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How the machinery actually works, and what is verifiable about the people running it. Every page here answers a question in the words a reader would ask it, states the limits of its own evidence, and is updated as the facts change rather than replaced. Written by TheCoinrise; the mechanism is the subject, not the news.
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August 15, 2026
Do bitcoin ETF outflows mean bitcoin actually got sold?
Since July 2025, a redemption can move coins out of a fund without forcing a spot sale. Here is what changed, and what the flow data still can't show.
A trust charter is not a bank charter with deposit insurance. Here is what the OCC's letter says World Liberty Trust Company can and cannot do, and what it left unresolved.
KPMG gave an unqualified opinion on one entity's books as of one date. Six months later, Tether's own attestation showed the buffer had fallen by 40%.
August 15, 2026
What a proof-of-reserves attestation actually proves
It shows an exchange or issuer controlled certain assets on a certain date. It does not show the entity can cover what it owes, that its reserves are free of legal claims, or that it would survive a run.