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Bitmine plans 17 weekly dividend payments through year-end Bitmine, an Ethereum accumulation company, announced plans for 17 cash dividend payments on its 9.50% Series A perpetual preferred stock, according to a PR Newswire press release. The dividends are scheduled to be paid weekly from late August through late December.

Crypto startups raised $11.2 billion in the first half of this year, with 100% of the funding flowing to licensed, regulation-eligible companies, CoinDesk reported, citing an analysis by Dubai-based crypto-focused law firm NeosLegal. NeosLegal founder Irina Heaver said the key competitive edge is no longer being unlicensed but securing licenses in the right jurisdictions, adding that compliance status itself has become a core asset traded by the market. Sigma Capital partner Vineet Budki said code can be copied over a weekend, but a VARA license or MiCA passport requires 18 to 24 months and millions of dollars, meaning investors are paying for barriers to entry in time and asymmetry rather than for the product itself.

Tether CEO denies report that company is building a blockchain Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino denied a market analysis report claiming the USDT issuer is building its own blockchain, also known as a stablechain, BeInCrypto reported. Ardoino said Tether is not building any blockchain and has no plans to do so.

Israel’s oldest commercial bank, Bank Leumi, is working with Galaxy Digital to offer trading and custody services for virtual assets including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL) through its mobile investment app, Bitcoin.com reported. If it wins final approval from the Bank of Israel, the service would become the first crypto trading offering by a local commercial bank. Bank Leumi also attempted to launch crypto trading in 2022 in partnership with Paxos, but the effort was scrapped after it failed to secure central bank approval.

Iran and Oman have agreed on a plan for maritime passage through the Strait of Hormuz, while talks between the two countries are continuing despite U.S. interference, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei said on Aug. 15 local time.

Markus Thielen, founder of 10x Research, said on Trade Secrets that it is mathematically impossible for Bitcoin to reach $1 million by 2030.

Etherealize CEO warns private consortium chains risk self-defeating competition

Jump Crypto deposited an additional 286.83 BTC worth $18.01 million to Binance, The Data Nerd reported. The firm’s cumulative deposits to Binance this week reached 1,560 BTC worth $99.20 million, while its remaining holdings stood at 1,410 BTC worth $88.58 million. The Data Nerd added that, as Jump Crypto is a market maker, deposits to exchanges may not be a pure sell signal and could instead reflect liquidity inventory replenishment for providing two-way quotes.

Wallets linked to investment advisory firm Monetalis sold 3.72 million UNI worth $13 million to Cumberland and then bought 171,543 HYPE worth $9.56 million, according to The Data Nerd.

Bitcoin’s apparent demand has clearly improved but remains negative at -32,000 BTC, according to CryptoQuant contributor Darkfost. Darkfost said BTC entered its current new consolidation phase in early June, when demand was estimated at -272,000 BTC. Darkfost described the shift as positive but not yet sufficient, adding that similar patterns emerged in February and May before demand weakened again. Darkfost also said the trend may be linked to lower average issuance, given reduced production tied to a drop in hash rate. For now, Darkfost said, the reading is difficult to view as a strong bullish signal, though the trend warrants close monitoring. Apparent demand is calculated as the gap between newly issued BTC and supply that has not moved for more than one year. The metric helps gauge whether structural accumulation is strong enough to absorb new supply generated by the network.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said on X that Bitcoin’s cumulative mined supply had surpassed 20.07 million as of August 2026, reaching 95.6% of its maximum supply. Zhao added that only 4.4% of supply remains and estimated 10% to 20% of existing BTC has been lost or is inaccessible, leaving the tokens permanently unrecoverable. Zhao described BTC as a deflationary asset.

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has identified 65 fake websites impersonating crypto exchange HashKey and urged investors to stay alert, Cointelegraph reported. The regulator warned the sites have no connection to HashKey, which is licensed in Hong Kong, and could mislead users into thinking they are the exchange’s official platform.

XRP whale deposits to Binance fall to lowest level since 2021, easing sell pressure XRP whale inflows to Binance have fallen to their lowest level since 2021 on a three-month average basis, a CryptoQuant contributor Darkfost analysis showed. Darkfost said current whale deposits stand at about $61 million, six to eight times lower than $456 million in January last year and $355 million in October. The drop in whale activity is a positive signal in terms of easing sell pressure, but net inflows remain positive at $18.8 million. With no clear signs of new demand yet, Darkfost said it is still too early to conclude XRP has entered a bullish trend reversal.

