
The additions come as Bybit’s TradFi perpetuals lineup grows to more than 200 products spanning equities, ETFs, commodities, indices and private companies.

Tokenized equities reached 1.31 million holders over the past month, as monthly transfer volume surged 179% to $23.13 billion and distributed value rose 5.9% to $2.38 billion.
Arthur Hayes has outlined a new “Yen-quake” macro thesis, arguing that efforts to support the Japanese yen could ultimately inject fresh dollar liquidity into global markets and become bullish for Bitcoin.
In his August 10 essay, Hayes focuses on the Federal Reserve’s FIMA Repo Facility, a mechanism that allows foreign official institutions to access dollars against US Treasury collateral. His argument is that a larger or more active FIMA channel could help Japan manage yen pressure without selling Treasuries outright, while still creating conditions that support risk assets.
It is an interesting theory. It is not confirmed policy.
That is the key distinction.
Hayes is laying out a speculative macro framework, not reporting that the Federal Reserve has already launched a new Bitcoin-friendly liquidity program.
For more details, visit the official Cryptotraderdigest platform.
Crypto traders watch the yen because Japan is deeply tied into global liquidity.
Yen weakness, Japanese government bonds, US Treasury holdings, carry trades, and central-bank coordination can all affect financial conditions. When funding markets shift, risk assets often respond.
Bitcoin has become part of that macro conversation.
Some investors treat BTC as a liquidity-sensitive asset. When global dollar liquidity expands, Bitcoin can benefit. When liquidity tightens, BTC often struggles. That relationship is not perfect, but it is strong enough that traders pay attention.
Hayes’ argument fits that framework.
The FIMA Repo Facility allows foreign central banks and official institutions to temporarily exchange US Treasury securities for dollars through repo transactions.
In theory, that can reduce pressure to sell Treasuries outright during periods of dollar demand. For a country like Japan, which holds a large amount of US Treasuries, the facility can be an important liquidity backstop.
Hayes’ argument is that using or expanding this channel could create more dollar liquidity.
More liquidity, in his view, could support Bitcoin, gold, and other assets that respond to monetary expansion.
That is the thesis.
The market needs to be careful here.
There is a big difference between a macro essay and an official Federal Reserve action. Hayes may be right about the incentives. He may be early. He may be wrong. The facility may or may not be used in the way he describes.
None of that is confirmed just because the theory is compelling.
Crypto markets are often quick to turn liquidity narratives into certainty. That can be dangerous. A trade built around expected policy action can fail if the policy never comes, arrives later than expected, or has a smaller effect than imagined.
Even with that caution, the thesis matters because Bitcoin traders are searching for the next liquidity catalyst.
ETF flows, corporate treasuries, stablecoin supply, rate expectations, fiscal policy, and global reserve management all feed into the same question: is there more money available to buy risk assets?
If the yen issue forces new dollar liquidity into the system, Bitcoin could respond.
If it does not, the thesis may remain just another macro scenario.
The important part is that Bitcoin is now mature enough to be discussed inside global liquidity mechanics. Traders are not only watching exchange flows anymore. They are watching central-bank facilities.
Hayes’ “Yen-quake” essay is best treated as a macro lens, not a forecast that must happen.
It gives crypto traders a framework for thinking about Japan, the Fed, Treasury collateral, dollar liquidity, and Bitcoin. That is useful, especially when markets are searching for a new catalyst.
But it should not be mistaken for confirmed coordination or guaranteed BTC upside.
The yen may become an important part of Bitcoin’s next macro story.
For now, it is still a theory.
This article is based on Arthur Hayes’ August 2026 “Yen-quake” essay.
This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.
Solana climbed roughly 7% from its August 7 low to an August 10 intraday high, breaking above a descending trendline that had shaped price action since July.
Market data shows SOL moved from about $72.49 to $77.36 during the rebound. That is a meaningful short-term move, especially after several weeks of weaker momentum.
But it should not be treated as a confirmed long-term reversal.
A breakout from a multi-week downtrend can improve sentiment, but Solana still trades inside a broader market driven by Bitcoin, liquidity, ETF flows, risk appetite, and macro data. One rally changes the setup. It does not guarantee the next leg higher.
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Technical levels matter because traders watch them together.
If enough market participants see a descending channel or trendline, a break above it can change positioning. Shorts may cover. Momentum traders may enter. Spot buyers may regain confidence. Market makers may adjust hedges.
For Solana, the move from $72.49 to $77.36 gives bulls something to point to.
The asset had been under pressure, and a clean break from a downward pattern suggests selling momentum has at least slowed.
That does not mean the bearish case disappears, but it makes the chart less one-sided.
SOL rarely trades in isolation.
When Bitcoin weakens, Solana often feels it. When liquidity improves and traders rotate into higher-beta assets, SOL can outperform. That makes the asset sensitive to both crypto-specific catalysts and broader market mood.
A 7% rally is encouraging, but the next test is whether buyers keep defending higher levels if the wider market turns cautious.
Solana’s ecosystem remains active, but token price is still influenced by macro conditions, leverage, and capital rotation.
This distinction matters.
A price breakout does not automatically prove network adoption improved. It may reflect trading flows, technical positioning, short covering, or broader altcoin momentum.
Solana’s fundamentals should be measured through activity, developers, fees, apps, stablecoins, DeFi usage, NFT activity, payments, and infrastructure growth.
The price move is still worth covering because market structure matters, but it should not be confused with a full fundamental upgrade.
For bulls, the key is follow-through.
Breaking a downtrend is one thing. Holding above it is another. SOL needs sustained buying, higher lows, and enough volume to show the move is not just a brief relief rally.
If price slips back below the broken trendline, traders may treat the breakout as a fakeout.
If SOL consolidates above it, the market may become more confident that the July downtrend has lost control.
The next few sessions matter.
Solana’s 7% rebound is a positive short-term signal.
It shows buyers are still willing to step in around the low-$70s and that the market can respond quickly when technical pressure eases. But the move does not settle the larger question of whether SOL is entering a stronger trend.
For now, it is a breakout attempt with momentum behind it.
That is enough to put Solana back on traders’ screens, but not enough to declare a lasting reversal.
This article is based on public Solana market data for August 7–10, 2026.
This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.
Coinbase has launched futures, options, and perpetuals for professional clients in the United Kingdom, expanding its derivatives offering through its MiFID authorization.
The rollout is not for UK retail users. Eligibility is limited to users classified as Professional Clients, which means they must meet criteria tied to trading activity, portfolio size, or relevant professional experience.
That is the most important detail.
Crypto derivatives can offer hedging, leverage, and more sophisticated trading strategies, but regulators draw a clear line between professional and retail access. Coinbase’s UK expansion gives qualifying clients more tools, while keeping retail users outside the product set.
For more details, visit the official Coinbase platform.
The UK has a complicated relationship with crypto derivatives.
Retail access has been heavily restricted, but professional and institutional markets continue to develop through regulated structures. Coinbase’s move fits into that gap: more advanced products for clients who meet professional standards.
For qualifying users, derivatives can be useful.
They allow traders to hedge spot exposure, manage risk, express views without holding the underlying asset, or structure more complex strategies around volatility and timing.
For Coinbase, the offering helps deepen its institutional and professional trading business in a major financial market.
The eligibility criteria matter because “professional” is not just marketing language.
Elective professional status typically requires users to meet certain thresholds. These can include trading frequency, portfolio size above €500,000, or relevant professional experience in financial markets.
That means a casual UK crypto user should not expect access.
This distinction protects the accuracy of the story and the regulatory framing. Coinbase is not reopening crypto derivatives to everyone in the UK. It is expanding access within a defined professional-client framework.
