XRP $3.12 ▲ 4.8% BTC $114,820 ▲ 1.2% ETH $4,380 ▼ 0.6% RLUSD $1.00 ▲ 0.0% XLM $0.41 ▲ 3.1% Fear & Greed 68 · GreedXRP $3.12 ▲ 4.8% BTC $114,820 ▲ 1.2% ETH $4,380 ▼ 0.6% RLUSD $1.00 ▲ 0.0% XLM $0.41 ▲ 3.1% Fear & Greed 68 · Greed

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CME and Kalshi Spar Over Prediction Market Regulation at CFTC Hearing

Executives from the legacy futures giant and crypto-native prediction platform clashed during a Washington roundtable, raising questions about…

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Payward Pursues Full-Scale Banking Expansion Beyond US Regulatory Framework

Kraken's parent entity Payward is building out a comprehensive financial services platform, adding banking, lending, and asset management…

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Bitcoin Breaks Critical Technical Level as US Treasury Boosts Market Liquidity

Bitcoin climbed above its 200-day moving average for the first time in nine months following a major US…

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Bitcoin Breaks $72,000 as Massive Short Squeeze Powers Rally

Bitcoin surged above $72,000 on Thursday with gains of nearly 15% since Monday, driven by a record $3…

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Binance Launches Agent OS: AI Agents Now Trade Crypto Autonomously

Binance opens its trading platform to AI systems including ChatGPT and Claude, enabling autonomous trading while users retain…

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Bitcoin Breaks Past $72,000 With Strong Institutional Support

Bitcoin's rally past $72,000 is driven by spot and institutional demand through ETFs, but analysts emphasize the move…

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Bitcoin ETFs See Strong Investor Demand With $1B+ Inflows in Three Days

Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds have attracted over $1 billion in fresh capital from American investors, reflecting a bullish…

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Bitcoin’s Sharp Rally Shifts Prediction Markets From Bearish to Coin Flip

Bitcoin's strongest two-day performance in five months shifted betting odds from 70% bearish to nearly even, yet traders…

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Alibaba’s Revenue Surge Masks Profit Crisis as Company Bets Billions on AI Dominance

Alibaba beat revenue expectations with 9% growth driven by cloud and AI, but a 75% profit plunge reveals…

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US Debt Hits $40 Trillion, Fueling Bitcoin Rally Amid Macro Uncertainty

As US federal debt reaches a historic $40 trillion milestone, Bitcoin surges on Treasury intervention and macro hedging…

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XRP Rallies 19% as Ripple Executes Massive RLUSD Minting Campaign

Ripple orchestrated multiple RLUSD minting and burning operations on August 20 as XRP surged nearly 19% in a…

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Bitcoin Breaks Above $72,000 as Treasury Stimulus and Massive Short Squeeze Converge

Bitcoin surged to its highest level since June Thursday, breaking $72,000 on policy tailwinds and record-breaking liquidations exceeding…

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Bitcoin Surges Past $72,500 as US Threatens Economic Warfare Against Iran

Bitcoin reached new 11-week highs above $72,500 as geopolitical tensions escalated between the US and Iran, prompting significant…

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Bitcoin Miners’ AI Gamble: Billions in Capex Chasing Uncertain Returns

Public Bitcoin miners are making a historic bet on artificial intelligence and high-performance computing infrastructure, spending billions to…

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Optimism Redirects 546.9M OP Tokens to Institutional Growth, Ends User Airdrops

Optimism's governance has voted to repurpose over half a billion OP tokens from future airdrops into a Strategic…

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Agentic Payments Emerges as Next Crypto Frontier as AI Agents Seek Banking Access

OpenLedger contributor Ram Kumar identifies AI agent payments as a major use case for cryptocurrency, pointing to the…

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AI and Robots Poised to Drive Blockchain Adoption in Multi-Chain Future, Says Chainlink

Chainlink leadership projects a paradigm where artificial intelligence agents and autonomous systems become primary drivers of distributed ledger…

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XRP Surges to $1.21 on Washington Optimism, But Technical Indicators Warn of Profit-Taking Zone Ahead

XRP climbed nearly 20% this week to touch $1.21 following positive Washington developments, but technical analysts warn the…

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Shiba Inu Reclaims $0.000005 as 207 Billion Token Outflow Signals Strong Buyer Demand

Exchange data from CryptoQuant reveals a dramatic surge in SHIB withdrawals as holders move tokens off trading platforms,…

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Treasury Expands Buyback Operations, Opening New Macro Signals for Bitcoin Markets

The U.S. Treasury has increased its liquidity-support buyback operations for longer-dated securities. While not a crypto policy, the…

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Bitdeer Secures $400M AI Cloud Computing Deal for Malaysia Facility

Bitcoin mining company Bitdeer's AI division signs five-year agreement covering 50% of Malaysia data center capacity, signaling broader…

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Shiba Inu Surges 12% as $3 Billion Short Squeeze Drives Crypto Market Rally

SHIB climbed 12% as a $3.1 billion short squeeze sparked market-wide gains, while regulatory progress on the Clarity…

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Ethereum’s Institutional Pivot Drives Major Gains for Bitmine Holdings

Bitmine Immersion Technologies saw its cryptocurrency reserves surge by $2.2 billion as Ethereum rallied past $2,200, with Chairman…

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Shiba Inu Eyes Major Breakout as $425M Rally Signals Potential Trend Reversal

SHIB surges nearly 4% in one of its strongest short-term moves in weeks, targeting a critical technical resistance…

