Ripple’s XRP remains locked in a broader bearish structure, although the latest short-term price action is beginning to show tentative signs of seller exhaustion. The $1 psychological level is now the immediate battleground, with the market approaching an important demand area below. Ripple Price Analysis: The Daily Chart XRP continues to trade within the large […]

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin as Digital Real Estate: An Excerpt from Leon Wankum’s Digital Real Estate Bitcoin can be understood through an analogy with real estate.16 Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), has compared investing in bitcoin to buying real estate in downtown Manhattan during the early stages of its development. As […]

An elderly Virginia woman lost $77,000 after scammers allegedly impersonated Amazon, Bank of America and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a scheme designed to convince her that her identity had been tied to criminal activity. The Alexandria resident was first contacted June 26th by a woman calling herself “Anna Covery,” who claimed to work […]

A federal court has approved a $700 million settlement resolving a multistate antitrust lawsuit against Google. Google is agreeing to a massive payout to resolve claims that it monopolized Android app distribution and in-app payments through the Google Play Store, resulting in consumer overcharges of up to 30% per transaction, says the Washington State Attorney General’s […]

TL;DR August Rebound: Bitcoin ETFs added $189.3M on Tuesday, extending a two‑day surge that pushed August inflows close to $1B after recovering from last week’s $250M outflow streak. Issuer Activity: BlackRock and Fidelity led the latest session, contributing heavily to the $951M August total, while Ether ETFs added $71.5M and continued their steady month‑long climb. […]

Crypto market participants closely analyze technical signals to form a Cardano outlook while monitoring how real-world asset adoption affects the Ondo coin. Evaluating established assets alongside emerging Layer 1 networks provides a view of current market dynamics. Observers often focus on projects that demonstrate ecosystem utility rather than speculative activity. In this environment, BlockDAG (BDAG) […]

Bitcoin’s sudden price surge on Wednesday caused over $1.9 billion in total market liquidations within 24 hours, heavily liquidating $1.74 billion in short positions. Bitcoin Rally and Consolidation After falling just short of hitting $70,000 on reports that the U.S. Treasury is doubling bond buybacks to $4 billion, bitcoin appeared to consolidate above $68,200. Despite […]

Ripple said the $275 million raised will support its expansion into traditional financial services such as prime brokerage and multi-asset clearing, citing strong demand from institutions.

Bitwise CEO shared the belief that Bitcoin’s adoption may still be in its early phase as recent 1-2% allocation advice from BlackRock sparks discussions.

TL;DR Kraken is running the Bitcoin Trading Challenge, a one-month BTC perp trading competition with a prize pool of 1 BTC, paid in Bitcoin rather than a fiat equivalent. The competition runs from August 19 to September 19, 2026 and is open to eligible clients outside the EEA, US, UK, Australia and Canada. Traders are […]

Cloud mining is gaining attention as a lower-barrier alternative to traditional cryptocurrency mining, with FT Mining highlighting remote …

A Georgia businessman has been accused of obtaining $24 million in bank loans using allegedly forged documents and fabricated financial records. Thomas Mwangi, 48, of Atlanta, was arraigned August 10th after a federal grand jury charged him with two counts of bank fraud and 13 counts of wire fraud, reports CBS. Mwangi previously owned and […]

Citi Investor Services is rolling out Custody+, a comprehensive suite of near- and real-time custody solutions to support always-on markets and institutional needs. The bank says the platform follows the U.S. rollout of its patented Single Event Processing technology, which now handles over 80% of total event volume in real time. Custody+ offers real-time asset […]

After weeks and weeks of sideways movements without any clear signs of a breakout in either direction, the crypto market is finally on the move. Bitcoin led the charge with a massive surge that drove it to its highest price tag since the middle of June at just over $69,000. Recall that BTC dipped below […]

September 15 is an important test for whether the Clarity Act can secure enough Senate support to continue through Congress. Political disagreements have weakened the bill’s momentum, while a compressed Senate calendar leaves little room for further delays. The SEC and CFTC can continue developing crypto rules under existing authority, but Alderoty considers congressional legislation […]

