Cardano has published a two-phase roadmap for the Dijkstra hard fork. Phase one is targeted for Q4 2026 and would introduce Linear Leios alongside several transaction and ledger upgrades. Phase two is planned to begin in Q2 2027 with the activation of the Ouroboros Peras consensus protocol. The Amaru project is expected to start producing blocks on the Cardano mainnet in November 2026.

Strategy raised $333.7 million last week by selling 3.46 million shares of its MSTR common stock but did not buy any Bitcoin, leaving its holdings unchanged at 840,447 BTC. Of the proceeds, $52.4 million went to twice-monthly dividends on STRC preferred stock, while $132.2 million was used to repurchase about 1.39 million STRC shares. The company added another $149.1 million to its US dollar reserve.

An SEC filing shows Strategy sold nearly 3.46 million MSTR shares last week for about $333.7 million under its at-the-market program. It used $132.2 million of the net proceeds to repurchase STRC and $52.4 million to pay STRC dividends. Strategy also allocated $149.1 million to raise its USD reserves to $4.8 billion. The company still has 21.7 million MSTR shares available for issuance under the program.

HIVE subsidiary BUZZ HPC has signed a five-year GPU cloud services contract worth $350 million. The agreement is expected to add $70 million in annualized revenue. BUZZ HPC has set a goal of reaching $500,000 in daily revenue from its AI business.

Solana set back-to-back records for single-day nonvote transactions this week, reaching 169.9 million on Aug. 4 and 171.9 million on Aug. 10. The volume was more than ten times that of the next closest blockchain. The increase followed activation of the SIMD-0286 upgrade on July 29, which raised the per-block compute limit from 60 million to 100 million compute units, a 66% jump. About 11.2% of blocks had been nearing the old ceiling, while validator vote transactions fell roughly 40% in the same month.

Anthropic is projecting 2028 revenue of about $190 billion to $200 billion, far above the $47 billion revenue “run rate” it disclosed previously, according to people familiar with the company’s financials. The company’s revenue run rate was about $9 billion at the end of 2025. It has forecast at least $10.9 billion in revenue for the second quarter of 2026 and is on track for a first quarterly operating profit of $559 million.

Cupid Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Aditya Kumar Halwasiya bought about 13.96 lakh shares on the open market, lifting his holding. The company also raised its FY27 revenue guidance to Rs 725 crore–Rs 750 crore and net profit guidance to Rs 210 crore–Rs 225 crore, citing a strong first-quarter performance in its international B2B healthcare and Consumer Healthcare & FMCG businesses. The update reflects stronger execution, improving order visibility and sustained demand across core segments, according to Halwasiya’s comments.

The tokenized gold market has expanded sharply in recent weeks, led by inflows into Tether Gold and Pax Gold. Tether Gold brought in $237.1 million over the past 30 days, while Pax Gold attracted $125.3 million. Together, the two tokens make up 89% to 97% of the tokenized gold market and helped push total market capitalization up 30% in the first quarter, with spot trading volume reaching $90.7 billion—above the full-year total for 2025.