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Leveraged Bitcoin Shorts Flirt With Liquidation as BTC Grinds Higher
On-chain data shows a cluster of leveraged Bitcoin short positions worth hundreds of millions of dollars edging toward liquidation as BTC has climbed.
August 12, 2026
Metaplanet, Hut 8 Move a Combined $125M in Bitcoin On-Chain
On-chain data shows Metaplanet transferred 1,473 BTC and Hut 8 moved 493 BTC within hours of each other, together worth roughly $125 million.
August 12, 2026
Hyperscalers Commit Record $2.6 Trillion in AI Infrastructure Spending
Hyperscale tech companies have committed a record $2.6 trillion to future data-center and equipment spending, the largest capex spree on record.
August 12, 2026
Fidelity Moves to Add Staking, Quarterly Payouts to $898M Ether ETF
Fidelity plans to let its Ethereum Fund (FETH) stake up to 100% of its ether and pay quarterly cash distributions, following a November 2025 IRS safe harbor.
August 12, 2026
Coinbase Launches New Deribit Matching Engine Handling 100k Orders a Second
Coinbase has rolled out a new high-performance matching engine on Deribit capable of processing more than 100,000 orders per second with sub-millisecond latency.
August 12, 2026
Wintermute Plans $1B Push Into AI Infrastructure to Rival Wall Street
Crypto market maker Wintermute plans to invest about $1 billion in high-frequency trading and AI data-center infrastructure over five years.
August 12, 2026
Saylor's BTC Credit Model Puts STRC Undercollateralization Floor at $16,184
Strategy shared a BTC Credit model showing its preferred stock STRC would only become undercollateralized if Bitcoin fell to roughly $16,184.
August 12, 2026
Trump Weighs Indexing Capital Gains to Inflation Ahead of Midterms
Trump is reportedly considering indexing capital gains taxes to inflation ahead of the midterms, a move that would shrink taxable gains without a new law.
August 12, 2026
Korea Exchange Halts Buying Curbs as KOSPI Surges Past 5%
South Korea's KOSPI added roughly $178.4 billion in value as gains topped 5%, prompting the Korea Exchange to briefly pause program buying.
August 12, 2026
Ukraine Halts Strikes on Kazakh Oil Tankers After US Pressure
Ukraine has agreed to stop targeting Caspian Pipeline Consortium infrastructure and non-Russian tankers after JD Vance intervened, protecting US oil interests.
August 12, 2026
Yen's Intervention-Fueled Rally Fades as USD/JPY Climbs Back to 159
A rare joint US-Japan currency intervention pushed the yen from near 164 to 155 per dollar, but USD/JPY has already climbed back to 159.45.
August 12, 2026
SEC Plans Major Crypto Rules as Senate's CLARITY Act Stalls
SEC Chair Paul Atkins is set to unveil crypto regulatory plans, including a tokenized-stock exemption, as the Senate's CLARITY Act vote slips to September.
August 12, 2026