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News roundup for today: ▶️ Morgan Stanley's holdings of the BlackRock Bitcoin ETF grew 23% in the second quarter. ▶️ Gemini posted a $108 million net loss in the second quarter despite a 37% revenue increase. ▶️ Hyperscale Data is selling 685 BTC for $43 million to fund a data center in Michigan. ▶️ A Hyperliquid user lost 550,000 USDC after visiting a phishing site that mimicked the exchange's interface and appeared in Google search results.

🟡 Crypto Market Review, August 14, 2026 🥇 $63 166 😻 $1 877 Market capitalization ≈$2,17T (-0,78%)

What we haven't covered yet today: ▶️ The Blockchain Association backed Custodia's Supreme Court petition over access to a Fed master account. ▶️ Goldman Sachs is buying Neos Investments for $2.25 billion, picking up three ETFs tied to Bitcoin and Ethereum in the deal. ▶️ Copper's US arm became a FINRA member and an SEC-registered broker-dealer. ▶️ Hawaii's crypto ATM ban takes effect on October 1. ▶️ Hyperion DeFi posted a record quarterly net profit of $31 million — more than triple its previous $8.8 million record.

#ETH #staking 📊 The share of ETH in staking has reached an all-time high — 34.4% of the total coin supply.

#BitGo 📉 BitGo reported a $19 million loss in Q2, despite an 80% revenue surge to $4.3 billion. A year earlier, over the same period, the company posted a net profit of $38.3 million.

#scam #hack ❌ An unknown crypto investor lost $25.6 million after attackers gained access to their private key and drained two wallets within 15 minutes.

#TrumpMedia #USA 😁 Trump has been sued over paid early access to his official statements on Truth Social. The plaintiffs argue that the Truth API subscription, priced at $60,000–$100,000 per month, violates the First Amendment, as paying clients receive government information ahead of journalists and the general public.

🟡 Crypto Market Review, August 13, 2026 🥇 $63 817 😻 $1 894 Market capitalization ≈$2,19T (+0,37%)

#Australia #scam 🚨 Australian regulator ASIC took down the websites of exchange Yepbit, whose investors report being unable to withdraw funds. ASIC denied the platform's claims that the regulator itself had frozen user funds.

#CEX 📊 Spot trading volume on centralized exchanges fell to a two-year low.

#UK #stablecoins 🇬🇧 The Bank of England will begin testing stablecoins and digital currencies for cross-border settlements as part of the second phase of the Digital Pound Lab.

#USA #scam ⚖️ The SEC charged Goliath Ventures and its founder Christopher Delgado with running a $425 million Ponzi scheme. From January 2023 to January 2026, the company raised funds from more than 1,300 investors with promises of returns from cryptocurrency liquidity pools. Delgado misappropriated at least $51 million for personal use, while early participants were paid using funds from new investors.

#BTC #mining 📊 BTC miner revenue from transaction fees has reached a 10-year low — 0.52% of total revenue.

#Wintermute #AI ✅ Wintermute plans to invest $1 billion in AI technologies and infrastructure for high-frequency trading over the next 5 years.

#BTC #AI ✅ More than 40 crypto companies have signed an open letter to AI developers demanding that Bitcoin security specialists be granted early access to advanced models. The letter's authors point out that bad actors can use open models without such restrictions and discover vulnerabilities before developers do.

⚪️ Crypto Market Review, August 12, 2026 🥇 $63 658 😻 $1 886 Market capitalization ≈$2,18T (-0,08%)

What else happened today: ⚖️ UK lawmakers wrote to bank CEOs demanding an explanation of their policies on refusing services to crypto firms. ⚡ FlightAware sued prediction market Kalshi over unauthorized use of flight cancellation data. 🚀 Coinbase launched derivatives trading in the UK with leverage of up to 50x — available to professional investors only. 👀 The Bank of Russia set a limit of 300,000 rubles per year on cryptocurrency purchases for retail investors — only BTC, ETH, and USDT are available. 🚨 The NYT reported on a money laundering suspect who purchased $100 million worth of World Liberty Financial tokens through a company called Aqua 1.

#USDT #stablecoins 📉 USDT supply declined by $4 billion over the past 60 days, with $870 million of that coming in the last 11 days.

#ETH #Coinbase ✅ Coinbase launched a real-world asset tokenization hub in Abu Dhabi and received operating approval from the local regulator FSRA.

#BTC #mining 📉 The BIP-110 fork is lagging on its second block and trails the main chain by 326 blocks. The split network inherited the same mining difficulty as BTC but has no market for the coins it produces. The next automatic difficulty adjustment that could ease mining is not possible for another 6.3 years — provided the chain first produces 2,016 blocks.