Clay weekly context brief for the Blockchain category (ISO week 2026-W34).

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. Peter Todds Tail Emissions Pitch Sparks Bitcoin Inflation Debate
   Source: Bitcoin News
   Link: https://news.bitcoin.com/featured/peter-todds-tail-emissions-pitch-sparks-bitcoin-inflation-debate/
   Bitcoin developer Peter Todds proposal to give miners a permanent stream of new bitcoin has triggered a fresh backlash from users who see the 21 million supply limit as the assets most important promise.
2. Crypto Equity Perpetual Volume Hits $250B in July, Up 17x in Three Months: CryptoQuant
   Source: CryptoPotato
   Link: https://cryptopotato.com/crypto-equity-perpetual-volume-hits-250b-in-july-up-17x-in-three-months-cryptoquant/
   Binance remained the largest venue in the market, accounting for 76% of total equity perpetual futures volume in July.
3. Wallet provider SafePal says data breach exposed personal info of nearly 40,000 customers
   Source: The Block
   Link: https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-08-16-wallet-provider-safepal-says-data-breach-exposed-personal-info-of-nearly-40000-customers-411934
   SafePal said it found the root cause of the breach recently, though customers had posted online about being targeted by phishing attempts as early as July.
4. People Are Turning to AI for Mental Health, California Wants It Banned
   Source: Decrypt
   Link: https://decrypt.co/375725/california-bill-ban-ai-chatbots-therapy-mental-health
   A California bill is awaiting an Assembly vote to "place guardrails" around AI chatbots and prevent them from acting as therapists.
5. Ethereum devs to narrow 66 proposals tied to Hegotá upgrade
   Source: Cointelegraph
   Link: https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-devs-66-proposals-hegota-upgrade?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
   The Hegotá upgrade aims to introduce more native privacy for Ethereum applications.
6. HOOD Price Prediction: Bulls Choking Below $100 Smart Money Is Loaded but the Tape Is Lying
   Source: Blockchain News
   Link: https://Blockchain.News/news/20260816-price-prediction-hood-bulls-choking-below-100-smart-money
   HOOD tokenized stock sits at $96.15, pinned beneath the critical $100.96 SMA-50 ceiling while top traders stack 63% long yet aggressive takers are selling into every uptick at a 0.64 buy/sell rat... (Read More)
7. Bitcoin holds $62,300 support as BTC attempts short-term recovery
   Source: CoinJournal
   Link: https://coinjournal.net/news/bitcoin-holds-62300-support-as-btc-attempts-short-term-recovery/
   Key takeaways Bitcoin trades near $63,567 on Friday after rebounding from support around $62,300.
8. Bitcoin Squeezed Between $63,000 Support and $68,700 Ceiling
   Source: CoinSpeaker
   Link: https://www.coinspeaker.com/bitcoin-price-analysis-breakout-key-levels/
   Bitcoin remains trapped between $63,000 and $68,700 as weak spot volume, ETF outflows and whale sales raise breakout risks. The post Bitcoin Squeezed Between $63,000 Support and $68,700 Ceiling appeared first on Coinspeaker .
9. Riots Anthropic Deal Shows Bitcoin Miners Are Moving Deeper Into AI Compute
   Source: NewsBTC
   Link: https://www.newsbtc.com/news/riot-s-anthropic-deal-shows-bitcoin-miners-are-moving-deeper-into-ai-compute/
   Riot Platforms has signed a long-term data center lease agreement tied to Anthropic, giving the Bitcoin miner another route into AI and high-performance computing as miners continue looking beyond block rewards.
10. Crypto Weekly: LINK and WLFI Post Double-Digit Gains Amid Market Drop
   Source: Bitcoin News
   Link: https://news.bitcoin.com/market-updates/crypto-weekly-link-and-wlfi-post-double-digit-gains-amid-market-drop/
   During the past week, bitcoin tumbled from over $65,000 to close just above $63,200, an approximately 3.2% weekly loss and briefly hit a low below $62,500 on Aug.
11. Bitcoin Price Analysis: Will BTC Finally Break Out of Consolidation Next Week?
   Source: CryptoPotato
   Link: https://cryptopotato.com/bitcoin-price-analysis-will-btc-finally-break-out-of-consolidation-next-week/
   Bitcoin remains trapped in a low-momentum environment, with price action increasingly characterized by choppy consolidation rather than a decisive directional move.
12. Hackers exploited macOS Screen Sharing flaw to install Monero miners, Dutch cyber agency says
   Source: The Block
   Link: https://www.theblock.co/news/defi/2026-08-16-hackers-exploited-macos-screen-sharing-flaw-to-install-monero-miners-dutch-cyber-agency-says-411932
   U.S. officials rated the severity of the vulnerability a critical 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale, and experts are warning users to update their devices.
