BTC traded at $79,070, up 0.55% over 24 hours, with ETH at $2,489.96, up 0.26%. Gold at $4,440.30 and silver at $66.91; the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 fell 0.58% and 0.12% respectively, while WTI and Brent rose 2.36% and 2.78%.
1. Liquid white hats return $270M in bitcoin
Roughly $320 million in bitcoin was moved out of Blockstream's Liquid network by purported white-hat hackers, of which about $270 million has been returned and about $47 million remains missing. Blockstream is negotiating with them as the network prepares to restart.
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2. Zcash records $500 million ETF haul
Zcash spot ETFs recorded roughly $500 million in net inflows, with ZEC up about 8% over 24 hours near $1,240 and a market cap around $20.7 billion.
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3. Block seeks US trust bank charter for bitcoin custody
Jack Dorsey's Block has applied for a US trust bank charter to custody bitcoin and stablecoins.
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4. Google to invest a record $15 billion in Finland AI infrastructure
Google announced a record $15 billion investment to build AI infrastructure in Finland, dubbed the "Texas of Europe" for its cheap energy.
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5. Ethereum Foundation names two must-ship EIPs for Hegotá
The Ethereum Foundation designated two "must ship" proposals for the Hegotá upgrade — EIP-7805 (FOCIL) and EIP-8141 (Frame Transactions). FOCIL targets censorship resistance, while Frame Transactions introduces native account abstraction and a path toward post-quantum authentication. The foundation evaluated 62 EIPs, and client teams could begin implementation in late 2026.
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6. Harmony proposes L1 shutdown, ONE migration to Ethereum
Harmony proposed retiring its seven-year-old layer-1 blockchain and migrating the ONE token to Ethereum as an ERC-20 asset, citing threats from AI agents and state actors. The team plans to redirect token emissions toward an AI video business, with validators able to begin shutting down nodes from September 10.
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7. South Korea budget office: stablecoins save merchants $3.8B a year
South Korea's budget office said stablecoin settlement could save merchants up to $3.8 billion a year.
8. Bitcoin SOPR sees longest profit run of 2026
Bitcoin's SOPR metric posted its longest profit run of 2026, which a new analysis argues challenges the bear-market thesis.
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Market snapshot
BTC: $79,070 | ETH: $2,489.96
Gold: $4,440.30 | Silver: $66.91
WTI: $95.23 | Brent: $100.64
S&P 500: 7,673.52 | Nasdaq 100: 29,507.70