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On-chain options close in on crypto’s $21B-a-day perp market to deepen liquidity everywhere

DeFiAug 6

A Bitcoin holder who wants less downside exposure today usually sells the asset or shorts a perpetual futures contract, taking on funding costs and liquidation risk. On-chain options offer a third path consisting of paying a fixed premium, keeping the Bitcoin, and handing the crash risk to whoever is willing to price it. Crypto built deep markets for owning assets and for leveraging directional bets, leaving mostly untouched an equally deep market for managing the risk of holding them. Options exchange Deribit has 85% market dominance for $BTC and $ETH options, and registered $2.5 billion in options volume in the…

Is Ethereum ready to break $2,000 as BitMine doubles down on its massive ETH bet?

EthereumAug 6

The cryptocurrency market is having a positive start to the day as Bitcoin and Ethereum recover from the weekend slump. Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is up by more than 1% in the last 24 hours but continues to consolidate around $1,850. Ethereum treasury company BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) continued repurchasing its stock last week, buying 4.5 million shares of common stock. The company also added over 10,000 $ETH tokens to its balance sheet as it approaches its 5% supply target. Technical indicators suggest that the bearish trend remains in play, with the bulls failing to push prices…

It Has Been Revealed Where US President Donald Trump Directed His Income from Cryptocurrencies!

RegulationAug 6

It has emerged that US President Donald Trump has redirected a significant portion of his earnings from cryptocurrency investments into traditional financial assets. According to a Reuters report based on financial disclosure documents submitted to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), Trump significantly increased his stock and bond investments throughout 2025 following high returns from cryptocurrency ventures. According to the report, Trump generated over $1.4 billion in revenue in 2025 from cryptocurrency projects, primarily the memecoins World Liberty Financial ($WLFI) and Official Trump (TRUMP). During the same period, the size of his traditional investment portfolio also increased significantly. The documents…

Lawsuit claims 3.8M dormant BTC using police lost-and-found rules as Congress races to stop it with CLARITY

LegalAug 6

Section 20216 of the latest CLARITY draft states that a self-custodied digital asset cannot become abandoned, unclaimed, or forfeited. It also cannot become subject to adverse possession or finder's title solely because its owner has not moved it or otherwise shown continued interest. The language overrides state and local laws that treat years of wallet inactivity alone as grounds for transferring ownership to someone else. The May 8 and May 20 Senate drafts protected only the ability to hold a self-hosted wallet, and the July 22 version adds scope beyond that, extending into property law and covering whether a person…

Shiba Inu Netflow Exits Bullish Zone With 69 Billion SHIB but Price Says Otherwise

ExchangesAug 6

Shiba Inu has recently flipped negative and its key exchange activity shows that demand is on pause and traders are increasingly selling again. Latest onchain data from crypto analytics platform CryptoQuant shows that the Shiba Inu exchange activity has retreated from its recent bullish position, flashing negative signals. Shiba Inu price explodes The data shows the Shiba Inu exchange netflow has increased to over 69 billion $SHIB as the amount of $SHIB currently available for sale across all supported exchanges has surged substantially. With the $SHIB exchange flow sitting at a net balance of 69,237,400,000 $SHIB, it implies that the…

Bitcoin Records Second-Largest Unrealized Loss in History Amid Market Pressure

BitcoinAug 6

Bitcoin nearly reached $67,000 on Monday after US President Donald Trump said the US had helped broker a peace deal with Iran that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. At the same time, new data suggests that $BTC holders are enduring one of history’s biggest paper-loss periods, yet panic-driven selling activity remains unusually muted across exchanges. Pain Builds Beneath the Surface Bitcoin has now recorded the second-largest unrealized loss in its history. This means that a huge number of $BTC holders are currently sitting on paper losses. However, Alphractal founder Joao Wedson said that realized losses remain relatively low, which…

Uniswap Ships A Memecoin Launchpad On Robinhood Chain, Topped By $FRONG Token Minted Six Days Early

DeFiAug 6

Uniswap opened pools.trade, a memecoin launchpad on Robinhood Chain, shortly after 5 p.m. ET on Aug. 5, four and a half hours after the public countdown it had set expired. The highest-valued token on it is FRONG, minted six days earlier by the same contracts, carrying the name of the video Uniswap used to tease the launch. FRONG traded at $0.0121 as of 6:56 p.m. ET, up 31.9% on the day, with a fully diluted valuation of $12.1 million and $1.1 million in liquidity, according to Uniswap’s index on pools.trade. The site put 24-hour volume at $20.6 million and cumulative…

Ethereum’s EIP-8361 aims to curb ETH inflation by reducing staking rewards

EthereumAug 6

Ethereum researchers have proposed a new issuance model that would gradually reduce consensus-layer staking rewards as more $ETH is locked in staking, aiming to slow the network’s long-term inflation. The proposal, EIP-8361, would burn an increasing share of newly issued validator rewards rather than distributing them to stakers. At today’s staking ratio, its authors estimate that permanent consensus yields would fall from around 2.6% to 1.2% if adopted, with the change introduced gradually over 18 months. How would EIP-8361 work? The draft introduces a mechanism known as a tapered issuance burn. Under the proposal, Ethereum would continue to calculate validator…

Tether’s USAT Stablecoin Expands to Celo Network, Enabling Native Transactions and Gas Fee Payments

AltcoinsAug 6

Tether, the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin by market capitalization, has expanded its $USAT token to the Celo network, according to a report from The Block. This marks the second time $USAT has been deployed on a blockchain outside of Ethereum, signaling a broader multi-chain strategy for the stablecoin issuer. Native Functionality on Celo On the Celo network, $USAT will support native minting and burning functions, allowing users to create and redeem tokens directly on the blockchain. Additionally, the stablecoin will be usable for gas fee payments, a feature that could streamline transactions for users and developers within the…

Ripple Leaders Rally Behind CLARITY Act as CEO Says 'Let’s Get This Done'

LegalAug 6

Ripple Executives Push CLARITY Act as Senate Debate Continues A renewed push from Ripple leadership is adding momentum to the CLARITY Act debate, with executives arguing that federal crypto rules could improve consumer protections and provide businesses with clearer standards. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has described the CLARITY Act as a pivotal opportunity for the United States to establish a clear digital asset framework. He has argued that regulatory certainty would benefit companies and users as lawmakers shape the future of the U.S. crypto market. On July 22, Garlinghouse amplified a message from Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stu Alderoty, who…