That may still be commercially meaningful, but it is not a retail mass-market launch.
Spot trading is only one part of a mature market.
Derivatives are where many professional traders manage exposure. Futures and options can support hedging, basis trades, volatility strategies, and risk transfer. Perpetuals, while crypto-native, are also central to liquidity and price discovery in digital assets.
Offering these products to UK professionals gives Coinbase a more complete trading stack.
It also helps the exchange compete with other venues serving institutional and sophisticated crypto clients.
The more regulated venues offer derivatives, the more professional flow may move away from purely offshore platforms.
The announcement may be especially relevant for larger assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, because professional derivatives demand usually starts with the most liquid markets.
Institutions are more likely to trade products where spreads are tight, liquidity is deep, and risk models are mature. That tends to favor BTC and ETH first, before moving further into altcoins.
Over time, derivatives access can help build more efficient markets around major crypto assets.
But efficiency cuts both ways. Leverage can support liquidity, but it can also amplify volatility when positioning gets crowded.
Coinbase’s expansion is another sign that the UK crypto market is becoming more segmented.
Retail users face one set of rules. Professional clients face another. Regulated firms are building inside those boundaries rather than waiting for a single open market.
That may frustrate some users, but it is likely how crypto integrates into traditional finance.
The immediate takeaway is clear: Coinbase is giving UK professional clients access to a broader derivatives suite, but ordinary retail investors are not included.
Crypto derivatives are expanding in the UK, but only through the professional lane.
This article is based on Coinbase’s official UK derivatives announcement.
This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.
Riot Platforms has signed a long-term data center lease agreement tied to Anthropic, giving the Bitcoin miner another route into AI and high-performance computing as miners continue looking beyond block rewards.
The company’s filing describes a 20-year lease agreement for 191 megawatts of critical IT capacity at its Rockdale campus. The deal carries total revenue potential of up to $16.1 billion if extension options are exercised.
That is a huge number, but it needs careful framing.
This does not mean Riot is abandoning Bitcoin mining. It means the company is using its power portfolio and data-center footprint to diversify into AI compute, a strategy more miners are exploring as energy assets become valuable beyond crypto.
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Bitcoin miners are energy infrastructure companies as much as crypto companies.
They own or lease power capacity, operate large facilities, manage cooling, negotiate grid relationships, and build data-center environments. Those skills overlap with AI and high-performance computing, even if the hardware and customer base are different.
AI companies need power. They need data centers. They need long-term capacity.
Miners already have some of the hardest pieces in place.
That is why the sector has spent the last few years exploring whether mining sites can be repurposed or expanded for AI workloads.
Riot’s Rockdale campus has long been one of its key infrastructure assets.
A 191 MW lease tied to critical IT capacity shows how valuable that infrastructure can be when pointed at AI demand. Unlike Bitcoin mining, where revenue depends heavily on BTC price, network difficulty, block rewards, and fees, long-term compute leases can create more predictable contracted revenue.
That predictability is attractive.
Bitcoin mining is cyclical. AI compute demand is currently intense. A miner that can serve both markets may be better positioned than one relying on mining alone.
The risk is execution. AI data-center customers require different standards, capital expenditure, service-level expectations, and operational reliability.
The market should avoid overreacting in either direction.
This is not proof that Bitcoin mining is dead. It is also not a guarantee that every miner can become an AI data-center company. Power access gives miners a head start, but AI infrastructure is not just mining with different machines.
Customers like Anthropic need high reliability, networking, cooling, uptime commitments, and specialized buildouts.
Still, Riot’s agreement shows that the mining industry’s power assets have optionality. In a world where AI companies are desperate for energy and capacity, miners may have more leverage than the market once assumed.
The headline revenue potential of up to $16.1 billion is striking, but investors need to remember the “if.”
That figure depends on extension options and long-term execution. It should not be treated as immediate guaranteed revenue. The base lease, customer demand, buildout milestones, and future options all matter.
Long-term contracted capacity can be valuable, but the value unfolds over time.
For investors, the key questions are capital cost, margin profile, timing, counterparty obligations, and how the AI business sits alongside Riot’s mining operations.
The larger shift is that miners are starting to think less like pure BTC producers and more like power monetization platforms.
Sometimes the best use of power is mining Bitcoin. Sometimes it may be AI compute. Sometimes it may be grid services, hosting, curtailment programs, or hybrid models.
That flexibility could reshape the sector.
Miners with strong power assets may be valued differently from those with only machines and thin margins. Riot’s Anthropic-linked lease points in that direction.
Bitcoin mining remains part of the story. AI compute is becoming another chapter.
This article is based on Riot Platforms’ August 2026 corporate filing and data-center lease disclosure.
This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.
The spot exchange-traded funds tracking the performance of the largest cryptocurrency by market cap turned red once again in the past five trading days, with just one day recording more net inflows than outflows.
Although the ETH ETFs broke a five-week green streak, their net withdrawals were significantly less violent than those of the Bitcoin counterparts.
CryptoPotato reported last weekend that the Bitcoin ETFs had registered their best week since April in terms of net inflows, with more than $850 million entering the funds. This was in stark contrast with the previous few months, in which withdrawals dominated, and the rare occasions of net inflows were quite modest.
As such, hope returned within the cryptocurrency community that the late Q2 ETF slumber is over and investors have finally shifted their behavior. However, the second full week of August didn’t provide the necessary confirmation. Just the opposite; the funds bled out almost $390 million.
Monday was the most painful day, with $144.67 million leaving the funds. Another $61.16 million was withdrawn on Wednesday, $131.13 million on Thursday, and $57.63 million on Friday. The only positive day was Tuesday, but the actual $4.89 million was nowhere near enough to offset any of the losses.
Meanwhile, BlackRock’s IBIT continues to be by far the largest Bitcoin ETF, with net assets of nearly $47 billion. Fidelity’s FBTC ($10.70 billion) and Grayscale’s GBTC ($8.26 billion) follow suit.

Unlike the Bitcoin ETFs, the funds tracking the largest altcoin were actually on an impressive all-green streak that lasted for five consecutive weeks. It began during the first full week of July and ran until the first full week of August. Within this timeframe, the cumulative total net inflows increased from under $10.90 billion to $11.46 billion.
However, the streak was snapped in the past week, even though the actual withdrawals were quite modest, at just $2.26 million. As such, the Ethereum ETFs have outperformed their Bitcoin counterparts once again. Monday and Tuesday saw net outflows of $14.59 million and $1.76 million, respectively, while the net inflows of $7.38 million on Wednesday and $6.72 million on Thursday failed to help it recover all the losses.
Interestingly, Friday was a no-action day, with SoSoValue showing $0.00 in net flows, which is rare for the Ethereum ETFs.

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As it happened during the past few weekends, bitcoin’s price volatility has essentially disappeared once Saturday and Sunday come, with the asset remaining stuck at $63,000 for roughly 36 hours now.
Most altcoins have performed similarly, which is why we will focus on their weekly moves. Some of the major gainers here are XMR, LINK, WLD, and WLFI.
As mentioned above, the previous weekend was also dull in terms of price action. However, it was more positive as the primary cryptocurrency had shrugged off the weekly losses and stood at around $65,000. The tides turned on Monday morning when it tried to break out, but it was halted at $65,400.
The subsequent leg down was painful as it pushed it to $63,800. After a couple of recovery attempts to $64,400, the bears resumed control once again. This time, they were even more persistent, pushing it to under $63,000 on Thursday. The same scenario repeated with lower highs, and BTC slumped once again on Friday to a 10-day low of $62,500.
