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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 that a headline yield number reveals almost nothing about whether it
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Live updates: Bitcoin tepidly on the rise as stocks slip
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 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 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.
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.
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