TL;DR: Samson Mow, CEO of the technology firm JAN3, stated that institutional and retail investors are using the asset as a hedge against banking instability. The price of Bitcoin recorded an increase of over 7% in a 24-hour period, reaching technical levels not seen in the last six weeks. Liquidation data across derivatives platforms reflected […]

Justin Sun said Thursday that a California federal judge ruled his individual claims against World Liberty Financial will stay in open court, rejecting the Trump-linked project’s push to force the dispute into private arbitration and seal the case from public view. The ruling keeps alive one of crypto’s messiest ongoing legal fights, one that has […]

The US Treasury has increased the maximum size of liquidity-support buyback operations for longer-dated nominal coupon securities, adding another macro signal for traders watching liquidity conditions across risk assets, including Bitcoin. The Treasury’s program raises the purchase limit per operation from $2 billion to at least $4 billion for the 10-20 year and 20-30 year […]

Bitcoin’s rally above $79,000 lifted miners and treasury companies, with Canaan, Strive and Metaplanet posting double-digit gains as crypto stocks surged.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Has Its Best Week Since 2023 as Shortsellers Continue To Get Wiped Out Bitcoin continued its rise on Friday, having its best week since 2023 as over $1 billion in shortsellers’ positions got ruined and exchange-traded funds received billions in new cash.  The leading cryptocurrency on Friday was recently trading 23% higher […]

Key Takeaways: Binance founder, Changpeng Zhao, called upon nations and enterprises to tokenize assets for more global capital inflows and foreign direct investment. Though fragmented liquidity may be a challenge, CZ supports tokenization on multiple blockchains. The 776,000 RWA holders on the BNB Chain correspond to an increase of approximately 370% in 30 days. User […]

Bitcoin held above $77,000 after touching a multi‑month high near $79,500, positioning the asset for its strongest week of August. Bitcoin Consolidates Near $77,000 After Multi-Month Peak Bitcoin (BTC) appeared to consolidate above $77,000 hours after reaching a multi-month peak. Despite the retreat, bitcoin remained on course to close the week with its highest gains […]

Duffy raised concerns that some prediction-market contracts could be manipulated and questioned why Kalshi could offer products that CME could not yet list. Lopes Lara challenged CME over its own history with market manipulation, leading to a pointed exchange over regulatory resources, efficiency and market credibility. The confrontation occurred amid a broader federal-state dispute over […]

Bitcoin jumps to $72,335 as a rare chart pattern forces Peter Brandt to ditch his bearish bias.

Measures to prevent cryptocurrency scams, allocate money to food banks for senior anti-hunger programs, and require more support for deaf and hard of …

The RISE program would use the Canton Network to combine and distribute state-administered benefits across three US states beginning in 2027.

It’s hard to believe that just 48 hours ago, there was no clear indication of what was going to happen next. The reality, though, is quite promising as bitcoin has added over $11,000 within this timeframe, and blasted through $75,000 hours ago for the first time since late May. Naturally, analysts have shifted their market […]

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse reportedly met privately with Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s Commerce Secretary nominee, to discuss regulatory hurdles tied to the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act. The meeting has been widely reported, but public details remain limited. That means the story needs careful framing. This is not proof that […]

TL;DR: The total value locked (TVL) of Antalpha’s facilitated loan book dropped by $696 million in the second quarter of 2026, settling at $1.353 billion. Aurelion, a subsidiary of the firm, generated $22.3 million in losses linked to positions in the tokenized gold assets XAUt and XAUE. Quarterly revenue decreased by 28% year-over-year to $12.2 […]

TL;DR Network Halt: MANTRA Chain froze all activity after detecting an unspecified incident, stopping transactions and endpoints. Investigation Status: Engineering and security teams, along with external partners, are examining the issue, with no root cause or timeline yet confirmed. Market Impact: The MANTRA token dropped 9.9% to $0.004406, adding pressure as the project awaits acquisition […]

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin ETFs Add Over $1B as Investor Sentiment Turns Bullish Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have taken in over $1 billion in fresh cash over the past three days, helping propel the leading cryptocurrency to nearly $73,000.  Just on Wednesday, investors bought over $500 million worth of shares in the funds managed by BlackRock, Fidelity, […]

ARK Invest’s Lorenzo Valente sees specialized RWA markets redistributing power across DeFi, which could give customer-facing applications greater control over liquidity and revenue. That evolution could reshape fee allocation without triggering a broad migration toward app-specific chains. Specialized RWA Venues Could Reshape Onchain Liquidity Real-world asset (RWA) growth is changing how trading venues compete for […]

Binance’s Agent OS lets AI agents access market data, execute trades and make payments while giving users control over permissions and account access.

