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The legal drama of imprisoned Sam Bankman-Fried is waiting on its last act
The fallen leader of the former top exchange FTX is looking for answers from the U.S. Supreme Court....
With Fed rate hike all but assured, here's how markets might react
Traders could look past an expected Fed hike and weigh what higher rates are signaling about the economy....
India's richest state is exploring tokenizing its own assets to fund new infrastructure
Maharashtra is drafting a policy to tokenize the state's assets, including the electricity transmission infrastructure....
Live updates: Bitcoin heads higher as investors look past looming Fed rate hike
Core CPI rose a faster-than-forecast 0.3% in August, but the yearly pace of 2.4% was in line and the slowest rate since early 2021....
Metaplanet cuts executive reward pool by 41%, extinguishes $220 million in value
The bitcoin treasury firm cut the potential Series 10 share pool to 188.2 million....
Zodia Custody CEO Julian Sawyer steps down, becomes adviser
Sawyer will become a strategic adviser rather than take the helm of Zodia Solutions, as previously announced....
Core CPI rose a faster-than-forecast 0.3% in August, setting up possible Fed rate hike
The August CPI report had taken on outsized importance after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh two weeks ago suggested the central bank may have to act if inflation doesn't soon slow....
Live updates: Bitcoin volatile as U.S. inflation data could point to rate hike next week.
Core CPI rose a faster-than-forecast 0.3% in August, but the yearly pace of 2.4% was in line with expectations....
Live updates: Bitcoin sinks below $77,000 ahead of U.S. CPI report
Every major is red ahead of the August inflation print. Bitcoin is down 5% on the week and zcash fell 10% on the day....
Rising yields, oil prices leave bitcoin vulnerable ahead of U.S. inflation report
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 11, 2026...
Live updates: Bitcoin sinks to $77,000 as CPI lands with hike odds near 70%
Every major is red ahead of the August inflation print. Bitcoin is down 5% on the week and zcash fell 10% on the day....
Bitcoin recovers toward $77,300 as zcash leverage unwinds
Bitcoin rose 0.7% since midnight UTC to around $77,200, and 68 of the CoinDesk 100 constituents gained, though the index remains 1.4% lower over 24 hours....
Bitcoin pulls back as another golden cross fails to deliver
Bitcoin’s golden cross may support the longer-term outlook, but history suggests much of the upside often occurs before the signal appears....
Kalshi wants 24/7 Tesla and Nvidia perps as Wall Street fights over who regulates them
The prediction-market operator plans to seek U.S. approval for about 60 stock and ETF perps, taking one of crypto's biggest trading products into equities....
India starts tokenizing $620 billion corporate bond market with digital rupee settlement
SEBI’s Demat 2.0 pilot turns corporate bonds into digital tokens and settles payment through the RBI’s wholesale digital rupee, with secondary trading and retail access expected in later phases....
Bitcoin below $77,000, Zcash leads losses as traders bet on a Fed rate hike
Ninety-five of the CoinDesk 100 fell over the past 24 hours, and bitcoin has shed more than 5% on the week....
Ripple puts AI agents inside its $1 billion corporate treasury bet
The software can monitor cash, risk and forecasts and suggest financial moves, but humans still have to approve every action....
New Clarity Act text tweaks DeFi, credit union provisions, but road ahead for bill remains murky
The Clarity Act needs 60 votes when the Senate returns from its recess next week. Republicans circulated a fresh draft on Thursday ahead of the vote....
Why a new SEC plan could ease a legal headache for tokenized securities
The SEC's new proposal to overhaul transfer-agent rules could eliminate duplicate offchain shareholder records, reducing reconciliation costs and legal uncertainty for tokenized securities....
OKX brings OpenAI and Anthropic bets to Europe as pre-IPO trading grows
The exchange is offering up to 10x leverage on private-company valuations alongside 100 tokenized stocks and ETFs....
Europe’s top regulator questions Polymarket and Kalshi’s EU access, warns of authorization gaps
ESMA said that event contracts may fall under existing EU binary-options bans, crypto-asset frameworks like MiCA or national gambling laws....
Polymarket names former Amazon finance chief Warren Jenson as its first CFO
Jenson becomes the prediction market’s first CFO as Polymarket builds its regulated U.S. exchange and global platform....
Monument Bank delays retail tokenized deposits, cites regulatory issues in the UK
The London-based challenger bank tapped a Canadian custodian to meet the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory requirements. It now expects to roll out retail tokenized deposits by November....
Bitcoin Bancorp snaps up thousands of defunct Bitcoin Depot ATMs for $620,000
Just over a quarter of Bitcoin Depot’s more than 9,200 kiosks have been sold for less than $1 million, court records show....
Crypto for Advisors: Hyperliquid and the future of finance
Crypto for Advisors: Hyperliquid and the future of finance...
MoneyGram unveils stablecoin-backed card as digital dollars move into everyday spending
The remittance giant is rolling out a Visa card that lets customers hold dollars and spend from a stablecoin-backed balance....
Threatened with arrest online? Recognizing a law enforcement impersonation scam
So-called digital arrest scams use false claims of authority to pressure victims virtually into making rapid digital payments, including cryptocurrency transactions, writes Moody's Rich Graham....
Nasdaq, Boerse Stuttgart, others ask EU to remove or increase cap in tokenization trial
The coalition warned that the current limit is too low, noting some existing European projects already exceed it....
Crypto researchers cut Bitcoin and Ethereum quantum attack estimate by 50%
A paper shared with CoinDesk shows humans and AI agents beating Google’s March result on a core calculation used by Shor’s algorithm, adding another variable to crypto’s quantum clock....
BIS chief warns AI capex arms race relies on opaque debt, posing systemic risks
Pablo Hernandez cited historical railway and dot-com bubbles to caution that spending driven by hype over actual profits risks broad economic corrections....
Treasury yields continue to rise even as Bessent doubles down on bond buybacks
Long-term yields moved higher despite a $6 billion Treasury buyback, as debt concerns and rising oil prices continue to pressure global bond markets....
Crypto exchange giant Bybit to offer European ‘super-app’ with stocks, derivatives
Bybit has an electronic money institution license in Austria and is about to snag a MiFID license too, CEO Ben Zhou told Coindesk....
Nasdaq invests $100 million in Kraken parent company Payward at $21 billion valuation
The investment expands a strategic partnership to bring tokenized, voting-enabled equities to crypto exchange users....
Bitcoin traders dial down bullish plays ahead of U.S. inflation data
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 10, 2026...
Bitcoin trades near $78,000 as memecoins, small caps lead a broad crypto retreat
Bitcoin fell 2% over 24 hours to $78,111 as 95 of the 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents declined, with most of the damage done overnight....
Indian agri warehouse giant is putting $2 billion in grain-backed loans onchain
Arya.ag is using Avalanche technology to tokenize grain deposits to help lenders verify crops backing agricultural loans....
Live updates: Treasury yields climb further as Brent crude tops $102 and tech futures slip
Bitcoin trades around $78,000 as gold slips below $4,400 an ounce amid rising treasury yields and oil prices....
Live updates: Bitcoin ETFs post a second straight outflow while other major funds turns green
The bitcoin funds shed $120 million on Wednesday, more than double Tuesday's loss. Ether, XRP and solana all took money in....
Live updates: Bitcoin ETFs post a second straight outflow while every other fund turns green
The bitcoin funds shed $120 million on Wednesday, more than double Tuesday's loss. Ether, XRP and solana all took money in....
SGX's bitcoin and ether perpetual futures are now open to U.S. institutions
The Singapore Exchange says U.S. institutions can not trade its bitcoin and ether perpetual futures, a milestone that bridges U.S. trading desks with Asian liquidity....
Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP blames bots after 98% crash as traders rack up six-figure losses
The team said thin liquidity and automated traders distorted the launch, while Nansen data showed some early buyers sitting on six-figure losses after the memecoin’s debut....
Dogecoin sinks 5% to lead majors losses, with bitcoin holding $78,000 level
Dogecoin led the losses, BNB fell about 4% and XRP 3%, with oil pushing Treasury yields to their highest since late 2023....
Crypto wins regardless of Clarity Act vote, Coinbase's Armstrong says
Coinbase CEO tells CNBC the crypto industry gets regulatory clarity whether or not the Senate passes the bill on Sept. 15....
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev fires back at AMC's Aron in escalating fight over stock tokens
Tenev told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday that public companies shouldn't have veto power over third-party securities that reference their shares....
Robinhood’s CEO Vlad Tenev fires back at AMC CEO in escalating fight over stock tokens
Teven told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday that public companies shouldn't have veto power over third-party securities that reference their shares....
U.S. Treasury sanctions another widespread cyber-scam hub, Xinbi Guarantee
Chinese-language platform Xinbi is accused of operating on crypto transactions as it offered services to other criminal networks....
Tether pushes into private credit with $400 million fund with Fasanara
The USDT issuer will help source lending opportunities and provide stablecoin payment infrastructure for Fasanara's private credit network....
Bitcoin and Ethereum race quantum clock as U.S. backs $300 million hardware push
The threat is not here yet, but fault-tolerant machines and crypto’s migration plans are starting to converge on the same 2029 window....
Consensys to split MetaMask into its own firm while staying silent on IPO
The existing company, Consensys Software Inc., will rebrand as MetaMask under Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin as chairman and CEO....
Crypto Long & Short: Inside the 300-to-1 onchain gap between the dollar and euro
Ryan Connor of RockawayX writes that the dollar leads the euro about 3 to 1 across the offchain economy and more than 300 to 1 onchain. Euro-pegged stablecoins total €711 million, under 1% of supply. He traces the gap to path dependency and missing e...
Kalshi election data goes live on DoubleZero ahead of U.S. midterms
The expansion gives institutional and automated traders access to full-depth political prediction-market order books ahead of the U.S. midterms....
PayPal expands stablecoin rails with custom token issuance platform
The PYUSDx stablecoin developer platform, backed by PayPal USD (PYUSD), is built with the help of M0 and MoonPay....
Hunter Biden's new LAPTOP token lost 98% of its value in under an hour after $1.6 billion debut
LAPTOP swung from $190 to under $4 within minutes of opening on Base. Onchain records show tokens had been distributed to market makers for a week before trading began....
KYC data is an irresistible honeypot for hackers, and we must change how it is collected
Privacy-preserving identity verification systems could allow individuals to prove only what a service needs to know while keeping the underlying information under their control, writes Coin Center’s Laz Pieper....
Algorand names former Chainlink executive William Herkelrath as CEO
The former Chainlink and Curv executive will lead the blockchain organization’s push into institutional finance and quantum-resistant security....
Germany moves to tax bitcoin like stocks as new draft bill targets tax-free gains
Existing holdings would keep the current tax treatment, which can allow tax-free sales after a 12-month holding period....
Crypto lobbying orgs ask court to suspend Illinois tax as legal case continues
The motion for a preliminary injunction comes a few weeks after the Crypto Council for Innovation and Blockchain Association sued to block the law....
U.S. Bank takes next step towards launching its stablecoin with cross-border payment test
The fifth-largest U.S. commercial bank said it is exploring USBDC stablecoin for treasury payments, liquidity management and collateral after completing a live transaction....
OpenAI says 10,000 AI agents solved a $1 million math problem. Now mathematicians are fighting
An internal model more powerful than GPT-6 Astra produced a proposed solution to one of mathematics’ seven Millennium Prize Problems, though questions are emerging over how independently it got there....
Wall Street's newest crypto fund comes with a staking feature to boost returns
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 9, 2026...
Bitcoin climbs as oil tops $100, equities drop after Iran strikes
Bitcoin advanced to as high as $79,700 while Brent crude topped $100 and European shares fell, leaving crypto tracking gold rather than equities....
Iran eases currency controls to let traders bring earnings home in crypto: FT
Exporters can use overseas earnings to fund imports directly, bypassing the official foreign-exchange system, the FT reported....
AI could kill us, Anthropic researcher says after resigning
The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade, Coxon said on X, explaining his resignation....
Singaporean 22-year old pleads guilty to being the ringleader in $245 million crypto fraud case
Malone Lam, a Miami resident charged with stealing 4,100 bitcoin, led a ring of fraudsters who stole crypto via online scams and home invasions....
Live updates: Brent crude hits $100 for first time since July as bitcoin trades around $79,000
Japanese yen extends its rally against the U.S. dollar, briefly strengthening past 153 per dollar....
Live updates: Brent crude hits $100 for first time since July as bitcoin holds above $79,000
Japanese yen extends its rally against the U.S. dollar, briefly strengthening past 153 per dollar....
India’s financial intelligence unit flags 15 crypto platforms for AML lapses
The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) issued non-compliance notices to what it calls virtual digital asset service providers....
Live updates: XRP funds stand out among U.S. ETFs as bitcoin, ether, solana funds see outflows
XRP ETFs took nearly $2 million on Tuesday while bitcoin, ether, solana and hyperliquid funds all lost money. Grayscale's products account for the entire outflow in both bitcoin and ether....
Anthropic researcher quits with a warning on AI that echoes 'The Terminator' script
The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade, Coxon said on X, explaining his resignation....
Hunter Biden defends LAPTOP ahead of Wednesday launch, calls TRUMP a ‘grift’
Biden says the token is about “resilience, redemption and recovery” and will give coins to nearly one million wallets that lost money on TRUMP....
Moonshot’s Kimi rattled markets. U.S. agencies now say it was trained on American models
Moonshot, whose Kimi model rattled markets earlier this year, is among six Chinese AI firms accused of systematically extracting capabilities from U.S. models....
Bitcoin recovers toward $79,000 as Zcash records a $500 million ETF haul
Bitcoin fell to nearly $77,600 on Tuesday before clawing most of it back, leaving it little changed on the day while zcash gained roughly 43% on the week and Grayscale's new fund crossed half a billion dollars....
Copper CEO Amar Kuchinad departs as search for a buyer enters a fourth month
Kuchinad, the CEO of cryptocurrency custody firm Copper since 2024, has left the company, according to two people familiar with the matter....
Circle agrees to buy cross-border payments firm Tazapay for $400 million
The deal could grant Circle vital, regulated "last-mile" infrastructure, bridging the gap between stablecoins and traditional local banking systems....
Strive’s SATA nears $1 billion market cap as Strategy’s STRC continues to underperform
SATA’s 13% annualised dividend and resilience around par are helping Strive raise capital and outperform Strategy....
Visa combines VisaNet data with onchain lending to power stablecoin card working capital
Visa's stablecoin settlement volume surpassed a $20 billion annualized run rate, up 15x year over year. Now it wants blockchain lenders to use that data to extend credit to the issuers driving the growth....
Bitcoin’s complexity paradox: How layer-2 scalers became AI's main target
A string of incidents involving Coldcard, Lightning and Liquid highlights how AI is changing the economics of finding bugs in bitcoin infrastructure....
Bitcoin rally has more room as volatility shorts unwind, Two Prime CEO says
Alexander Blume said subdued funding rates and continued call selling suggest the rebound is not yet being driven by excessive speculation....
Bitmine purchased another $69 million of ETH, with Tom DeMark expecting price uptrend to soon resume
At the latest purchase pace, Tom Lee's Ethereum treasury firm could reach its crypto accumulation goal in another seven weeks....
