BIP-110 Dies With a Whimper, CLARITY Vote Punted: Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 9

Bitcoin ‘anti-spam’ BIP goes nowhere fast Supporters of the BIP-110 soft fork hoped to eradicate spam from the blockchain, but after a lengthy and heated debate the proposal has been pronounced Dead On Arrival. After securing just 2.5% support ahead of entering mandatory signaling on Saturday, it split off into a minority chain that mined…

Is Clarity's delay a blessing in disguise?: State of Crypto

The crypto industry is angry and disappointed that the Senate is not holding a procedural vote on the Clarity Act this month, but that isn’t the worst possible outcome. Source link

Bitwise Says Crypto Will Thrive Even Without CLARITY Act

A failure to pass the CLARITY Act this week will put the bill in a “walking dead” state, but won’t stop the crypto industry’s march forward, according to Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan.  In a blog post on Wednesday, Hougan said while many, including himself, have called it the “make or break” week for…

Bitcoin Red Team reports 5K findings in sweeping security audit

“There’s a lot of chaos right now in the ecosystem. We absolutely understand that many people are being bombarded with security issues right now,” said Bitcoin developer Calle. Source link

Putin Signs Russia Crypto Bill Into Law

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law creating a regulated framework for cryptocurrency markets in the country. Putin signed bill No. 1194918-8, titled “On Digital Currencies and Digital Rights,” into law on Tuesday, according to official records from the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament. The legislation establishes rules for crypto market participants,…

BIP-110 Chain Falls Behind as Hashpower Support Lags

Bitcoin’s BIP-110-enforcing branch stalled at block 961,633 on Sunday after producing only two blocks, while the non-enforcing chain advanced to 961,721, widening the gap to 88 blocks.  According to the BIP-110 monitor, updated at 10:19 am UTC, the branch’s latest block had been mined about 12 hours earlier. Ocean records show that a pseudonymous mining…

Crypto is going through a massive dot-com style shakeout as over 100 projects fold in 2026

“There were way too many general-purpose layer twos, which frankly don’t make sense as a product, because there’s no reason to have many, many versions of the same thing,” Ben Fisch, CEO of Espresso Systems, told CoinDesk. “We’re in a consolidation phase for general-purpose layer twos, not layer twos broadly.” Industry leaders argue the shakeout…

Brazil Adds Crypto Transfer Holds for Fraud Prevention

Latest NewsPublishedAug 9, 2026 The rules, effective Jan. 1, 2027, cover transactions above $10,000 sent to overseas providers or self-custody wallets, along with other transfers flagged for review. Brazil’s central bank will require virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to place precautionary holds of up to 24 hours on certain transfers to foreign platforms or self-custody…

US Senate Will Vote on CLARITY Crypto Bill ‘Without Any Question’ This Week: Tim Scott

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BTCPay Server Rotates Credentials After Lightning Exploit

BTCPay Server has temporarily restricted public remote connections to Lightning Network nodes running Lightning Network Daemon (LND) software after attackers exploited a critical vulnerability to obtain credentials and move funds.  BTCPay said the restriction prevents external wallets such as Zeus from connecting through a BTCPay Server domain or Tor onion address on Docker deployments. BTCPay…