As such, the asset had lost roughly $3,000 since the start of the week. The bulls finally intervened after this steep decline, given the current sluggish market environment, and helped it recover to $63,000, where it has remained for the past day and a half.
Its market capitalization remains at $1.265 trillion on CG, while its dominance over the alts is still below 57%.

The weekly scale is quite contrasting, but red tends to dominate. Ripple’s XRP dipped below $1.00 on a couple of occasions in the past week and it has managed to remain at precisely that level as of now after a 3.5% dip since last Sunday. ETH is below $1,900 following a 1.6% decline.
Even more losses come from ADA (-10.6%), UNI (-18%), DOT (-7%), BCH (-5.5%), HBAR (-6.6%), and ZEC (-5%). In contrast, WLFI and WLD are the two top gainers from the larger caps, both surging by over 13% since last Sunday. LINK has jumped by 13% to $9.4. XMR (7.7%) and HYPE (4%) follow suit.
The total crypto market cap has remained sideways at around $2.230 trillion on CG.

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In XRP news today, Evernorth is changing the number of shares issuable to investors in connection with its proposed business combination with Armada Acquisition Corp. II.
The amended subscription agreements tie the share count to XRP’s value at closing, measured by its volume-weighted average price, rather than the $2.36 XRP price used when the business combination agreement was signed.
The company said the amendment is intended to align its capitalization with the market value of its underlying XRP holdings at closing.
Evernorth, which is seeking to become a publicly traded digital asset treasury through the transaction, said the revised terms were filed in an amended Form S-4 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Why is Evernorth reworking its Nasdaq deal before it even lists?
Timing matters here this is happening ahead of the Armada II merger close, not after.
The shift: XRP-per-share now floats with price at closing instead of a fixed $2.36 anchor, meaning share count adjusts to…
— 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸XRP (@BankXRP) August 14, 2026
Investors subscribed through a series of private placements at $10.00 per share, with most funding in advance and others on a delayed basis, according to Evernorth. Under the revised structure, the number of shares issuable at closing will be adjusted based on XRP’s value at that time.
Evernorth said the restructuring is expected to reduce the number of shares issued at closing based on XRP’s current trading price. With the company’s net asset value spread across fewer shares, each share would represent a larger portion of Evernorth’s XRP treasury. The company said the adjustment mechanism operates in both directions depending on XRP’s value at closing.
The change is designed to address the difference between XRP’s value at signing and its value at closing, prior to the planned public listing.
Evernorth said this approach is intended to give public investors exposure on terms better aligned with the net asset value of each share, rather than on a valuation based on historical XRP prices.
In other XRP news, investors representing more than 95% of committed capital, including all of Evernorth’s advance funders, have agreed to the revised terms, the company said. The Armada II sponsor has also agreed to adjust its founder shares on the same proportional basis as the advance funding investors.
Evernorth said the sponsor adjustment is intended to share the impact of the restructuring broadly across stakeholders. Management and Evernorth’s founding investors believe the amendment will produce a capitalization structure that more accurately reflects the value of the company’s XRP holdings at closing.
Asheesh Birla, Evernorth’s founder and chief executive, said the revised approach is intended to preserve alignment among investors while supporting the company’s strategy of building institutional access to the XRP ecosystem. He also pointed to the advance funding group’s support for the amended terms.

(SOURCE: TradingView)
Evernorth’s investors include Arrington Capital, SBI Group, Ripple, Pantera Capital, Kraken and GSR, among others. The business combination is expected to close in late Q3 or early Q4 2026, subject to SEC review and customary closing conditions.
The registration statement is not yet effective. Evernorth and Armada II said shareholders will receive a definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents when available in connection with a vote on the proposed business combination.
Evernorth said its holdings and strategy remain unchanged. The company plans to focus on growing XRP per share through capital allocation, participation in the XRP ecosystem, and treasury operations as it pursues its planned public-market debut.
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XRP traded at $1.02 today. At that level, the token was approximately -70% below its 2025 peak near $3.50. A return to $3 in 2026 for Ripple would therefore depend on a recovery in price momentum as well as the institutional and regulatory factors that underpin the more bullish forecasts.
Worryingly, the past three sessions have seen no inflows or outflows into Ripple ETFs, potentially signaling a dwindling institutional interest in the asset.
The same snapshot placed XRP’s market capitalization at $64Bn and reported 24-hour trading volume of $1.2Bn. XRP had declined from late-November highs near $2.20 to longstanding support at the $1 level, while a pattern of lower highs describes a bearish short-term structure.
ALTCOIN: $XRP just broke $1. ETF inflows: ZERO. $8.45M longs liquidated. Network activity down 44%.
Whales just bought 380M XRP anyway. CPI on deck — does $1 hold?
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— CoinMarginalX (@CoinMarginalX) August 11, 2026
XRP exchange-traded products are a major factor in the 2026 debate. The supplied evidence reports more than $1.15Bn in combined inflows since their November 2025 launch and 30 consecutive trading sessions of net inflows. Those figures point to institutional interest even as XRP’s price remained below its 2025 peak.
For a move toward $3 to gain support from this narrative, inflows would need to remain durable. The evidence also describes a longer-term scenario in which ETF inflows scale beyond $4Bn alongside regulatory progress. That outcome is a condition in bullish projections, not a confirmed result.
CoinGlass data shows that total net inflows for XRP ETFs currently sit at $776M since they went live in November 2025. However, inflows have slowed down considerably in recent times, with the past three sessions seeing no money flowing into or out of the funds.

(SOURCE: CoinGlass)
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Standard Chartered projected that XRP could reach $8 by the end of 2026, with sustained ETF inflows and regulatory clarity cited as drivers. The Motley Fool offered $3 as a realistic 2026 target.
Other estimates in the supplied evidence ranged from a CoinCodex projection of $2.75 by end-2026 to a Changelly model forecasting an average price of $5.12 in 2026.
These estimates are forecasts rather than guarantees, and their range reflects uncertainty around market conditions, fund flows, and regulation.
The technical analysis also presented a bearish path toward $0.95 before a potential recovery, underscoring the difference between near-term risk and longer-term bullish cases.


(SOURCE: DefiLlama)
XRP’s cross-border payments use case remains part of its longer-term investment narrative. The evidence, however, notes that many banks use RippleNet’s messaging stack without adopting XRP for liquidity. That distinction leaves real-world settlement use as an important factor to monitor alongside ETFs and regulation.
A path toward $3 in 2026 would be supported by persistent institutional demand, greater regulatory clarity, and improving market conditions.
It would also require XRP to overcome the technical resistance and bearish momentum described in the December snapshot. The available forecasts show that $3 is within the range of published expectations, but they also show that the outcome remains uncertain.
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ChainCatcher 消息,据 GoPlus 监测,一位比特币持有者刚将资产从 Coldcard MK4 硬件钱包安全转移至中心化交易所,躲过了硬件钱包本身被盗的风险,但转移完成后不到 12 小时内其谷歌账号被黑,因开启了谷歌验证云同步,导致交易所账户被登录、约 75 万美元比特币被清空。GoPlus 指出,此类攻击通常不靠暴力破解,而是通过社工钓鱼和弱密码撞库实现,常见路径包括:钓鱼页面诱导输入谷歌密码、恶意浏览器插件或破解软件窃取 Cookie 与密码、弱密码复用被撞库、恢复邮箱或手机号被接管后重置密码。
Technicals, whale accumulation, and historical cycles are lining up, raising the question of whether DOGE could repeat its big five-wave move by the end of Q3.