Metaplanet is set to take majority control of Super League Enterprise, which will retain its Nasdaq listing and existing advertising and media business. Super League will be renamed Superplanet and begin with 2,100 BTC, while Metaplanet has further investment capacity and will receive long-term warrants. Completion is targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026, with […]

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin’s Wild Swings Go Quiet, Even as the Bears Won’t Let Go Bitcoin is deep into its bear market, though it’s doing something it doesn’t typically do: sit still.  That’s according to a new report by VanEck, which noted that thirty-day realized volatility has fallen to 27.2% annualized, down from 30.4% the prior […]

Sweden’s H100 reported a $26 million loss for the first half of the year, as it completed its acquisitions to become Europe’s second-largest Bitcoin treasury by holdings.

ABU DHABI, UAE — 19th, 2026 — Stablecoins have become the way millions of people hold and move dollars on the blockchain, the quality and visibility of the reserves behind stablecoins can vary significantly. A new partnership between Bitcoin.com and Universal Digital Intl. Limited (“Universal”) is built around answering that question. Bitcoin.com will integrate USDU, […]

TL;DR: Bitcoin is trading around $64,900 with a 1.3% gain in the last 24 hours, after briefly touching $65,000. Bitcoin’s price has been trapped between $61,500 and $66,900 since July 8; implied volatility is at multi-year lows. The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond touched 5.333%, its highest level in nearly two decades, putting […]

Michael Saylor’s recent appearance on the Diary of a CEO podcast has generated a debate that extends beyond anecdote. Saylor stated that he utilized ChatGPT to design a financial product—a variable-dividend preferred share backed by Bitcoin—which enabled Strategy to raise approximately $150 billion in financing. The declaration, formulated in categorical terms (“AI helped me create $15 […]

Key crypto updates for Aug. 19: whales buy 642 million XRP at $1, SEC introduces token reform, while BTC futures face $4.3 billion liquidation risks.

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Symbiotic’s Liquid Lane gives eligible holders immediate USDC liquidity across three Centrifuge funds managed by Janus Henderson and NYLIM.

Bitcoin Magazine SEC Proposes Crypto Rulebook as Clarity Act Stalls The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed its own framework for crypto asset offerings, pressing ahead while landmark legislation stalls.  The regulator unveiled “Regulation Crypto Assets” on Tuesday, a tailored offering regime it says will let token issuers raise money in the U.S. without falling […]

Eight of 12 capitulation signals were firing as of 12 August, and all 12 reached their capitulation zone at some point in the prior three months, VanEck said. VanEck flags that its drawdown signal fires on an absolute minus 35% rule; on its own percentile rule the count would be seven of 12. Bitcoin closed […]

Keith Wille, a Groton, Connecticut metal detectorist, was hired by a Western Massachusetts family that felt stuck with a 1950s-built house because of a decades-old legend about hidden cash. After carpenters tore through walls and floors and came up empty, Wille swept the attic and got metal pings from the floorboards, leading to a dust-covered […]

Ethereum is consolidating around $1.9K after recovering sharply from the June and July lows. The broader structure has considerably improved, but ETH still remains below several important resistance levels, and at the moment, the market is at a key decision point. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart The daily chart shows ETH trading around $1.9K, […]

TL;DR Up to 10x leverage: Bitcoin, Nasdaq 100, and the S&P 500 all move to 10x, plus increases across many more markets. Half the margin, same position: a $1M Bitcoin position that used to need $200K in account margin now needs $100K. S&P 500 buying power doubles: its notional cap moves up alongside the leverage, […]

Anthony Scaramucci sees a silver lining in Bitcoin’s current bear market, arguing that the cryptocurrency’s roughly 55% decline.

As part of his plea, Sowerby admitted to defrauding approximately 400 victims from 2017 through 2018 in a cryptocurrency investment scheme under …

The central bank’s draft rules recognise digital currencies as capital, but treat anything outside its approved perimeter as pure risk. The Bank of Russia published the draft instruction on 14 August, setting out how brokers, asset managers, forex dealers and standalone digital currency exchange organisations should factor digital currencies into their capital calculations. Under the […]