Ethereum makes quantum resistance a top priority with a 2029 deadline
The Foundation wants the network protected before a quantum computer capable of breaking today's cryptography could plausibly arrive, and says upcoming upgrades will be judged against that clock....
Bitcoin ETFs are still $1 billion shy of breaking even in 2026
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 8, 2026...
How Curve's soft liquidation model lets borrowers survive market drawdowns
Data tracked by lending platform Curve data tracked 704 soft-liquidation instances lasting a median 14.5 days, showing how some DeFi loans can survive for weeks after entering the 'danger zone.'...
Cronos executes controversial blockchain rollback to recover crypto worth $111 million
Validators rolled back nearly two hours of blockchain history to recover user assets. But the attackers still managed to get away with $9.19 million before Cronos halted the network....
Bitcoin slips to $78,800 as BNB and DeFi tokens buck the selloff
Bitcoin fell 0.42% since midnight UTC to $78,874, but the CoinDesk 20 rose 0.2% and the memecoin index gained 0.41% as BNB Chain tokens rallied....
Stablecoins could save South Korean merchants up to $3.8 billion a year, budget office says
South Korea’s budget office warned that stablecoin adoption could reduce banks' roles as credit intermediaries and potentially destabilize token pegs during mass redemptions....
Tracking cocoa may be just the beginning for PwC, Merck, Hashgraph provenance system
The firms say their combination of physical authentication, digital traceability and enterprise process design has no precedent in supply chains, and cocoa is just the start....
Live updates: Yen rally and rising bond yields pressure bitcoin and risk assets
Bitcoin, gold and technology stocks fall as the yen rallies, while oil prices and government bond yields climb globally....
Hunter Biden wants to launch a LAPTOP memecoin. Crypto traders hate it already
Kraken deleted a promotional post after backlash, while a media group named in the token's distribution publicly distanced itself from the project....
Bit2Me sets up specialized unit to help law enforcement track down crypto assets
The unit formalizes past operations, building on 1.5 million euros in seized crypto the exchange processed in 2025 for agencies including Interpol and Europol....
Crypto traders turn on Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP memecoin before it even launches
Kraken deleted a promotional post after backlash, while a media group named in the token's distribution publicly distanced itself from the project....
Bitcoin’s golden cross is here
A golden cross has triggered on bitcoin's daily price chart, indicating a potential long-term bullish trend ahead....
Liquid Network gets back 3,400 bitcoin from whitehat hackers; talks underway for the rest
Supposed whitehat hackers behind Sunday’s Liquid Network breach have returned 3,400 of the 4,000 BTC they took, but nearly $47 million in bitcoin is still outstanding....
Liquid Network gets back 3,400 bitcoin from white-hat hackers; talks underway for the rest
Supposed white-hat hackers behind Sunday’s Liquid Network breach have returned 3,400 of the 4,000 BTC they took, but nearly $47 million in bitcoin is still outstanding....
Bitcoin slips under $79,000, Zcash leads losses as Fed hike odds hold near 60%
Every major token fell on Tuesday, though most keep weekly gains, with traders pricing a 60% chance of a Fed hike next week....
Metaplanet CEO breaks silence but shareholders say the hard questions remain unanswered
Simon Gerovich said Metaplanet had not adequately explained the structure, and denied involvement in MMXX Ventures’ trading decisions....
Hunter Biden debuts 'LAPTOP' memecoin targeting TRUMP holders
LAPTOP debuts Wednesday on Base, with nearly a third of the supply set to be burned if a slate of political and market outcomes — including a Democratic win in 2028 — comes good....
Polish prosecutors charge fifth suspect in a massive crypto probe
BitBay became Zondacrypto in 2021. The exchange stopped trading in April after customers faced frozen withdrawals and estimated losses of at least $94 million....
Stablecoin wallets challenge traditional bank accounts as main consumer money hub
Industry leaders debate whether digital dollar wallets will dismantle traditional bank accounts or simply modernize the underlying infrastructure....
Ethereum commits to letting users pay gas fees without having to hold ETH
The Frame Transactions feature was locked into the Hegotá upgrade last month, and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the work has moved quickly since....
Solana to triple transaction size as apps get room for more complex trades
A Transaction v1 feature activates Wednesday, allowing complex proofs and large multisig operations to fit in one transaction while forcing services that read Solana to update....
DBS and Citi complete weekend USD payment via Swift’s Digital Ledger using tokenized deposits
The transaction is the second confirmed live use of Swift's blockchain ledger, coming as the network races to prove it can compete with digital payment rails that never close....
Bitcoin blinks less than gold when Treasury yields move
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 7, 2026...
UK regulator weighs easing financial prediction market ban: Times
The FCA reportedly held talks with trading platforms as Britons turn to Polymarket and Kalshi, though its public position still supports the ban....
A two-key breach could hand control of $91 billion in USDT to hackers, report finds
The rating agency's new framework combines Wall Street financial auditing with Web3 code reviews to evaluate both off-chain reserves and on-chain security....
Weekend altcoin rally runs out of road as bitcoin slips
Bitcoin fell 1.1% since midnight UTC as Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.3%, while the weekend's double-digit altcoin gains stalled....
Bitcoin struggles at $83,000 sell wall as whales distribution flip into net selling
All wallet cohorts have shifted into net distribution for the first time since early June, but a potential golden cross offers bulls some hope....
Coldcard hacker moves $7.7 million in BTC, 45% of bitcoin stolen in third attack wave
The attacker has now drained the 11 largest vaults tied to the third wave of Coldcard thefts, Galaxy Research said....
No, Friday's jobs report hasn't materially boosted Fed rate hike odds
BTC fell on Friday and Treasury yields rose, but the hawkish market reaction looks overdone when compared to the largely steady Fed rate hike odds....
Live updates: Bitcoin holds $79,000 as hike odds climb, zcash runs 45% in a week
August payrolls came in three times above forecast and pushed September hike odds toward 58%. Equities sold it and crypto has not....
U.S. inflation, Coinbase’s Deribit switch: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Sept. 7....
Once-hyped Ethereum rival Harmony wants to shut its blockchain over AI threats
Developers want to voluntarily shut down the network, saying state actors and AI agents have made security too difficult, then redirect ONE emissions into an AI video business....
This cat memecoin has paid holders $2.8 million in Zcash as ZEC tops $1,200
A brand new ZCAT token charges a 3% tax whenever the token moves and uses the proceeds to distribute ZEC to holders, creating an unusual link to one of crypto's hottest assets....
Oil up, bitcoin down as U.S. strikes Iranian crude carriers
Bitcoin trades lower by nearly 1% as escalating U.S.-Iran hostilities push oil higher....
Bitcoin network used by exchanges hit by $320 million exploit. Hackers claim they're the 'good guys'
Liquid Network, a settlement layer used by exchanges, halted all transactions after losing $320 million worth of bitcoin in a security exploit....
Prediction markets inch closer to the Supreme Court: State of Crypto
New Jersey petitioned for a writ of certiorari in Kalshi's case against it last week, finally throwing the ball to the high court....
Ukrainian police took down a crypto scam that stole up to $1 million a month
Investigators have identified 62 victims and say more than 46 Ukrainians took part in the alleged operation....
Better and Coinbase’s bitcoin-backed mortgages can reuse borrowers’ collateral
Better Mortgage can reuse the pledged bitcoin, and borrowers cannot recover their crypto until the main conventional mortgage is fully repaid or refinanced....
Timing the bitcoin market is exciting but nearly impossible. Here's why
A historical analysis of bitcoin price performance from 2010 through 2026 demonstrates that the vast majority of the asset's annual returns occur during a tiny fraction of the calendar year....
Why crypto experts say buying and holding bitcoin easily beats trying to time the market
A historical analysis of bitcoin price performance from 2010 through 2026 demonstrates that the vast majority of the asset's annual returns occur during a tiny fraction of the calendar year....
Dollar-backed stablecoins can push local currencies lower, Bank of Korea study finds
Buying pressure in Binance-paired currencies correlates with local currency depreciation as market makers balance positions....
British investor thought he lost $2,000 in bitcoin in 2012. He just recovered $4.5 million
CEL Solicitors says it has identified a wallet holding more than 5,500 BTC linked to former Intersango users....
XRP Ledger has fewer active accounts than last year, but bigger trades and more value
Daily order-book traders fell about 40% from a year ago while volume rose 79%, as the value held on XRPL climbed above $4 billion....
Southeast Asia’s crypto funding rebounds to $680 million as investors focus on mature firms
Blockchain investment in Southeast Asia in 2026 has been led by crypto financial services, though funding remains heavily concentrated in Singapore and a handful of companies....
Robinhood isn't backing down after AMC CEO demands halt to stock tokens
AMC boss Adam Aron called Robinhood’s stock tokens “synthetic equity” and threatened legal action. Vlad Tenev says the brokerage stands behind the product....
AMC CEO tells Robinhood to stop issuing stock token as industry executives weigh in
Adam Aron said synthetic AMC shares could divert demand from the actual stock and strip investors of shareholder rights, drawing support from some tokenization executives....
From warning to listing: UK’s largest retail investment platform opens access to crypto ETNs
The U.K.'s largest retail investment platform, Hargreaves Lansdown, has reversed course following the FCA's decision to lift its retail ban on crypto ETPs in October....
U.S. Sheriff’s association shifts opposition stance to Clarity Act to 'neutral'
The law enforcement association said it has pivoted its position regarding the Clarity Act to neutral, months after it warned against a law it said would shield crypto crime....
U.S. added stronger than expected 162,000 jobs in August as labor market bounced back
This morning's report will be key as the Fed considers whether to raise interest rates at its September policy meeting....
We checked 6 years of bitcoin data. The NFP report isn't big price mover
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 4, 2026...
Zcash jumps 20% to landmark $1,000 level as short sellers lose $34 million
ZEC briefly traded above $1,020 as a sharp rally forced traders betting against the token out of leveraged positions....
Bitcoin clears $81,000 as privacy coins lead a broad crypto rally
BTC pushed through the level that capped it in late August, while zcash gained 16% and dash 19%....
IMF confirms El Salvador’s bitcoin growth was funded by private donations, not public money
The IMF confirmed that all bitcoin added to official holdings since June 2025 was sourced from private donations, with no public funds used for accumulation....
South Korea targets February 2027 rollout for full tokenized securities market
Financial regulators unveiled a phased roadmap moving traditional capital markets onto distributed ledgers, concluding with onchain stablecoin settlement....
Live updates: Bitcoin ETFs take $731 million, their biggest day since January
Every fund in the complex rose almost 6% on Thursday and net assets crossed $103 billion for the first time. BlackRock's IBIT accounted for well over half the money....
OpenAI puts $1 billion behind cyber defense after unveiling AI that can find zero-days
The company is subsidizing access to its Daybreak security platform after saying Astra can independently find previously unknown software flaws and turn them into working attacks....
One full bitcoin now buys a little more than 18 ounces of gold, the most since January
Bitcoin is pulling ahead of gold even as both hard assets rally together, driven by fears that governments will inflate away their debt rather than by bond yields....
Bitcoin back above $81,000 as hike odds fade, Zcash leads with 15% jump
Every major token gained on Friday as traders cut bets on a September Federal Reserve rate increase to a coin flip, though most of the majors are barely changed on the week....
U.S. banking agency gives blockchain bank OpenReserve initial OK to operate
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted a provisional charter to the new full-service bank, adding it to the growing mix of crypto-native institutions....
AMC CEO blasts Robinhood for stock token, putting synthetic shares in spotlight
Adam Aron said AMC has no connection to Robinhood’s tokenized shares, reviving questions around how stocks are brought onchain....
Standard Chartered brings spot crypto trading to Dubai FX platform
The bank is now offering institutional crypto spot trading in the region, bringing BTC and ETH onto the same eFX rails that institutions use to trade dollars and euros....
Crypto for Advisors: Why crypto earnings reports can be misleading
Crypto for Advisors: Why crypto earnings reports can be misleading...
A memecoin making app becomes crypto’s top fee generators as Robinhood Chain activity explodes
Users paid nearly $6 million in a day to create and trade tokens through Pons, more than they paid to use Pump or Hyperliquid, and even more than they paid to use Robinhood Chain itself....
Bitget in talks with Wall Street giants including BlackRock to fuel Asian distribution
Gracy Chen highlighted the world's largest asset manager as one example of such a firm seeking to expand distribution of their tokenized ETFs in the region....
Live updates: Bitcoin jumps above $79,000 as rates fall, dollar weakens
The government's employment data (due tomorrow) is usually the main economic report of the month, but this time around it's next week's inflation numbers that will decide Fed policy....
Live updates: Bitcoin rises to $78,000, with next week's CPI report looming large
The government's employment data (due tomorrow) is usually the main economic report of the month, but this time around it's next week's inflation numbers that will decide Fed policy....
SoFi, Kraken tie up as crypto and banking push into each other's turf
Kraken is joining SoFi's settlement network and list SoFiUSD as the companies link traditional banking with crypto markets....
FX has stopped reading bond yields the old way. Bitcoin should too.
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 3, 2026...
The yen is surging and it’s helping bitcoin, for now
Yen's rise has led to a broad-based USD weakness, driving the Dollar Index lower. BTC and gold are loving it, for now....
Live updates: Bitcoin shrugs off higher oil prices as Japanese yen rallies
Bitcoin is back above $77,500 with every major green on the day, though the week still reads red. Global investors are carrying their lowest currency protection on U.S. assets in a decade....
Live updates: Crypto majors bounce while global funds run their lowest dollar hedges since 2015
Bitcoin is back above $77,500 with every major green on the day, though the week still reads red. Global investors are carrying their lowest currency protection on U.S. assets in a decade....
Bitcoin recovers toward $78,000 as pons and arbitrum extend Robinhood Chain rally
BTC rose 0.76% since midnight as a softer dollar lifted equities and metals alongside crypto, while ARB and PONS pushed higher for a third session....
Australia is cracking down on crypto businesses as its strict new regulatory deadline nears
Firms that miss the deadline could breach financial services law from Oct. 1 and face civil or criminal penalties....
CFTC asks judge to dismiss CME lawsuit over crypto perpetual futures
The regulator claims the dispute is "much ado about nothing," noting that the order allows any designated contract market, including CME, to list these products....
Catastrophe bonds may join tokenization rush, with plans for test issuance in 2027
A law firm and a tokenization platform say their proposed structure would give investors legal ownership of cat bonds onchain and could lower the minimum investment....
Bitcoin’s fabled golden cross is coming. And USDT may be the real signal this time
BTC is nearing a bullish golden cross, a widely tracked signal with a mixed record of success in crypto markets. But this time, USDT is supporting the bullish read....
Dogecoin becomes only losing bet for Japan-listed firm as it sells altcoins for bitcoin
Remixpoint booked gains on ether, solana and XRP, but sold DOGE below its fiscal-year opening value as it concentrated its crypto holdings in bitcoin....
Bitcoin back above $77,500, XRP leads majors as Fed hike odds slide to 62%
Every major token is green over 24 hours, though only zcash and hyperliquid are holding gains on the week....
DOJ says Hamas crypto seizures reached $560,000 as FBI took over fundraising sites
FBI agents took control of domains and servers, specifically Alqassam.ps, to intercept donations and prevent further fundraising for the Al-Qassam Brigades....
Kraken parent Payward delays IPO to second quarter of 2027 at earliest
The crypto exchange operator, which confidentially filed for a U.S. listing last November, had already put its IPO plans on hold amid difficult market conditions....
