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IRS Fake Crypto Tax Letters: How to Spot the Scam

2026-08-01 Crypto Today

IRS mail-first rule: fake crypto tax letters are surging amid AI deepfakes and new DOJ seizures. Red flags, verification steps, and reporting paths.

Caterpillar Earnings Preview: Mining Demand and Margins

2026-08-01 Crypto Today

Q2 2026 earnings date, record $63B backlog, and new Skycatch acquisition frame Caterpillar’s margin setup as mining orders convert. Key watchpoints inside.

Threshold Signatures vs Multisig: Which Is Safer?

2026-08-01 Crypto Today

CertiK reports $1.32B lost in H1 2026, led by wallet compromises. Spark shows ~80% fee cuts with FROST vs multisig. We weigh TSS security, costs, and failure modes.

Kalshi vs New York: Are Prediction Markets Gambling?

2026-08-01 Crypto Today

New York court denial of Kalshi’s injunction and fresh state actions put prediction markets in a legal squeeze. Here’s how traders can navigate the gray.

AMD Earnings Preview: MI450 Demand and AI Margins

2026-08-01 Crypto Today

Anthropic partnership commits up to 2 GW of AMD MI450 GPUs as Helios racks ship in H2 2026. What that could mean for demand, pricing, and AI margins.

Base B20 Token Standard: How Native Tokens Differ From ERC-20

2026-07-31 Crypto Today

Base B20 activation on July 8, 2026 adds a native token standard with issuer controls and ERC-20 parity. See how B20 differs from ERC-20 and why it matters.

Based Rollups Explained: Sequencing Without a Central Operator

2026-07-31 Crypto Today

Based rollups route L2 sequencing to Ethereum proposers, shifting MEV and changing UX. Taiko’s Unzen upgrade and bridge recovery show the tradeoffs.

MiCA Delistings Shift Stablecoin Trading Toward USDC

2026-07-31 Crypto Today

MiCA stablecoin rules push EU exchanges to limit USDT, steering flows into USDC and EURC. Practical steps, platform compares, and risk checks for 2026.

Exxon Mobil Earnings: Refining Margins and XOM Cash Flow

2026-07-31 Crypto Today

Exxon Mobil earnings hinge on refining margins and cash flow, with product cracks, maintenance, and capex timing steering results this quarter. Key items to watch.

Intent-Based Crypto Transactions: How Solvers Find Better Trades

2026-07-31 Crypto Today

CoW Protocol’s CIP-74 raised HHI to 0.241 with no average execution hit, while NEAR Confidential Intents tops $1.5B settled. Here’s how solvers win routes.

Avalanche SAE Explained: Faster Blocks Without Cutting Security

2026-07-31 Crypto Today

Helicon upgrade brings SAE to Avalanche’s Fuji testnet, decoupling consensus from execution with ~5s settlement and a 90% uptime bar for validators. What changes now.

Blockchain State Expiry: Why Networks Cannot Store Everything

2026-07-31 Crypto Today

116 GiB/year of new Ethereum state after gas limit hikes is pushing clients to state expiry, tiering, and UTXO-like designs. Here’s what changes and why.

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