MarketsAdoption3 SourcesStrategy Builds $4.75B Cash Reserve Alongside Bitcoin HoldingsStrategy has accumulated $4.75 billion in cash reserves after determining institutional investors do not view its bitcoi...Aug 14, 2026, 04:05 AMStrategyBitcoin
AdoptionEducation2 SourcesAnthropic Embeds Invisible Watermarks in Claude AI OutputsAnthropic has begun embedding machine-readable watermarks into outputs from its newest Claude models without public disc...Aug 13, 2026, 09:05 PMAnthropicClaude
AdoptionMarkets3 SourcesMetaplanet CEO Clarifies 5,014 BTC Move as Custody Shift, Launches BitBonds Debt ProgramMetaplanet moved 5,014 BTC worth $322 million between custodial addresses this week and clarified the transfer was routi...Aug 13, 2026, 03:09 PMMetaplanetBitcoin
DeFiAdoption2 SourcesFigure's Quarterly Revenue Doubles Amid Blockchain Loan Marketplace GrowthFigure Technologies reported doubled quarterly revenue of $226 million as its blockchain loan marketplace processed sign...Aug 13, 2026, 03:02 PMFigure TechnologiesCoinDesk
DeFiAdoption2 SourcesLombard Shifts Bitcoin Yield to Bitwise Covered-Call StrategyLombard is transitioning its LBTC yield generation from Bitcoin staking to a Bitwise-managed covered-call options strate...Aug 13, 2026, 02:02 PMLombardBitwise Asset Management
AdoptionRegulation2 SourcesMUFG Tests Blockchain Settlement for Japanese Government Bond TradesMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is conducting a proof-of-concept to settle Japanese government bond transactions on the C...Aug 13, 2026, 12:03 PMMUFGCanton
AdoptionExchanges3 SourcesGoldman Sachs Acquires NEOS for $2.25B to Expand Bitcoin Income ETFsGoldman Sachs agreed to acquire NEOS, an options-income specialist, for $2.25 billion in a cash-and-equity deal that inc...Aug 12, 2026, 07:05 PMGoldman SachsNEOS Investments
SecurityAdoption2 Sources233k BTC Shifted to Multisig After Coldcard Exploit, Casa Data ShowsCasa CEO Nick Neuman reported that approximately 233,000 BTC flowed to multisig wallets and other custody arrangements f...Aug 12, 2026, 07:04 PMCasaColdcard
StablecoinsAdoption3 SourcesAnchorpoint Launches HKDAP Stablecoin for Hong Kong InstitutionsStandard Chartered-backed Anchorpoint has begun a phased rollout of HKDAP, a Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin, with be...Aug 12, 2026, 07:03 PMAnchorpointHKDAP
