CLARITY Act Gets September 15 Senate Vote as Thune Forces the Issue
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Just a day or so after it became known that the most anticipated crypto legislation in the US will not be voted on in August, more details have emerged on when it will hit the Senate floor. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has filed cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633, the Digital […]

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Bitcoin will never fall below $60K again: Nansen founder
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Crypto is growing up thanks to trading in real world assets, and Bitcoin will never dip below $60K again, says Nansen founder founder Alex Svanevik.

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Michael Saylor Identifies the Next Billion-Dollar Finance Opportunity
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Michael Saylor has identified what he believes could become the next billion-dollar opportunity in finance. The Strategy executive chairman advised entrepreneurs and investors to examine an emerging market that could reshape how companies and investors access capital. Saylor Points Investors Toward a Billion-Dollar Finance Opportunity Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor shared his […]

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'This Can Only End in One Way': Bitcoin Volatility Falls to New 2026 Low
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Bitcoin’s implied volatility has fallen to a new 2026 low just as U.S. Treasury yields have climbed to their highest levels of the year.

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New Rules: <b>Cryptocurrency</b> Transfers in Brazil – Coinspot.io
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Cryptocurrency transfers in Brazil may be delayed up to 24 hours: new central bank rules will affect amounts over $10000 and stablecoins.

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Decentralized Financial Networks: The False Dichotomy Between Open Validators and Permissioned Control
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The conversation about financial infrastructure based on distributed ledgers is usually framed as a clash between two mutually exclusive camps: open validators with no entry restrictions, or permissioned networks managed by an identifiable consortium. That simplification, while useful for early-stage debates, proves insufficient for a sector integrating tokenized real-world assets, bank liabilities, and securities subject […]

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US Senate to vote on advancing CLARITY Act in September after Thune files cloture
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The procedural move puts crypto market structure legislation back on track as lawmakers continue negotiations over ethics and stablecoin provisions.

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Scammers Pose as EU Regulators to Target Crypto Users Displaced by MiCA Deadline
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Scammers impersonating financial regulators and licensed exchanges are targeting crypto holders who are still moving assets five weeks after the EU’s licensing deadline under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). This is according to several regulators, including France’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), and the European Securities […]

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Trump Media Terminates Crypto Treasury Plans To Prioritize Core Operations and Fusion Energy Merger
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Truth Social’s parent firm is terminating a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency treasury agreement with Crypto.com (CRO) to streamline operations around its main platform and an energy partnership. Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), Crypto.com and the special purpose acquisition company Yorkville Acquisition Corp have all agreed to abandon plans for a CRO treasury venture announced in Q2 […]

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Bitcoin’s Splintered BIP-110 Fork Falls Behind by 18 Blocks
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At 7:56 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Following Bitcoin’s chain split at block height 961632, BIP-110-aligned mining pool Roughnecks managed to squeeze out a second block at height 961633, while the main chain has already left it in the dust at 961651. After two years of bitter bickering, Bitcoin has blown past the BIP-110 signaling line […]

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522 Billion Outflow on Shiba Inu (SHIB) in Last 24 Hours: Recovery Cancelled
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Shiba Inu’s surge in outflows certainly creates a possibility of a rapid price dive.

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US Sanctions Iranian Crypto Exchanges Over Alleged IRGC Links – Caspianpost.com
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… cryptocurrency transactions, sanctions evasion and money laundering on behalf of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and other groups …

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US spot Bitcoin ETFs post best week since April with $1B inflows
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The spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds registered their third-strongest showing since October as institutional demand showed signs of renewed momentum.

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Alleged Georgia Fraudster Drains $50,000 From Connecticut Business After Posing as Bank Employee
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A Georgia man has been arrested after allegedly impersonating a bank employee and tricking a Connecticut business into handing over $50,000. Junior Astre, 41, of Loganville, Georgia, faces charges including first-degree identity theft, second-degree money laundering, first-degree larceny, criminal impersonation and second-degree telephone fraud, reports CT Insider. The case began in June 2025 when a […]

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Bitcoin Implied Volatility Drops to 36% as Analysts Flag Structural Leverage Risks
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Bitcoin’s 30-day implied volatility has declined to 36%, reaching a long-term support level last observed in May 2026, according to data cited by Crypto Economy. The asset has traded in a narrow range below $65,000 for seven consecutive sessions, with maximum daily price movement recorded at 1.18%. Price registered at $64,739.1 on August 6, reflecting […]

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Major XRP Ledger Upgrade Targets Institutional Adoption But There’s a Catch
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XRPL has released version 3.3.0, which takes another step toward becoming infrastructure for institutional tokenization. It introduces several proposed amendments focused on privacy, payments, and managing real-world assets (RWAs). Confidential Transfers Perhaps the most significant new feature is called Confidential Transfer. It’s designed to allow institutions to hide balances and transaction amounts for Multi-Purpose Tokens […]

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Ripple Says EU Crypto Expansion Is Ready to Scale After MiCA Win
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Ripple says the regulatory groundwork for its European crypto business is now in place, shifting its focus from winning approvals to scaling. The push follows full MiCA authorization as Europe tightens rules for crypto service providers. Ripple Declares Europe Ready for Its Next Phase Ripple said in an Aug. 5, 2026, insight that the regulatory […]

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Coinbase Delists Five Crypto Tokens in Fresh Shakeup
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Trading support has been disabled for five crypto tokens on major crypto exchange Coinbase at the start of August.

