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Airplane Mode Speeds up Phone Charging by 4 to 11 Minutes, CNET Finds
Putting a phone in airplane mode shaved just 4 to 11 minutes off charging times in CNET’s tests, a far cry from the 25% speedup some users claim. The small gain comes from disabling power-hungry radios like cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Gbitcoin.comEsper Warns Senate to Pass CLARITY Act for National Security
Mark Esper, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, stresses the CLARITY Act would extend Patriot Act provisions to digital assets, modernizing the identification and special measures apparatus against foreign institutions to target threat actorsbitcoin.comGermany Mulls Bitcoin Critic Nagel’s Bid for ECB Presidency
Conversations in Berlin are taking place to decide whether Germany will support Joachim Nagel, the current president of the Bundesbank, in a potential bid for the Presidency of the ECB. Nagel, who would emerge as a dark horse, has a negativbitcoin.comCLARITY Act Leaves 5 Loopholes, From Pensions to Trump’s $1.4B Crypto
Senate Banking Committee minority staff say the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act fails five minimum standards, potentially leaving pensions exposed and failing to stop President Trump’s next $1.4 billion in crypto profits. A procedurabitcoin.comCLARITY Act Enters ‘Walking Dead’ State as SEC Prepares Crypto Rules
The Senate will hold a procedural vote on the CLARITY Act Sept. 15 after missing its August window, while the SEC advances a parallel crypto rulemaking agenda. Bitwise says the delay puts the bill in a “walking dead” state. Keybitcoin.comArthur Hayes Warns Bitcoin May Fall to $50,000 Before $1 Million
Arthur Hayes argues the artificial intelligence buildout is a leveraged real estate bubble that he says will end in a government bailout larger than 2008. He expects the resulting liquidity creation to carry bitcoin past $1 million. Key Takbitcoin.comCLARITY Act Odds Sink as Senate Delay Threatens 2026 Crypto Vote
Polymarket traders now price the CLARITY Act at a 21% chance of becoming law this year. The Senate filed a cloture motion on Aug. 8 after missing its pre-recess vote, pushing the fight into September. Key TakeawaysPolymarket prices the CLARbitcoin.comTokenized RWA Sector Hits $38B as Treasury Debt Dominates Market
This week’s metrics show tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) have cracked another ceiling, with total value locked (TVL) blowing past $38 billion and hitting $38.17 billion on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. The RWA sector is now just $1.83 billion shbitcoin.comBIP-110 Backers Plot Minority Chain’s PoW Reset to ‘Fire’ Bitcoin Miners
BIP-110 proponents are debating whether to change the proof-of-work algorithm on their stalled minority chain after it managed to mine only two blocks before Bitcoin’s enormous difficulty effectively brought activity to a signficant crawl.bitcoin.comPrediction Markets Explode, Circle Has Hot Q2, and More – Weekly Recap
This week’s stories highlighted regulatory delays, security concerns, institutional growth, and market experimentation. The Senate pushed the CLARITY Act vote to September, while a Bitcoin security team uncovered thousands of potential flawbitcoin.comBitcoin 'Anti-Spam' Fork Sputters to a Halt After Mining Just Two Blocks
The long-simmering fight over a controversial Bitcoin network proposal finally produced a chain split over the weekend, but the breakaway Bitcoin fork sputtered almost immediately, grinding out just two blocks in roughly eight hours beforeDecryptGrayscale Warns US Risks Crypto Exodus if CLARITY Act Fails
Zach Pandl, Head of Research at Grayscale, believes that while the crypto ecosystem will not be immediately impacted if the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act does not pass, it could affect new investment activity in the U.S. as industry actobitcoin.comFed Hike Bets Crack as September Hold Odds Storm Into Lead
Prediction markets and the CME Fedwatch tool are lining up behind the U.S. Federal Reserve holding rates steady in September, but anyone watching the board knows this is hardly a done deal. Traders have moved toward a pause, yet the pricingbitcoin.comRoughnecks Quits BIP-110 Mining as Ocean Hashrate Collapses
Roughnecks, the mining group responsible for the only two blocks on Bitcoin’s new BIP-110 minority chain, has stopped mining under its name and urged others to stand down as the breakaway network remains stuck just two blocks beyond its splbitcoin.comSaylor Drops ‘Doing Business’ Message, Sparks Strategy Bitcoin Mystery
Michael Saylor posted Strategy’s bitcoin chart on Aug. 9 with a two-word caption. Days earlier, the company disclosed another bitcoin sale, leaving 842,138 BTC on the books and raising fresh questions about its next move. Key Takeawaybitcoin.comBitcoin’s Price Barely Blinks Amid Coldcard Sweeps and BIP-110’s Collapse
Bitcoin barely flinched through two potentially disruptive events, holding near $65,000 as losses tied to the Coldcard hardware wallet exploit mounted and the BIP-110 minority chain stalled almost immediately after splitting from the main nbitcoin.comCLARITY Stalls, Coldcard Fallout Continues, Bitcoin Barely Budges
This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest storiesbitcoin.comWhere Stolen Crypto Really Goes: Inside the 45-Day Laundering Machine
Hackers stole $3.4 billion in crypto in 2025 and topped $1 billion again in the first half of 2026. Once the coins start moving, investigators have roughly 45 days before the trail goes cold. Key TakeawaysChainalysis logged $3.4B stolen inbitcoin.comScammers Target European Users Amid EU MiCA Transitions
According to recent warnings from security think tanks and financial watchdogs, bad actors are aggressively exploiting the widesCoinIdolVALR’s Ehsani Warns Crypto Curbs Could Reduce Regulatory Oversight
VALR co-founder and CEO Farzam Ehsani warned that South Africa’s proposed cross-border crypto regulations could severely harm the local digital asset sector, stifle innovation, and drive capital offshore. Key TakeawaysNational Treasury andbitcoin.com