Crypto made new friends in U.S. primaries, but focus now shifts to general election
Adding Massachusetts incumbent Auchincloss to the list of winning primary candidates Fairshake supported, the industry's influence moves on to November....
New Jersey becomes first state to ask Supreme Court to weigh in on prediction markets
After multiple appeals courts ruled differently about whether states can crack down on prediction markets' sports products, New Jersey asked SCOTUS to step in....
Crypto Long & Short: Crypto VCs are mistaking consensus for discipline
In this week's Crypto Long & Short, Varun Datta of Truth Ventures writes that crypto venture capital's retreat to later-stage deals is a consensus trade dressed as discipline. With proven companies taking 57% of last quarter's capital, he argues the ...
The bearish 'Bart Simpson' pattern is back as bitcoin and XRP prices pull back
Analysts discuss the cartoon-themed price action as prices for major cryptocurrencies wilt....
CrowdStrike and federal authorities dismantle Russian malware that secretly stole crypto for 8 years
Russia-based Sality watched for copied bitcoin and Ethereum addresses and quietly replaced them with the attacker’s. CrowdStrike and law enforcement have now isolated more than 15,000 infected machines....
The token supercycle: everything of value is becoming programmable
Tokenization is not just about increasing access to tokens, whatever they may represent, but a fundamental shift in how value is created, owned, financed and moved, argues Solana Foundation’s Lily Liu....
Bart Simpson pattern feared for bitcoin and XRP as prices pull back
Analysts discuss the cartoon-themed price action as prices for major cryptocurrencies wilt....
XRP and bitcoin may be forming the 'Bart Simpson pattern' as prices pull back
Analysts discuss the cartoon-themed price action as prices for major cryptocurrencies wilt....
Capital B aims to add 376 BTC to bitcoin treasury following $8.8 million Adam Back investment
The Euronext Growth Paris-listed firm issued 13,181,030 shares with four warrants each at 58 euro cents per share, according to a filing on Wednesday....
A Fed rate increase would be a mistake, some observers say as bitcoin, gold, stocks fall
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 2, 2026...
Lawsuit challenges Tether for allegedly freezing $42.4 million USDT before U.S. warrant
The plaintiffs allege that Tether acted in response to an informal U.S. law-enforcement request more than three months before a seizure warrant was issued....
Bitcoin slips below $76,500 as U.S. strikes on Iran send oil above $93
Bitcoin fell 1% since midnight as Brent jumped past $93 and Treasury yields climbed toward 4.8%....
Live updates: Global bond yields surge, pressuring debasement-trade assets further
Bitcoin slipped below $77,500 and every major is red on the day. The smaller crypto ETFs kept taking money while the bitcoin funds gave some back....
Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss says bond rout could force emergency spending cuts
The former prime minister said U.K. is among the worst examples of rising debt and warns the situation may have gone too far....
XRP ETFs pull in $170 million over 11 days. Goldman tops institutional holders
Spot XRP funds have logged eleven straight sessions of inflows, while Q2 filings show Goldman Sachs, Jane Street and Millennium among their biggest professional holders....
Live updates: BlackRock's IBIT drives $236 million bitcoin ETF outflow
Bitcoin slipped below $77,500 and every major is red on the day. The smaller crypto ETFs kept taking money while the bitcoin funds gave some back....
A China indicator that supports risk-taking in stocks and bitcoin is flashing red
China's "credit impulse" is flashing red for risk assets.So far, bitcoin has mostly shrugged it off....
XRP ETFs pull in $170 million over eleven days. Goldman tops institutional holders
Spot XRP funds have logged nine straight sessions of inflows, while Q2 filings show Goldman Sachs, Jane Street and Millennium among their biggest professional holders....
A China indicator that greases risk-taking in stocks and bitcoin is flashing red
China's "credit impulse" is flashing red for risk assets.So far, bitcoin has mostly shrugged it off....
OpenAI says its new 'Astra' AI can build attacks without human help
Astra is the first OpenAI model to reach its “Critical” cybersecurity threshold, meaning it can find previously unknown vulnerabilities and develop ways to exploit them across hardened systems....
Solana, ether, xrp lead majors slide as Iran strikes drive a broad risk selloff
Every large-cap token fell over the past 24 hours, and the high-beta majors gave up roughly triple what bitcoin did....
Bitcoin withstands $90 oil and rising yields while gold slides. A firm dollar is the catch
BTC trades choppy as $90 oil and rising bond yields weigh on stocks and gold....
SEC proposes transfer agent rule, sets event to figure out round-the-clock U.S. trading
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an agenda for its 24-trading roundtable and proposed a new transfer-agent rule with blockchain implications....
Citi, Goldman, other global banks and asset managers team up on stablecoin venture
The group will focus first on a U.S. dollar stablecoin for payments and digital asset settlement, with a euro token a priority for expansion....
Robinhood's new crypto network is printing cash, and it's sending Arbitrum's token soaring
Revenue on Robinhood Chain hit a 24-hour record of $1.9 million, driving a 30% rally in ARB as traders chased downstream gains....
Musk’s X hit by wave of unsolicited password reset emails
Multiple crypto industry figures and CoinDesk staff received unexpected password reset emails on Tuesday, though there is no evidence yet that X itself has been breached....
Firelight raises $8 million, expands beyond XRP as it aims to make DeFi less scary for fintechs
The protocol aims to give fintechs and investors a faster way to recover losses from DeFi hacks, while letting XRP, bitcoin and XLM holders earn yield by backing that protection....
Bitcoin enters ‘Rektember’ as rate-hike risk combines with seasonality to threaten rally
September has historically been a poor month for risk assets in general, and bitcoin, in particular....
Ethena pushes stablecoins into everyday banking with high-yield savings, cards and payments
Ethena Pay offers a 6% dollar savings rate and 5% card cashback, using Avalanche for settlement....
UK’s crime agency freezes Premier League $13.5 million account in crypto crime probe
Authorities targeted funds from a $140 million sponsorship deal with crypto firm Sorare, though law enforcement confirmed no wrongdoing by the Premier League....
Hut 8's Texas power site sits inside Anthropic’s $35 billion AI deal
The company's Texas campus has two long-term leases worth $19.6 billion, more than 260 times its latest quarterly revenue, as AI companies race to secure power and data-center capacity....
U.S. looks to influence Japan's monetary policy. It couldn't do that with bitcoin
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 1, 2026...
Singapore proposes 100% reserves and a ban on yields for stablecoin issuers
The country’s financial watchdog says its proposed stablecoin rules are aligned with U.S. and EU frameworks and that it also paves the way for the recognition of foreign stablecoin....
Live updates: Bitcoin trades around $78,000 as global bond sell-off deepens
The bitcoin funds took $217 million Monday, one session after an outflow ended their nine-day run. Ether ETFs have not posted a red day since mid-August....
Bitcoin consolidates near $78,000 as Arbitrum surges 30% on Robinhood Chain revenue
BTC drifted lower after last week's rally to $81,428, while ARB led DeFi gains as Robinhood Chain's daily fees topped $2 million....
Strategy spends $635M buying back STRC as perpetual preferred stock lags $100 par
STRC trades at $97.34 despite Strategy’s growing repurchases, while SATA’s higher dividend rate has helped it hold its $100 par value....
Live updates: Bitcoin ETFs resume buying as ether funds stretch streak to 11 days
The bitcoin funds took $217 million Monday, one session after an outflow ended their nine-day run. Ether ETFs have not posted a red day since mid-August....
London Stock Exchange to work with Payward to bring biggest UK stocks onchain
The LSE is working with Kraken owner Payward, the developer of the xStocks tokenized equities framework, to bring top U.K.-listed stocks onchain....
OpenAI’s ‘Trust Us’ TIME cover raises an old warning for AI bulls
The magazine-cover indicator has a messy record, but TIME’s OpenAI cover checks the classic boxes: a mainstream publication, a widely understood theme and a multiyear run-up in investor enthusiasm....
Bitcoin steady above $78,000, HYPE leads as majors slip on hawkish Fed bets
Ether, solana, tron and dogecoin all shed ground over 24 hours while HYPE added about 4%, leaving bitcoin flat on the week after August's 24% run....
Trump Jr's firm leads $1 billion Polymarket raise at $21 billion value: Report
1789 Capital is putting in about $300 million, adding to a roughly $200 million stake, as the prediction market's valuation rises from $15 billion....
CME’s share of XRP futures jumps as token rallies 40% in a week
Outstanding XRP futures positions outside CME fell by more than 500 million tokens in two weeks, while exposure on the regulated U.S. exchange climbed about 36% as XRP rallied toward $1.40....
North Korean hackers are moving tens of millions on Hyperliquid as Trump pushes to onshore the crypto platform
Blockchain data reviewed by CoinDesk shows wallets tied to North Korea’s Lazarus Group sold more than $30 million in bitcoin on the platform in the last three weeks alone....
Kalshi lays down first lifetime ban for ex-member of Congress George Santos
The prediction market platform banned Santos for manipulation as part of the industry's ongoing efforts to show it's dealing with bad behavior....
NYSE owner ICE taps tZERO for tokenized securities push, takes stake in firm
The deal adds transfer-agent and settlement infrastructure to ICE's plans for an NYSE-affiliated market for tokenized stocks, tZERO said....
Ireland bars crypto from new tax-advantaged investment accounts
Eligible assets for the new accounts include listed stocks, bonds, and ETFs, with providers handling tax reporting to simplify investor compliance....
Bitmine makes largest ether purchase since June as Tom Lee points to crypto's strong Q3
Company Chairman Lee said crypto’s recent outperformance could draw more institutional investors....
Strategy returns to bitcoin buys, adding $370 million of BTC last week
It's the first week of bitcoin purchases for the Michael Saylor-led company in about two months....
Strategy returns to bitcoin buys, adding $370 million worth last week
It's the first week of bitcoin purchases for the Michael Saylor-led company in about two months....
Robinhood Chain beats Ethereum in daily revenue as memecoin trading takes over
The two-month-old network processed a record 5.52 million transactions on Aug. 30 as users launched 22,600 tokens and memecoin trading tools drove most of the $2.66 million in revenue....
Sberbank plans to add ether and USDT as collateral for crypto-backed loans: Report
The Bank of Russia recently included ETH and USDT in a draft list of cryptocurrencies approved for public trading on Russian exchanges....
Here's 1 metric on U.S. debt that makes bitcoin's bull case look stronger than ever
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 31, 2026...
U.S. strikes on Iran fail to stir bitcoin, on track for best month since November 2024
Bitcoin held steady despite a broader risk-off move after the first U.S. strikes against Iran for weeks sent oil higher and stocks lower. The cryptocurrency has gained 24% this month....
Live updates: Bitcoin holds $78,000, ether forms bullish golden cross
Bitcoin is holding just under $78,000 as August closes. The dollar strength that pushed the yen past its intervention line is the same force capping crypto....
U.S. jobs report, Russia’s digital ruble rollout: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Aug. 31....
Live updates: Bitcoin holds $78,000 as yen breaks 160 and rate-hike bets lift the dollar
Bitcoin is holding just under $78,000 as August closes. The dollar strength that pushed the yen past its intervention line is the same force capping crypto....
Luke Dashjr exits mining pool Ocean after split over Bitcoin mining’s future
The split was mutual, with both parties citing differing views on the future of Bitcoin mining and recent protocol developments....
September Fed rate hike fears look overblown as the probability stands at just 58%, not 90%
Odds of a rate hike in September remain below 60% despite Warsh's hawkish speech on Friday. Observers downplay fears of tightening....
Zcash private transactions could go from three-second waits to under 200 milliseconds
Zakura says a new cryptography stack makes mobile proof generation more than 14 times faster, removing one of the biggest delays users face when sending private ZEC....
Cronos halts blockchain after $75 million lending exploit hits lending app Tectonic
An attacker allegedly pushed Tectonic’s thinly traded TONIC token up 100-fold, used it as collateral to borrow real assets and left most funds stranded when Cronos validators paused the network....
Bitcoin barely blinks as U.S. hits Iran, sending oil higher and stocks lower
BTC remains August's best-performing asset after the latest escalation in geopolitical tensions....
Michael Saylor hints at first bitcoin purchase in two months
Bitcoin rebounds from Friday’s low as Strategy’s valuation expands and bitcoin dominance climbs above 60%....
Michael Saylor hints at first bitcoin purchase in two months as Bitcoin nears $79,000
Bitcoin rebounds from Friday’s low as Strategy’s valuation expands and bitcoin dominance climbs above 60%....
From Hawala to Swift: Inside the 1,000-year battle to move money safely
Finance has spent centuries decoupling wealth from physical transport, but constantly erasing friction creates vectors for increasingly high-tech exploits....
Crypto market makers are cashing in on bitcoin's rally - without betting on direction
As bitcoin surges back above $80,000, sophisticated trading firms are quietly collecting yield rather than making directional bet....
A $1.1 million crypto card hack crashed a neobank's token 49%
The exploit caused the neobank's AVICI token to drop 49% from a 24-hour high, hitting a record low before paring some of the losses....
Inside the high-stakes battle between digital dollars and Swift's massive money engine
Crypto executives say new blockchain payment infrastructure could make Swift obsolete. Bankers say its 11,500-institution network gives it the power to absorb the technology instead....
Bitcoin wallets untouched for 10 years moved $40 million worth of coins
Six decade-old wallets moved $40 million this month, but Galaxy's data shows dormant coin activity at its lowest since 2022 and 2026 on pace for under half of last year's total....
Ditching 'digital gold': BPI study suggests everyday Americans prefer control and micro-investing
A new survey suggests some of bitcoin's most familiar sales pitches of changing the world may be poorly suited to a majority of prospective buyers....
Swift’s $1.5 quadrillion network faces a blockchain test
Crypto executives say new blockchain payment infrastructure could make Swift obsolete. Bankers say its 11,500-institution network gives it the power to absorb the technology instead....
The next trillion-dollar currency may not be a stablecoin — it might not even have a name yet
AI agents are coming. They will need to pay each other. Crypto executives agree on the problem but disagree sharply on the solution, and one thinks the answer has not been invented yet....
Tokenized assets are busier than the data shows
When you strip out what was never mobile, correct for who's holding what and why, add back what works off-contract, the utilization of tokenized assets looks close to 20%, argues Katana’s Matthew Fisher....
Bitcoin wallets untouched for 10 years moved $40 million. Most avoided exchanges
Six decade-old wallets moved $40 million this month, but Galaxy's data shows dormant coin activity at its lowest since 2022 and 2026 on pace for under half of last year's total....
Ripple is preparing XRP Ledger for quantum computers before ‘Q-Day’ arrives
An Anthropic model cut the work needed to break a leading post-quantum signature candidate by a factor of 67 million last month, while Bitcoin and Ethereum published their own migration plans this week....
Kalshi takes legal blow in court ruling confirming state powers over prediction markets
This latest U.S. appeals court ruling sets up a rift between federal courts on event contracts, suggesting the U.S. Supreme Court may need to settle the matter....
Solana vote to double disinflation passes by a hair in dramatic finish
Solana's first network-wide vote went down to the wire, with a Kraken-linked validator switching sides before the disinflation proposal narrowly passed....