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Binance Removes Three Cryptocurrencies from Trading Platform Citing Volatility Concerns

Binance announces delisting of ICON, Secret, and Storj tokens, citing excessive volatility and failure to meet listing standards.…

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Webull’s Record Quarter Shows Crypto Trading Remains Niche Opportunity Amid Broader Brokerage Boom

Webull's second-quarter earnings reveal cryptocurrency trading contributed minimally to a record $198 million revenue haul, yet management signals…

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Bitcoin ETFs Record Largest Inflow Since May on Regulatory Progress

US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $517.2 million in inflows Wednesday—their largest single-day move since May—as regulatory progress and…

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KuCoin Secures ISO 42001 Certification for AI Governance

Cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin achieves ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification for its Artificial Intelligence Management System, formalizing AI governance across its…

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Record $3.1B Short Liquidations Drive Bitcoin to $72K as Market Sentiment Reverses

Cryptocurrency markets experienced a landmark capitulation as over $3 billion in short liquidations swept through digital assets over…

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Hyperliquid Surges 22% After Trump Administration Signals Regulatory Path for US Market Entry

President Trump announces CFTC working on regulatory framework to bring Hyperliquid into the US while maintaining compliance with…

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US Treasury Liquidity Expansion Drives Crypto Rally, but Pi Network Remains a Stubborn Laggard

Pi Network trades near $0.090 as the cryptocurrency market rallies on US Treasury buyback expansion, yet the token…

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Bitcoin ETF Inflows Accelerate on Treasury Buyback Program Expansion

Spot bitcoin ETFs captured $517 million in net inflows—the strongest showing in 3.5 months—as markets rallied following an…

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HYPE Token Surges 20% After Trump Signals US Regulatory Pathway for Hyperliquid

Hyperliquid's native token HYPE rallied sharply following President Trump's announcement that the CFTC is working to establish a…

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Pump.fun Shows Resilience as Derivatives Reach Record Highs, Signaling Renewed Momentum

Despite a 3% pullback on Wednesday, Pump.fun's derivatives data reveals growing trader confidence with futures open interest hitting…

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Ethereum Engineering Firm Nethermind Joins Chainlink as Node Operator

Nethermind, a leading Ethereum engineering firm, transitions from its LayerZero verifier role to join Chainlink's network as a…

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Bitcoin’s Sharpest Rally in Five Months Sparks Liquidation Cascade and Sentiment Flip

Bitcoin rallied 8.7% Wednesday to $69,749 after the U.S. Treasury announced plans to double its long-bond buyback program,…

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DCG Signals Potential Major Zcash Commitment to Grayscale Fund

Digital Currency Group is exploring a substantial contribution of approximately 200,000 ZEC to Grayscale's cryptocurrency fund, though the…

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Crypto Equities Rally as Bitcoin Charges Toward $70K, Triggering Billion-Dollar Short Squeeze

Strategy, Coinbase, and other crypto-linked stocks posted their strongest daily gains of summer as Bitcoin surged higher and…

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Crypto Rally Liquidates $1.22B in Shorts as Capital Rotates From Tech

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana surge as $1.22 billion in short positions are forcibly closed in a single hour,…

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Kalshi Seeks CFTC Approval for Copper Perpetual Futures as Derivatives Strategy Accelerates

The prediction market operator is expanding into commodity derivatives, proposing a cash-settled copper perpetual contract that leverages blockchain…

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MoneyGram Unlocks 500,000 Retail Locations for Solana Developers

MoneyGram CEO reveals major Solana integration enabling stablecoin-to-cash conversions at worldwide merchant network

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Coinbase Empowers Base App Users with High-Leverage Perpetual Futures Trading

Coinbase has integrated perpetual derivatives trading into its Base App through Hyperliquid, offering users access to over 290…

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Maya Protocol Halts Operations After Six-Bug Exploit Drains $1.7 Million in Assets

The cross-chain liquidity protocol suspended operations following a sophisticated attack that exploited critical software vulnerabilities, triggering an 89%…

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Bitcoin Breaks $70K as Ripple Joins White House Crypto Summit

A massive $1.14 billion in leveraged short bets got wiped out in a single hour as Bitcoin surged…

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FalconX and Ethena Launch $1 Billion Institutional Lending Facility Backed by USDe

The new facility will enable institutional borrowers to access overcollateralized loans using assets that back Ethena's synthetic stablecoin,…

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Moderna Doubles on Historic mRNA Cancer Trial Win; Merck Partnership Scores First Phase 3 Victory

Moderna's stock surged 131% Wednesday after its personalized neoantigen cancer therapy beat the standard of care in Phase…

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Standard Chartered and HSBC Execute First Live Cross-Border Transaction on Swift’s Blockchain Ledger

Two major banks successfully completed the first live transaction on Swift's blockchain-based ledger, demonstrating interoperability between tokenized deposit…

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Standard Chartered Sees Bitcoin Rally to $100K as US Treasury Bolsters Long-End Bond Buybacks

A major banking analyst believes Bitcoin could surge to $100,000 by year-end following the US Treasury's expanded support…

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Bitcoin Surges to 11-Week Peak as US Treasury Boosts Debt Buyback Program

Bitcoin rallied to its highest levels since June following the US Treasury's announcement of increased debt buyback operations,…

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HYPE Targets $60 as Hyperliquid Policy Center Urges SEC to Allow Pre-IPO Perpetuals

Hyperliquid's native token HYPE climbs above $58 with $60 in sight, while the Hyperliquid Policy Center urges the…

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