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Ethereum (ETH) remains one of the most closely watched assets in the cryptocurrency market. After a period of significant volatility, ETH has been attempting to stabilize and rebuild momentum. Recent market data places ETH around the $1,900 area in early August, although intraday prices can move quickly in the crypto market. (Reddit)
The recent price action suggests that Ethereum is trying to establish a base after its earlier decline. ETH has been trading in a relatively tight range around the $1,900–$1,915 region in recent sessions, with trading activity moderating compared with the stronger volumes seen during previous moves. (Reddit)
For bulls, the most important development would be a sustained move above the recent resistance zone. A breakout supported by stronger volume could signal that buyers are gaining control and potentially open the door toward higher resistance levels.
On the other hand, failure to hold the current trading range could bring renewed selling pressure. Traders should therefore focus on confirmation rather than assuming that every short-term bounce represents the beginning of a major rally.
Ethereum has faced several challenges during this market cycle. ETH has underperformed Bitcoin significantly, while the ETH/BTC ratio has remained under pressure. Earlier research highlighted that Ethereum’s drawdown from its 2025 high was considerably larger than Bitcoin’s, showing how much weaker ETH’s relative performance had become. (DHLm Studio)
One important issue is value capture. Ethereum’s Layer-2 ecosystem has expanded rapidly, but greater activity on Layer-2 networks can also reduce the amount of activity and fees directly captured by Ethereum’s mainnet.
At the same time, this scaling strategy has produced major benefits for users. Research published in 2026 found that Ethereum’s upgrades had substantially increased throughput across the mainnet and Layer-2 ecosystem while median transaction fees had fallen sharply. (arXiv)
This creates an interesting long-term trade-off: Ethereum is becoming cheaper and more scalable, but investors are still assessing how that growth translates into value for ETH itself.
Ethereum’s investment case is not based purely on price speculation. The network remains a major infrastructure layer for decentralized finance, stablecoins, tokenized assets and smart contracts.
Network revenue data also shows that stablecoin transfers remain an important source of Ethereum activity. A 2026 market review found that stablecoin transfers represented the largest share of Ethereum Layer-1 revenue among the sectors analyzed. (Kraken)
This matters because sustained real-world usage can provide a stronger foundation for ETH demand than speculative trading alone.
Another factor worth watching is institutional exposure to ETH.
Corporate Ethereum holdings grew substantially during 2025, with companies building ETH treasury strategies and treating the asset as a longer-term balance-sheet holding. (Business Standard)
The thesis is different from simply holding cash. ETH can potentially provide staking rewards while also giving institutions exposure to Ethereum’s broader ecosystem.
However, corporate accumulation should not automatically be interpreted as a guarantee of higher prices. These strategies can change with market conditions, financing costs and investor sentiment.
From a technical perspective, ETH traders should focus on three broad areas:
1. Current support zone
The $1,900 region has recently acted as an important area of price consolidation. Holding this zone would help maintain the short-term recovery structure.
2. Psychological resistance
The $2,000 level is an important psychological barrier. A convincing move above it could improve market sentiment and attract additional momentum traders.
3. Higher resistance
If ETH successfully breaks above $2,000 and establishes support there, the market could begin testing higher resistance zones. The strength of volume will be important because a breakout without meaningful participation can quickly turn into a false move.
Several factors could strengthen the bullish case:
A combination of these factors would provide a much stronger signal than price appreciation alone.
There are also several risks.
Bitcoin continues to influence the direction of the broader crypto market, meaning a major BTC correction could put pressure on ETH regardless of Ethereum’s own fundamentals.
Ethereum also faces intense competition from other blockchain ecosystems. Lower transaction costs and faster networks are positive for users, but Ethereum must continue attracting developers, liquidity and applications to maintain its position.
Finally, macroeconomic conditions remain important. Higher interest rates, tighter liquidity and weaker risk appetite can reduce demand for volatile assets such as cryptocurrencies.
Ethereum’s current setup is best viewed as a recovery attempt rather than a confirmed new bull trend.
The recent stabilization around the $1,900 area is encouraging, but ETH needs to reclaim important psychological and technical resistance with stronger volume before the bullish case becomes more convincing.
The most important question is not simply whether ETH can move higher for a few days. The bigger question is whether Ethereum can convert its growing ecosystem, scaling improvements and institutional interest into sustained demand for ETH.
If buyers successfully reclaim major resistance and the broader crypto market remains supportive, ETH could enter a stronger recovery phase. If resistance continues to hold and volume remains weak, consolidation or another retest of lower support levels remains possible.
Ethereum remains one of the most important assets in the digital-asset ecosystem, but its price recovery faces both opportunities and challenges.
The short-term picture depends heavily on price structure, volume and Bitcoin’s direction. The longer-term picture depends on Ethereum’s ability to maintain its dominance in DeFi, stablecoins, tokenization and smart-contract infrastructure while ensuring that network growth translates into meaningful value for ETH.
For traders, the key is confirmation. For long-term investors, the more important story may be whether Ethereum’s expanding ecosystem can continue generating sustainable demand over time.
As always, cryptocurrency markets are highly volatile, and technical levels can change quickly. This article is for educational purposes and should not be considered financial advice.

Glamsterdam is a planned Ethereum network upgrade (hard fork) that bundles together several Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs). Rather than introducing a single revolutionary feature, it focuses on incremental improvements that optimize network performance, transaction efficiency, and validator operations.
Ethereum’s development philosophy emphasizes continuous improvements instead of one-time overhauls. Glamsterdam follows this approach by refining existing systems while preparing the network for future innovations.
Ethereum processes millions of transactions and supports thousands of decentralized applications (dApps). As adoption grows, the network must continuously improve to address challenges such as:
Each network upgrade builds on previous improvements to keep Ethereum competitive while maintaining decentralization.
One of Glamsterdam’s primary objectives is optimizing how Ethereum processes transactions and executes smart contracts. Even modest efficiency gains can reduce network load and improve user experience during periods of high activity.
Ethereum’s long-term scaling strategy relies heavily on Layer-2 solutions such as Optimism, Arbitrum, Base, and zk-rollups. Glamsterdam is expected to further support this ecosystem by making Layer-2 integrations more efficient and cost-effective.
Protocol optimizations may reduce unnecessary computation and improve resource utilization, helping validators and developers operate more efficiently.
Ethereum developers benefit from protocol improvements that simplify smart contract development, increase reliability, and reduce unexpected execution costs.
For everyday ETH holders, the Glamsterdam upgrade is expected to be seamless.
Users generally will not need to:
Wallet providers, exchanges, and infrastructure services typically handle the technical changes automatically.
Validators help secure Ethereum through Proof of Stake. Glamsterdam may introduce protocol refinements that improve validator performance and optimize how the network processes blocks and transactions.
These improvements strengthen network stability without changing Ethereum’s fundamental consensus mechanism.
Developers building decentralized applications may benefit from:
As Ethereum continues growing, these improvements make it easier to build scalable applications.
Ethereum’s scaling roadmap increasingly depends on Layer-2 networks.
Rather than processing every transaction directly on Ethereum’s main chain, Layer-2 solutions handle most activity off-chain while settling their final state on Ethereum.
Glamsterdam supports this vision by improving the underlying protocol, making Ethereum a stronger settlement layer for the expanding Layer-2 ecosystem.
Network upgrades often generate excitement within the crypto community, but protocol improvements do not automatically translate into immediate price appreciation.
The long-term impact depends on factors such as:
Historically, successful upgrades have strengthened Ethereum’s fundamentals, although short-term market reactions have varied.
Every Ethereum upgrade undergoes extensive testing before deployment. Developers use public testnets, multiple independent client implementations, and security audits to minimize risks before activation on the mainnet.
This cautious development process has become one of Ethereum’s defining strengths.