BitGo to buy NYDIG trading arm for $42.5M in cash and stock plus $15M earnout
The deal to buy NYDIG IF Holdings comprises $7 million in cash and around $35.5 million, as well as the $15 earnout....
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh at Jackson Hole: 'We have work to do' on inflation
The Fed chair delivered highly anticipated remarks at the Kansas City Fed's annual symposium on Friday morning....
The Clarity Act slipped to September. Banks are building anyway
But every month without settled rules quietly rewards the walled garden, writes Matter Labs’ Vassilis Tziokas...
Ethena looks beyond crypto to squeeze yield from booming equity perpetuals
The issuer of the $4 billion USDe token said it expects real-world asset perpetuals to eclipse crypto derivatives in its backing within 12 to 24 months....
SBI buys 20% stake in Indonesia's Ajaib for $270 million to expand yen stablecoin in Southeast Asia
The Japanese financial giant is acquiring a 20% stake in the Indonesian online brokerage to build a cross-border, blockchain-based settlement network....
Bitcoin is outperforming stocks and correlating with gold just when it matters most
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 28, 2026...
Circle's USDC takes over Chelsea's jersey in Premier League first sponsorship deal
Financials were not disclosed, though reports from earlier this year suggested Chelsea was targeting 65 million pounds a year ($88.3 million) for the sponsorship berth....
Bullish backs USD.AI with $100 million in financing to drive GPU-backed loans
Cryptocurrency platform Bullish is extending a $100 million debt facility to USD.AI to finance GPU-backed loans for artificial intelligence infrastructure....
Live updates: Markets turn cautious before Warsh speech as bitcoin loses overnight gains
Treasury yields rise across the U.S. and Europe as investors brace for a hawkish tone...
Bitcoin hits highest level in 3 months before pulling back as altcoins consolidate
BTC briefly touched $81,455 overnight, its highest since May 15 as Nasdaq futures slipped and gold extended gains heading into the weekend....
Visa doubles down on South Korea with Upbit operator Dunamu on stablecoin payments
Following a deal with Shinhan Financial, the global payments giant is widening its footprint in Asia’s major crypto hub through South Korea's largest exchange....
Kraken users briefly locked out after a flood of sanctioned crypto transactions
The activity, appearing to spread sanctioned funds to trigger account restrictions, occurred between Aug. 17 and Aug. 24....
Live updates: Bitcoin options worth $6.4 billion just expired as prices hover near $80,000
The $6.4 billion expiry cleared after bitcoin’s run from roughly $62,000 to $80,000, leaving traders to rebuild positions around a very different price range....
IREN shares fall 8% as costly AI transition weighs on earnings
Weakening profitability overshadowed a major milestone in IREN’s transformation into an AI cloud provider....
Solana’s faster disinflation plan leads vote as $800K burn proposal trails
All three proposals have cleared quorum, but a plan to slow new SOL creation is only narrowly passing while a separate vote to sharply increase token burns remains below the two-thirds support needed....
Here’s why Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech is a major event for bitcoin and gold
Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech could shape expectations for Fed support of Treasury buybacks, with implications for bitcoin, gold and long-term yields....
Solana’s faster supply cuts lead vote while $800,000 daily burn plan trails
All three proposals have cleared quorum, but a plan to slow new SOL creation is only narrowly passing while a separate vote to sharply increase token burns remains below the two-thirds support needed....
Bitcoin is trading at a premium on Coinbase after a long time. Here's what it means
The indictor has flipped positive for the first time since May as BTC looks to establish a foothold above $80,000....
Bitcoin under $80,000, solana leads majors higher before Warsh's Jackson Hole debut
Every major but HYPE gained over 24 hours, capping a week that added 9% to bitcoin and 20% to solana....
Bitcoin holds $80,000, solana leads majors higher before Warsh's Jackson Hole debut
Every major but HYPE gained over 24 hours, capping a week that added 9% to bitcoin and 20% to solana....
An XRP treasury company backed by Ripple is a shareholder vote away from Nasdaq
The SEC cleared the paperwork for Evernorth's merger with a shell company, setting up a Sept. 30 vote and a listing under the ticker XRPN....
Connecticut's new lawsuit against Kalshi piles on to prediction market legal fight
The courtroom combat across state and federal courts is so far producing roughly split outcomes, suggesting a big job may be coming for the Supreme Court....
Ethena surges as buyback vote, VC unlock overhaul boost token outlook
The changes aim to cut investor selling pressure and channel protocol revenue to ENA as Ethena looks to revive USDe growth....
GTA 6 leaker cashes out of his own memecoin hours before Rockstar's gameplay reveal
The token hit a $25 million market cap on the back of nine days of unreleased Grand Theft Auto VI footage. Its creator has now sold his stack — hours before Rockstar's first official gameplay reveal....
Polish Olympic chief arrested as prosecutors probe suspected crypto-linked bribe
Prosecutors are probing allegations that Zondacrypto's CEO gave Radosław Piesiewicz a 40,000 euro watch for help with regulatory hurdles....
MoonPay’s newest integration lets AI agents handle crypto lending on Solana
MoonPay’s newest integration lets AI agents handle crypto lending on Solana...
240 UK taxpayers made more than $1.3 million each from crypto holdings in fiscal 2025
For the first time, the U.K.'s tax office broke out crypto capital gains figures, showing 17,600 people reported $1.87 billion in profits during the 2024-2025 tax year....
Crypto for Advisors: How staking on Ethereum is changing in 2026
Crypto for Advisors: How staking on Ethereum is changing in 2026...
Clearing firm RQD* raises $74 million as Wall Street prepares for tokenized markets
Bain Capital led the investment in the U.S. clearing and custody firm, which plans to expand its digital asset and tokenization infrastructure....
Crypto traders brace for Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech
One analyst expects Warsh to take a tough line on inflation, but still sees the Fed holding off on rate hikes until at least after the November mid-term elections....
The Clarity Act will put Main Street banks at a disadvantage
The Blockchain Association’s Summer Mersinger dismisses the harm to community banks in defending the stablecoin rewards language in the Clarity Act, says community banker Nate Franzén....
AI bug reports trigger emergency warning for bitcoin Lightning node operators
Developers are holding details for two weeks while fixes reach operators, in the second Lightning security emergency this month traced to AI work on Bitcoin code....
Mirae Asset eyes $109 billion crypto empire after acquiring Digital X
Park Hyeon-joo, Mirae Asset Financial Group’s founder, outlined his ambitious stablecoin, RWAs, and STOs plan for Digital X, formerly known as Korbit, in an event for his employees....
Bitcoin experts prefer this defined-risk strategy for the next leg higher in prices
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 27, 2026...
Bitcoin tests its largest supply wall at $80,000, near ETF holders’ average price
Bitcoin is testing its largest supply cluster alongside the key 50-week moving average....
Unstoppable Domains drops $2 million plan to bring .crypto and .bitcoin to standard internet
The abandoned bids would have cost over $2 million in base fees alone, leading the firm to prioritize financial viability over broader internet adoption....
Bitcoin steadies above $79,000 as ETF inflows hit longest streak since April
BTC held its ground Thursday as spot bitcoin ETFs logged an eighth straight day of net inflows, while altcoins drifted lower across the board....
Live updates: Bitcoin tops $80,000 as ETF inflows hit eight straight days
U.S. spot bitcoin funds have taken in $2.8 billion since the run began, and ether ETFs are matching it day for day. Three sessions are left to make August their best month since October 2025....
Bitfinex Securities raises $50 million in push to offer tokenized nickel trading
Bitfinex Securities is preparing to list a new security linked to a Luxembourg-based industrial metals platform built around a $1.6 billion stockpile of high-purity nickel wire....
BlackRock's Mitchnick says macro case for bitcoin is strengthening after record trading in positive week
BlackRock's head of digital assets shared his outlook for bitcoin after the company's spot BTC ETF, IBIT, hit record volume for a positive week....
Nvidia shares surge 8% on earnings beat, lifting technology stocks and bitcoin
Nvidia’s earnings beat and strong outlook lifted technology stocks, bitcoin and AI infrastructure companies....
Live updates: Bitcoin climbs above $80,000 as ETF inflows hit eight straight days
U.S. spot bitcoin funds have taken in $2.8 billion since the run began, and ether ETFs are matching it day for day. Three sessions are left to make August their best month since October 2025....
Britain plans new Bank of England objective for stablecoins
Financial stability would remain its primary duty, with annual reports to Parliament on the new objective being planned....
Live updates: Bitcoin ETF inflows hit eight straight days as August tops $3 billion
U.S. spot bitcoin funds have taken in $2.8 billion since the run began, and ether ETFs are matching it day for day. Three sessions are left to make August their best month since October 2025....
Bitcoin researchers propose quantum fix that would not crowd out transactions
The SHRINCS proposal would let bitcoin transactions use larger, quantum-resistant approvals while preserving more network capacity than existing post-quantum signature designs....
Binance co-founders CZ and Yi He adopted Simpsons cartoon aliases ‘Homer’ and ‘Marge’ in company meetings
Yi, who is now the co-CEO of Binance alongside its other chief Richard Teng, still uses the name Marge in meetings and chats....
Bitcoin below $79,000, XRP leads losses as traders start betting on a Fed hike
Every major token except solana and BNB is flat or lower over 24 hours, with bitcoin holding a 14% weekly gain and XRP 28%....
Lesser-tracked bitcoin market dynamic lends credibility to August surge to $80,000
An indicator fundamental to understanding whether capital consistently moved in size to push prices higher is flashing green....
SEC resurrecting U.S. crypto custody rule the previous administration failed to land
In 2023, the regulator tried to narrowly restrict the places investment advisers could park clients' crypto assets, but the new approach is still shrouded in secrecy....
Nvidia shares rise after earnings top estimates, guides to $108 billion in revenue next quarter
The tech bellwether reported fiscal second-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday....
Nvidia tops earnings estimates, guides to $108 billion in revenue next quarter
The tech bellwether reported fiscal second-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday....
South Korea’s top financial conglomerate team up with Visa to test stablecoin issuance and B2B settlements
Shinhan Financial Group will use Visa’s platform to test stablecoin issuance, remittance, and redemption while building new AI-powered payment models....
Shinhan and Visa team up to test stablecoin issuance and B2B settlements in South Korea
Shinhan Financial Group will use Visa’s platform to test stablecoin issuance, remittance, and redemption while building new AI-powered payment models....
Crypto Long & Short: Tokenized equities: the model underneath the trade
In this week's Crypto Long & Short, CoinDesk's Joshua DeVos writes that demand for tokenized equities is accelerating fast, from $16 billion to more than $590 billion in perpetual futures in a single year, but that the headline growth hides the quest...
Ethereum developers propose first step to protect ETH staking from quantum attacks
A draft proposal would allow validators to deposit with quantum-resistant keys, then permanently stop accepting the format the network runs on today....
The evidence doesn't support the banks' case against stablecoin rewards
The evidence doesn't support the banks' case against stablecoin rewards...
Dallas Fed warns tokenized deposits could strip $700 billion from U.S. banks' lending capacity
Programmable deposits and AI agents may enable instantaneous, automated bank switching for higher yields, driving up bank funding costs....
ECB claims digital euro will offer 'maximum level of privacy' amid surveillance fears
Central bank officials say the Eurosystem will be structurally unable to link users to purchases, but civil society groups remain skeptical....
The 3 catalysts that could define bitcoin's next move
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 26, 2026...
Bitcoin takes a breather after adding 23% in 7 days as ETF demand holds steady
The price of bitcoin fell to $79,000 on Wednesday after gaining 23% in seven days as August ETF inflows climbed above $3 billion....
Strategy cuts net leverage to near zero as cash nearly matches convertible debt
The bitcoin treasury company has built nearly four years of preferred-dividend coverage while continuing to repurchase STRC below par....
Japan to start stocks and bonds tokenization development plans this year
Japan's regulators are racing to modernize national settlement systems to prevent institutional investors and foreign capital from fleeing to overseas markets....
Euro stablecoins get a mainstream push as Revolut begins rolling out EURR in Europe
Revolut said the stablecoin’s rollout will start with a select group of customers within Denmark, Poland, and Portugal....
Japan targets early 2030s launch for blockchain-based stock and bond settlement system
Japan's regulators are racing to modernize national settlement systems to prevent institutional investors and foreign capital from fleeing to overseas markets....
Live updates: Zcash pulls back 8% as its Grayscale ETF goes live, capping a 60% rally
The privacy coin's spot ETF began NYSE trading Tuesday, which was one of the catalysts behind its surge to an eight-year high. Now traders are selling the news, with leverage stacked into the move....
A massive $6.4 billion bitcoin options expiry on Friday could amplify volatility
Friday’s expiry follows bitcoin’s surge from $62,000 to $80,000, leaving market makers with increased exposure to manage around several key strike prices....
BlackRock cuts bitcoin ETF swap minimum to $1 million: Report
ETF issuers are lowering the barrier for bitcoin whales to trade self-custody for ETF shares....
Wall Street is making it easier for bitcoin whales to ditch self-custody: report
ETF issuers are lowering the barrier for bitcoin whales to trade self-custody for ETF shares....
XRP’s 44% rally brings leverage back, raising risk of sharper pullback
CryptoQuant data show XRP’s estimated leverage ratio on Binance at its highest since January, with long accounts outnumbering shorts as futures volume runs more than five times spot trading....
Crypto greed gauge hits highest since just before October’s $19 billion wipeout
The Fear & Greed Index reached 74 on Tuesday after sitting at 27 less than two weeks ago, showing how quickly traders have gone from caution to chasing risk....
Bitcoin holds $79,000, ether, solana slip as traders bank a week of gains
Every major token fell over 24 hours except HYPE, though bitcoin holds a 23% weekly gain and XRP almost 45%....
U.S. state banking associations plan to launch their own nationwide blockchain network
The "BankChain Alliance" is aiming for a 2027 launch, and would foster stablecoins, payments and tokenized deposits inside the banking system's regulatory sphere....
Zerohash back for second effort at OCC trust bank charter
The crypto infrastructure firm failed to get approval when it first sought a U.S. charter, and the company is quickly back with what it said would be a narrower effort....
South Korea trade giant POSCO brings trade receivables to Avalanche in latest tokenization move
The $22 billion trading company worked with Olea and Intain on the transaction, following an Injective pilot with LG CNS last month....
LayerZero unveils trading infrastructure for crypto and tokenized markets, ZRO surges
The trading infrastructure runs on LayerZero's Zero blockchain, backed by Citadel Securities with DTCC and ICE exploring institutional market applications....
Bitwise turns Coinbase's tokenized stocks into automated AI, robotics and tech portfolios
The crypto ETF issuer is pushing deeper into onchain asset management as tokenization create new ways to build and manage investments....
Crypto custody firm Copper has potential buyers. But offers are way below its $500 million asking price
Once valued at $2.5 billion, Copper was being marketed by investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald at around $500 million in May this year....
MiCA revolutionised European crypto, and left Poland licking its wounds
Many in Poland may look back at 2026 as the year European crypto finally grew up, and one of Poland’s brightest economic ambitions faded into darkness, writes Mateusz Kara, founder and CEO of Morphic Financial Group....
Chainalysis-run sting targets child exploitation networks with aid of Binance, Coinbase
'Operation Lighthouse' went after child sex abuse materials, working with law enforcement to round up more than 14,000 investigative leads....