13. Apple Turns to Alibaba to Help Build AI Model for China
   Source: Decrypt
   Link: https://decrypt.co/375724/apple-alibaba-build-ai-model-china
   Apple is pairing its in-house model with Alibabas Qwen as it prepares to bring Apple Intelligence to Chinese iPhones.
14. Bybit adds Unitree, Moonshot AI to pre-IPO perpetuals lineup
   Source: Cointelegraph
   Link: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bybit-launches-unitree-pre-ipo-perpetual-as-crypto-platforms-push-into-private-markets?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
   The additions come as Bybits TradFi perpetuals lineup grows to more than 200 products spanning equities, ETFs, commodities, indices and private companies.
15. COIN Price Prediction: Bulls Are Trapped Below $150 The Flush to $141 Is Loading
   Source: Blockchain News
   Link: https://Blockchain.News/news/20260816-price-prediction-coin-bulls-are-trapped-below-150-the
   COIN sits at $149.73, pinned beneath every meaningful moving average with aggressive sell tape dominating real-time flow. A breakdown toward $141$145 carries 65% probability; the only bull case th... (Read More)
16. Hyperliquid targets $58 resistance as retail demand strengthen
   Source: CoinJournal
   Link: https://coinjournal.net/news/hyperliquid-targets-58-resistance-as-retail-demand-strengthen/
   Key takeaways Hyperliquid gained 2% on Thursday after advancing nearly 3% in the previous session.
17. XRP Ledger Records 2.6 Million Successful Payments in a Day
   Source: CoinSpeaker
   Link: https://www.coinspeaker.com/xrp-ledger-payment-high/
   XRP Ledger payments reached 2.6 million in one day, marking a four-month high as network activity picked up after a prolonged decline. The post XRP Ledger Records 2.6 Million Successful Payments in a Day appeared first on Coinspeaker .
18. BlackRock Cuts IBIT In-Kind Conversion Minimum To $1M
   Source: NewsBTC
   Link: https://www.newsbtc.com/news/blackrock-cuts-ibit-in-kind-conversion-minimum-to-1m/
   BlackRock has reduced the in-kind conversion minimum for its iShares Bitcoin Trust from $25 million to $1 million, potentially making the mechanism available to a wider group of institutional participants.
19. Tether Completes Audit, Wintermute Bets on AI and High-Frequency Trading, And More Weekly Recap
   Source: Bitcoin News
   Link: https://news.bitcoin.com/opinion-and-analysis/tether-completes-audit-wintermute-bets-on-ai-and-high-frequency-trading-and-more-weekly-recap/
   This weeks stories spanned old crypto fortunes, transparency, market forecasts, trading expansion, and macro shifts.
20. Ripple Price Prediction: Can XRP Defend $1 or Will $0.90 Come Into Play Next?
   Source: CryptoPotato
   Link: https://cryptopotato.com/ripple-price-prediction-can-xrp-defend-1-or-will-0-90-come-into-play-next/
   XRP remains under pressure, with the broader structure still favoring the bears as the asset trades near the $1.00 area.
21. JPMorgan cut Polymarkets banking ties in October but still wants a role in a potential IPO: FT
   Source: The Block
   Link: https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-08-15-jpmorgan-cut-polymarkets-banking-ties-in-october-but-still-wants-a-role-in-a-potential-ipo-ft-411929
   Polymarket has moved its accounts to a lender the report could not identify but says it still maintains a "close, active relationship" with JPMorgan.
22. Meta Patents Cameras That Recognize Faces and Log Your Actions
   Source: Decrypt
   Link: https://decrypt.co/375698/meta-patents-cameras-recognize-faces-log-actions
   The filing would turn raw footage into labeled clips of who did what, without anyone opting in.
23. Tokenized stock holders more than double as monthly volume surges
   Source: Cointelegraph
   Link: https://cointelegraph.com/news/tokenized-stock-holders-double-to-13m-as-activity-grows?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
   Tokenized equities reached 1.31 million holders over the past month, as monthly transfer volume surged 179% to $23.13 billion and distributed value rose 5.9% to $2.38 billion.
24. NFLX Price Prediction: Bulls Are Stalling at $79.32 Here's What Breaks the Deadlock
   Source: Blockchain News
   Link: https://Blockchain.News/news/20260816-price-prediction-nflx-bulls-are-stalling-at-7932-heres
   Netflix tokenized stock is coiling just beneath critical $79.32 resistance as MACD momentum flatlines and stochastics flash overbought; a decisive close above $79.50 opens a path to $83$85, but fa... (Read More)
25. Stellars XLM token slides below key moving averages
   Source: CoinJournal
   Link: https://coinjournal.net/news/stellars-xlm-token-slides-below-key-moving-averages/
   Key takeaways XLM remains under pressure at $0.160.

Sources in this brief: Bitcoin News; Blockchain News; CoinJournal; CoinSpeaker; Cointelegraph; CryptoPotato; Decrypt; NewsBTC; The Block.
Selected 25 of 178 available items for this weekly brief.