Injective has built a live testnet integration with Cardano, enabling ADA transfers to Injective and INJ transfers to Cardano on the testnet, Cointelegraph reported.

The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the world’s three largest crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 51.23% long, 48.77% short - Binance: 48.36% long, 51.64% short - OKX: 48.87% long, 51.13% short - Bybit: 47.75% long, 52.25% short

Edelman Financial Engines, a U.S. investment advisory firm, holds about $34 million worth of spot Bitcoin ETFs, including BlackRock’s IBIT and Grayscale products, Bitcoin Magazine reported. Tudor Investment, led by Paul Tudor Jones, also held 688,529 shares of IBIT worth $22.9 million as of the end of June, up about 19% from 579,083 shares in the previous quarter.

DeFiLlama founder 0xngmi said on X it took Apple several months to remove an App Store app impersonating DeFiLlama. 0xngmi said repeated reports to Apple over trademark infringement and impersonation drew no action, but after downloading the app with a wallet holding a small amount of funds, confirming actual theft, and filing another report, the app was removed within days.

Galaxy Research said the chances of the U.S. CLARITY Act passing this year are fading as growing uncertainty around the bill pushes the U.S. SEC and CFTC to accelerate work on standards for crypto issuance, trading and market oversight through rulemaking, interpretive guidance and regulatory exemptions. Galaxy Research emphasized those administrative steps may help fill the immediate regulatory gap, but they can be changed by a future administration and cannot replace a long-term regulatory framework established by Congress.

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin miner Bitdeer sold all 253.4 BTC it mined this week, according to an official X post. The company has maintained a zero-BTC treasury strategy since February, under which it sells all mined Bitcoin. As of Feb. 20, Bitdeer had reduced its BTC holdings to zero and has since continued to immediately convert mined output into cash.

U.S. spot ETH ETFs saw no net flows on Aug. 14, after recording $5.9 million in net inflows the previous trading day, according to Farside Investors. No ETF posted net inflows or net outflows.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a net outflow of about $56.2 million on Aug. 14, marking a third straight trading day of net outflows, according to Farside Investors. - BlackRock IBIT: -$55.5 million - Fidelity FBTC: -$6.8 million - Bitwise BITB: +$6.1 million

Grayscale Head of Research Zach Pandl said Ethereum’s ETH issuance model resembles that of a small country. Pandl explained that if Ethereum were a country, the only public service it would provide would be protecting property rights and the system for exchanging value. Instead of collecting taxes, Ethereum funds spending by issuing new currency and covering costs through "seigniorage revenue." He added that stakers provide the property-rights protection service and receive newly issued ETH in return. In that sense, Pandl said, ETH’s staking model and issuance mechanism can be seen as a combination of fiscal and monetary policy.

LAB unlocked tokens from its public sale yesterday, according to on-chain analyst ai_9684xtpa, as the token faces price-manipulation allegations from the crypto community. The analyst said participants joined the LAB public sale in October last year, and although the token had risen 1,120-fold within nine months, the lock-up was not lifted. A participant who invested $5,000 at the time saw the position’s value climb to $5.6 million, but the project unilaterally delayed the unlock date, ai_9684xtpa said. By the time the participant finally received the LAB tokens, their value had fallen to $3,219, marking a 99.94% drop from the peak. Meanwhile, X user SKYLINE, the investor at the center of the case, said in a post containing the English phrase "560만 달러에서 3,219 달러가 되었다" that a $5,000 LAB investment made during the community sale nine months earlier had finally been delivered as tokens, adding, "Great rug." LAB previously rose to around $24.4 on Binance perpetual futures, which put its fully diluted valuation at as much as $24.4 billion. It is now trading at around $0.08543.

Chainlink bought back 127,740 LINK worth about $1.12 million yesterday and transferred the tokens to a reserve wallet, Onchain Lens reported. The reserve address now holds 5.48 million LINK worth about $48.5 million, with an estimated average acquisition cost of $11.14 per LINK. According to CoinMarketCap, LINK was recently trading at $9.14, up 3.29% from yesterday.