The Glamsterdam upgrade reflects Ethereum’s philosophy of continuous improvement. Instead of relying on dramatic changes, Ethereum advances through carefully tested upgrades that steadily improve scalability, efficiency, and security.
As decentralized finance, tokenization, gaming, artificial intelligence, and real-world assets continue expanding on Ethereum, upgrades like Glamsterdam help ensure the network can support the next generation of blockchain applications.
The Glamsterdam upgrade is another important milestone in Ethereum’s long-term roadmap. While users may not notice dramatic changes immediately, the upgrade is expected to strengthen the network’s infrastructure, improve efficiency, support Layer-2 growth, and enhance the developer experience.
Ethereum’s evolution is a marathon rather than a sprint. Each upgrade brings the ecosystem closer to its goal of becoming the world’s most secure, decentralized, and scalable smart contract platform, laying the foundation for broader adoption in the years ahead.
The new report maps the illicit and legitimate uses of crypto privacy tools, drawing on data from TRM Labs, Chainalysis, the RAND Corporation, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Statista, and U.S. Treasury Department disclosures. It argues that the current regulatory focus is aimed at the wrong layer of the transaction stack.
In early 2026, Polygon Labs announced $250 million in acquisitions of Coinme and Sequence to expand its stablecoin payments infrastructure. Coinme provides licensed US fiat on- and off-ramps with a nationwide retail footprint, while Sequence adds enterprise wallet infrastructure and one-click cross-chain transaction capabilities. Together, these additions strengthen Polygon’s position in regulated, production-grade stablecoin payments.
Caroline Crenshaw’s departure from the SEC on January 2 marks a turning point for crypto regulation in Washington. The longtime cryptocurrency skeptic’s exit leaves the commission operating under a 3-0 Republican majority—a historic shift that clears the way for Paul Atkins’ pro-innovation agenda to move forward without meaningful internal opposition.
Crenshaw spent over a decade at SEC agency, consistently raising concerns about cryptocurrencies, digital assets and investor protection.
Her exit coincides with the broader regulatory reorganization under the Trump administration, which has explicitly positioned itself to make the U.S. the “crypto capital of the world.”
The commission now operates with fewer members than authorized, as Trump hasn’t yet filled the vacant seats—a strategic pause that effectively gives the Republican-majority commissioners free rein on policy.
The timing couldn’t be sharper. SEC Chair Paul Atkins has already signaled plans to introduce an “innovation exemption” that would let crypto startups test new products under lighter regulatory requirements, provided they meet basic consumer protections. [3][7] That proposal was expected within 30 days of December 2, meaning it could arrive any moment. With Crenshaw gone, there’s no institutional voice pushing back on the exemption’s scope or implementation details.
The broader regulatory picture is also shifting. The Senate is scheduled to hold hearings in January on the CLARITY Act—landmark legislation designed to end years of turf warfare between the SEC and CFTC by clearly dividing jurisdiction over different crypto products. [3][7] White House crypto adviser David Sacks said in December the bill is “closer to passage than at any point in the past.” [3] These aren’t minor procedural tweaks. They represent a fundamental reordering of how Washington approaches digital assets.
The real action starts immediately. Watch for the innovation exemption announcement—it could drop with minimal fanfare. Then track the Senate hearings on CLARITY in January. If that bill moves to a floor vote and passes, the crypto industry will have concrete answers about regulatory jurisdiction for the first time in years. Markets have been pricing in regulatory clarity for months. Crenshaw’s departure removes one of the last obstacles to delivering on it.
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PEPE just ripped 26% higher on January 2, hitting $0.000005106 as trading volume exploded past $800 million.
That’s no thin pump—retail’s back, Robinhood holders sitting on 8.3% of supply, and a Hyperliquid whale named James Wynn dropped a bombshell prediction: $69 billion market cap by end-2026. If you’re trading memes, this is your wake-up call. Why now? New year FOMO meets bold calls in a market where BTC chills at $88k.

PEPE’s ERC-20 on Ethereum. No fancy DeFi twist here—just pure meme liquidity. Volume spiked 370-400% in 24 hours, open interest jumped 82% to $446.5 million on derivatives. RSI hit 67, screaming bullish momentum after breaking $0.0000042 resistance.
Whales aren’t dumping. That official “We ride at dawn” tweet lit socials on fire—crypto Twitter’s buzzing. Supply’s fixed at 420.69 trillion tokens. If Wynn’s right, that’s $0.000164 per PEPE. Math checks out. But Ethereum gas? Still a killer for small trades.
Total crypto cap up 1.07% to $2.99T. BTC +1.21% at $88,765, dominance slipping to 59.22%—alts eating its lunch. PEPE led top gainers, outpacing Story (+25%) and Mog. Volumes hit $164B market-wide. No massive liqs reported, but meme sector OI surging means leveraged degens are in.
BTC’s post-halving year ended red for first time ever—down 6% in 2025 despite $126k ATH. ETFs pulled $348M, but macro liquidity rules now. PEPE doesn’t care—it’s riding retail hype while big boys consolidate.
James Wynn, that Hyperliquid ser, straight-up said PEPE hits top meme status like SHIB did last cycle—if bull market holds. “We ride at dawn” from @pepe went viral. Community’s pumping: “PEPE to the moon” threads everywhere. No official team—it’s anon dev vibes.
Exchanges? Volumes exploding on Binance, MEXC. No rugs spotted. Traders on X calling for $0.000026 ATH retest. Sarcasm alert: Great timing for memes while BTC whales accumulate quietly. Holders care about flips, not halving myths.
But is this sustainable? Meme pumps fade fast.
Don’t get rekt. PEPE’s been rugged before—no premine, but watch whale wallets. Use hardware for big bags; software wallets fine for sub-$1k. Check Etherscan for suspicious transfers. Avoid leverage over 5x—OI spike means liqs incoming on pullbacks.
Actionable: Set stops below $0.0000042. DCA if you believe Wynn. DYOR on Hyperliquid perps for leverage without CEX KYC. Phishing’s rampant post-pumps—double-check links. If you’re aping memes, keep it under 5% portfolio. Skin in the game matters, but don’t YOLO rent money.
$0.000005 close today flips structure fully bullish. Watch BTC dominance drop—alts feast. Wynn’s $69B? Ballsy. If ETH L2s cut fees, PEPE volumes could 10x. Macro: Fed liquidity print January 2nd might juice risk assets.
Pullback to $0.0000045? Buy dip. Break $0.000006? Targets $0.00001 easy. Meme season back? You tell me. Trade smart—2026’s rewriting rules.
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Long-time Shiba Inu community member casts a spotlight on an easily overlooked aspect of Shibarium activity.
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban believes the next major investment craze could have little to do with Bitcoin or blockchain.

Washington kept crypto’s biggest legislative hope alive, Wall Street pushed deeper into digital assets, and a security scare sent billions of dollars of bitcoin moving between wallets.


Klippsten said Bitcoin could bottom about a year after its previous peak and argued that crypto’s best outcome is to become part of TradFi.
Bitcoin could bottom in October before recovering to around $130,000 ahead of the 2028 halving, according to Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten.
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price peaked above $126,000 in early October 2025, meaning that the “market should bottom in October,” Klippsten told Cointelegraph.
He argued that Bitcoin has so far bottomed about 12 months after each previous bull market peak, while cautioning against extrapolating from only a few previous cycles.
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An ASX shareholder plans to ask the Federal Court for permission to launch a statutory derivative action against former directors and officers over alleged breaches of duty linked to the exchange’s abandoned blockchain-based CHESS replacement.
