Clay weekly context brief for the Blockchain category (ISO week 2026-W32).

Clay tracks publications from the Blockchain feed list. Below are recent items from this category, each with its source and a short description of what the publication covers when one is available in the source feed.

Recent publications:
1. Coinkite Faces Class Action Threat as Bitcoin Wallet Bug Costs Users Over 1,300 BTC
   Source: Bitcoin News
   Link: https://news.bitcoin.com/regulation-and-legal/coinkite-faces-class-action-threat-as-bitcoin-wallet-bug-costs-users-over-1300-btc/
   Coinkite, the company behind Coldcard, the hardware wallet affected by a vulnerability in its seed generation code, might face legal action from victims who have lost over $88 million in BTC over the last two days.
2. Teleprompter Operator Accused in Kalshi Betting Case Is No Longer a Federal Employee
   Source: CryptoPotato
   Link: https://cryptopotato.com/teleprompter-operator-accused-in-kalshi-betting-case-is-no-longer-a-federal-employee/
   A White House teleprompter operator at the center of Trump speech betting allegations is out of government.
3. Saylor hints at Strategy bitcoin buy after five-week pause as STRC rate stays at 12%: Bitcoin Drive engaged
   Source: The Block
   Link: https://www.theblock.co/post/410370/saylor-hints-at-strategy-bitcoin-buy-after-five-week-pause-as-strc-rate-stays-at-12-bitcoin-drive-engaged?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
   Strategy has gone five consecutive weeks without a disclosed bitcoin purchase; the firm last reported holding 843,775 BTC acquired for $63.69 billion.
4. Strategy leaves preferred STRC dividend at 12% as price still below par
   Source: Cointelegraph
   Link: https://cointelegraph.com/news/strategy-leaves-preferred-strc-dividend-at-12-price-still-below-par?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
   Investors have previously benefited from a payout boost when the preferred STRC shares traded well below their $100 par value for a month.
5. Whats the Deal With Metas Pervert Glasses?
   Source: Decrypt
   Link: https://decrypt.co/374808/whats-the-deal-with-meta-pervert-glasses
   Lawsuits, privacy complaints, secret recordings, and government investigations have put Metas AI glasses under scrutiny.
6. Wyoming Blockchain Symposium Puts Garlinghouse, Atkins, and CLARITY Act Debate Center Stage
   Source: CoinSpeaker
   Link: https://www.coinspeaker.com/wyoming-blockchain-symposium-2026-garlinghouse-ripple-atkins-clarity-act/
   Brad Garlinghouse headlines Wyoming Blockchain Symposium 2026 as Ripple sponsor, joining SEC Chair Atkins amid unresolved CLARITY Act Senate negotiations.
7. LDO Price Prediction: $0.31 Is the Last Line of Defense Before a 15% Flush
   Source: Blockchain News
   Link: https://Blockchain.News/news/20260802-price-prediction-ldo-031-is-the-last-line-of
   LDO is scraping the floor of its Bollinger Band range at $0.33 with every major moving average stacked overhead as resistance a 55% probability setup points to continued compression, but a break ... (Read More)
8. NEAR Adds Staking-Based Payments For AI Compute Credits
   Source: NewsBTC
   Link: https://www.newsbtc.com/news/near-adds-staking-based-payments-for-ai-compute-credits/
   NEAR has launched a staking-based payment model for NEAR AI, giving users a way to lock NEAR tokens and receive monthly compute credits instead of...
9. Velotrade publishes comparative review of six prop firms rulebooks, finding most funded accounts are closed by rules, not trading
   Source: CoinJournal
   Link: https://coinjournal.net/news/velotrade-publishes-comparative-review-of-six-prop-firms-rulebooks-finding-most-funded-accounts-are-closed-by-rules-not-trading/
   Hidden trading rules often matter more than profit splits.
10. BTC Plunge Triggers Altcoin Sell-off as ADA Bucks the Trend
   Source: Bitcoin News
   Link: https://news.bitcoin.com/market-updates/btc-plunge-triggers-altcoin-sell-off-as-ada-bucks-the-trend/
   Bitcoins late-July rally collapsed into a $3,000 flash drop to $62,236 on July 31, erasing $40 billion in market capitalization.
11. Trump Media Sells Another $165M in Bitcoin, Booking a Fresh Loss
   Source: CryptoPotato
   Link: https://cryptopotato.com/trump-media-sells-another-165m-in-bitcoin-booking-a-fresh-loss/
   Trump Media has continued reducing its BTC exposure after another major sale at a loss.
12. Trump Media says $165 million bitcoin transfer to Crypto.com wasnt a sale
   Source: The Block
   Link: https://www.theblock.co/post/410360/trump-media-linked-wallets-move-165-million-in-bitcoin-to-crypto-com-leaving-4261-btc-in-tracked-wallets?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
   The company said a similar transfer to Crypto.com in May was part of a broader trading strategy and did not represent a sale.
13. BNB Chain pursues legal action after ex-employees memecoin launch
   Source: Cointelegraph
   Link: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bnb-chain-legal-action-ex-employee-memecoin?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
