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Bitcoin Knots told followers early on August 11 that the Bitcoin network faces an attack and that block production has slowed sharply. Public chain data contradicts that claim. The warning drew instant pushback. David Schwartz, the former chief technology officer at Ripple, accused the project of misleading readers who lack the technical context to check it. The Bitcoin network is under attack, and block production has slowed significantly.The community is preparing mitigations to resolve the situation. In the meantime, attackers are spreading misinformation and advising users to downgrade or switch to insecure node software.— Bitcoin Knots (@BitcoinKnots) August 10, 2026…

Bitcoin’s ledger is a chain of blocks, each one a batch of transactions added by miners, firms running warehouses of specialised computers that compete to produce the next one. They are paid in newly issued bitcoin plus the fees attached to those transactions, and a block arrives roughly every ten minutes.That ten-minute pace is not automatic. The network sets a difficulty level, which is how much computing work a miner must do to produce a valid block, and recalculates it every 2,016 blocks. If blocks have been arriving too fast, the work gets harder. Too slow, and it gets easier.At…

ADI Chain’s job is to turn those deals into blockchain tokens and handle payments using stablecoins (digital tokens pegged 1-to-1 to real currencies like the UAE dirham or the U.S. dollar), so money moves instantly without a traditional bank wire. For now, this is aimed at “qualified institutional participants,” or large, vetted investors, not everyday retail buyers.Shipfinex CEO Capt. Vikas Pandey said the partnership would let the company “create a regulated digital route into this market, with every instrument tied to a real vessel, its economics and its legal structure.”No maritime asset tokens have been issued yet and Shipfinex doesn’t…

Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) posted a $238.1 million net loss for the second quarter of 2026, with unrealized markdowns on its crypto and equity holdings accounting for most of the shortfall. The Truth Social parent narrowed its deficit from the $405.9 million loss recorded in the first quarter. Non-cash items again dominated results, as the company reported just $1.7 million in revenue against a $223.5 million adjusted EBITDA loss. Crypto Markdowns Drive the Quarterly Loss For Trump Media The bulk of the loss stemmed from $190.4 million in unrealized losses. This included digital assets, pledged digital assets, and…

Prediction markets terminal Fireplace is shutting down less than seven months after launch. The company raised $1.5 million in February and is giving users until September 30 to close positions and withdraw funds. Fireplace, the prediction markets trading terminal that raised $1.5 million in February, told users on August 10 that it is shutting down and gave them until September 30 at 23:59 UTC to close positions, withdraw funds, and export their accounts. “We’re shutting down Fireplace,” the company posted. “To everyone who traded with us and supported us along the way, thank you. It was a hell of a…

Node provider BTCPay Server said Tuesday it is funding a bounty for the return of bitcoin stolen from merchants last week, offering 10% of whatever is recovered up to a maximum of 3 BTC, worth roughly $190,000 at current prices.The offer is open to anyone with useful information, including the attacker. The project asked people to write to its security address and said secure channels are available on request. If several reports lead to a recovery, the bounty will be split with the victims according to how much each lost and how useful the information proved.We’re donating 0.21 BTC to…

London, UK, August 10th, 2026, Chainwire CT3 has announced the start of comprehensive preparations for the future listing of the CT3GB token. The company has begun scaling its data storage infrastructure, building financial and infrastructure reserves, and preparing its own tokenized economy, in which CT3GB will become the platform’s primary settlement asset. At the same time, the transition to a new data storage architecture based on specialized smart contracts is underway, while an independent audit of the entire core smart contract infrastructure will be conducted ahead of the listing. Over the past several months, CT3 has significantly expanded the capabilities…

Road Town, British Virgin Islands, August 10th, 2026, Chainwire Deposits Are Open for hBTC, the Vault Token for Hilbert Group’s BTC Basis+ Strategy Syntetika, a tokenization hub for regulated investment strategies, opened deposits today for its first strategy: BTC Basis+, managed by the publicly traded Hilbert Group. Syntetika makes investment strategies that run inside regulated funds accessible directly from a wallet. Each fund operates with independent custody, and each cycle its net asset value is attested by an independent third party. That attested NAV is the price at which vault tokens are issued and redeemed. BTC Basis+ is a Bitcoin…

Bitmine owns 4.8% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 96% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 14 months In July, ETH outperformed Nasdaq 100 by 2,500 basis points, the largest since July 2025, reflective of the strengthening fundamentals of crypto Bitmine repurchased 3.0 million common stock in the past week, and has repurchased over 19 million shares cumulatively since July 2026 under its previously announced $4 billion share repurchase program Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap index on June 26, 2026 Bitmine’s Series A Preferred Stock is trading on the NYSE under…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 10th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, served as the official sponsor of Yohani’s live concerts held on August 7 and 8 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Ahead of the main concert, MEXC also hosted “MEXC Connect: Summer Musical Afternoon Tea” on August 8 at Jetwing Colombo Seven, bringing together 80 key opinion leaders, influencers, and VIP guests for an intimate pre-concert gathering. The collaboration marked a milestone in MEXC’s presence in Sri Lanka, bringing together music, culture, and community in a shared celebration. The afternoon tea featured an indoor buffet setting with round tables, live acoustic…