We are doomed. Greed will destroy humanity. It's only a matter of time. The wrong people are running countries. Concepts such as law, order, and morality only have meaning when they are based on equality. The harsh truth of this world is that when money speaks, the truth falls silent. And when power speaks, even money takes three steps back. Those who make the rules are often the first to break them. Rules are chains for the weak and tools for the powerful.
📊 Bitcoin is approaching the final phase of capitulation — a metric that tracks coins sold at a profit versus a loss has dropped to its lowest level in nearly four years.
According to CryptoQuant, similar levels have historically appeared near market bottoms — when most investors are selling out of fear, while a major reversal may be closer than it seems.
Russia could launch an attack on Poland in the coming months — the United States has officially (!) warned Poland about this, The Telegraph reports.
The reported scenarios include drone strikes on critical infrastructure (such as power plants) or simulated air raids aimed at testing Poland's air defense systems.
🪒 Michael Burry, the investor who famously bet against the market before the 2008 financial crisis, is now shorting AI chip stocks — including Micron Technology, Nvidia, and Applied Materials.
He believes their share prices have been driven not by fundamental performance, but by the hype and market frenzy surrounding artificial intelligence.
🇮🇪 Irish authorities have gained access to a third Bitcoin wallet belonging to Clifton Collins, the former cannabis producer whose private keys were long believed to be lost following the infamous fishing rod case.
This time, officials seized another 500 BTC worth approximately $31 million, bringing the total recovered in the case to 1,500 BTC. Around 4,500 BTC still remain inaccessible.
Thiel and Luckey-Backed Crypto Bank Erebor Eyes $8B+ Valuation in New Funding Round.
The crypto-friendly bank Erebor, backed by individuals close to Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey, is discussing a new funding round at a valuation exceeding $8 billion.
The core idea is simple: to create a bank tailored for crypto companies and those startups that traditional banks often avoid.
The largest publicly traded company with an Avalanche reserve has announced that it may face bankruptcy — its stock has lost 95% of its value over the past year.
The company purchased AVAX worth approximately $265 million, but those holdings are now valued at just $120 million.
Cloudflare launches Monetization Gateway — a tool that enables developers to charge for access to web pages, APIs, datasets, and MCP tools directly through Cloudflare.
Payments are processed in stablecoins using the x402 protocol, effectively giving the internet a built-in paywall without requiring a separate payment system.
Director Carl Erik Rinsch Sentenced to 2.5 Years After Spending Netflix Budget on Crypto
Director Carl Erik Rinsch has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison after using $11 million in Netflix production funds for speculative trading instead of finishing a TV series.
According to prosecutors, Rinsch initially lost around $6 million trading stock options. He later invested $4 million in Dogecoin, turning it into nearly $27 million during the cryptocurrency's surge.
Instead of using the profits to complete the project, he reportedly spent the money on luxury purchases, including a Rolls-Royce, a Ferrari, expensive watches, and other high-end items.
In addition to his prison sentence, Rinsch has been ordered to repay Netflix $11 million.
🪙 Tether ranked among the top five most active investors in 2026. In just the first half of the year, the company completed 17 investment deals—matching the total number of deals it made throughout all of 2025.
Its largest investments include $400 million in Replit, $200 million in Whop, and $150 million in Gold.
In India, USDT has suddenly become more expensive than the U.S. dollar — the stablecoin is trading at a premium of more than 8.5%, with prices reaching around ₹103 per USDT.
The reason is a liquidity shortage following investigations into companies that authorities believe used USDT for cross-border transfers to circumvent foreign exchange regulations.
Criticism of Michael Saylor's Strategy is once again gaining momentum. Grayscale believes the company should stop raising dividends on STRC and instead sell more than $3 billion worth of BTC, allowing it to cover nearly all of its cash obligations for the next two years.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse also criticized Saylor's approach, arguing that the long-term value of the crypto market should be built on the real utility of digital assets—not on endlessly leveraging the future to accumulate more Bitcoin.
While Michael Saylor insists that volatility will eventually subside, critics see STRC trading below par value as a warning sign for Strategy's entire business model.
A cryptocurrency laundering operation dubbed "AudiA6" was recently busted in Georgia (the country). It was used to funnel around 10,333 BTC—nearly $400 million in dirty crypto. The scheme wasn't some blockchain wizardry; it was actually a pretty mundane operation. They cycled funds through exchange KYC accounts, money mules (drops), USDT, and chains of wallets, promising clients "anonymity" and lower AML risks. The funniest part? These purveyors of invisibility left behind a massive digital paper trail: forum posts, Cloudflare logs, Gmail accounts, Hetzner hosting, CRM data, backups, and thousands of accounts. In the end, law enforcement across 11 countries successfully pieced the whole crypto-laundromat back together, crumb by digital crumb.
🪦 PumpFun is increasingly looking like a graveyard of meme tokens — nearly 70% of shitcoins die on their launch day, and 80% stop trading within the first 48 hours.
The platform's low barrier to entry has turned the market into a factory for disposable tokens. Creators launch a token, wait for instant hype, and abandon it if the crowd doesn't rush in immediately.
☠️ As a result of a phishing attack targeting Polymarket users, $3,000,000 was stolen. The biggest losses were suffered by users who signed malicious transactions through their crypto wallets. The platform itself was not hacked — the attackers relied on social engineering and users’ inattention when approving wallet permissions and transactions.
📉 DeFi continues to lose liquidity — Total Value Locked (TVL) has declined every month of 2026 and is now down by approximately 39% since the beginning of the year, falling from $115 billion in January to around $70 billion today.
The main reason is the broader market cooldown following the October 2025 peak. Among the major ecosystems, only TRON and Hyperliquid have managed to remain in positive territory.
📊 Crypto exchanges are increasingly evolving into RWA marketplaces.
For example, on Binance, USDT perpetual futures trading volumes for metals, oil, and stocks are already surpassing many altcoins outside the top 10.
According to the CEO of CryptoQuant, demand for real-world asset (RWA) contracts is growing so rapidly that exchanges are moving beyond being purely crypto casinos and are becoming marketplaces for gold, oil, stocks, and other RWAs.
Bitcoin maximalist Cory Klippsten slammed Zcash, calling it a “coordinated scam out of San Francisco,” arguing that privacy is marketed as a grand vision while, in reality, most coins remain parked on exchanges.
According to him, ZEC is closer to a highly liquid meme asset than a serious privacy-focused cryptocurrency. He considers Monero to be far stronger than what he describes as the “insider-driven, corporate-backed” Zcash.
Part of the Cardano ecosystem has come under threat — following the breach of SecondFi, hackers have already withdrawn approximately 16,000,000 ADA from 374 wallets.
If the issue is indeed related to private key generation, the risk could extend to all wallets created using the vulnerable version of the application.
The team has suspended the service, promised compensation, and is urging users not to transfer funds or restore their seed phrases in other wallets until further notice.