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Bitcoin Knots advocate Dathon Ohm has stated that signaling for BIP-110 is expected to begin in approximately 40 hours. BIP-110 is a proposal aimed at reducing the amount of data that can be stored in Bitcoin transactions, specifically targeting non-monetary uses such as Ordinals. What is BIP-110 and Why It Matters BIP-110, short for Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110, seeks to impose limits on the data embedded within Bitcoin transactions. The primary goal is to curtail the use of the blockchain for storing arbitrary data, such as images or text, which has become popular with the rise of Ordinals—a protocol that…

The crypto-backed lending market contracted to $56.16 billion in the second quarter, a 16.78% decline from the previous quarter, according to data from Galaxy Research. This marks a continued deleveraging trend, with the figure now 40.13% below the $78.69 billion peak recorded in the third quarter of 2025. DeFi and CeFi Divergence Decentralized finance (DeFi) lending experienced a sharper contraction, falling 27.61% quarter-over-quarter to $20.43 billion. In contrast, centralized finance (CeFi) lending declined by a more moderate 9.62% to $22.98 billion. This shift pushed CeFi lending ahead of DeFi for the first time since the third quarter of 2023, signaling…

Dog-themed cryptocurrency Shiba Inu has scored a new milestone, this time in the total number of burn transactions. According to Shibburn, Shiba Inu burn transactions have surpassed 21,000 in a new milestone. As given on the Shibburn website, total burn transactions are currently 21,169, yielding a total of 410,840,379,271,575 $SHIB burned presently. This represents 41.08% of Shiba Inu’s initial supply of 1 quadrillion, with the remaining supply given as 58.92%. Shiba Inu’s total supply is 589.15 trillion $SHIB, while circulating supply is given as 585.61 trillion $SHIB according to the Shibburn website. In the last 24 hours, 2.85 million $SHIB…

The European Union has expanded its Russia crypto sanctions to 14 foreign service platforms while creating a country-level transaction ban that could cut EU operators off from crypto providers in jurisdictions accused of repeatedly enabling sanctions evasion. According to the Council of the European Union, the measures were adopted on July 23 under the bloc’s 21st sanctions package against Russia, extending transaction bans to crypto platforms based in Georgia, Panama, the United Arab Emirates, the Marshall Islands, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus. The package also added four designations connected to Russia’s cross-border A7 payments network, including entities linked to its operations in…

The valuation gap inside Bitcoin mining is no longer about hashrate alone. Operators that locked in AI and high-performance computing revenue are trading like a different asset class, while pure-play miners absorb the full weight of lower bitcoin prices and compressed hashprice margins. That divergence is laid out in the original report, which notes that miners with AI and HPC contracts have commanded higher valuations as declining bitcoin prices squeeze operators focused only on block rewards. Contracted compute changes the underwriting model AI and high-performance computing contracts shift the revenue base away from daily bitcoin exposure. Instead of depending on…

Bitcoin is testing a months-long descending resistance line near $64,000-$65,000 after two earlier rejections, putting the next daily close in focus. At the same time, a separate weekly chart outlines a deeper downside scenario toward roughly $52,000-$55,000 before any larger recovery, making support and breakout confirmation the key signals to watch. Bitcoin Tests Descending Trendline After Two Earlier Rejections Bitcoin is testing a long-running descending resistance line that has already rejected price twice, putting the latest move near $64,765 at an important technical decision point. Bitcoin Daily Chart. Source: Ali Charts (@alicharts) on X The daily chart shared by Ali…

Hayden Adams, founder of the decentralized exchange Uniswap, said on social media that automated market makers (AMMs) could gain a competitive edge over traditional market makers as the tokenization of real-world assets continues to expand. In a post on X, Adams explained that tokenized assets can trade directly against not only the dollar but also against other assets with similar price movements. How Correlated Asset Pairs Lower AMM Costs Adams argued that grouping highly correlated assets in this way reduces price volatility risk for liquidity providers, which in turn lowers the cost of supplying liquidity through AMMs. By contrast, traditional…

Situational Awareness, the hedge fund founded in 2024 by ex-OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, has approached investors and lenders for fresh capital after suffering heavy losses in the recent artificial intelligence stock sell-off, the Financial Times reported Thursday. The fund, which the Wall Street Journal said had around $20 billion in assets under management as of June 8, has also offered some investors the option to buy portfolio assets, according to the FT, citing people briefed on the discussions and a July 24 investor letter. The size of the losses and amount sought were not disclosed. Aschenbrenner’s fund had gained 439%…

The $ADA community has reacted strongly after Intersect confirmed that responsibility for delivering Cardano’s presence at TOKEN2049 Singapore will shift from EMURGO to the Cardano Foundation. The decision has sparked a governance debate across the Cardano ecosystem, with several community members arguing that the transfer bypasses the treasury governance process approved by Delegated Representatives (DReps). Intersect Explains Why the Cardano Foundation Will Lead TOKEN2049 In a recent announcement, Intersect revealed that EMURGO has been focusing its resources on managing the aftermath of the SecondFi incident. Consequently, the company informed Intersect that it could no longer allocate the personnel required to…

Real World Assets that are actively deployed inside DeFi protocols are on the verge of reaching $4 billion. As of August 18, DefiLlama shows this number is at $3.98 billion. This same number stood at $650.88 million just a year ago and around $12 million three years ago. That is a 6x in twelve months and a staggering over 300x in three years. Source: DefiLlama What makes this number useful is actually what it excludes. DefiLlama only counts a tokenized asset here when it is put to use onchain. Collateral posted in a lending market qualifies. So does liquidity in…