Mostly Bitcoin — Daily Digest
Last 24 hours of mainstream crypto coverage
August 21, 2026
Leader of Fat Marmot Week fights the budget cut era: ‘we’re going to be laughing our way down as the Titanic sinks’ — fortune.com
Last winter was tough for marmots living high in the Colorado mountains, where researchers say two-thirds of one population died while hibernating because of insufficient snow cover. Those that survived are doing well, fattening up in time not just for
Bitcoin soars to nearly $80,000—but crypto’s new favorite coin, Hyperliquid, is stealing its thunder — fortune.com
Bitcoin is surging again. The cryptocurrency climbed above $78,200 on Friday for the first time since May. But it wasn’t the only crypto asset posting big gains. Hyperliquid, the decentralized perpetual futures exchange, reached a record $75, leaving its
Columbia House closure sparks nostalgia for a bygone music scam — salon.com
Even if you aren’t old enough to remember the heyday of Columbia House, you’re probably familiar with the scam at its center. The mail-order club would offer customers eight to 12 CDs, tapes, records — and, in later years, DVDs and blu-rays — for a penny.
Dollar Sinks As Investors Flock To Gold, Crypto After Scott Bessent’s Treasury Buyback — dailycaller.com
The DXY dollar index fell to 98.6630 on Friday, down 0.23% from the previous session, bringing its decline over the past month to 2.43%. The dollar’s weakness follows the Treasury Department’s decision to at least double its purchases of longer-dated
Trump Pardons of Fraudsters Cost Victims Nearly $2 Billion — newrepublic.com
President Donald Trump is letting fraudsters off the hook at the expense of their victims, according to a new report from Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee Friday. The 25-page report found that Trump’s sweeping pardons had relieved white-collar
Hackers poison popular Rust crates to steal developers' credentials — theregister.com
Hackers slipped malware into several popular Rust packages this week, turning routine software builds into a route onto developers' machines. The Rust Security Response Team disclosed the supply chain attack on Thursday after receiving a tip about a crate
The banking lobby’s bad faith campaign to kill the Clarity Act will backfire — fortune.com
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, a landmark bill to bring crypto assets into the economic mainstream, is on life support. This comes despite months of hard work and compromise for a set of rules that would be overwhelmingly positive for America by
Colonizing the Moon — reason.com
Entering the new space age: The White House wants upwards of 1,000 rocket launches and re-entries per year in the U.S. by 2030 and has unveiled a new policy initiative to this effect. "The new policy puts greater emphasis on developing additional locations
That April Windows update you skipped? Hackers are exploiting it now — pcworld.com
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning about four security vulnerabilities that are being exploited by attackers in the wild. CISA has added the vulnerabilities to its catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
Crypto stocks head for their second day of gains as Bitcoin and other tokens rise: Will the rally keep going? — fastcompany.com
Companies including Coinbase Global, Circle Internet Group, and even mining firms like MARA have been riding a wave of fresh market enthusiasm. Yesterday, cryptocurrencies across the board, including major tokens such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP,
Trump Administration Fails to Substantiate Its Claims of Noncitizen Voting (Again) — talkingpointsmemo.com
Good morning! I hope this morning dispatch, focused on the latest updates about ongoing TPM storylines, has been useful. Starting next week, TPM members will be able to recieve it as an email. If you’re not a member, consider becoming one! Propaganda Meets
Trump says any governor or mayor should want to welcome an AI data center — foxbusiness.com
President Donald Trump said earlier this week that any governor or local government official should want to welcome the construction of AI data centers. "The construction jobs are enormous. We're building the biggest plants anywhere in the world. And I can
Bitcoin is surging toward its best weekly gain in two years after Treasury and crypto policy boosts — qz.com
A Treasury bond buyback expansion and a White House push for crypto legislation combined to lift Bitcoin nearly 23% this week
Bond traders believe Bessent’s ‘band-aid’ was ‘a heinous financial crime’ — fortune.com
Good morning. On Fortune’s radar today: Exclusive: Venezuela likely to go for dollarization of its currency to cure hyperinflation. Bond traders say Bessent’s ‘band-aid’ is ‘a heinous financial crime.’ Markets: Bitcoin is back! (A bit.) The 60/40
The Real Lives of Online Romance Scammers — newrepublic.com
By the time Chibuike was 24 years old, he had been kicked out of his family home multiple times, developed a drug addiction, attempted suicide, and scammed tens of thousands of dollars from unsuspecting victims overseas. For most of his career as a
Bitcoin Leaps Past $75,000 as Crypto Rally Continues in Asia — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin rose by more than 4% in early Asia trading Friday, continuing a tear that began Wednesday after the US Treasury revealed plans to rein in long-term bond yields.
You just read issue #1420 of Mostly Bitcoin. You can also browse the full archives of this newsletter.