Marathon Digital pledged 18,750 BTC to secure $600M in new loans for energy and AI infrastructure, keeping its Bitcoin stack while raising growth capital.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/marathon-digital-600m-loan-18750-btc-collateral-august-2026/

Two weeks into BIP-110's mandatory signaling window, miner support sits near 0%. Here is what that number means for how Bitcoin upgrades actually pass.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-miners-reject-bip-110-zero-signaling-august-2026/

BitMEX's roughly $1 billion sale process fell apart after potential buyers backed out, leaving one of crypto's oldest derivatives venues without a deal.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmex-1-billion-sale-collapses-buyers-walk-away-august-2026/

A fresh exploit is draining merchant Lightning nodes on Bitcoin's payment layer, the latest hit to the infrastructure that settles instant BTC transactions.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-lightning-payment-servers-infrastructure-exploit-august-2026/

Backpack has added GTA6 publisher Take-Two Interactive to its tokenized stock lineup on Solana via Sunrise, months before the game's November release.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/take-two-tokenized-stock-solana-backpack-gta6-august-2026/

A Michigan federal judge refused to shield Coinbase from state action over its sports event contracts, ruling federal law does not override state jurisdiction.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-michigan-state-crypto-enforcement-sports-contracts-august-2026/

A US court granted Bybit expedited discovery to trace funds from the $1.5B North Korea hack, opening account identities, balances, and transaction records.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bybit-us-court-trace-15-billion-north-korea-hack-august-2026/

New XRP Ledger protocol amendments aim to support $530 million in tokenized Wall Street assets, positioning the network as an institutional settlement layer.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-ledger-amendments-530-million-tokenized-wall-street-assets-august-2026/

The US Treasury sanctioned two cryptocurrency exchanges accused of helping Iran's IRGC launder billions, escalating enforcement against sanctions-evasion rails.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-treasury-sanctions-crypto-exchanges-iran-irgc-august-2026/

Microsoft Threat Intelligence says attackers are storing malware instructions inside BNB Smart Chain smart contracts, a takedown-resistant technique that abuses public blockchains.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/microsoft-bnb-smart-chain-contracts-malware-delivery-august-2026/