A 3% token move just triggered $36 million in Ethereum DeFi liquidations
One wallet bought heavily into a yield token, which pushed the price of its paired principal token down just enough to trigger liquidations across borrowers using it as collateral....
Las Vegas businessman convicted in $24 million 'AI supercomputer' crypto Ponzi scheme
Brent Kovar has been found guilty of running a crypto Ponzi scheme, defrauding at least 400 investors out of $24 million....
Bitcoin's surging price faces 1 key level that could signal if the bear market is really over
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 25, 2026...
A bitcoin short squeeze for the ages as futures open interest collapses
Falling open interest and subdued funding rates suggest the rally remains structurally healthy....
Bitcoin extends 7-day advance to roughly 25%
Bitcoin crossed $80,000 for the first time since May, extending its seven-day advance to roughly 25%....
Live updates: Bitcoin rejected at $81,000 as 50-week moving average caps rally
Spot bitcoin funds took in $337.56 million on Aug. 24, extending an unbroken run of inflows that has now put real money behind a rally that started with a short squeeze....
Solana ETFs extend growth streak to 5 days after year's biggest inflows
Monday's $33.5 million was the largest single-day inflow since December, pushing cumulative net inflows to a record $1.22 billion and trading volume to $166.8 million....
U.S. widens Iran crackdown to encompass crypto, gold, shipping and technology
Treasury says Ivan Obukhov processed over $100 million in crypto for IRGC-QF oil sales since 2023....
Live updates: Bitcoin ETFs draw a sixth straight day of inflows as the rally holds above $80,000
Spot bitcoin funds took in $337.56 million on Aug. 24, extending an unbroken run of inflows that has now put real money behind a rally that started with a short squeeze....
Franklin Templeton and Hashkey roll out U.S. tokenized money fund in Asia
Tokenized U.S. treasury and money market funds are one of the fastest-growing segments in the digital asset markets, growing fifteenfold in two years....
Live updates: Bitcoin ETFs draw a seventh straight day of inflows as the rally holds above $80,000
Spot bitcoin funds took in $337.56 million on Aug. 24, extending an unbroken run of inflows that has now put real money behind a rally that started with a short squeeze....
Treasury’s bond buyback plan fights the market and heightens the danger, billionaire Druckenmiller says
The billionaire investor argues the intervention removes a vital check on government borrowing and fiscal accountability while markets remain the better judge of prices....
Monad proposes wallet upgrade that could survive lost keys and quantum attacks
The Ethereum-compatible blockchain wants users to be able to replace the keys controlling an account without changing its address, opening the door to passkeys, recovery tools and post-quantum security....
Crypto rally spills into dog and cat memecoins as smaller tokens double in a week
Robinhood Chain-based Cash Cat jumped more than 50% in a day, while several smaller animal-themed tokens have gained between 50% and 130% over the past week....
Bitcoin traders place $2.9 million bet on a rapid price jump above $82,000
Traders are spending millions to position for further Bitcoin upside after its staggering rally to $80,000, though demand for downside protection remains firm, according to Laevitas....
Bitcoin tops $80,000, solana jumps 8% but rally now runs into overbought warning
BTC is up more than 25% on the week after Treasury’s bond-buyback expansion sparked a rally, while Solana led majors Tuesday as validators vote on proposals to slow new SOL creation and raise daily burns....
Bitcoin hits $80,000 for the first time since May as crypto recovery accelerates
BTC has now surged 38% following its June plunge as shifting U.S. Treasury policy helped bring buyers back to crypto, rejuvenating ETF demand....
Bitcoin nears $80,000, but analysts say the next pullback will be key
Analysts say consolidation could strengthen bitcoin’s rally, while thin trading above $80,000 may set up sharper price moves....
Crypto political group details list of U.S. congressional allies its backing this year
Stand With Crypto, a member group that rates the crypto friendliness of politicians, is supporting 32 U.S. House incumbents, with more endorsements coming....
Coinbase debuts tokenized stocks on Base network, joining race to bring equities on blockchain
The crypto exchange is starting with tokenized versions of Apple, Nvidia, Meta and Alphabet, issued under its new Abu Dhabi framework....
Tom Lee's Bitmine buys $81 million of ETH in largest weekly haul since early July
The treasury firm stepped up its ETH buying as Tom Lee said the crypto’s 30% weekly rally could signal a larger move ahead....
New Solana vote could ramp daily SOL burns to $800,000 and slow new token creation
Two of the three proposals would reduce SOL supply growth by speeding up Solana’s inflation decline and raising daily fee burns from about 650 SOL to as much as 9,000 SOL....
Strategy raises $2 billion through MSTR sales and creates new USD Cash pool
The company sold 18.26 million MSTR shares, increased its USD Reserve to $5.1 billion and repurchased another $136.4 million of STRC....
Standard Chartered becomes first bank to distribute Hong Kong dollar stablecoin
The London-based multinational bank with $850 billion in assets announced it will distribute Anchorpoint's HKDAP to eligible clients and partners....
Pakistan kicks off crypto licensing regime with Sept. 5 registration deadline
PVARA said companies have until the deadline to submit their application for a no-objection certificate or otherwise cease operating....
Financial repression: The new buzzword for bitcoin bulls
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 24, 2026...
Gemini strikes Apex deal to widen prediction markets reach
The planned tie-up would make Gemini the exclusive CFTC-regulated venue for crypto event contracts offered through Apex’s futures commission merchant....
Bitcoin steadies near $78,000 as gold rallies, altcoins consolidate after best week in 3 years
BTC was little changed Monday after last week's 24% surge triggered by a Treasury buyback announcement that squeezed over $3 billion in shorts....
Fed experiment shows how bitcoin rallies attract new crypto buyers
Households shown bitcoin’s prior-year return were 23% more likely to report owning crypto in a follow-up survey....
Crypto roars back as bitcoin posts its second-best week since early 2021
Treasury buybacks, ETF inflows and a weaker dollar ignite crypto’s breakout....
Jackson Hole Symposium, U.S. PCE prices, IREN earnings: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Aug. 24...
Live updates: Bitcoin holds $77,000 as XRP, Zcash pull back after a big weekly rally
Bitcoin holds its gains near $77,000 after a 22% week, while last week's biggest altcoin winners steady, with focus turning to Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole debut....
Ether is crushing bitcoin and the 'golden cross' says it may not be done yet
The ETH/BTC ratio has recently formed a bullish golden cross, suggesting ether could extend its outperformance against bitcoin....
Ethereum lending app Term Finance loses $8.5 million after attacker buys voting power
The exploit shows how lightly held voting tokens can become a means of attack when control of a protocol is cheaper than the assets it governs....
Ray Dalio says investors should own ‘a bit of Bitcoin’ as U.S. debt risks rise
The Bridgewater founder says recent Treasury-market stress fits his long-running debt-crisis framework, though he still prefers gold as the bigger hedge....
Bessent's $4 billion bond buyback wanted lower yields. It got a bitcoin surge instead.
Bessent’s bond-buyback plan fails to curb Treasury yields. Here's what it means for bitcoin and gold...
Stablecoin neobank Fasset lands $1 billion valuation as SBI backs its payments push
The firm raised $68 million as its revenue has grown six-fold as stablecoin payments and settlement expand, CEO Mohammad Raafi Hossain told CoinDesk....
Crypto holds big weekly rally as Warsh’s Jackson Hole debut comes into focus
Bitcoin holds above $77,000 after a 21% week, with XRP up 46% over the same stretch. Asian stocks fell as Samsung and Alibaba slid....
Regulation Crypto is here: State of Crypto
The SEC published its Reg Crypto proposal last week, giving the public 60 days to comment....
XRP on track for biggest weekly gain in 21 months as Treasury buyback spurs 'curve control' hopes
XRP’s price has surged by 50% this week, the best performance since November 2024. Here's what's driving the rally....
Crypto card spending tops $1 billion as stablecoins move into everyday purchases
Tracked card volume more than tripled in a year, with USDC and USDT funding over 70% of spending as users increasingly paid for groceries, rides and subscriptions....
Crypto’s next billion users might be AI agents, and they’re paying with stablecoins
According to Coinbase’s head of AI product, we’re currently in the “Napster/LimeWire era” of agentic payments....
Crypto exchange BitMart weighs partial restart and creditor payouts weeks after announcing shutdown
The exchange has hired White & Case as restructuring counsel, with a detailed roadmap expected by Sept. 9....
Web3 gaming network Sandbox stops Base and BNB chain bridging after exploit
The Sandbox disabled bridging on affected networks to isolate tokens and warned users not to trade SAND on Base and BNB, citing an impact of under 0.01% of supply....
Tokenized stocks risk repeating Wall Street’s 1960s ‘paper crisis,’ Fairmint CEO says
Fairmint CEO Joris Delanoue warns tokenized stocks risk recreating Wall Street’s 1960s paper crisis through fragmented systems and standards....
Kalshi off-limits in multiple states as prediction markets, CFTC team up for battle
Washington state is cut off for Kalshi customers while the company combats the development in court and its federal regulator keeps pursuing new rules....
Bitcoin and Ether bears get decimated amid 'squeeze-led' rally and Musk's X wants to pay creators in stablecoins: Crypto's week in 5 stories
Bitcoin and crypto staged their strongest rally in months as Treasury intervention, regulatory moves and a historic short squeeze collided, while banks and technology companies pushed deeper into stablecoins....
Bitcoin and Ether bears get decimated amid 'squeeze-led' rally and Musk's X wants to pay creators in stablecoins: Crypto week in 5 stories
Bitcoin and crypto staged their strongest rally in months as Treasury intervention, regulatory moves and a historic short squeeze collided, while banks and technology companies pushed deeper into stablecoins....
Zcash jumps 48% to over $800 as Grayscale spot ETF push adds to ‘next bitcoin’ buzz
ZEC traded above its January 2018 peak as futures volume hit billions of dollars and a Grayscale filing showed fresh progress toward converting its Zcash Trust into a spot ETF....
How a Treasury buyback tweak helped bitcoin surge 25% to nearly $80,000 in days
Treasury buybacks are not QE, analysts said, but the move helped pull long-term yields off 19-year highs and triggered a record short squeeze in a market already leaning too bearish....
Crypto advocates join in suing Illinois over digital asset tax
The Crypto Council for Innovation and the Blockchain Association added another lawsuit against the state for its recently approved 0.2% crypto tax....
Pass the Clarity Act
Reopening a settled provision four weeks before a vote would sink the bill, argues Summer Mersinger, CEO of the Blockchain Association....
Ethena's ENA token surges 48%, but altcoin season will have to wait
ENA is rallying on a $1 billion FalconX deal, while HYPE tests its record, though flat dominance shows this is no broad alt season....
Coldcard ships firmware after $114 million bitcoin theft; says AI helped catch more bugs
Three weeks of review turned up problems unrelated to the flaw that cost users $114 million, but updating still does not make a compromised wallet safe....
Analysts split on whether Bitcoin's surge past key levels signals a new bull run
Market watchers say sudden sharp price spikes and forced short liquidations are the classic signs of a bottom, though macro risks still remain....
The hard truth is that the Clarity Act is an anti-crypto bill
After years of stalled bills, misguided enforcement, and catastrophic collapses, almost any comprehensive crypto legislation began to look like progress. But Clarity is turning that hunger for progress into a political trap, argues Berkeley Law lectu...
Bitcoin faces $80,000 test as thinner weekend liquidity looms
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 21, 2026...
Nomura-backed Laser Digital wins Japan's first crypto approval in four years
Laser Digital Japan will offer liquidity to domestic crypto providers, with institutional trading services planned to follow as the appetite for crypto in Japan grows....
Bitcoin tops $77,000 as best week since 2023 pulls altcoins along for the ride
BTC has gained 24% since Monday and reached the level implied by its inverse head-and-shoulders break, with shorts still taking a contrarian position....
Treasury's latest measure isn't QE or YCC. Still, bitcoin is skyrocketing. Here's why.
The rally in hard assets isn’t necessarily about what the Treasury is doing, but what its move signals to the market....
Live updates: Bitcoin tops $79,500; BTC, ETH record $800 million inflows
Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $606 million on Aug. 20 and ether funds $221 million, both bigger than the prior day, confirming the institutional bid behind bitcoin's run....
Strategy sits on $1.4 billion profit on bitcoin holdings as price surges
Strategy’s common stock rose 10% in Friday pre-market trading to $120, the highest level in two months....
Live updates: Bitcoin tops $77,000; BTC, ETH record $800 million inflows
Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $606 million on Aug. 20 and ether funds $221 million, both bigger than the prior day, confirming the institutional bid behind bitcoin's run....
Live updates: BTC tops $76,000; bitcoin, ether ETFs pull in $800 million
Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $606 million on Aug. 20 and ether funds $221 million, both bigger than the prior day, confirming the institutional bid behind bitcoin's run....
Live updates: Bitcoin, ether ETFs pull in $800 million as inflows surge for a second day
Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $606 million on Aug. 20 and ether funds $221 million, both bigger than the prior day, confirming the institutional bid behind bitcoin's run....
MANTRA token plunges 18% to record low as blockchain halts after exploit
The token touched $0.004126 minutes before the network stopped producing blocks, while MANTRA later said an attacker exploited a vulnerability in software used by the chain....
Ripple backs an RLUSD credit fund amid XRP's best week in months
Clearpool and Cicada Partners are building an institutional lending product using RLUSD, though the XRP Ledger features underpinning it are still awaiting activation....
Bitcoin, ether and solana climb as another $1 billion shorts get wiped out
The two-day short liquidation total has reached about $3.8 billion, after Thursday's figure set a record going back to 2021....
Bitcoin pushes past $75,000 as rally continues.
"Bears in pain, right now," wrote bitcoin analyst James Check....
A $2 million bet on XRP volatility crosses the tape as prices surge
An options trader opened a large straddle on XRP, betting on wild price swings by Aug. 28....
U.S. CFTC chief puts staff on notice to create crypto regulations if Clarity Act fails
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig told the inaugural gathering of the Innovation Advisory Committee that his agency won't sit idle....
Treasury buybacks could set up Bitcoin’s next move toward $180,000, says strategist
Longtime bond market investor Mark Connors sees routine government bond buybacks improving liquidity and bringing bitcoin’s next rally closer....
Bitcoin's jump above $71,000 sets up bullish golden cross pattern
Bitcoin’s improving momentum could produce a golden cross, but the rally still faces an important test....
Crypto for Advisors: What are tokenized deposits?
Banks are moving deposits on-chain using permissioned systems, not open ones. See why privacy and compliance dictate this path in this week's newsletter....
Optimism-funded team's deciding vote shifts $49 million in OP tokens away from users
The approved plan reallocates 546.9 million OP from user airdrops to a Foundation-controlled Strategic Ecosystem Fund....
Ripple-linked XRP jumps 15% as data shows 'banker hours' onchain pattern
Three hours spanning the London afternoon and New York morning account for about 23% of XRP moving onchain, up from roughly 14% a year ago....
Fed liquidity promises, dollar weakness could determine bitcoin's next move
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 20, 2026...
Bitcoin rally sparks debate whether Clarity Act is already priced in
Erald Ghoos, OKX Europe CEO, says U.S. crypto rules could blow new life into the market amid a rotation of capital from AI back to bitcoin....