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Hackers Figure Out a Trick to Steal Bitcoin From Cold Wallets, Grab $110 Million – Futurism
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The incident highlights persistent lapses in security plaguing the largely unregulated cryptocurrency industry. … The cryptocurrency firm has since …

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Bitcoin’s BIP-110 enters mandatory signaling with miner support below 3%
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The deployment milestone tests whether enforcing nodes can sustain the change amid limited miner signaling and discussion of a hard-fork fallback.

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Bitcoin’s BIP110 Moment: Three Possible Scenarios
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Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin’s BIP110 Moment: Three Possible Scenarios Author’s note: In my view BIP110 is both useless and harmful, and I do expect it to fail (see scenario 1). Despite this I tried to write this article as factually as I could, entertaining different possible scenarios, as I do hope it may provide some clarity […]

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Former SEC Official Warns Quantum Computing Could Challenge Crypto’s Security Foundations
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John Reed Stark, a former official at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), warned that the rapid advancement of quantum computing poses a critical “ticking clock” problem for the cryptocurrency market. According to the former SEC attorney, progress in this technology threatens to breach the cryptographic pillars that underpin the security of decentralized networks […]

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Bitcoin Bear Market Over? Top Analysts Turn Bullish, but History Says Otherwise
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Ever since bitcoin started plunging real hard at the start of the new year and dumped to and eventually below $60,000, analysts have been focused on trying to determine where the bottom is. As usual, they are split into two camps: two who believe another crash is coming, and the optimists indicating that the worst […]

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Bitcoin Wallets Spike to 2026 High as Coldcard Hack Fallout Spreads
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Bitcoin logged 2.27 million new wallets and 751,000 active wallets this week, its strongest onchain activity in months, as holders raced to move funds off Coldcard hardware wallets following a firmware exploit that has drained more than $116 million. A Security-Driven Surge, Not a Buying Spree Santiment put out onchain figures this week, describing 751,000 […]

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Crypto Biz: Crypto’s biggest business is starting to look a lot like banking
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Crypto business is converging with banking as stablecoin reserves, tokenized funds, Treasury income and balance sheet management become key profit drivers.

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Is Hyperlabs Selling? New 433,025 HYPE Unlock Stirs Concerns
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Hyperlabs unlocks hundreds of thousands of HYPE tokens, sparking speculation of a potential sell attempt as its price turns bearish.

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5 Best Crypto Casinos 2026 – Which Bitcoin Casinos Are Worth Playing?
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The best crypto casinos continue to reshape real money gaming by offering faster blockchain payments, broader cryptocurrency support, and secure …

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Crucial Vote On Crypto Clarity Act Delayed Until September, Trump Says More People Are Paying in Bitcoin: Reports
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Bitcoin Magazine Crucial Vote On Crypto Clarity Act Delayed Until September, Trump Says More People Are Paying in Bitcoin: Reports A vote on the long-awaited Clarity Act will be delayed until September as lawmakers go on recess today.  As first reported by POLITICO, citing comments from Majority Leader John Thune, the vote on the landmark […]

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Grayscale’s Chainlink ETF Sinks to $72M After LINK’s 18% Slide
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Grayscale filed a Form 10-Q with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its Chainlink Trust exchange-traded fund (ETF) on August 7, disclosing $72.2 million in net assets after a rough second quarter for LINK. A Routine Filing With Alarming Numbers The quarterly report, covering the three months ended June 30, shows the Grayscale […]

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Bitcoin price tags $65.3K August high as low US jobs numbers cool Fed rate bets
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Bitcoin hit month-to-date highs above $65,000 as risk-assets gained on low US nonfarm payrolls data.

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SharpLink CEO Warns Ethereum’s New EIP-8363 Proposal Could Weaken ETH’s Biggest Advantage
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Joseph Chalom, CEO of SharpLink and former BlackRock executive, expressed his opposition to Ethereum improvement proposal EIP-8363. This initiative, dubbed “Tapered Issuance Burn,” proposes progressively burning validator rewards to limit the amount of ETH in staking, eliminating issuance yield altogether if the threshold of 50% of tokens deposited is reached. https://t.co/EdLGKCJtsU — Joseph Chalom (@joechalom) […]

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Pi Network’s PI Reclaims Key Support, Bitcoin (BTC) Fights for $65K: Weekend Watch
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Bitcoin’s price jumped to $65,400 on Friday after the weaker-than-expected US jobs report, but it has lost some traction and has remained sideways at around $65,000. Most larger-cap alts are slightly in the green, aside from HYPE and CRO. The latter has slumped hard after the Trump Media group canceled its partnerships with the company […]

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