XRP has surged 24% over the past 24 hours to around $1.26, making it the best-performing cryptocurrency among the top 100 assets by market capitalization, according to CoinGecko data.

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AI agents and robots may increasingly drive blockchain activity as autonomous systems need transaction infrastructure, says Chainlink’s McCormick Advances in AI could cheapen blockchain development, producing many interconnected chains where cross-chain interoperability becomes essential. Humanoid robots may eventually use stablecoins and blockchains to communicate and transact within physical work environments. AI agents and robots could […]

Rapid7 Labs recovered roughly 885,000 phone numbers from an exposed server, the largest single file holding 316,002 German mobile numbers. Account-checking tools confirmed 43,066 of those German numbers as Crypto.com account holders, a hit rate Rapid7 puts at about 13.6%. Counterfeit Trezor Suite, Ledger Live and Exodus builds were made to drain wallets, with the […]

[PRESS RELEASE – Panama City, Panama, August 21st, 2026] Finassets.io, a crypto payment gateway for businesses, has added USDC (SOL) to its Back Office, giving merchants a cost-effective network for stablecoin payments. Solana is among the fastest, lowest-cost networks for settling USDC today, and Finassets, a B2B crypto payment infrastructure provider, has added support for […]

US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $517.2 million in net inflows for the August 19 session, giving the market its strongest daily inflow in roughly three and a half months. Farside Investors data showed BlackRock’s IBIT leading the session with $284.7 million in inflows. Spot Ethereum ETFs also stayed positive, adding $17.7 million in net inflows. […]

Bitcoin Magazine Iranian Hacking Crew Charged in Sprawling Theft Case — Including $6M Bitcoin Ransom  Feds have hit 17 Iranians with criminal charges for allegedly conducting a years-long campaign of cyber attacks — including trying to extort HBO for $6 million in bitcoin. The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday that the 17 individuals were […]

Key Takeaways: The SEC has proposed Regulation Crypto Assets in a framework for certain crypto investment contracts. Up to $5m or $75m in funding for each issuer would be available under specific exemptions. Certain crypto assets might also be eligible for a new conditional safe harbor to exempt them from security investment contract classification. User […]

TL;DR Legislative push: Lawmakers introduced a bill to expand FIU Authority and let the agency directly investigate unregistered crypto operators. Enforcement gaps: Police suspended most probes into FIU referrals, highlighting limits in current FIU Authority over offshore companies. Regulatory goal: The amendment aims to strengthen FIU Authority so the agency can better enforce registration rules […]

Bitgo Korea just cracked one of Asia’s toughest crypto markets, securing regulatory registration to provide cryptocurrency custody and transfer services to institutional clients in South Korea and planting a direct flag in one of the world’s busiest digital asset markets. The Korea Financial Intelligence Unit accepted Bitgo Korea’s Virtual Asset Service Provider, or VASP, registration […]

Michael Selig said at a meeting of the Innovation Advisory Committee that he had directed CFTC staff to explore developer protections and other crypto-related policies.

Bitcoin has broken decisively out of a six-week trading range, surging above $71,000.

Ben McKenzie, who once starred in hit teen drama The O.C., investigates cryptocurrency in his new documentary Everyone Is Lying to You for Money.

Ethereum surged 18% intraday as spot trading volume jumped sharply across major global exchanges, putting ETH back at the center of the market’s risk-on move. Market data showed ETH trading near the $2,500 level during the rally, with spot volume reportedly rising about 400% compared with the prior 24-hour average. That is a major move, […]