Anthropic reportedly struck a $9 billion deal with Riot for 191 megawatts of capacity from the Bitcoin miner’s Rockdale campus in Texas. Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms said it secured a 20-year agreement to supply 191 megawatts of capacity from its Rockdale, Texas, campus to a “leading frontier AI” company, according to a Monday press release....Continue Reading

South Korea will remove its 1 million won Travel Rule threshold and apply information-sharing requirements to all transfers between registered crypto service providers. South Korea will expand its crypto Travel Rule to all transfers between registered virtual asset service providers (VASPs), removing the current 1 million won (about $700) threshold. The country’s Cabinet approved amendments...Continue Reading

Decta will use USDC through OpenPayd’s infrastructure for international treasury settlement, seeking faster transfers and more efficient liquidity management. Update Aug. 11, 6:30 am UTC: This article has been updated to include additional comments from Decta UK CEO Scott Dawson. Payments platform Decta will use USDC to settle its own funds internationally, bringing stablecoins into...Continue Reading

Luke Dashjr lost his BIP editor privileges after developers raised concerns over his role in BIP 110 and its stalled minority fork. 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...Continue Reading

Patrick Witt says the Trump administration will keep negotiating with Democrats as the Senate prepares for a September CLARITY vote. US President Donald Trump’s administration remains committed to passing the CLARITY Act in September despite the Senate’s decision to delay action until after its August recess, according to the White House’s top crypto policy official....Continue Reading

Trump Media says it will take a more disciplined approach to its crypto treasury while directing more resources toward its core media business. Trump Media said it plans to revamp its digital asset treasury strategy after unrealized losses on crypto and securities helped push the company to a $238 million net loss in the second...Continue Reading

The Bitcoin Red Team has been forced to rely on open source Chinese AI, after OpenAI restricts access. Thailand sets crypto tax to 0% in bid to become crypto hub. THAILAND For the next few years crypto investors in Thailand won’t have to pay any capital gains taxes on sales made via platforms licensed by...Continue Reading

A New York judge granted a motion filed by US prosecutors in July to stay the CFTC’s civil case against Gannon Ken Van Dyke over making more than $400,000 on prediction markets. A federal judge ordered that a civil case initiated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) be stayed pending the outcome of...Continue Reading

Messari reported that TRON recorded all-time highs in stablecoin supply and network activity during the second quarter, while DeFi and decentralized exchange activity declined. TRON, the layer-1 blockchain founded by Justin Sun, ended the second quarter with $87.9 billion in circulating USDT (USDT), surpassing Ethereum (ETH) while processing $2.1 trillion in USDT transfers during the...Continue Reading

An individual behind the Aqua 1 entity that purchased $100 million worth of World Liberty Financial tokens in 2025 is reportedly a businessman with ties to the UK and UAE. An individual previously under investigation in the UK for money laundering following the collapse of a cryptocurrency business was reportedly behind buying $100 million worth...Continue Reading