Rosherville Pty Ltd has notified ASX that it intends to seek leave under sections 236 and 237 of the Corporations Act to bring proceedings on the exchange’s behalf. A statutory derivative action allows an eligible shareholder or officer to pursue proceedings for a company when the company itself is unlikely to do so, with court approval required before the case can proceed.
ASX said the allegations are directed at former officials rather than the exchange itself, while the identities of those targeted, details of the alleged breaches and proposed remedies have not been disclosed.
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The proposed case follows the collapse of ASX’s long-running effort to replace its Clearing House Electronic Subregister System with distributed-ledger technology. ASX began examining a CHESS replacement in 2016 and selected technology developed with New York-based Digital Asset, with the project initially expected to make ASX the first securities exchange to use blockchain for core services.
The planned launch was repeatedly delayed before ASX paused the project in November 2022 following an independent Accenture review that identified significant problems with its design and delivery. ASX formally abandoned the blockchain approach in May 2023 and moved towards considering conventional technology for the replacement.
ASIC later sued ASX over statements made about the project’s progress, while ASX admitted misleading conduct in June 2026. On 3 July, the Federal Court ordered ASX to pay a US$14.4 million (AU$20.45 million) penalty and US$2.1 million (AU$2.98 million) towards ASIC’s costs.
Related: Reporter Poses as VC to Expose Suspected North Korean Crypto Operatives
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Crypto assets could at least double in value as more blockchain protocols turn their revenues into token buybacks and burns, according to Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan. He said investors have not yet priced in the growing relationship between protocol revenue and native-token value, leaving some assets undervalued.
According to Hougan, the market is entering a period in which revenue will increasingly shape crypto valuations outside Bitcoin. Protocols that return revenue through token purchases and burns can give investors a clearer connection between economic activity and token value.
Hyperliquid is among the clearest examples, having generated more than US$800 million (AU$1.136 billion) in revenue last year and allocated about 99% of its fee income towards buying and burning HYPE. The exchange has bought and burned US$1.3 billion (AU$1.846 billion) worth of the token since its launch in November 2024.
Related: a16z-Backed Proof of Play Shuts Down, Open-Sources Pirate Nation Assets
Other protocols are following the same model. Uniswap generates around US$100 million (AU$142 million) in annual revenue, while Aave is targeting approximately US$30 million (AU$42.6 million) in yearly token burns. Pump.fun has burned US$370 million (AU$525.4 million) worth of PUMP, while Lighter has repurchased roughly 6% of its circulating LIT supply.
The approach is spreading to layer-1 networks, with Solana considering a proposal that could increase fee burns by up to 14 times and Aptos reporting almost three times the transaction activity after a tenfold gas-fee increase.
Hougan expects DeFi applications and layer-1 networks to expand revenue-capture mechanisms over the next 12 to 24 months. However, he noted that token economics remain subject to community decisions and token holders do not have shareholders’ legal claims to cash flow.
Related: Reporter Poses as VC to Expose Suspected North Korean Crypto Operatives
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Australia's top financial crimes agency suspends Cryptolink, shutting down 96 crypto ATMs amid rising compliance concerns with AML regulations.
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Bullish, Gemini, and BitGo face crypto trading declines in Q2 2026 as tokenization, stablecoins, and institutional services gain focus.
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Technicals, whale accumulation, and historical cycles are lining up, raising the question of whether DOGE could repeat its big five-wave move by the end of Q3.
The negative Coinbase Premium Index showed a prolonged lack of interest from U.S.-based investors.
Apple is pairing its in-house model with Alibaba’s Qwen as it prepares to bring Apple Intelligence to Chinese iPhones.
The filing would turn raw footage into labeled clips of who did what, without anyone opting in.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) gave World Liberty Financial, a DeFi venture associated with President Donald Trump, preliminary conditional approval to charter a national trust bank built around its roughly $4 billion USD1 stablecoin.
World Liberty Trust Company would eventually handle USD1 issuance and reserve custody directly, moving both under federal supervision if the bank clears the conditions still standing between it and final approval.
Zach Witkoff, the co-founder and CEO of World Liberty Financial, said:
“Rigorous oversight, institutional controls and clear accountability are how stablecoins become trusted financial infrastructure. Our ambition is clear: to build the most trusted and widely used digital dollar in the world while strengthening the role of the US dollar across the global economy.”
That institutional step arrives months into the fallout from a DeFi leverage scare centered on World Liberty's own WLFI token, one the company says it has resolved.
In April, World Liberty pledged 5 billion WLFI tokens, roughly 5% of total supply at the time, as collateral on the lending protocol Dolomite.
The company borrowed about $75 million in stablecoins against that collateral, and the borrowing drained the USD1 lending pool to full utilization, leaving some depositors unable to withdraw normally.
More than $40 million of the borrowed funds moved to Coinbase Prime, meaning the liquidity did not sit inside Dolomite. World Liberty said at the time it was nowhere near liquidation and could add more collateral if market conditions worsened, a response that pointed to the structure's circularity without addressing concerns.
| Structure | Asset involved | Oversight model | Key risk | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National trust bank | USD1 stablecoin | OCC-supervised, pending final approval | Must meet capital, audit, and business-plan conditions | Moves USD1 issuance and reserve custody toward federal supervision |
| Dolomite leverage position | WLFI token | DeFi lending protocol | Collateral depends on WLFI market depth and confidence in World Liberty | Keeps part of the company’s risk outside the proposed trust-bank framework |
| USD1 reserve model | Treasury/USD-backed stablecoin | Intended federal trust-bank custody | Reserve-management and redemption credibility | Strengthens institutional narrative if approved |
| WLFI collateral model | Native governance token | On-chain liquidation mechanics | Price decline raises LTV and can trigger forced selling | Creates circular risk because borrower confidence and collateral value are linked |
World Liberty repaid $15 million on April 9 and another $10 million two days later, for a total of $25 million.
At WLFI's April price near $0.089, the original 5 billion-token collateral block was worth roughly $445 million against $75 million of debt, an initial loan-to-value ratio near 16.9%. Once the $25 million repayment landed, debt would fall to $50 million, improving that ratio to roughly 11.2% at the same token price.
WLFI now trades around $0.058, down about 35% from its April level. If $50 million of debt still sits against an unchanged 5 billion-token collateral block, the loan-to-value ratio would return to about 17.2%, almost where it started before any repayment. A similarly sized token-price decline has offset a roughly 33% debt reduction.
Pledging WLFI is fundamentally different from pledging Bitcoin, Ethereum, or a Treasury-backed asset. Those assets hold value independent of the borrower, while WLFI's value depends heavily on confidence in World Liberty itself, the same entity doing the borrowing.
A falling WLFI price shrinks the collateral cushion and raises the loan-to-value ratio. If the position approaches liquidation, forced WLFI selling can push the token's price down further, shrinking the cushion again.
Adding fresh WLFI collateral can push the liquidation line farther away without changing that underlying dependence on the token's own market depth.
| Stage | WLFI price | Collateral value on 5B WLFI | Debt assumed | Loan-to-value ratio | Takeaway |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original April position | $0.089 | ~$445M | $75M | ~16.9% | Initial borrow looked overcollateralized |
| After $25M repayment, same WLFI price | $0.089 | ~$445M | $50M | ~11.2% | Repayment materially improved the position |
| Current WLFI price, same assumed debt | $0.058 | ~$290M | $50M | ~17.2% | Token decline brings LTV back near the starting point |
| Net change | ~35% lower price | ~$155M less collateral value | ~$25M less debt | Back near original LTV | Debt reduction was offset by collateral depreciation |
What still needs reconstructing
On-chain data shows Dolomite's contract carrying roughly 4.998 billion WLFI, worth about $281 million at recent prices, alongside roughly 123.7 million USD1 and 27.5 million USDC.
