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Solana Validators Open Vote on Constitution
Solana kicked off its first formal governance vote on August 22, 2026, putting three proposals, including a plan to double annual disinflation to 30%, in front of validators through August 27. Three Proposals, One Vote The Solana network…
Gold Hits $4,620 as Treasury Buybacks Reignite the Dollar Debasement Trade
Gold surged to its highest price in three months this week, climbing past $4,600 an ounce and brushing $4,650 in futures trading, as the U.S. Treasury’s expanded bond buybacks revived fears of a weakening dollar. Gold’s Breakout…
Trump Team Nets $3.39 Million Selling TRUMP Tokens in 10 Hours
The team behind Donald Trump’s TRUMP memecoin collected 3.39 million USDC over a 10-hour stretch by adding and removing liquidity on Solana, per Lookonchain. A Liquidity Pool Sale, Not a Straight Dump President Trump’s team…
PeaqOS and World ID Bring ZK Proofs to Autonomous Robots
An integration between PeaqOS and World ID allows autonomous machines to verify that they are interacting with real, unique humans without collecting personal data. Zero-Knowledge Identity Verification for Robotics Autonomous machines can…
Microsoft Axes a Cult Publishing App After 30 Years, With .pub Files at Risk
Microsoft is retiring Microsoft Publisher in October 2026, ending service for Microsoft 365 subscribers on October 1 and cutting off support for perpetual-license users on October 13. The shutdown puts years of proprietary .pub archives at…
Digital Gold Stirs at Last – Week in Review
This week, bitcoin awoke from its slumber, springing out of bed. Going in, bitcoin volatility was as compressed as it has been in a decade, with BVOL 7D at 2.82, the sixth-lowest reading in ten years, described at the time as a…
Stablecoin Depegs Explained: What Really Happens When a Digital Dollar Breaks the Buck
Stablecoins promise a constant $1, yet USDC has traded at $0.87, Tether’s USDT at $0.88, and Terra’s UST collapsed to virtually zero in a crash that erased roughly $40 billion. As recently as November 2025, a DeFi stablecoin…
Sandbox Bridge Hack Mints 14.9B SAND While Coinbase Delists Futures
Metaverse platform The Sandbox confirmed recently that an exploited bridge let an attacker mint unbacked SAND on Base and BNB Smart Chain, prompting an immediate shutdown. Exploit Hits Base and BSC Bridges Sandbox, the metaverse gaming…
EU Carbon Taxes Push Bitcoin Mining to Russia, Study Claims
The study, published by three Vietnamese investigators, found a positive relation between the EU’s carbon emissions pricing and a so-called “leakage” to cheaper jurisdictions, such as Russia. This means that as carbon…
Bitcoin Miners Get a Lifeline as Hashprice Explodes 20% Higher
Over the last four days, Bitcoin’s hashprice has climbed 20.41%, punching into territory not seen since May. Bitcoin miners are pocketing fatter revenue from the latest price rally, delivering a badly needed reprieve after months of tighter…