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Markets flip for Fed rate-hike pause into CPI: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week

Bitcoin starts the week with new August highs as traders weigh the impact of crunch US inflation data.　　Key points:US CPI and PPI data comes amid fluctuating bets on Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes in 2026.The Japanese yen remains at the forefront as it creeps back toward the key 160 level against the US dollar.Bitcoin (BTC) traders see the area around $65,800 as crucial for bulls after BTC/USD hits new month-to-date highs.Larger Bitcoin wallets contrast with retail holders after a conspicuous two-month accumulation spree.Baskets of onchain indicators still see the bear market continuing in the second half of the year. 　　CPI, PPI data comes at crucial time for Fed　　Key US inflation data is due as markets shift their expectations of Federal Reserve interest-rate policy.　　The July prints of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) will be released on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.　　The timing of the release is important — recent US inflation cues have given mixed signals to Fed watchers, while resolution of the US-Iran war likewise remains far from certain. The latter has implications for CPI in particular, given oils price sensitivity to events around the Strait of Hormuz shipping route.　　“Crude oil prices remain caught between opposing forces,

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Strategy turns 1,690 BTC into $108.6M STRC buyback

Strategy, which holds the largest corporate Bitcoin treasury, sold BTC for the second week in a row to repurchase its STRC preferred stock.　　The company sold 1,690 Bitcoin for $108.6 million between Aug. 3 and Aug. 9, according to a Monday 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).　　Strategy used the proceeds to buy back 1.15 million shares of its STRC preferred stock for $108.6 million. STRC is a variable-rate preferred stock designed to pay monthly dividends.　　The transaction marked Strategys fourth disclosed Bitcoin sale of 2026, bringing its total Bitcoin sales for the year to 6,948 BTC, while the company still holds 840,447 BTC purchased for an aggregate $63.36 billion.　　Bitcoin becomes part of the funding engine　　Strategy sold the latest batch at an average net price of $64,262 per Bitcoin, while its total holdings carry an average purchase price of $75,385 per BTC, including fees and expenses.　　Strategys prior disclosed sale involved 1,638 BTC for $104.73 million between July 27 and Aug. 2, when it also used Bitcoin sale proceeds to fund STRC repurchases.Source: SEC　　The latest filing shows that Strategy has $785.2 million remaining under its digital credit securities repurchase program, which covers its preferred stock, while another $1 billion remains

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UK regulators to prepare tokenized gold framework: Report

The UKs Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reportedly held talks with banks and other industry participants over potential rules for tokenized gold.　　The FCA has also sought feedback on the use of tokenized gold as collateral in wholesale markets, people familiar with the matter told the Financial Times.　　The regulator is reportedly preparing to outline plans for new regulatory standards for tokenized gold. Cointelegraph has approached the FCA for comment on the matter.　　London is the worlds largest over-the-counter gold trading hub, accounting for about 70% of global notional gold trading volume, according to the World Gold Council.　　The talks come amid a broader UK push to expand tokenized financial markets. A government-backed industry task force said in July that tokenization could add as much as 33 billion British pounds ($44 billion) to the UKs annual economic output by 2035.　　The roadmap also calls for the UKs first tokenized government bond by early 2027 and seeks to make tokenized securities usable for trading, settlement and as collateral.

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Bitcoin Red Team founder turns to Chinese AI: ‘It absolutely guts me’

A Bitcoin security researcher says he has been forced to go back to using open-source Chinese AI models after finding himself restricted from analyzing further codebases by OpenAI, highlighting a growing concern that the most capable AI tools arent being made available to defenders.　　In an X post on Tuesday, AnchorWatch CEO Rob Hamilton said he had begun integrating OpenAIs Trust & Cyber capabilities into his Bitcoin Red Team work on Saturday, only to find his access restricted the following morning.　　“It absolutely guts me as a patriotic American to have to do this, but I will be going back to using Chinese open source models to conduct my research to protect Bitcoin infrastructure,” he added.　　Bitcoin Red Team, a group of volunteers, has been using AI tools and human review to scan hundreds of open-source Bitcoin-related repositories for vulnerabilities, with efforts accelerating days after the Coldcard hardware wallet hack, which has seen over $100 million in Bitcoin stolen.　　Last month, crypto executives told Cointelegraph that many of cryptos biggest players are still waiting to gain access to powerful new AI models to strengthen their code from attacks, with only a select few having been able to get it.　　“I am now prevented from being

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Judge stays CFTCs case against US soldier over prediction market bets

A federal judge ordered that a civil case initiated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) be stayed pending the outcome of a criminal case against a US soldier who is alleged to have used nonpublic information to profit from a Polymarket event contract on the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.　　In a Monday ruling in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, District Judge Andrew Carter granted a motion filed by prosecutors in July to stay the CFTCs civil case “pending the outcome of the criminal proceeding.”　　The cases against Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a US Army Special Forces Master Sergeant, involve allegations of making more than $400,000 on Polymarket event contracts tied to Maduros removal. According to the US Justice Department, Van Dyke was involved in the operation to oust Maduro in January, leading to allegations he used nonpublic information to profit on prediction markets.　　The criminal and civil cases, both filed in April, could have significant implications for lawmakers and government officials using prediction markets. The US soldier has already filed a motion to dismiss the criminal indictment on different legal theories, including that the CFTCs enforcement of event contracts as “swaps” on prediction

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Luke Dashjr removed as Bitcoin Improvement Proposal editor

Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr has been removed as an editor of Bitcoin Improvement Proposals following a dispute over his role in BIP 110.　　Bitcoin developer Mark Erhardt opened the pull request on Sunday after recommending Dashjrs removal on the Bitcoin Developer mailing list.　　Erhardt said Dashjr had been “heavily involved” in creating and implementing BIP 110 and alleged that he unfairly favored the proposal while serving as an editor, including by attempting to assign it a BIP number before mailing-list discussion and quickly merging an update to it.　　Bitcoin developer Jon Atack said he had verified that Dashjr no longer had editor or administrator privileges in the BIPs repository following the mailing-list discussion. Atack then merged the pull request, removing Dashjr from the list of BIP editors.　　“This is just an abuse of power by Core,” Dashjr said. “They have no authority to do so.”　　BIP 110 sought to temporarily restrict the amount of arbitrary data that could be embedded in Bitcoin transactions. The proposal triggered a minority chain split after nodes enforcing it rejected blocks from miners that did not signal support, but the fork quickly stalled with little hashpower support.