Bitcoin breaks out of six-week range, tops $71,000 as $3 billion in shorts get wiped out
Six weeks of compression ended in the largest short liquidation since at least 2021, with $3 billion of bearish bets forced to buy back into thin supply....
Bitcoin hits $72,000 as Strategy and Coinbase continue rally
Bitcoin has gained 15% since monday, reclaiming several key technical and on-chain levels as bullish momentum builds....
Live updates: Bitcoin jumps above $71,000, ETFs draw $700 million in biggest inflows in months
Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $517 million and ether funds $189 million on Aug. 19, the strongest daily hauls in months, as a broad rally torched $2.7 billion in bearish bets....
Elon Musk's X is exploring stablecoins to pay influencers and content providers
Conversations with X are ongoing, according to a person who also works with other social media platforms testing stablecoins to pay influencers....
BitGo secures South Korea virtual asset license, says it's the first global crypto company to do so
Backed by Hana Financial Group and SK Telecom, BitGo Korea built a locally registered entity from scratch to serve institutional and enterprise clients, rather than taking the acquisition route....
Bitcoin approaches $72,000 as Strategy and Coinbase continue rally
Bitcoin has gained 15% since monday, reclaiming several key technical and on-chain levels as bullish momentum builds....
Bearish crypto bets lose record $3 billion as bitcoin tops $71,000
Traders betting against crypto lost $2.74 billion in a day, more than the short side of the October 2025 crash that remains the biggest liquidation event in the market's history....
Live updates: Bitcoin hits $71,000, ETFs draw $700 million in biggest inflows in months
Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $517 million and ether funds $189 million on Aug. 19, the strongest daily hauls in months, as a broad rally torched $2.7 billion in bearish bets....
Live updates: Bitcoin hits $71,000 as ETFs draw $517 million, ether pulls $189 million in biggest inflows in months
Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $517 million and ether funds $189 million on Aug. 19, the strongest daily hauls in months, as a broad rally torched $2.7 billion in bearish bets....
Live updates: Bitcoin ETFs draw $517 million, ether pulls $189 million in biggest inflows in months
Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $517 million and ether funds $189 million on Aug. 19, the strongest daily hauls in months, as a broad rally torched $2.7 billion in bearish bets....
Trader who made $49 million shorting crypto lost $24 million on ether in 12 seconds
The Hyperliquid wallet known as pension-usdt.eth was forced out of a 50,000 ETH short as ether surged, with five liquidation orders helping push the price higher during the unwind....
Bearish crypto bets lose record $2.7 billion as bitcoin surges toward $70,000
Traders betting against crypto lost $2.74 billion in a day, more than the short side of the October 2025 crash that remains the biggest liquidation event in the market's history....
Ether jumps 18% to $2,250 as bitcoin tops $69,000 in broad crypto rally
Every major except tron posted double-digit weekly gains, with nearly $1.4 billion of short positions wiped out after the Treasury doubled its bond buybacks....
Bitcoin briefly hits $70,000 for the first time since June. Here is why
The largest crypto asset rose more than 7% on Wednesday after several catalysts sent crypto-related assets higher....
HYPE jumps 11% as Trump says CFTC is working to bring Hyperliquid to U.S.
During a White House meeting Wednesday, President Donald Trump said CFTC Chair Mike Selig is working to bring the perpetual futures platform into the U.S. under federal rules....
Trump pushes Congress to move on Clarity Act during White House crypto event
The CEOs from companies across several tech-forward sectors met with the president in advance of this week's first Innovation Advisory Committee at the CFTC....
Crypto campaign fund Fairshake faces $2 million setback in Florida primaries
In a race that drew criticism to crypto's leading political action committee for featuring fake headlines in ads, Fairshake's expensive effort fell short....
Bitcoin surges above $68,000, liquidating $1.4 billion shorts as Treasury buybacks boost risk appetite
BTC rose about 6% while ether, solana and crypto stocks climbed after the Treasury doubled the size of its bond buybacks....
Bitcoin nears key technical breakout that could propel prices to $76,000
Bitcoin is close to forming a pattern that analysts say could signal prices rising to as high as $76,000....
Coinbase, Circle and Bullish jump as Clarity Act proponents express optimism about bill
COIN and BLSH rose about 8% and CRCL gained nearly 10% ahead of a key procedural vote scheduled for Sept. 15....
AI could supercharge crypto but there’s a catch, Fidelity Digital Assets says
AI agents could boost crypto activity, but much of the value may bypass blockchains and their tokens....
Crypto Long & Short: Where DeFi yield really comes from (and why it broke this spring)
In this week's Crypto Long & Short, Solstice Finance's David Plisek argues that most of the money lost in DeFi this spring wasn't taken by hackers but by yield strategies that quietly stopped working. Looking at April's $13 billion drawdown, he shows...
HSBC, Standard Chartered execute first live banking transaction on Swift’s 24/7 ledger
The cross-border transaction is Swift’s first in a pilot project as it tests settlement in its push to remain relevant as stablecoins and tokenized deposits become widely used worldwide....
Cantor opens Kalshi prediction markets to thousands of institutional clients
The investment bank will help its roughly 3,000 institutional clients execute large block trades in event contracts....
Beyond crypto funding rates: Ethena diversifies USDe backing with $1 billion FalconX facility
The warehouse facility gives Ethena another source of returns for the assets backing USDe while channeling onchain capital into overcollateralized institutional loans....
Strengthen the Clarity Act
The American Bankers Association seeks to strengthen the Clarity Act, not kill it, argues Rob Nichols, president and CEO of the ABA....
Bitcoin is flashing 8 of 12 capitulation signals, but bottom's not yet in, says VanEck
Similar setups have historically produced below-average 90-day and 180-day bitcoin returns, said the asset manager....
A year after losing $1.46 billion, Bybit says AI helped it save $700 million
The exchange that lost $1.46 billion to North Korean hackers is the first large centralized firm to put numbers on a claim bitcoin developers have been making all month....
China triples its e-CNY network in 2026 as 8 more banks join the CBDC push this week
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) added 20 new operators this year across two rounds of expansions, including eight additions this week....
China triples digital yuan bank roster year-to-date as eight more banks join network
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) added 20 new operators this year across two rounds of expansions, including eight additions this week....
Fed decision making comes into focus as bitcoin holds steady, bond yields surge
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 19, 2026...
Bitcoin stuck in a six-week range as global bond yields hit highest levels for decades
BTC volatility has dropped to multi-year lows as surging Treasury yields rattle equities and traders await the Fed's July meeting minutes for clues on the interest-rate path....
TikTok code includes peer-to-peer payments over messaging: Bloomberg
The feature, which follows earlier moves into financial transactions, is not yet being tested anywhere, a spokesperson said....
Ripple raises $275 million in senior notes for prime brokerage push
Ripple Prime's inaugural senior notes carried an investment grade rating and drew institutional investors across key financial markets....
Live updates: Bitcoin remains above $64,000 as oil rises and the Kospi tumbles 6%
U.S. Treasury yields retreat from the highest levels in decades, while bitcoin holds above $64,000....
OpenAI trails Anthropic as losses deepen and Altman pauses frontier AI training
Widening losses and intensifying competition coincide with a pause in frontier reinforcement-learning training as openai strengthens its safety controls....
Live updates: Bitcoin holds firm above $64,000 as South Korea’s Kospi sinks 5.8%
U.S. Treasury yields retreat from the highest levels in decades, while bitcoin holds above $64,000....
Bitcoin holds $64,000 and solana leads gains amid 7% Korean chip stock slide
Bitcoin held near $64,000 and every major except BNB gained, while Korean semiconductor stocks fell more than 7% and Fed minutes are due at 2 p.m. ET....
Maya Protocol exploit drains bitcoin and other assets as pool value drops $11 million
A chain of six flaws caused the cross-chain trading network to credit a pool with nearly 50 million tokens that were never properly funded, letting an attacker drain real assets....
Robot maker Unitree’s IPO surges 600%, outpacing crypto traders’ premarket bets
A Hyperliquid perp priced Unitree far above its IPO valuation before Shanghai trading began, but the robot maker’s first public trade still opened roughly 75% above crypto traders’ implied price....
Solana leads bitcoin and ether higher while Korean chip stocks slide 7%
Bitcoin held near $64,000 and every major except BNB gained, while Korean semiconductor stocks fell more than 7% and Fed minutes are due at 2 p.m. ET....
‘It has to pass’: Andrew Cuomo warns U.S. is falling behind on crypto rules
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the CLARITY Act is key to linking crypto and traditional markets....
Robinhood CEO urges U.S. to clear path for tokenized stocks as overseas markets advance
Vlad Tenev says tokenized stocks could bring real-time settlement and 24/7 trading, but U.S. rules remain a hurdle....
U.S. accounting-standards group proposes way to see stablecoins as 'cash equivalent'
The Financial Accounting Standards Board, a nonprofit that governs accounting practices, proposed that certain stablecoins should fit the bill as cash-like....
U.S. SEC proposes first major crypto rule in surprise announcement
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the "Regulation Crypto" proposal after having cancelled a meeting days before meant to vote on it....
Wyoming joins $15 billion LayerZero exodus with state stablecoin move
This is the first time a U.S. government entity has publicly replaced its blockchain infrastructure specifically on security grounds....
Bitcoin has gone quiet as traders chase ‘5x or 10x’ payoffs elsewhere
Bitcoin's price swings have hit a cycle low, squeezed by a market tug-of-war with no clear winner. The traders who once lived off its chaos have taken their risk appetite elsewhere....
Kraken adds U.S. stocks in Europe as TradFi-crypto divide blurs
The exchange said it is the first crypto company to offer European customers both traditional U.S. equities and tokenized versions of those assets on a single regulated platform....
Why the Trump-backed crypto venture is distancing itself from Hong Kong AI aggregator WorldClaw
WLFI says the AI platform is independent and uses USD1 as a payment rail, but would not say whether it has equity, financing, revenue-sharing or other economic interests in the company....
Trump-linked World Liberty says WorldClaw is independent after questions over AI model access
WLFI says the AI platform is independent and uses USD1 as a payment rail, but would not say whether it has equity, financing, revenue-sharing or other economic interests in the company....
Bitcoin miners’ AI pivot pays off, but mining could revive with one twist
Miners with AI and high-performance computing contracts have commanded higher valuations as declining bitcoin prices and hashprice squeeze pure-play operators....
Global bond yields surge as debt fears test bitcoin’s hedge narrative
Long-term borrowing costs are reaching multi-decade highs as U.S. debt approaches $40 trillion and AI hyperscalers accelerate bond issuance....
Japan's Metaplanet launching U.S. bitcoin treasury company through $135 million nanocap deal
The deal involves Metaplanet contributing 2,100 bitcoin and $2.5 million in cash, valuing the initial investment at $134.6 million....
HashKey taps Hong Kong's first regulated stablecoin to settle insurance and trade deals
Following institutional trials, the HKD-pegged asset is being put to work to capture part of Hong Kong's $49 billion trade corridor with the United Arab Emirates...
Citi plans to launch bitcoin custody for institutional clients later this year
The Wall Street bank plans to let clients hold bitcoin alongside traditional assets through its new Custody+ platform....
Crypto’s easy-money era is ending in a wave of failures
Inflated valuations and weak business models are driving crypto’s shakeout, Global Settlement Network CEO Ryan Kirkley says....
Cash App's crypto support expands beyond bitcoin and USDC via MoonPay
Eligible Cash App users will be able to use their balances to purchase digital assets offered by MoonPay, which include ether, solana and stablecoin USDT....
Visa looking for new stablecoin settlement partner after BVNK sale to Mastercard
Visa’s request for product (RFP) talks about the need to support a range of stablecoins....
Ethereum’s next upgrade breaks the '21,000 gas' rule wallets rely on
Sending ETH to a brand-new address will cost more than sending to an existing one, and software built around a flat fee will get the sum wrong....
Live updates: Bitcoin holds $64,000 as surging yields and rising oil drain risk appetite
The U.S. 30-year Treasury yield hit its highest since 2007 and Brent crude topped $91 as the Iran conflict escalates, pressuring stocks. Bitcoin is holding its range, for now....
The 'crack' in the energy market is wider than ever. Bitcoin might feel it.
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 18 2026...
South Korea joins more than 30 jurisdictions restricting Polymarket access
Regulators rejected Polymarket's defense regarding its P2P nature, arguing the platform manages market rules and facilitates crypto-based gambling activity....
Bitcoin pauses at $64,000 as rising yields, oil drag equities lower
BTC has dropped 0.6% since midnight UTC as Nasdaq 100 futures slip 1.1%, with the FOMC's July meeting minutes and a White House crypto summit both due Wednesday....
Bitcoin scores a rare win over S&P 500 with 2.6% rise versus 0.5% fall
BTC outperformed Wall Street on Monday, breaking its recent pattern of lagging behind U.S. stocks....
XRP sinks below $1 for first time since 2024 even as Korean bank adopts Ripple Payments
Jeonbuk Bank will use Ripple’s 24/7 cross-border payment service for business remittances, but it is unknown whether the flows will use XRP or Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin....
Live updates: Bitcoin holds $64,000 as surging yields and oil drain risk appetite
The 30-year Treasury yield hit its highest since 2007 and Brent topped $91 as the US-Iran conflict escalates, pressuring stocks. Bitcoin is holding its range, for now....
XRP sinks below $1 for first time since 2024 as Korean bank adopts Ripple Payments
Jeonbuk Bank will use Ripple’s 24/7 cross-border payment service for business remittances, but it is unknown whether the flows will use XRP or Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin....
The bitcoin price level where leveraged bulls could get whacked
Bulls are stacking longs, liquidity is thinning and one key level could trigger large liquidations....
XRP slips below $1 even as a Korean regional bank adopts Ripple Payments
Jeonbuk Bank will use Ripple’s 24/7 cross-border payment service for business remittances, but it is unknown whether the flows will use XRP or Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin....
Monad, an Ethereum rival, offered early investors up to $60 million to cash out. Almost all said no
The program came three months before investor unlocks begin, with MON trading below its public-sale price and most of the token supply still outside circulation....
Bitcoin climbs above $64,000 while most majors slip
Miners have cut their computing power by a fifth over three quarters to make room for AI, and Venice's token jumped 10% after the company said it crossed $100 million in annualised revenue....
Kraken parent Payward joins Anthropic’s Project Glasswing for AI security push
Payward will use Anthropic’s cybersecurity model to hunt vulnerabilities and share open-source findings....
Saylor says share buyback isn’t priority as Strategy builds $4.8 billion cash reserve
Strategy is prioritizing STRC, cash reserves, and its credit business over stock buybacks, Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said Monday....
BitMart founder dismisses calls for audit as users report blocked funds, unpaid employees
Sheldon Lee said a Chinese-language X account making the claims was hacked. Users want wallets, assets and liabilities disclosed....
Compound bets $52 million, new leadership team in switch to institutional focus
The protocol pioneered decentralized finance lending, but assets locked have tumbled from a peak five years ago. Now it's looking to attract institutions after retail traders lost interest....
U.S. Treasury Department proposes GENIUS Act stablecoin rule
The Treasury proposal would establish some of the core definitions and jurisdictions in the law Congress completed last year....
The Coldcard hack proves reputation is not a security model
A community built on verification spent five years outsourcing its judgment to one man, writes Foundation CEO Zach Herbert....
