,857 anchors downside liquidity. Analysts identify $1,850 as the bullish invalidation level and $1,950 as the breakout threshold. Ethereum price falls below $1,900 According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH)…

Only 281 of 1,343 crypto service providers operating across the European Economic Area have secured MiCA authorization after the EU’s final transition period expired on July 1, leaving more than 1,000 firms without approval under the bloc’s licensing regime. Summary Only 281 of 1,343 EEA crypto service providers secured MiCA authorization by July 1. High or Severe risk ratings applied to 12% of unauthorized firms, compared with 2% of authorized providers. Unauthorized firms sent $5 billion directly to sanctioned counterparties, about three times the $1.7 billion recorded among authorized firms. Germany authorized 55 firms, while Poland issued no authorizations despite…

XRP Ledger architect and former Ripple chief technology officer David Schwartz criticized Bitcoin Knots on Aug. 11 after the project said the Bitcoin network was “under attack” and that block production had slowed.  Summary David Schwartz criticized Bitcoin Knots after it described the Bitcoin network as being under attack. BIP-110 is officially marked Closed after its enforcing branch stalled at block 961,633 following activation. OCEAN data shows the BIP-110 branch remains stuck at block 961,633 roughly 59 hours later. Bitcoin Knots says a new proof-of-work algorithm will be selected Tuesday through deterministic random selection. Luke Dashjr lost BIP editor privileges…

Zama has listed its native ZAMA token on Revolut across the European Economic Area, giving the privacy-focused blockchain project access to a fintech platform serving more than 70 million customers. Summary ZAMA has been listed on Revolut across the European Economic Area. The listing gives Zama access to Revolut’s more than 70 million customers, including over 15 million crypto users. Revolut users can buy and hold ZAMA in the main app or withdraw the token to a self-custody wallet. Zama uses fully homomorphic encryption to keep blockchain balances, transactions, and financial positions encrypted. The listing follows Zama’s recent confidential DeFi…

Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr has been removed as a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal editor after developers escalated concerns over his handling of BIP 110 and the proposal’s stalled minority chain.  Summary Luke Dashjr was removed from the Bitcoin BIP editors after a GitHub pull request merged. BIP 110 is now marked Closed after its minority chain stalled following only two blocks. Five BIP editors remain listed in BIP 3 after Dashjr’s name was removed Monday evening. Dashjr rejected the allegations and called his removal an unauthorized abuse of power by Core. OCEAN’s BIP 110 endpoint still showed block 961,633 unchanged about…

Bitcoin Policy Institute and more than 40 digital-asset organizations have called on leading AI laboratories to give qualified open-source security researchers controlled access to frontier models as AI-assisted cyberattacks grow more capable. Summary More than 40 organizations signed the appeal for trusted access to advanced AI models. The coalition requested early model access, computing power, secure environments, and direct communication channels. Block, Coinbase, Strategy, MARA, Galaxy, BitGo, Brink, and Trezor were among the signatories. The request follows several AI-assisted attacks and major Bitcoin security failures reported in 2026. Bitcoin coalition asks AI labs for controlled access Bitcoin Policy Institute announced…

Ethereum’s updated roadmap adds native rollups, stronger privacy, and post-quantum scaling as advances in cryptography and AI reshape the network’s long-term technical priorities, according to co-founder Vitalik Buterin. Summary Quantum security has moved higher in Ethereum’s priorities compared with its 2023 roadmap. New areas include native rollups, stronger privacy, and blob and gas futures. Ethereum may use specialized scaling mechanisms for transfers, trading, and privacy applications. STARKs and AI-assisted formal verification could support upgrades across all three protocol layers. Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin compared the network’s 2023 roadmap with its current Strawmap in an Aug. 10 X post, identifying…