   BNB Chain said a former employee allegedly used a company tutorial wallet to create a memecoin that the blockchain ecosystem says it did not authorize or endorse.
14. CZ Warns Bitcoin Holders After $70 Million Wallet Exploit: 'Nothing Is 100%'
   Source: Decrypt
   Link: https://decrypt.co/374810/cz-warns-bitcoin-holders-70-million-coldcard-wallet-exploit
   The Binance founder urged holders to spread funds across multiple wallets as Galaxy Research put the toll from the Coldcard exploit at roughly $70 millionnearly double the initial estimate.
15. Treasury Secretary Invokes Satoshi as CLARITY Act Faces Senate Collapse
   Source: CoinSpeaker
   Link: https://www.coinspeaker.com/clarity-act-senate-bessent-satoshi-nakamoto/
   Scott Bessent cited Satoshi Nakamoto to pressure Senate Democrats blocking the CLARITY Act, as the August recess threatens to stall crypto regulation until 2027. The post Treasury Secretary Invokes Satoshi as CLARITY Act Faces Senate Collapse appeared first on Coinspeaker .
16. HBAR Price Prediction: Coiled at $0.07 Smart Money Is Loading While Retail Looks Away
   Source: Blockchain News
   Link: https://Blockchain.News/news/20260802-price-prediction-hbar-coiled-at-007-smart-money-is
   HBAR is in a state of historic volatility compression at $0.07, with smart money running nearly 2:1 long and taker buy flow running 37% heavier than sells. The primary scenario over the next 1021 ... (Read More)
17. ENS Labs Scales Back Treasury Proposal After Delegate Pushback
   Source: NewsBTC
   Link: https://www.newsbtc.com/news/ens-labs-scales-back-treasury-proposal-after-delegate-pushback/
   ENS Labs has revised a governance proposal after delegate criticism over treasury control, choosing to keep the DAOs primary operational wallet...
18. Ethereum outperforms Bitcoin as Bitmine buys 9,946 ETH
   Source: CoinJournal
   Link: https://coinjournal.net/news/ethereum-outperforms-bitcoin-as-bitmine-buys-9946-eth/
   Ethereum gained 24% in the past month, beating Bitcoins 8% rise.
19. Iran Rejects Trump Deal as Hormuz Tensions Grip Markets Again
   Source: Bitcoin News
   Link: https://news.bitcoin.com/featured/iran-rejects-trump-deal-as-hormuz-tensions-grip-markets-again/
   Conflicting statements from Washington and Tehran have cast fresh uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz, leaving global markets and governments watching to see whether diplomacy can prevent another escalation in one of the worlds most strategically important waterways.
20. Bitcoin vs. Ethereum ETF Battle: Who Won July?
   Source: CryptoPotato
   Link: https://cryptopotato.com/bitcoin-vs-ethereum-etf-battle-who-won-july/
   The winner actually had the best month in terms of market performance in a year.
21. Iran-linked exchange sent $676 million to Binance wallets in alleged sanctions-evasion operation: Reuters
   Source: The Block
   Link: https://www.theblock.co/post/410355/iran-linked-exchange-sent-676-million-to-binance-in-alleged-sanctions-evasion-operation-reuters?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
   Dubai-based Shelbit processed over $4 billion since May 2024 through a network tied to Iranian gambling sites, the central bank, and the IRGC, per Reuters.
22. Trump Media sells another 2,628 BTC, holdings fall to 4,261 BTC
   Source: Cointelegraph
   Link: https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-media-2628-btc-crypto-com-4261-btc-holdings?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
   Trump Media transferred another 2,628 Bitcoin to Crypto.com, bringing its reported sales over seven months to 7,281 BTC and leaving the company with 4,261 BTC in holdings.
23. The More Americans Know About AI, the Less They Like It: Gallup
   Source: Decrypt
   Link: https://decrypt.co/374794/more-americans-know-about-ai-less-they-like-gallup
   Gallup says Americans are growing more skeptical of artificial intelligence, with rising concerns about job losses, businesses' use of the technology, and the technologys growing impact.
24. Bitcoin News Today: MSTRs $8.6B Q2 Loss Reveals Bitcoin Price Now Controls Every Financial Line
   Source: CoinSpeaker
   Link: https://www.coinspeaker.com/strategy-q2-2026-earnings-bitcoin-loss/
   Strategy reported an $8.6B GAAP net loss in Q2 2026 as an $8.32B fair-value Bitcoin write-down overwhelmed revenue and decoupled results from operations.
25. WIF Price Prediction: Gravity Wins $0.13 Test Imminent Before Any Hope of Recovery
   Source: Blockchain News
   Link: https://Blockchain.News/news/20260802-price-prediction-wif-gravity-wins-013-test-imminent-before
   WIF is pinned to its lower Bollinger Band at $0.14, sellers are running nearly 2:1 against buyers in real-time flow, and every major moving average is stacked overhead as resistance a $0.13 test ... (Read More)

Sources in this brief: Bitcoin News; Blockchain News; CoinJournal; CoinSpeaker; Cointelegraph; CryptoPotato; Decrypt; NewsBTC; The Block.
Selected 25 of 180 available items for this weekly brief.