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AI Finds Critical Flaw in Bitcoin Lightning, Devs Issue Emergency Warning

The Lightning software project said it is preparing fixes after confirming that several AI-generated vulnerability reports were accurate.

240 UK taxpayers made more than $1.3 million each from crypto holdings in fiscal 2025

For the first time, the U.K.'s tax office broke out crypto capital gains figures, showing 17,600 people reported $1.87 billion in profits during the 2024-2025 tax year.

DeFi Development Corp resumes Solana purchases, acquiring nearly 20,000 SOL

DFDV's return has been more than twice that of SOL in the month of August, while quarter-to-date, shares have outperformed SOL by 1.8x.

Solana Is Having Its Best Month Since 2024—With a Historic Governance Vote on Deck

Solana is up more than 8% in 24 hours and 44% on the month. Coming changes to the network could add a supply squeeze to the mix.

PURR jumps 15% as Hyperliquid Strategies updates $1.9 billion HYPE treasury and ‘fortress balance sheet’

The company said it has since deployed $773.4 million to acquire about 16.5 million additional HYPE at an average cost of $46.77.

Crypto users lost at least $5.69 million because their wallet seeds were too predictable

Affected users need a new recovery phrase and must move funds because an app update cannot repair a compromised seed. The post Crypto users lost at least $5.69 million because…

Charles Schwab to add Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink to crypto trading platform

Schwab Crypto began rolling out to clients in May with direct access to BTC and ETH trading and charges 75 basis points per transaction.

Ripple Prime expands into US equity derivatives with Delta One business

Institutional clients can access total return swaps across linked to US-listed equities, indexes and digital assets and cross-margin exposures.

Chainalysis says global crypto taxable activity topped $457 billion in 2025

Chainalysis estimates at least $457 billion in onchain taxable crypto activity in 2025, with CARF covering only 14%.

Onslaught of AI-found bugs forces Bitcoin’s Core Lightning into a secret 14-day emergency lockdown

Core Lightning developers have asked node operators to make a security decision before they can fully assess the threat. An Aug. 23 message posted on Stacker News urged operators to…

Lord Kulveer Ranger on digital assets, digital pound, and stablecoins

Lord Ranger is a Member of the UK House of Lords and serves as Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Digital Markets and Digital Money.

Drift to issue ‘recovery tokens’ in wake of $295m hack

DeFi rides Pokémon trading card boom as onchain marketplaces bring in $11m

Coinbase shares pop as CEO Brian Armstrong cuts 700 jobs and blames AI

Uniswap DAO votes to take back $42m of governance tokens loaned to delegates

Venezuela’s sanctions are stablecoins’ proof of concept

Banned from the dollar system, the country uses digital dollars instead

The Strategy playbook looks different in 2026

The treasury company now holds 673,783 BTC, but flow is more likely to be episodic in this year’s financial climate

Ranger’s ICO starts today, and MetaDAO eyes a reset

Ranger’s Jan 6–10 sale could re-accelerate MetaDAO volumes and revenue

ETH derivatives reset and the next retail trade

ETH derivatives show a disciplined rebuild of risk, with rising open interest pointing to healthier leverage

Friday charts: Finding good news, in spite of bad headlines

2025 was far from perfect, but much better than we think it was.