Tom Lee's Bitmine now owns 4.8% of Ethereum supply after latest ETH purchase
The crypto treasury company bought another 9,926 ETH last week, extending a buying streak that began in June 2025....
How a bug in Coldcard’s code went unnoticed for years, leading to $100 million in hacked funds
Crypto’s favorite maxim, “don’t trust, verify” wasn’t followed in the case of Coldcard’s code....
No change in bitcoin holdings as Strategy boosted dollar reserve, bought back more STRC last week
Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, the company raised $333.7 million via the sale of common stock....
Ethereum’s next big upgrade has 66 proposals, including a major privacy fix
Developers are narrowing the list for the Hegotá upgrade, including a package to change how wallets approve and pay for transactions, giving developers of privacy apps more of the tools they need inside Ethereum itself....
Israel’s largest crypto broker Bits of Gold hit by data breach affecting 200,000 customers
Funds and digital assets were not touched, but names, bank account details, and national ID numbers may have been exposed in what the company says was a wider global attack....
Bitcoin options remain expensive despite summer calm. Here's why it matters
Bitcoin’s implied volatility is near a seasonal floor, but options continue to price substantially more movement than the market is delivering....
Bitpanda fined 70,000 euros in Austria’s first published MiCA enforcement case
The fine stems from Bitpanda failing to submit a mandatory white paper 20 days before publication and omitting required disclosures in marketing materials....
Bitcoin's biggest holders, Strategy and Metaplanet, are betting on math, not price
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 17, 2026...
Bitpanda fined €70,000 in Austria’s first published MiCA enforcement case
The fine stems from Bitpanda failing to submit a mandatory white paper 20 days before publication and omitting required disclosures in marketing materials....
Bitcoin tracks equity bounce, but $390 million ETF outflow week keeps bulls on back foot
The price of bitcoin tracked a bounce in equities, but a $390 million ETF outflow streak and 10% odds on landmark crypto legislation leave markets searching for direction....
Live updates: Bitcoin flat near $63,500; lapsing US-Iran ceasefire revives the oil threat
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a near halt as the 60-day truce lapses with no deal, reviving the oil-price risk that has capped crypto all summer. ETF flows, meanwhile, are quietly turning....
Binance handed user data to Russia that led to a Ukrainian donor's arrest
Binance says it cooperates with lawful requests, despite exiting the Russian market in 2023 to improve its compliance strategy....
Coinbase-Circle USDC collaboration, FOMC minutes, oil price: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Aug. 17...
Live updates: Bitcoin flat near $63,500, but the flows have quietly turned
US spot ETFs took in more than 14,000 BTC in five days and Q3 flows have flipped positive, ARP Digital's Yusuf Fakhro says, fresh demand landing in the thinnest, most sold-out market in years....
September Fed interest-rate increase is 'very unlikely,' Goldman Sachs says
Soft economic data has Goldman Sachs doubting a September rate increase, offering good news for bitcoin bulls....
Bitcoin nears $64,000 in Asia morning hours as HYPE jumps 8% on the week
Every major gained on Sunday, though bitcoin, ether, XRP and solana are all lower over seven days....
The bitcoin futures market looks like a crowded club with a tiny exit – and it could cause pain
The market may be facing a dangerous liquidity mismatch as futures open interest outpaces trading volume by a significant margin....
XRP traders bet on a rebound as price slips to $1 and bearish chatter surges
Futures open interest climbed to $2.78 billion and traders on Binance and OKX leaned heavily long, even as social sentiment hit a three-month low....
Bitcoin tops $64,000 in Asia morning hours as HYPE jumps 8% on the week
Every major gained on Sunday, though bitcoin, ether, XRP and solana are all lower over seven days....
The SEC meeting that wasn't: State of Crypto
There were hopes that regulators could move if the Clarity Act didn't advance, but those, too, may be paused....
Crypto investors are looking past market-cap rankings and back to fundamentals
Investors are starting to judge crypto tokens on usage, economics and value capture rather than market-cap rank, industry executives said....
Crypto wallet SafePal reveals a data breach exposing nearly 40,000 customers' order info
While the data breach exposed the personal order details of thousands of customers, all private keys, seed phrases, and crypto assets remain completely safe....
MiCA's cleanup is creating a new scam wave across the European Union
Fraudsters impersonating regulators and licensed crypto exchanges to steal funds from users forced to migrate their accounts after the EU's MiCA deadline are on the rise....
The stablecoin yield clash that won't go away has banks, crypto battling over tradition
The bankers want people kept in lower-yield deposits for the good of the financial system as it's existed for generations, and their argument is gaining ground....
The 'long bitcoin, short the bankers' era is officially over as TradFi giants embrace digital assets
Financial firms are partnering with specialists to build infrastructure, blurring lines between traditional and decentralized finance into a unified sector....
Robot maker Unitree is going public. Hyperliquid traders see 4x upside from IPO price
Hyperliquid traders value Unitree at nearly $38 billion versus $9 billion at its IPO, leaving leveraged bets vulnerable when trading begins, Allium analysts said....
Swiss mega-bank UBS ramps up its Bitcoin exposure with a massive 24-fold surge in ETF call options
Direct holdings of IBIT also rose 12% to 407,890 shares, while put option exposure dropped roughly 53% to 143,300 underlying shares during the quarter....
Why the world’s second-largest Bitcoin mining power is shutting down rigs in its capital city
The Energy Ministry enacted the year-round restriction to mitigate power capacity shortages, as energy-intensive mining facilities continue to strain regional grids....
Paul Tudor Jones’ investment firm increases stake in BlackRock's bitcoin ETF after year of selling
Calls fell 85.2% to 148,000 underlying shares, while puts slipped 1.4% to 715,000....
The $11.2 billion in 2026 funding that killed crypto’s permissionless era
Dubai-based crypto lawyer Irina Heaver and her team parsed every crypto deal in the first half of 2026. BlackRock, Goldman, and Persian Gulf sovereigns all wrote checks to regulated firms....
Clarity survives (barely), Strategy sells and the untold story of Mastercard's $1.8 billion deal: Crypto's week in 5 stories
Washington kept crypto’s biggest legislative hope alive, Wall Street pushed deeper into digital assets, and a security scare sent billions of dollars of bitcoin moving between wallets....
Wall Street's private blockchain obsession is a 'race to the bottom,' Ethereum advocate Raman warns
Centrally controlled, permission-only networks have a role to play in finance, but need a transparent, open base to reap the benefits blockchain technology offers....
Trump expected to attend White House meeting with crypto CEOs, sources say
Those involved in a meeting of CEOs from the worlds of crypto, prediction markets and AI anticipate President Donald Trump will take part in next week's gathering....
Trump-backed World Liberty wins conditional bank charter from federal regulator
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said it granted "preliminary conditional approval" to World Liberty Trust Co. on Friday....
Tokenization stocks slip as SEC delay puts 'speed bump' in crypto’s Wall Street push
Bullish, Coinbase, and Circle were among the names lower on Friday after the regulatory setback....
Strategy says MSCI should measure markets, not dictate corporate assets
The bitcoin treasury company said index providers should measure markets rather than determine which assets public companies are allowed to own....
Israel’s largest bank to offer crypto trading with Galaxy
Bank Leumi customers will be able to trade bitcoin, ether and solana through the bank’s investment app from early 2027....
Fear is fading across markets, be it bitcoin, stocks, gold or bonds
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 14, 2026...
Volatility exits crypto, TradFi markets even as U.S.-Iran risks linger, sovereign debt rises
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 14, 2026...
Trump family's World Liberty Financial delay plans to sell Maldives resort token
The token’s sale has been pushed back due to the Iran war disrupting travel in the region....
Bitcoin slips as U.S. inflation fails to spark gains, ETFs see August's first two-day drawdown
Spot bitcoin ETFs saw back-to-back outflows for the first time since late July as the largest cryptocurrency wiped out last week's gains and altcoins struggled to find direction....
RedotPay said to put $1 billion U.S. IPO plan on hold: Bloomberg
A spokesperson for the stablecoin payments company declined to comment on any IPO plans....
Live updates: Bitcoin slips below $63,000 as oil, yields climb
WTI crude tops $82 a barrel, adding inflation pressure and weighing on risk assets as bond yields rise....
Cluster of headwinds weigh on bitcoin. XRP teeters near $1
Top cryptocurrencies nurse losses as regulatory picture sours. ETF flows and traditional markets offer little support....
Bitcoin holders Strategy and Metaplanet face stock-index exclusion under MSCI’s new proposal
A new consultation targets "non-operating companies" broadly. Two familiar names still land on the deletion list....
JPMorgan shuttered its banking relationship with predictions platform Polymarket: FT
According to Financial Times, JPMorgan ended its banking relationship with Polymarket in late 2025 over regulatory concerns....
U.S. SEC to again delay 'innovation exemption' for tokenization amid Wall Street, White House concerns
The SEC was ready to release at least some part of the innovation exemption alongside its now-canceled open meeting for "Reg Crypto" on Friday....
SEC cancels long-awaited proposal of Reg Crypto, postponing meeting without new date
The first major crypto rule to be proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will have to wait a bit longer after a sudden postponement....
Tether says it completed long-promised 'Big Four' audit of finances behind $180 billion USDT stablecoin
KPMG U.S. examined Tether's books and even counted its gold bars as the $180 billion USDT issuer said it completed its long-promised financial audit....
Forecasts for $1 million bitcoin price likely look too ambitious, key ratio suggests
The thesis is that high yields on long-term U.S. Treasuries make non-yielding assets like bitcoin less attractive....
Trezor warns 14,000 customers after fulfilment partner suffers data breach
The incident marks the first time Trezor customers' shipping addresses were exposed....
Crypto for Advisors: The crypto advice gap
You’re reading Crypto for Advisors, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter that unpacks digital assets for financial advisors. Subscribe here to get it every Thursday....
B2C2 taps Schroders veteran to chase Asia’s growing crypto wealth
The institutional crypto liquidity provider is bringing on the former Schroders Wealth Management Asia chairman as it targets family offices and asset managers across the region....
Kalshi in talks with Sequoia, Wellington for $750 million fund raise at $40 billion valuation
The prediction-market platform raised $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation in May and is now discussing a new round that could nearly double that figure....
Swissquote cuts full-year guidance as 1H crypto income plunges, shares slide
The online bank cut full-year revenue and profit forecasts after first-half crypto trading levels slumped....
Crypto platform operator gets 15-year prison sentence in South Korea due to $50 million scam
A South Korean court sentenced the head of centralized finance (CeFi) lender Delio to 15 years in prison for embezzling digital assets from more than 1,100 customers....
Figure revenue doubles as blockchain loan marketplace volumes surge
The tokenization-focused lender posted $226 million in quarterly revenue as blockchain loan marketplace volume jumped to $4.3 billion....
Bullish Q2 adjusted earnings in line as rise in subscription revenue offsets digital asset slowdown
Digital asset sales slumped to $32.6 billion from $58.6 billiion a year earlier, but other revenues roughly doubled year-over-year to just shy of $65 billion....
Bullish reports $280 million Q2 net loss as crypto trading slows
Bullish reported $92.6 million in adjusted revenue and refined its full-year guidance as subscription, services and other revenue reached a record $62.7 million....
Strategy, Metaplanet unrealized bitcoin losses highlight risk of concentrating on just one token
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 13, 2026...
Bitcoin holds steady near $64,000 as monero, hyperliquid outperform
Crypto markets remain in a low volatility holding pattern, trading in a tight range following Wednesday's CPI report....
Live updates: U.S. inflation is stickier than July’s mild CPI reading suggests
Bitcoin's choppy price action as in-depth analysis of the U.S. CPI released Wednesday suggests the underlying price pressures remain sticky....
MUFG to test real-time blockchain settlement for Japanese government bond trades
MUFG is preparing a proof-of-concept for onchain JGB transactions using the Canton network....
Brazil’s largest bitcoin treasury firm plans ETF with 95% allocation to Strategy's STRC
DIGY11 aims for annual distributions matching Brazil’s interbank rate plus 3–5 percentage points, net of costs, though investors' actual returns are not guaranteed....
Live Markets: U.S. inflation is stickier than July’s mild CPI reading suggests
Bitcoin's choppy price action as in-depth analysis of the U.S. CPI released Wednesday suggests the underlying price pressures remain sticky....
Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet unveils BitBonds with $1.3 million private debt sale
The inaugural unsecured bonds offer annual interest of up to 4.3%, while exposing investors to metaplanet’s credit and bitcoin-linked balance-sheet risks...
Metaplanet denies selling bitcoin worth $320 million
Metaplanet CEO dismisses bitcoin sale rumors, confirms 43,000 BTC holdings...
Bitcoin firms ask AI labs for same tools attackers already have
Coinbase, Block, BitGo and dozens of others signed a letter arguing that safety guardrails on frontier models are blocking legitimate security work while adversaries face no such limits....
Speculation on dogecoin is back to October 2025 levels. The price is down 70%
Futures positioning has rebuilt to levels last seen when dogecoin traded at three times today's price, and more than three accounts are betting on a rebound for every one betting against....
Bitcoin slips near $63,500 as traders look past CPI to Fed’s next tests
An in-line inflation print removed a tail risk but gave BTC little reason to rally, leaving Jackson Hole, jobs data and the next CPI release as the market’s next catalysts....
Prediction markets should dial back faulty filings for incentives to boost trading: CFTC
The U.S. regulator of platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket suggests the industry is getting into bad compliance habits that may allow for market abuse....
Securitize falls 20% after earnings miss as tokenization revenue falls short
Tokenized assets hit a record and trading activity jumped, but revenue slipped in the firm’s first earnings report since going public....
Morgan Stanley's infrastructure partner Zerohash rebuffed in pitch to be U.S. trust bank
Zerohash, which handles crypto plumbing for Morgan Stanley's E*Trade, said it's planning on re-filing and hoping for a swift resolution....
Kalshi taps DoubleZero for Wall Street-style high-speed data feed
Kalshi is looking to meet institutional demands by adding DoubleZero data to its order book....
Goldman Sachs leaps into bitcoin income ETFs with $2.25 billion NEOS buyout
The $2.25 billion deal expands Goldman’s derivative platform to $130 billion in total ETF assets, taking direct aim at BlackRock's rival BITA fund, according to an analyst....
Kalshi taps Solana platform for Wall Street-style high-speed data feed
Kalshi is looking to meet institutional demands by adding Solana-based DoubleZero data to its order book....
Crypto Long & Short: When capital can't move fast enough, markets pay the price
In this week's Crypto Long & Short, LMAX Group's Jenna Wright argues that markets break down not from too little capital but from capital stuck in the wrong place, trapped by settlement cycles while risk reprices by the minute. She makes the case tha...
Wintermute plans $1 billion AI push beyond crypto: Bloomberg
The firm aims for non-crypto markets to drive over 50% of revenue by 2027, up from 10% currently, as it seeks to diversify its business....
Solana platform taps prediction market Kalshi for Wall Street-style high-speed data feed
Solana-based DoubleZero looks to meet institutional demands by adding prediction market Kalshi’s order book to its low-latency market data feed....
Miden bets on privacy stablecoins with introduction of USDCx
USDCx will let users transact without publicly exposing balances, counterparties or transaction histories, while allowing selective disclosure for compliance....
Crypto Long & Short:
In this week's Crypto Long & Short, LMAX Group's Jenna Wright argues that markets break down not from too little capital but from capital stuck in the wrong place, trapped by settlement cycles while risk reprices by the minute. She makes the case tha...
