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Gemini’s $107.7M Q2 Loss Tests the Case for Revenue Diversification Gemini posted a $107.7M Q2 2026 net loss as services revenue rose 149% YoY to $23.5M and exchange revenue fell 38% to $12.5M. What the mix shift means. https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2026/08/gemini-q2-2026-loss-revenue-diversification #Gemini #CryptoExchanges #Earnings #Bitcoin #Fintech #CryptoMarkets

Abandoned DeFi Protocols Leave Zombie Smart Contracts Behind Aztec Connect’s deprecated RollupProcessorV3 lost $2.1–$2.3M, spotlighting ‘zombie’ DeFi contracts that stay live on-chain and how teams can safely retire them. https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2026/08/abandoned-defi-zombie-smart-contracts #DeFi #SmartContracts #Ethereum #Web3Security #Audits #ProtocolRisk

Crypto Startup Safe Harbors: Faster Fundraising, Weaker Guardrails? SEC Token Safe Harbor Proposal 3.0 outlines Rule 195, a three-year exemption for 'Qualifying Transactions,' now at OIRA review, as 84.7% of 2025 TGEs trade below TGE. https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2026/08/crypto-startup-safe-harbors-faster-fundraising-weaker-guardrails #SECrules #TokenSafeHarbor #CryptoRegulation #OIRA #Rule195 #TokenLaunches

Swissquote: H1 Crypto Income Falls 66.2% as Volume Drops 63.5% Swissquote posted net crypto assets income of 7,484.9 CHF thousand in H1 2023, down 61.5% YoY, as crypto volume slid 62.0% to 1,242.5 CHF m. https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2026/08/swissquote-h1-2023-crypto-income-down-61-5 #Swissquote #CryptoMarkets #Earnings #H12023 #TradingVolume #Crypto

Chainalysis: Illicit DeFi Inflows Rise 343% Year on Year Chainalysis says illicit addresses took in at least $154 billion in 2025, up 162% YoY, with stablecoins at 84% of illicit volume as DNMs routed more funds to DeFi. https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2026/08/chainalysis-illicit-crypto-154b-2025-162yoy #Chainalysis #DeFi #stablecoins #CryptoCrime #DNM #AML

Tether’s First Full Audit Raises the Bar for Stablecoin Transparency KPMG U.S. issued an unqualified audit of Tether’s 2025 financials on Aug. 13, 2026, a step-change for stablecoin transparency amid past CFTC penalties. https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2026/08/tether-first-full-audit-stablecoin-transparency #Tether #USDT #Stablecoins #KPMG #CryptoMarkets #Regulation

Hong Kong’s HKD At Par Opens to Institutional Users Anchorpoint’s HKDAP stablecoin opens Beta Access to corporates and Professional Investors via OSL and HashKey on Ethereum, following an HKMA issuer licence. https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2026/08/hkdap-beta-opens-institutional-users-hong-kong #HKDAP #HongKong #Stablecoin #OSL #HashKey #Ethereum

SEC Pulls Aug. 14 Crypto Offering-Rules Vote at the Last Minute SEC cancels its 2026-08-14 open meeting set to consider a crypto asset offering regime; agenda item “ITEM 1: Regulation Crypto Assets” is pulled, per SEC notices. https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2026/08/sec-pulls-aug-14-crypto-offering-rules-vote #SEC #Crypto #Regulation #Markets #Policy

Nearly 14,000 Trezor Buyers Exposed in Shipping-Provider Breach Trezor confirms a ShipMonk data breach affecting 13,689 buyers, with full contact info exposed for 11,742. Devices unaffected; phishing risk warned. https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2026/08/nearly-14000-trezor-buyers-exposed-shipmonk-breach #Trezor #ShipMonk #databreach #hardwarewallet #phishing #crypto

Figure: Q2 Loan Marketplace Volume Jumps 132% to $4.3B Figure Technology Solutions posted Q2 2026 Consumer Loan Marketplace Volume of $4,259 million, up 132% year over year and 47% quarter over quarter. https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2026/08/figure-q2-2026-loan-marketplace-volume-132-jump #Figure #LoanMarket #HELOC #DSCR #FigureConnect #Fintech

Strait of Hormuz Risk Premium: How a Chokepoint Reprices Markets Strait of Hormuz moves roughly 20 million b/d of oil and products. Disruption risk adds a premium across crude, LNG, freight, and insurance as limited bypass and higher war-risk costs transmit fear into spot and futures. https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2026/08/strait-of-hormuz-risk-premium-chokepoint #Hormuz #OilMarkets #Geopolitics #Shipping #Energy

Call Buying and Rising Volatility Make This Stock Rally Unusual Cboe says 0DTE options dominate SPX volume. With record U.S. options activity and giant SPY call sweeps, that helps explain rallies where price and IV rise together. https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2026/08/call-buying-rising-volatility-unusual-rally #0DTE #SPX #Options #Volatility #Gamma #MarketStructure