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Trump faces federal lawsuit over paid early access to Truth Social posts as Trump Media weighs prediction-market data licensing
President Donald Trump is facing a federal lawsuit challenging a paid service that provides early access to certain Truth Social posts. Trump Media said it has signed more than 10 customer agreements, largely with high-frequency trading firms paying about $60,000 to $100,000 per month. The suit contends that some posts amount to the first public notice of official government decisions, raising claims of unequal access to government information. The company has also said it is evaluating licensing its data to prediction markets.
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Harmony Protocol confirms unauthorized ONE minting, suspends bridge services after August 12 incident
Harmony Protocol said an unauthorized ONE minting incident occurred on August 12. Initial analysis put the minting at 4000000000 ONE, but a later on-chain reconstruction found about 3010000000000 ONE was issued to four attacker wallets through six forged crossshard transactions. The team said it has fixed the crossshard receipt verification flaw and a quorum verification bug for the prestaking committee, and deployed Mainnet v2026.1.1 at 06:30 (UTC+8) on August 12. It is preparing to roll back the network to block 92,730,034 and has suspended bridge services.
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Harmony says CrossShard receipt replay bug enabled unauthorized minting, including 400 million ONE
Harmony said a CrossShard Receipt Replay bug allowed valid receipts to be processed multiple times, minting new tokens without corresponding deductions. The network initially confirmed 400 million ONE in unauthorized minting, while forged crossshard issuance totaled about 3.01 trillion ONE, with the team still verifying the data, according to Foresight News. Harmony said an emergency patch activated on August 12 fixed the issue and crosschain services have been paused. The team is coordinating with validators and exchanges on a rollback targeting block 92,730,034, with Shard 0 paused to support the operation.
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SharpLink to stake $200M in Ethereum via Lido, adding wstETH to expand DeFi yield strategy
Nasdaq-listed SharpLink said it will stake $200 million worth of Ethereum through Lido and receive wstETH to expand its DeFi yield approach. As of Aug. 3, the company held 888,938 ETH, and staking generated $11.2 million of revenue in the second quarter. Lido has about $16.5 billion of ETH staked, and wstETH is integrated across more than 100 protocols with roughly $10 billion in active collateral use. SharpLink also has a $125 million onchain yield fund with Galaxy Digital and investments tied to Ethereum infrastructure, privacy and institutional adoption.
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ETH+3.67%
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Foundation pledges full reimbursement and to restore 1:1 backing for bridged XRP as bridge stays paused
The Foundation said it will make all affected users whole and fully replenish missing $XRP reserves to restore 1:1 backing for bridged XRP, with reserves verifiable onchain. It said the vulnerability has been identified and patched. The bridge remains paused pending an independent security review and will resume only after the review is successfully completed. The Foundation said it will publish a full technical report detailing the restoration mechanism and urged users to watch for scams and rely only on official channels for updates.
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DATA Foundation extends team and lead investor token lockups by 18 months, leaving Aug. 13 unlock date without replacement
DATA Foundation has kept team and lead investor tokens locked past Aug. 13, even though that date appeared in an earlier public supply schedule, and it has not published a new unlock date. The foundation said on June 25 it extended those lockups by an additional 18 months, but did not specify when the extension starts or how it is enforced. Early Backers and Core Contributors account for 41.6% of the project’s allocation buckets, with both set to unlock over 48 months. Separate coverage also flagged a potential wider unlock wave tied to returning VC funding and noted Pump Fun plans to unlock $127M of insider tokens on July 12, about double PUMP’s recent average daily volume.
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Tether completes first full audit, reporting $6.814 billion reserve surplus at end-2025
Tether Holdings Ltd. said it has completed its first full audit of its financial statements, with the results showing its reserves were sufficient. At the end of 2025, reserves exceeded liabilities by $6.814 billion. In the second quarter of 2026, the company reported $1.5 billion in net operating profit, largely driven by income from U.S. Treasurys and repurchase agreements. As of June 30, it reported $187.75 billion in assets and $183.64 billion in liabilities, leaving a $4.11 billion reserve buffer, and added 14 tons of gold during the quarter.
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