One wallet has supplied 3 billion WLFI against roughly $41.4 million in USD1 and USDC debt, a position Dolomite's health metric puts at 2.81, still far from liquidation. A separate DeBank-indexed Dolomite position tied to that multisig shows at least 112.6 million USD1 borrowed against a health rate of just 1.07.
Health rates above 1.0 keep a position solvent, and a reading that close to the line typically means collateral value only needs to fall a further 6% to 7% before liquidation risk turns live.
Combined, debt on these two identified positions runs well past the $50 million that would remain from the original $75 million borrow once the reported $25 million repayment is subtracted.
The current exposure looks broader than the single position most reporting described in April, spread across more than one wallet with more than one risk level. What remains unclear is whether these two positions capture the full scope of World Liberty's WLFI-linked Dolomite exposure, or whether additional wallets carry more of it.
The trust bank World Liberty is chartering operates under a different set of rules entirely. The OCC's conditional approval requires World Liberty Trust to maintain at least $20 million in capital, notify regulators of major business-plan revisions, and establish internal audit capabilities before final approval.
The approved structure does not permit full deposit-taking and lending the way a traditional bank does, and it would carry no FDIC insurance.
World Liberty is building two very different risk architectures inside the same company at the same time.
| Position / source | WLFI collateral | Stablecoin debt / assets | Health metric | Risk read |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolomite core contract | ~4.998B WLFI | ~123.7M USD1 and ~27.5M USDC held | N/A | Shows large WLFI exposure still sits inside Dolomite infrastructure |
| Wallet 1 | 3B WLFI supplied | ~$41.4M in USD1 and USDC debt | 2.81 | Farther from liquidation; shows a safer version of the structure |
| WLFI-linked multisig position | Not fully reconstructed in article | At least 112.6M USD1 borrowed | 1.07 | Close to liquidation; small WLFI decline could make risk live |
| Combined visible debt | N/A | Well above $50M | Mixed | Suggests exposure is broader than the original single-position framing |
The bull case points to the healthier half of that on-chain picture. The 3 billion-WLFI position, with a 2.81 health rate, shows World Liberty can structure Dolomite exposure with a real safety buffer.
If the company brings the multisig's tighter position closer to that same buffer, whether by repaying debt or posting additional collateral, the structure exits its danger zone without needing WLFI to recover at all.
The bear case is already partly visible on-chain today. The World Liberty multisig's Dolomite position sits at a 1.07 health rate, close enough to liquidation that a modest further slide in WLFI could put it at risk.
Under that version, the $25 million repayment addressed only part of the exposure, and the same liquidation dynamics from April are live again, this time on a specific, identifiable wallet.
A federal charter can move how USD1 gets issued and supervised into Washington, while the leveraged WLFI structure sitting elsewhere in World Liberty's business looks insulated in one wallet and one modest decline away from trouble in another.
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President Donald Trump and the heads of the SEC and CFTC are expected to meet crypto and prediction-market executives at the White House next week as the industry’s biggest legislative priority faces dwindling odds of becoming law this year.
According to reports, the Aug. 19 gathering is expected to include executives from Coinbase, Andreessen Horowitz, Ripple, Chainlink, Kalshi and Paradigm, along with representatives from the Digital Chamber. Executives from Kraken, Gemini, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq have also been invited.
Trump and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Michael Selig are among those expected to participate, while Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins is also set to attend. The final attendance list remains subject to change.
The meeting comes less than a month before the Senate is scheduled to take its next procedural step on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, legislation designed to establish federal rules for crypto markets and divide oversight between the SEC and CFTC.
It also arrives as both agencies increasingly use their existing authority to shape crypto policy while Congress struggles to finish the broader framework.
Polymarket traders on Saturday assigned the CLARITY Act a roughly 19% probability of being signed into law in 2026, down from a peak of 82% on Feb. 19. Even that diminished market-implied probability is nearly twice Galaxy Digital’s 10% estimate for passage this year.
CLARITY entered the summer with something few major crypto bills have managed to secure: substantial bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress.
That coalition has since fractured under disputes that have less to do with the architecture of crypto regulation than with the politics surrounding it.
The Senate Banking Committee advanced the legislation 15-9 on May 14, with Democratic Sens. Ruben Gallego and Angela Alsobrooks joining all 13 Republicans. The House had already approved H.R. 3633 by a 294-134 vote in July 2025, with 78 Democrats backing the measure.
But negotiations deteriorated over restrictions on crypto activities by senior government officials, limits on stablecoin rewards and protections against illicit finance. Banks have also pressed lawmakers to restrict rewards offered by stablecoin platforms, warning that yield-bearing products could pull deposits away from the traditional banking system.
The biggest obstacle now is the ethics dispute surrounding Trump's crypto ventures.
Galaxy Digital said the legislation has effectively shifted from a policy negotiation into a political one. A bipartisan group of senators sent the White House a proposed ethics framework on July 30, but the administration has not publicly agreed to it.
Without a compromise, Galaxy said supporters may have no viable path to the 60 Senate votes needed to advance the bill.
That stalemate pushed CLARITY past the Senate's August recess without a floor vote.
Nevertheless, Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed cloture on the motion to proceed before lawmakers left Washington, setting up an early test when the Senate returns Sept. 14.
However, the calendar leaves little margin for another breakdown. The Senate is expected to spend only about three weeks in session before lawmakers leave Washington around Oct. 2 for midterm election campaigning.
Galaxy estimates that CLARITY would need to begin moving almost immediately and consume a substantial portion of that period to have a realistic chance of clearing the chamber this year.
That makes Wednesday's White House gathering more consequential. Executives from some of the companies that have spent years lobbying for federal crypto legislation will meet administration officials just weeks before the Senate determines whether CLARITY still has enough political support to move forward.
As CLARITY Act runs into political and scheduling constraints in the Senate, the SEC and CFTC are already testing how much of Washington’s crypto agenda can be advanced under existing law.
The SEC has been developing two major initiatives under Chair Atkins, including Reg Crypto, a tailored framework for certain crypto offerings, and an Innovation Exemption that would allow limited experimentation with tokenized securities and onchain trading.
However, progress has been uneven. The commission had scheduled an Aug. 14 vote on the crypto-offering proposal before canceling the meeting a day earlier without setting a new date. The separate Innovation Exemption has also faced delays amid resistance from parts of the traditional securities industry.
Both initiatives address questions that CLARITY is intended to settle more permanently, including how digital assets can be issued and traded and which federal rules should apply. But their stop-start rollout reflects the limits regulators face in trying to move ahead while Congress remains divided.
The CFTC, meanwhile, is moving more aggressively.
Chair Selig said the agency needs to hear directly from the companies building new financial products if regulators are to keep pace with innovation.
The CFTC will convene its inaugural Innovation Advisory Committee meeting on Aug. 20, bringing together executives, entrepreneurs and market participants to discuss the future of financial regulation.
The meeting builds on the agency's increasingly assertive approach to prediction markets.
On Aug. 11, the CFTC invoked emergency authority after Kalshi warned that a lawsuit brought by New York could disrupt its federally regulated event-contract market nationwide.
Selig ordered the exchange to continue operating under federal derivatives rules and has argued that states cannot override the national framework governing CFTC-regulated markets.
That dispute is part of a broader fight between the commission and several states over whether prediction contracts should primarily be governed by federal derivatives law or state gambling rules.
The SEC and CFTC cannot replicate the full scope or permanence of CLARITY through exemptions, rulemaking and interpretations of existing law. But both agencies are already attempting to establish parts of the regulatory framework Congress has yet to enact.