Smart contract blockchain Solana nearly froze Wednesday, Marinade Finance says
Smart contract blockchain Solana nearly froze Wednesday, Marinade Finance says...
Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint launches Hong Kong dollar stablecoin
HashKey Exchange and OSL Group are now authorized distributors, enabling institutional and professional investors to mint and redeem HKDAP tokens....
America doesn’t need a second-class payments system
If an institution qualifies to participate in America’s banking system, it should have a clear path to America’s payment system, argues Anchorage Digital's Rachel Anderika....
U.S. CPI inflation slows to 3.4% as expected, bitcoin holds near $64,000
Both headline and core inflation matched economists’ expectations, while bitcoin held near $64,000 and Treasury yields declined....
FlightAware drops Kalshi lawsuit over a market niche that data shows it never took off
The flight-tracking company voluntarily dismissed, without prejudice and without sharing a motive for its decision. However, the flight cancellation market never took off with Kalshi users....
Russia moves to restrict retail crypto trading to bitcoin, ether and USDT
Non-qualified investors face a 300,000-ruble (approx. $3,600) annual purchase limit per intermediary, while qualified investors have no cap....
XRP trading could get spicy after CPI report as futures bets hit highest since October
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 12, 2026...
Bitcoin holds near $64,000 as U.S. inflation data looms, Harmony exploit rattles altcoins
Markets are quiet ahead of the July inflation print, with bitcoin little changed, oil near $90 and Harmony nursing a fresh exploit....
Bank of England to test stablecoin, digital currency use in cross-border finance
The BOE-led Digital Pound Lab will test trade-finance interoperability, in which exporters receive stablecoins while importers settle in a potential digital pound....
CoreWeave surges 16% on $2.58 billion revenue quarter as AI infrastructure demand eclipses crypto
Booming AI demand sends CRWV up 16% and lifts IREN and CIFR as investors favor computing infrastructure over crypto....
Fidelity moves to add staking, quarterly payouts to near $900 million ether ETF
The fund would keep 85% of gross staking rewards, with the remaining 15% going to service providers....
One overlooked group has added $1.78 billion of selling pressure to bitcoin market
Public miners are an underappreciated source of supply hitting the market right at the margin....
Harmony’s ONE dives 40% after an attack appears to mint tokens equal to quarter of supply
Harmony said in Asian morning hours it is working with exchanges to freeze funds and preparing a software fix....
Live updates: Bitcoin at $63,600 as Japan's Metaplanet moves 3,881 BTC between wallets
Blockchain data shows the Japanese treasury firm moved the bitcoin between wallets it controls, not to an exchange, so the transfer isn't a sale despite its $1.4 billion paper loss....
Crypto.com rolls out tokenized stock derivatives as crypto exchanges push into equities
The exchange is joining a tokenized stock market that has grown 600% in a year, though its products offer price exposure rather than share ownership....
Harmony’s ONE dives 26% after an attack appears to mint tokens equal to quarter of supply
Harmony said in Asian morning hours it is working with exchanges to freeze funds and preparing a software fix....
Here's what bitcoin and ether traders are doing ahead of the binary U.S. CPI print
Bitcoin and ether are stuck in a tight range ahead of the CPI. Here’s how savvy traders are positioning for the pivotal release....
Harmony’s ONE dives 26% after attack appears to create tokens equal to quarter of supply
Harmony said in Asian morning hours it is working with exchanges to freeze funds and preparing a software fix....
Dogecoin and BNB lead majors higher as bitcoin slips near $63,700
DOGE gained almost 3% to 7 cents and BNB 2% to $614, while bitcoin was the only major in the red on both the day and the week....
XRP bridge drained for $200,000 after software mistook fake deposits for real ones
An attacker created unbacked XRP on another blockchain, then exchanged it for real XRP held in reserve. The bridge has been halted and its operator has filed a complaint with the FBI....
Bitcoin stuck as ETF inflows offset selling, but inflation data could spark a move
Weeks of sideways trading have crushed volatility, leaving Wednesday’s inflation report as the next potential catalyst, analysts said....
CFTC orders Kalshi to continue offering prediction markets in New York after state lawsuit
New York sued Kalshi last month in a bid to block it from operating sports-related prediction markets....
Brazil's largest lender Itaú is stepping deeper into the tokenization
Itaú Unibanco said it teamed up with tokenization specialist OpenAssets to test tokenized bonds and funds in a pilot run by Brazil's financial watchdog ANBIMA....
EToro reports second quarter crypto loss even as total profit beats estimates
The trading platform’s gross crypto revenue fell to $1.35 billion in the second quarter. It also agreed to buy U.S. brokerage TradeZero for up to $231 million....
If crypto goes back to the congressional drawing board, 3 Democrat women loom large
The Democrats who may get a bigger say in future crypto legislative efforts are familiar figures, and they generally look at digital assets with distrust....
Crypto-friendly bank Erebor in talks to raise $1.5 billion at $9.5 billion valuation: FT
Total deposits grew from $1.1 billion in March to $4.6 billion by July, driven by clients in crypto, AI and defense....
Ravencoin, a blockchain built from Bitcoin’s code, could roll back four days of transactions
Two mining pools controlling most of Ravencoin’s hashpower are building a replacement chain from before Friday’s first invalid block, putting deposits, withdrawals and payments made since then at risk of reversal....
Pokémon cards are becoming multibillion dollar market. Crypto wants to fix how they trade
Collectors are spending millions on trading cards, while blockchain startups are turning physical Pokémon cards into digital assets. The harder task is creating enough liquidity to compete with established marketplaces....
MoneyGram expands on Solana with global crypto-to-cash service
Wallets and apps on Solana can now tap MoneyGram's global network to move between digital assets and local currencies....
Australian watchdog suspends Cryptolink, forcing 96 ATMs offline
The regulator cited missing transaction reports and the company’s failure to respond to an information request....
Ravencoin could roll back four days of transactions after critical block flaw
Two mining pools controlling most of Ravencoin’s hashpower are building a replacement chain from before Friday’s first invalid block, putting deposits, withdrawals and payments made since then at risk of reversal....
Coinbase picks Abu Dhabi for its global tokenized asset push
The crypto exchange said it secured regulatory approval to offer tokenized securities from Abu Dhabi as the emirate deepens its push into onchain finance....
When safe assets compete with risk. Lessons from the 1960s–90s for bitcoin and stocks.
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 11 2026...
Bitcoin-backed lending is entering its institutional era: Two Prime
Public companies are increasingly borrowing against their bitcoin holdings to fund acquisitions and capital spending without selling the asset....
Bitcoin stuck below $65,000 as Hormuz hopes evaporate, XRP close to dropping below $1
The Strait of Hormuz relief trade unraveled after Trump demanded 50 years of Iranian compensation, pushing oil back to $89 and leaving crypto and equities unchanged ahead of a pivotal CPI report....
Live updates: Bitcoin slips as corporate BTC enthusiasm moves to AI
FxPro’s Alex Kuptsikevich said companies that helped give bitcoin institutional cover are now chasing AI data centers, putting BTC’s flat 50-day moving average in focus....
FlightAware sues Kalshi over bets on flight cancellations
The flight-tracking company alleges Kalshi used its data and trademark without permission to settle contracts on canceled flights....
Software stocks break away from bitcoin: What the rare divergence means for crypto
IGV’s rebound is reshaping a relationship it held with bitcoin for years, but history suggests bitcoin could still catch up....
Luke Dashjr removed as Bitcoin BIP editor after controversial BIP-110 fork stalls
Dashjr said he is taking a sabbatical from his role as chair and chief technology officer of mining pool Ocean....
UK lawmakers question lenders over lack of banking for the country’s crypto firms
The U.K.’s Crypto and Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary Group asked banks to explain their approach to providing banking services to crypto and digital asset businesses....
Nvidia’s $500 billion AI infrastructure push leaves crypto compute further behind
Nvidia has signed memorandums of understanding with six major Wall Street firms to establish "AI compute" as a bankable infrastructure asset....
Riot Platforms surges 20% in pre-market trading on $9.1 billion Anthropic deal
The bitcoin miner’s 20-year agreement highlights an industry-wide shift toward AI infrastructure revenue....
A $2 trillion asset class is getting a new blockchain rail
ADI Chain and Shipfinex are partnering to tokenize commercial ships, aiming to open the $680B ship-finance market to wider capital pool....
BTCPay offers $190,000 bounty after bitcoin payment servers drained in exploit
The project said it will pay 10% of recovered funds, up to 3 BTC, after attackers stole LND credentials and drained merchant Lightning wallets last week....
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork is 300 blocks behind BTC and six years from fixing itself
The breakaway chain has produced two blocks since splitting off on Saturday. Bitcoin has produced more than 300 in the same stretch....
XRP, ether lead crypto losses as traders eye $70,000 bitcoin next
Bitcoin failed to hold $65,000 for a fourth day as an oil rally revived inflation worries before Wednesday's U.S. price data....
U.S. SEC sets meeting to propose Reg Crypto to support certain digital assets offerings
The Securities and Exchange Commission will vote this week to start its first major crypto rulemaking process....
Bitcoin's 'strongest hands' are back, on-chain data show
Elite wallets holding over 10,000 BTC has hit a six-month high of 90, building on earlier accumulation by mid-sized whales amid Coldcard fallout and Clarity Act delays....
Trump Media’s bitcoin holdings shrink as crypto losses hit $361 million
The Truth Social parent held 9,477 BTC worth $557 million at the end of June, while its Cronos position also suffered a steep drop in value....
Bitwise's Rasmussen: Circle is mispriced as stablecoins head toward trillions
Bitwise's Ryan Rasmussen says investors are underestimating Circle as stablecoins expand and the company builds out its payments infrastructure....
Strategy builds $4.75 billion cash cushion as only bitcoin isn’t enough for investors
Strategy is holding billions in cash after learning that traditional investors don’t necessarily view its massive bitcoin reserves as a substitute for dollars....
Grayscale quietly drops Cardano, Polkadot and Hedera ETF plans
The asset manager said it no longer intends to proceed with the offerings. None became effective, and no securities were issued or sold....
Solana lending giant Jupiter now lets the same dollar earn twice
The new Lend v2 product turns deposits and borrowed assets into trading liquidity, tying higher returns to whether Jupiter’s router can send enough swap flow to the new vaults....
Bitmine’s ETH buying slows as Tom Lee's firm shifts capital to share buybacks
Chairman Tom Lee said easing financial conditions could support crypto, even as the CLARITY Act failed to reach a Senate vote before the August recess....
Solana gets its first Strategy STRC product through Solstice Finance
The Solana vault splits income from Strategy’s preferred stock into a lower-risk senior token and a higher-risk junior token....
Strategy sells 1,690 bitcoin, raises $653 million from MSTR shares
The company increased its USD reserve to $4.65 billion while reducing its bitcoin holdings to 840,447 BTC...
Crypto exchange Coinsbuy loses $8 million in coordinated two-blockchain attack
Onchain forensics tie a single actor to an $8 million coordinated drain across TRON and Ethereum, with most funds routed through FixedFloat and the attack vector still unknown....
Why the UK financial watchdog is drafting new rules for tokenized gold
The FCA is expected to announce progress on drafting new rules for tokenized digital assets within the next few months....
Bitcoin's BIP-110 episode is free-market capitalism in purest form
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 10, 2026...
Bitcoin steadies above $65,000 as Iran-Oman deal talk eases Hormuz concerns, lifts risk assets
BTC rose to $65,209 and Nasdaq 100 index futures gained 0.45% on reports that Iran may strike a deal with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz....
Bitcoin volatility is in meltdown, but downside protection still commands a premium
Bitcoin’s BVIV volatility index hit the lowest level since 2025 as option demand collapsed. Still, overwriting surged and downside protection stayed pricey....
A rare CME shift: Hedge funds abandon structural shorts to bet on a bitcoin rally
CME leveraged funds turn net long as weak futures yields undermine the once-popular basis trade....
U.S. CPI inflation, Securitize, Gemini among earnings reports: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Aug. 10...
Inside stablecoin firm BVNK’s journey to a $1.8B acquisition by Mastercard
Early BVNK investor Concentric shares a fascinating inside view on the stablecoin startup’s journey and the eventual Mastercard deal....
Robinhood brings crypto trading to UK in AI-powered all-in-one app
The trading firm is also introducing “Robinhood Cortex Digests for Crypto,” a generative AI-powered widget that analyses breaking news and other data....
Live updates: BTC above $65,000 even as the Senate punts the CLARITY Act to the fall
The market rose even as the Senate left the crypto bill unpassed before its recess, with steady ETF inflows and a softer dollar doing more for prices than Washington....
This bitcoin miner rejected BIP-110 despite mining through a pool that supported it
Ocean, a bitcoin mining pool, had been backing BIP-110 by default. Simple Mining, a company that runs mining machines through Ocean, used software from the pool that lets individual miners choose for themselves and went the other way....
Bitcoin miner rejects BIP-110 despite mining through a pool that supported it
Ocean, a bitcoin mining pool, had been backing BIP-110 by default. Simple Mining, a company that runs mining machines through Ocean, used software from the pool that lets individual miners choose for themselves and went the other way....
Bitcoin tops $65,000 with US inflation data due this week
Every major except XRP is green on the week, with BTC, ether and BNB each up nearly 3% as global stocks trade near a record....
XRP is getting left behind in the crypto bounce even as ETFs keep attracting investor money
The token fell 5% last week while BTC, ETH and SOL climbed....
Is Clarity's delay a blessing in disguise?: State of Crypto
The crypto industry is angry and disappointed that the Senate is not holding a procedural vote on the Clarity Act this month, but that isn't the worst possible outcome....
Hyperliquid’s RWA perps boom is eating into the revenue that backs HYPE
Revenue has fallen four quarters running while open interest hit a record high. The gap is a fee-sharing program that hands half the platform's volume to outside builders....
Bitcoin investors pour $853 million into spot ETFs. BlackRock’s IBIT claims the bulk
Bitcoin ETFs recorded $853.54 million in net inflows last week, the strongest since mid-April, with BlackRock’s IBIT taking the bulk....
Crypto is going through a massive dot-com style shakeout as over 100 projects fold in 2026
An industry-wide reckoning is weeding out unsustainable startups, leaving behind only the protocols with real cash flow and actual users....
Controversial Bitcoin fork BIP-110 mines two blocks, then stops
The breakaway chain inherited bitcoin’s mining difficulty with only a tiny share of hashpower, leaving blocks hours apart while both chains still accept the same transactions....
Bitcoin ETF Inflows Surge as Institutional Assets Under Management Near Record Highs
Breaking market intelligence breakdown covering bitcoin etf inflows surge as institutional assets under management near record highs.
Institutional OTC Bitcoin Holdings Expand Past 650,000 BTC Milestone
Breaking market intelligence breakdown covering institutional otc bitcoin holdings expand past 650,000 btc milestone.
U.S. Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Shift Signals Digital Liquidity Expansion
Breaking market intelligence breakdown covering u.s. federal reserve monetary policy shift signals digital liquidity expansion.
Institutional Digital Asset Market Structure Outlook 2026 Full Analysis
Breaking market intelligence breakdown covering institutional digital asset market structure outlook 2026 full analysis.