Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Walsh pushes for AI to reshape analysis system, relying on traditional interest rate tools in the short term

Onchain Lens detected that Ethereum Foundation transferred 566.27 ETH worth approximately $1.09 million from its donation wallet to an anonymous address; Transfer 2.62 ETH worth approximately $5000 to another associated address. （Onchain Lens）

BitMine increased its holdings of 7391 ETH last week, bringing its total holdings to 5.805238 million ETH as of August 9, 2026, accounting for 4.8% of the total supply of Ethereum. BitMine holds a total value of approximately $11.6 billion in cryptocurrency, cash, and other investment assets, including $104 million in cash and securities, 209 bitcoins, $180 million in Beast Industries equity assets, and $69 million in investment in Eightco Holdings (ORBS). BitMine has pledged an increase of 5.067309 million ETH, valued at approximately 9.8 billion US dollars, with an annualized staking income of approximately 257 million US dollars. BitMine repurchased 3 million shares of common stock during the same period, and has repurchased a total of 19.1 million shares since July 1st.

Mastercard has completed the acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK for a transaction amount of $1.8 billion. Concentric's founding partner Kjartan Rist stated that Concentric invested in BVNK at a valuation of $4 million in 2019. During the acquisition process, Coinbase proposed a maximum offer of $2.5 billion, and Visa also participated in the competition. BVNK ultimately chose to reach a deal with Mastercard. Stripe previously acquired stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge for $1.1 billion. At present, the global market value of stablecoins is about 300 billion US dollars. BVNK provides stable currency payment and fund management infrastructure for enterprises.

Chain detective ZachXBT posted that American fraudster Tiffany Milanovich stole over $5 million in encrypted assets by impersonating a hardware wallet and a centralized exchange customer service. Tiffany Milanovich disguised herself as a BitcoinIRA email support and transferred approximately $1.2 million worth of BTC and ETH from the victim's Trezor wallet in one attack, and stole approximately $500000 worth of BTC from a Coinbase account in another case.

The company increased its USD reserve to $4.65 billion while reducing its bitcoin holdings to 840,447 BTC