That tension will carry into the White House gathering, where Atkins and Selig are expected to meet executives whose businesses sit directly at the center of both the stalled legislation and the regulators' efforts to move without it.
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Edelman Financial, Tudor Investment Reveal Significant Bitcoin Holdings
Edelman Financial Engines has disclosed a $34 million position in spot Bitcoin ETFs — a stake that now exceeds some of the firm’s other holdings in major tech companies.
While the position is still tiny in the investment advisor’s portfolio, it is still larger than its $25 million position in Amazon.
The position — held in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust and Grayscale’s flagship product — tracks closely with the public views of its founder, Ric Edelman.
Edelman has been advocating for Bitcoin ETFs since 2019, years before the SEC approved spot products in January 2024. He also founded the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals, an organization built to educate financial advisors on crypto and blockchain technology.
And Edelman Financial isn’t the only one: In a filing submitted this afternoon, Tudor Investment Corporation, the firm run by legendary macro trader Paul Tudor Jones, reported owning 688,529 shares of IBIT as of June 30, valued at $22.9 million.
That’s up from the 579,083 shares Tudor reported the previous quarter.
It’s worth remembering that few investors have built a career reading inflation cycles and their historical patterns as successfully as Jones, making the size of the add notable in its own right.
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Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Funds Keep Big Bitcoin Positions
Bitcoin is the most important asset in two of Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth funds, according to regulatory filings.
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company disclosed Friday that it held a $490 million stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust — the second-largest single holding across its entire 13F portfolio.
And a Thursday filing from the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, another state-run fund, revealed a $273.6 million position in the popular Bitcoin exchange-traded fund. The stake is the biggest position in its portfolio.
Both wealth funds’ position in Bitcoin is unchanged since last quarter.
Earlier this year, blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence attributed approximately 6,782 Bitcoins — worth roughly $453.6 million at the time of its analysis — to wallets connected to Bitcoin mining activity linked to the UAE’s Royal Group.
The findings highlight a distinction between how the UAE has built its bitcoin position compared with other governments known to hold large amounts of the asset. Countries such as the United States hold substantial Bitcoin reserves that largely originated from law enforcement seizures.
The UAE’s holdings, by contrast, stem primarily from domestic mining activity rather than confiscated assets.
Since the SEC approved a slew of Bitcoin funds in January 2024, major firms have been able to buy exposure to the asset via shares of the regulated vehicles that trade on stock exchanges.
BlackRock’s IBIT is the most successful crypto ETF: The fund has received more cash than any other crypto ETF and currently has $47.3 billion in assets under management.
Pension funds and U.S. states have all bought exposure to Bitcoin via the ETFs, along with more traditional investments like tech stocks and other U.S. equities.
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Bitcoin price traded near $63,069 after a muted session, extending a difficult year for the largest cryptocurrency. Michael Saylor said BTC lost 47% during the past 12 months, while Strategy’s STRC preferred stock returned 9%. The contrast places Strategy’s preferred stock structure under market attention. That divergence has become central to Saylor’s latest argument.
STRC sits within Strategy’s digital credit lineup, which posted returns ranging from negative 27% to positive 9%, Saylor wrote. The company designed these securities to deliver income and reduce downside sensitivity relative to Bitcoin. Still, their returns, payment terms, and risks differ from holding BTC directly.

Bitcoin price remains below key moving averages, which indicates weak short-term momentum. Trading activity also appears subdued, leaving the price sensitive to shifts in risk appetite and liquidity. The immediate range runs from $61,126 support to $64,346 resistance.
Current market modeling assigns a 70% probability to a lower move and 30% to an upside break. Such probabilities describe a scenario, not a guaranteed path. Sideways trading therefore stays plausible while BTC holds inside the projected volatility band.
Bitcoin price above $63,517 would improve the short-term structure and open a test of $64,346. Buyers would need follow-through above that ceiling to weaken the broader bearish signal. Without confirmation, rebounds may struggle beneath moving-average resistance.
On the other hand, a break below $61,126 would confirm renewed selling pressure. That loss could increase volatility as traders reduce exposure or protect leveraged positions. The Bitcoin price would then need a quick recovery above support to limit technical damage.
The annual loss also frames Saylor’s comparison with Strategy’s securities. BTC offers direct exposure to asset appreciation, but investors absorb its full market volatility. STRC instead combines preferred equity risk with scheduled cash income and a price-management mechanism.
These structures serve different objectives, so the one-year return gap does not establish permanent outperformance. Bitcoin could reverse faster during a broad risk rally. STRC could face pressure from issuer credit, dividend changes, market liquidity, or a widening discount to par. Investors must compare total return, not headline price movement alone. Time horizons also shape each instrument’s risk profile.
The STRC preferred stock is Strategy’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock. Its product page identifies a 12% annual dividend, paid semi-monthly in cash. The company adjusts the rate monthly to encourage trading near the $100 stated amount.
STRC therefore carries a different return profile from Bitcoin. Cash distributions may cushion price weakness, while rate changes may support demand. Strategy authorized up to $1 billion for digital credit repurchases, including STRC. The shares are not collateralized by Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings.
These protections are not guarantees. Strategy says dividends require board declaration and available funds. The company may change, suspend, or discontinue repurchases, depending on market conditions and capital needs. STRC can trade materially below $100 despite management’s target range.
Saylor argues that financial engineering can reshape volatile digital capital into securities designed for income and stability. The 47% Bitcoin price decline and STRC’s 9% return support that case over the measured year. They do not remove issuer risk or ensure future results.
Markets will watch Strategy’s Bitcoin trades, dollar reserve, and future changes to STRC’s dividend rate. Repurchase activity could affect liquidity and the discount to stated value. A sustained move toward $100 would strengthen the stability claim, while renewed weakness would challenge it.
Bitcoin price remains a key variable. A recovery above $63,517 could improve sentiment across Strategy’s capital structure. Losing $61,126 could revive concerns about reserve coverage, financing costs, and preferred-share demand. Strategy reviews STRC’s rate using Bitcoin volatility, credit spreads, trading levels, and market yields.
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Algorand v5.0.0 has reached 90% node support, clearing the upgrade for activation after its cooldown period.
The protocol change marks Algorand’s largest upgrade since staking rewards launched in January 2025. It introduces native post-quantum accounts alongside expanded smart contract capabilities and a flexible fee model.
The upgrade also moves Algorand closer to a protocol designed to adapt as cryptographic standards evolve.
The Algorand team confirmed the 90% support threshold in a post on X. The upgrade will activate once the required cooldown period ends, with mainnet deployment expected soon.
Algorand v5.0.0 introduces native Falcon-1024 accounts for post-quantum signatures. The change moves quantum-resistant account support directly into the protocol rather than limiting it to application-level tools.
The upgrade also introduces AVM v13, expanding smart contract sizes and adding new functionality. New opcodes include poseidon2, while cross-application box storage support expands how applications can manage data.
Algorand has already developed post-quantum infrastructure through earlier network upgrades and account implementations. According to X user Marco Salzmann, v5.0.0 shifts that effort toward broader cryptographic agility across the protocol.
The new release adds a per-byte fee model for larger transactions and computationally heavier operations. Standard transfers will not face the same fee changes under the new structure.
The model gives Algorand more flexibility when transactions require greater storage or computational resources. It also creates a mechanism for fees to reflect transaction size without changing ordinary transfer costs.
Algorand community member Alex, known as france.algo on X, said thousands of node runners upgraded within days. His post described v5.0.0 as one of the network’s largest protocol upgrades.
Salzmann also outlined a broader roadmap involving hybrid accounts, post-quantum multisig and additional Falcon research. The roadmap includes further work on post-quantum verifiable random functions and consensus mechanisms.
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