US spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs recorded a combined $492 million in net inflows for the August 21 session, extending a positive flow streak across both crypto ETF cohorts. Farside Investors data showed spot Bitcoin ETFs adding $307 million, led by BlackRock’s IBIT with $239.3 million. Spot Ethereum ETFs brought in another $185 million, led […]

Fasset raised $68 million in a Series C led by SBI Group as the companies plan a digital bank in Malaysia and to expand stablecoin payments.

TL;DR CleanCore sold substantially all 463 million DOGE for approximately $33.4 million on July 20, ending its corporate Dogecoin treasury strategy. The company is redirecting capital toward AI infrastructure, including projects in Texas and Minnesota. Its Minnesota campus has a 10-year colocation agreement with Cerebras Systems, while a separate $100 million equity offering provides additional […]

TL;DR: Abraxas Capital, Fasanara Capital, and Wintermute hold combined short positions of 138,569 ETH and 3,425 BTC on the Hyperliquid platform. The joint unrealized losses of these positions reached approximately $75 million following recent market price surges. Abraxas Capital executed spot market hedges through withdrawals of 73,872 ETH from Binance over a four-day period. Three […]

An attacker spent just nine hundred fifty-one dollars to seize enough voting power to drain $8.5 million out of a lending protocol this weekend. Not a zero-day exploit. Not months of reconnaissance. Just a small purchase of governance tokens, a stake, and a vote that nobody was watching closely enough to stop in time. And […]

Pakistan has officially thrown the switch on its virtual asset licensing regime, putting existing crypto businesses against a hard deadline to secure regulatory clearance or stop operating. The Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) opened the licensing gates after final regulations under the Virtual Assets Act, 2026, were notified. Existing virtual asset service providers operating […]

A meme coin tied to the GTA VI leak saga is having an absolutely wild run. CYBERLEEK, a Solana-based meme coin promoted by the person or group behind the alleged leaks, has jumped another 35% in the past 24 hours. That comes after an almost unbelievable 40,000% surge over the past week. The token is […]

Michael Saylor gives Bitcoin a new definition, while MSTR stock swings to a $1.4 billion corporate profit from its crypto holdings.

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Quantitative traders using MEXC’s RealStocks received a tool that lets them automate trading and develop customised strategies for US equities. The platform has just released an API for buying US equities with USDT. The platform follows the broader trend of a multi-asset approach where cryptocurrency exchanges provide access to products that used to be a […]

Digital assets and blockchain are becoming more deeply integrated into the conventional financial system. For many investors, cryptocurrency has …

Strategy held off on new Bitcoin buying, maintaining holdings at 840,447 BTC as it launched a $1.59 billion cash pool after raising $2 billion from MSTR stock sales.

PeckShield put the loss at about US$8.5 million, covering roughly 2,843 ETH worth US$6.87 million and 1.68 million USDC swapped straight into DAI. Term Labs shut down every Term Meta Vault and revoked their DAO governance roles, an irreversible step that permanently blocks deposits while withdrawals stay open. Yearn said the attack ran through a […]

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland research finds crypto’s volatility stems from investors holding wildly divergent beliefs about future returns, more than demographics like age or income. Crypto owners expected average annual returns of 22%, compared with just 7% among non-owners, despite many on both sides admitting they had little basis for their forecasts. A controlled […]

The price of bitcoin blasted past $79,000 around 9 a.m. EDT on Monday, August 24, 2026, as buyers kept their foot on the gas following last week’s blistering rally. Bitcoin Blasts Through $79,000 as Bulls Keep the Pedal Down Monday is shaping up as an extension of bitcoin’s sharpest weekly run in quite some time, […]

PENGU just ripped higher while most of the market was still arguing about whether the memecoin trade was dead, and that timing alone tells you something about what actually moves this token. Pudgy Penguins isn’t a project trying to convince anyone it has a use case. It’s the opposite problem: a genuinely famous consumer brand, […]

Ethereum’s explosive breakout has shifted the broader structure decisively in favor of buyers, but the rally has now encountered a major resistance zone. With ETH pulling back after reaching roughly $2.55K, the market appears to be entering a corrective phase following the highly impulsive advance. ETH Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, […]

Exchange data reveals a hidden 723% imbalance in the XRP market, putting $24 million in leveraged buy orders at risk.

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Bitget CEO Gracy Chen doesn’t believe the current Bitcoin rally is sustainable, and she aims to buy more BTC around the $50K mark later in 2026 or early next year.

UK tax authorities are nearly tripling warnings sent to cryptocurrency investors suspected of owing unpaid capital gains tax. The tax office says it issued 81,172 letters, emails and text messages in the 2025-26 financial year, reports the BBC. That figure almost tripled the 27,714 warnings sent in 2023 through 2024. Warnings target profits from selling […]

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen predicts Bitcoin will finish 2026 within US$10k to US$20k of its current price, favouring a cautious rather than bold forecast. She points to Bitcoin’s deepening ties with mainstream finance, meaning interest rates and liquidity conditions now weigh heavily on its price. Her outlook aligns with prediction market Kalshi, where traders similarly […]

Grayscale’s 21 August filings set an anticipated NYSE Arca listing on or about 25 August under the ticker ZCSH, subject to the receipt of certain regulatory approvals. Amendment No. 5 fills in the sponsor’s fee at 2.5% a year, a rate left blank in the fourth amendment filed three days earlier. The trust’s net asset […]

While bitcoin has ripped 23.6% higher over the last seven days and ethereum has blasted 31.2%, the real fireworks have been deeper down the board, where Pump.fun’s PUMP has exploded 99% and Ethena’s ENA has ripped 98.57%. Even after logging massive gains, a great deal of today’s crypto tokens remain buried below their former peaks, […]

A new study shows crypto holders form unusually optimistic beliefs that set them apart from investors in stocks, bonds or gold. The Cleveland Fed says cryptocurrency ownership among US households rose from about 3% in 2021 to 11-12% later, fluctuating with Bitcoin prices. Holders tend to be young, male, higher-income and libertarian or politically independent. […]

August 24th, 2026 – Seoul, South Korea FlyEdge, a B2B platform focused on tokenizing airline loyalty value, has opened a multilingual public preview that allows airlines and travelers to experience and independently verify the full on-chain process—from token issuance and conversion to transfer and redemption. The preview runs on StreamChain, an EVM-compatible mainnet founded by […]

Peter Schiff has warned that the rapid growth of artificial intelligence could pose a threat to Bitcoin.

The cryptocurrency news cycle flipped from fear to full attack mode as crypto funds pulled in over $1 billion for a third straight week, …

A new poll showed 63% of 1,166 Americans varied sharply along partisan lines, with a majority of Republicans saying it was appropriate for Trump and his family to invest in crypto.

Crypto investors may be underestimating where the industry is heading, according to Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan, who has pointed to three mistakes he sees in the market right now. In a recent post, Hougan said that investors are using today’s market size, established brands, and current activity to judge crypto’s future. Those are […]

Key Takeaways: For the first time in Solana’s history, the real-world asset ecosystem has surpassed $4 billion in total value. The RWA value was scaled up from approximately $1 billion in late 2025 to more than $4 billion in August 2026. The growth has left a mark on the accelerating adoption of tokenized assets on […]

XRP’s circulating supply grew 5.5% year over year, creating dilution that fee burns come nowhere near offsetting, according to 21Shares. XRPL revenue fell 81.6% as stablecoin balances and institutional tokenization expanded on the network. XRP Supply Dilution Outpaces Fee Burns XRP’s circulating supply expanded through monthly escrow releases that exceeded the amount returned to escrow. […]