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Payments platform Decta explores stablecoin-enabled treasury settlement

Payments platform Decta will use USDC to settle its own funds internationally, bringing stablecoins into its back-end treasury operations.　　Decta said Tuesday that it will use OpenPayd, a financial infrastructure company, to convert company funds into USDC for international settlement, according to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph.　　“This is a proprietary treasury use case rather than a customer-facing payments flow,” Lux Thiagarajah, chief commercial officer at OpenPayd, told Cointelegraph.　　“Decta transfers its own funds into OpenPayd‘s regulated infrastructure, where they are converted into USDC via OpenPayd’s over-the-counter capabilities to support international operational settlements,” he added.　　The integration shows how stablecoins are moving into traditional payments infrastructure as a tool for internal treasury and liquidity management, without making stablecoins part of its customer-facing payment services.　　Stablecoins move into payments firms treasury operations　　Decta said the integration will help it move funds between its entities internationally, manage liquidity and streamline treasury operations.　　Scott Dawson, CEO of Decta UK, said the company wants technology to make its financial operations faster, simpler and more resilient while maintaining its existing controls and regulatory discipline.　　Founded in 2015 in London, Decta is a payments platform that provides payment processing, acquiring, card issuing, banking and other financial infrastructure to businesses. The company operates across 32

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Bitcoin Miner Riot Secures Massive Deal With Anthropic

Riot Platforms has managed to get a massive long-term contract with artificial-intelligence company Anthropic.　　Anthropic has agreed to lease 191 megawatts of capacity at Riots Rockdale, Texas, campus under a 20-year agreement, according to a recent report by Bloomberg.　　Riot said the contract is expected to generate about $9.1 billion in revenue. The agreement also contains two five-year extension options that could lift the total value to as much as $16.1 billion.　　Riots Rockdale has 700 megawatts of grid interconnection capacity. The mining behemoths broader portfolio includes about 1.7 gigawatts of fully approved power capacity.　　The Anthropic agreement follows Riots earlier partnership with Advanced Micro Devices, which helped establish its data-center business. AMD initially agreed to lease 25 megawatts at Rockdale before exercising an option to double its contracted capacity to 50 megawatts. Riot reported $33.2 million in data-center revenue in the first quarter.　　Selling billions worth of Bitcoin　　Riot has been persistently selling BTC throughout the year. In the first quarter of 2026 alone, the company sold 3,778 BTC for approximately $289.5 million, at an average net price of $76,626 per Bitcoin.　　The amount sold was more than twice the 1,473 BTC Riot mined during the quarter.　　Shiba Inu News　　That wasnt Riots first major liquidation. In December

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BTCPay offers $190,000 bounty after bitcoin payment servers drained in exploit

SummaryBTCPay Server is offering a bounty of 10% of any recovered stolen bitcoin, up to 3 BTC, to anyone with information leading to the funds return, including the attacker.The theft stemmed from a vulnerability that let attackers obtain LND Lightning node credentials and drain connected wallets, affecting merchants including Foundation and Citadel21.BTCPay has enlisted exchanges, blockchain analytics firms and law enforcement to help trace the funds, while urging merchants to report losses and keep most holdings in cold storage.The flaw was identified by researchers tied to the volunteer Bitcoin Red Team, which is using AI tools to scan bitcoin projects for bugs, and BTCPay is compensating them with BTC donations.　　Node provider BTCPay Server said Tuesday it is funding a bounty for the return of bitcoin stolen from merchants last week, offering 10% of whatever is recovered up to a maximum of 3 BTC, worth roughly $190,000 at current prices.　　The offer is open to anyone with useful information, including the attacker. The project asked people to write to its security address and said secure channels are available on request.　　If several reports lead to a recovery, the bounty will be split with the victims according to how much each lost and how

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The Billionaire Who Fell Naked from the 30th Floor: A Profile of the Crypto Tycoon’s Mysterious Deat

At 4:30 a.m. on August 7, 2026, beneath the Jade Park apartment building in Asunción, Paraguay, the body of a naked man was found lying quietly on the ground, covered with a black plastic bag. He had fallen from the 30th floor. The apartment door on the 30th floor was left open, and the interior was found in complete disarray.　　The 29-year-old Brazilian girlfriend, who lived on the 27th floor, told police officers who arrived to collect evidence:　　“I dont know anything.”　　The deceased was Harry Chun Tak Yeh, whose Chinese name was Ye Junde. He was an early Bitcoin OG who entered the market in 2013, when Bitcoin was still around $60. He was the founder of Quantum Fintech Group and the operator behind Tomb Finance. He once claimed to manage $2.4 billion in assets and pushed Tomb Finance to a peak market capitalization of $1.6 billion.　　Then, the project went to zero — and so did the man.　　This was not the first case, and it certainly will not be the last.　　Today, we take a look at the “spectacular deaths” of major figures in the crypto industry over the past decade. We rank them based on levels of mystery, personal wrongdoing, and impact.

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