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Forced liquidations begin in 30 days for business crypto accounts missing new verification rules on Bybit

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Bybit has given some Brazilian business users until Aug. 21 to complete additional verification. Accounts that miss a requested update will first face access restrictions, then, from Sept. 21, could have remaining positions on restricted products forcibly liquidated at market prices and unsupported fiat balances converted to USDT. The deadline applies only to business users … Read more

Bitfinex gives users 14 days to withdraw 13 delisted tokens or face fees and uncertain recovery

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Bitfinex users holding 13 recently delisted cryptocurrencies must withdraw their assets by 10 a.m. UTC on Aug. 31 or become dependent on a restricted, fee-bearing recovery process. Following the deadline, the crypto exchange will disable standard withdrawals for the affected tokens. Any subsequent retrieval attempts will be handled entirely at Bitfinex’s discretion during a two-month … Read more

This public company quit solar for a $5 million Bitcoin bet, now it has just $166,000 in cash

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Sono Group’s transition to a Bitcoin-heavy treasury is laying bare the severe financial strain at the core of the restructured company. With its former solar energy subsidiary now spun out as a discontinued operation, the parent company generated zero revenue during the first half of 2026. Instead, Sono has tethered its survival entirely to digital … Read more

A $48 billion Bitcoin leverage trap is about to trigger a massive forced exit the moment price boundaries break

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Bitcoin’s calm near $62,941 masks a split in Bitcoin futures positioning: either a downside break or an upside breakout could gain speed from forced trades. At 09:30 UTC on Aug. 15, CoinGlass showed $47.88 billion of Bitcoin open interest, $38.49 billion of 24-hour futures volume and $2.234 billion of spot volume. Futures turnover was 17.23 … Read more

Record user activity and a collapse in whale selling should send XRP soaring, so why is it still pinned at $1?

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XRP is back near $1 even as network activity rebounds, whale deposits to Binance collapse, and derivatives exposure builds near recent lows. The token fell to about $0.98 this week before recovering toward $1, according to CryptoSlate data, extending a retreat that has erased much of its May rally. Crowd commentary around XRP simultaneously reached … Read more

Why accepting crypto payments over €1,000 on Bitstamp can reportedly freeze your assets starting tomorrow

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Bitstamp’s new deposit rule will automatically reject crypto deposits exceeding €1,000 from third-party self-custody wallets starting Aug. 18. The notice targets wallets owned by someone other than the Bitstamp account holder. It says deposits from other exchanges will not be affected, and it does not describe a blanket block on customers moving assets from their … Read more

How a public firm’s $70 million altcoin bet crashed 77% and left it facing Nasdaq delisting

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Greenlane Holdings is a Nasdaq-listed company holding about 81.3 million BERA and BERA-equivalent units. Its token treasury ended the second quarter valued at about 77% below cost. A stayed Nasdaq rule could eventually expose the company to a $5 million listing test with no ordinary cure period. At June 30, the treasury’s $70.2 million cost … Read more

Wall Street finally turned staking into a dividend, now Ethereum and Solana want to shrink it

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Grayscale’s July 17 SEC filings said its Ethereum and Solana staking ETFs would convert staking rewards to cash and distribute them to shareholders at least quarterly, with the changes expected around Aug. 7. Solana and Ethereum are each weighing protocol changes that would reduce that income at the source. Solana developers want to accelerate disinflation … Read more

Trump-linked World Liberty Financial wins OCC bank approval as $112 million DeFi position sits near liquidation

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) gave World Liberty Financial, a DeFi venture associated with President Donald Trump, preliminary conditional approval to charter a national trust bank built around its roughly $4 billion USD1 stablecoin. World Liberty Trust Company would eventually handle USD1 issuance and reserve custody directly, moving both under federal … Read more