Opponents argue that anyone paying the transaction fee has bought the right to use the space however they like, and that miners and node operators should not be deciding which transactions count as legitimate. Bitcoin mining firm AntPool mined the first non-signaling block, which the rest of the network accepted and BIP-110 nodes rejected, and […]
Archives for August 8, 2026
Bitcoin hits block 961,632 as the controversial BIP-110 soft fork attempt begins
Bitcoin has reached block 961,632, triggering the long-awaited mandatory signaling period for BIP-110, a controversial proposal designed to temporarily curb non-financial data from being embedded on the network. The proposal entered the signaling phase at around 19:35 UTC on Saturday, with support from miners seldom exceeding 2.5%, a long way short of the 55% mark […]
Hardware wallet sales in Russia more than double as new crypto rules near
Russian consumers’ demand for hardware crypto wallets more than doubled in the first half of 2026, according to data from two major retailers, as the country prepares to introduce new crypto rules. Retailer M.Video said unit sales on its marketplace rose 107% in the second quarter from the first quarter, while sales by value increased […]
Brazil’s central bank orders exchanges to delay large crypto transfers abroad
Brazil’s central bank will require crypto exchanges to delay some customer transfers to foreign platforms and self-custody wallets for up to 24 hours as part of new anti-fraud rules. The requirement takes effect Jan. 1, 2027 under Resolution BCB No. 584/2026, published Aug. 7. The rule applies when a customer deposits the country’s fiat currency […]
Trillions in institutional money to flow into bitcoin, says Bitwise’s Matt Hougan
Bitcoin will draw trillions of dollars from institutional investors over the next decade as financial advisers, family offices, pension plans and sovereign wealth funds begin to view it as a mainstream financial asset, Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan told CoinDesk. The first professional investors to allocate at scale will be financial advisers and family […]
Why trillion-dollar asset manager T. Rowe Price put memecoins in its crypto ETF
That testing has implications beyond speculative trading. As stablecoins move further into mainstream finance, networks will need to handle everything from multi-million-dollar transfers to everyday consumer payments. “It needs to be cost-effective to send $100 million in stablecoins,” Macellari said. “But it also needs to be cost-effective to send $3.” The fund’s active approach also […]
U.S. Senate opens first stage of crypto Clarity Act voting to give bill a chance next month
The U.S. Senate is finally leaping into the first procedural votes on the crypto Digital Assets Market Clarity Act, after the leadership moved early Saturday to start official floor action on the crypto market structure bill, marking the farthest progress yet for the industry’s central policy effort. But this key advance announced after a marathon […]
Another Bitcoin infrastructure exploit hits, this time draining Lightning payment servers
Citadel21, the bitcoin publication run by pseudonymous commentator hodlonaut, also reported that its Lightning node had been swept, though it said little money was held there. The vulnerability had already been reported to BTCPay by members of the Bitcoin Red Team — a group of developers that began pointing AI models at bitcoin codebases this […]
