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Tether's $120 million bitcoin mining buildout in Uruguay shut down after state utility UTE cut power over a contract dispute, Reuters reported — a rare public setback for the stablecoin issuer's mining push.
Stablecoin-linked card spending crossed $1 billion in July for the first time, with USDC and USDT funding over 70% of transactions as crypto rails reach grocery aisles and ride queues.
US spot bitcoin and ether ETFs pulled in $2.6 billion combined over the past week — their strongest inflow week since October — as weekly trading volume more than tripled to $29 billion alongside a sharp price rally.
BitMart has hired White & Case as restructuring counsel and aims to publish a partial-restart and creditor-payout roadmap by September 9, weeks after announcing its shutdown.
Bitcoin spot ETFs drew $608.3 million on Thursday, pushing August net inflows past $2.07 billion as Ether funds logged their biggest single-day intake in roughly ten months.
BitGo became the first foreign crypto firm to win South Korean VASP registration, building a local entity from scratch rather than acquiring an incumbent — with Hana Financial and SK Telecom holding 25% and 10% stakes.
Bitcoin reclaimed $69,000 for the first time in two months, liquidating nearly $2 billion in shorts as Treasury buyback expansion and a new SEC crypto proposal poured fuel on the rally.
Ripple's first debt sale drew institutional investors to fund its prime brokerage and multi-asset clearing expansion, deepening crypto-native competition with traditional Wall Street intermediaries.
Metaplanet swaps 2,100 BTC and cash for a controlling stake in Nasdaq-listed Super League Enterprise, exporting its bitcoin treasury model to the US under the new name Superplanet.
Citi will let institutional clients hold bitcoin directly alongside stocks and bonds through its new Custody+ platform, with the service set to launch later in 2026.
