Bitcoin price falls to $64,300 after $65K rejection, will support hold?
Bitcoin price pulled back to about $64,300 on Aug. 19 after failing to hold above $65,000, as weak spot demand, rising bond yields, and resistance near $65,400 limited the rebound. Summary Bitcoin price retreated to $64,300 after briefly approaching $65,000 during the latest recovery. Bollinger Bands place resistance at $65,350 and near-term support around $63,900….
FBI Pegasus Records Expose a Blind Spot in US Spyware Oversight
Federal court records show the FBI went beyond simply testing commercial spyware as it considered how the technology could be used in criminal investigations. Those records now expose a gap in a new US court reporting system that will count hacking-based wiretaps but not every stage of government interest in or use of device-hacking tools….
Blackrock Believes Bitcoin’s Investment Case Holds Despite 50% Drop
Key Takeaways Blackrock says bitcoin’s 50% drop from its $126,300 high is a positioning correction, not a thesis change. A single-day liquidation cascade on October 10 wiped out roughly $20 billion in bitcoin open interest. Blackrock still recommends a 1-2% bitcoin allocation funded from equities in a 60/40 portfolio. Blackrock’s Case for Staying the Course…
Sam Altman ChatGPT AI Predicts Solana Could Challenge Its All-Time High Again
Solana spent years being defined by memecoin volume, and $3.73B in tokenized real-world assets is starting to change that label. ChatGPT AI predicts that the shift carries price higher, and the price prediction targets $150 to $190 by the end of 2026, with $165 as a realistic base case. Alpenglow is the strongest catalyst. Its…
Best Pokémon TCG deal: Score 18% off the Pitch Black 3-Pack Blister at Amazon
TL;DR: The Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Pitch Black 3 Booster Pack Blister is on sale for $24.61 at Amazon, down from its $29.99 list price. Credit: The Pokémon Company $24.61 at Amazon $29.99 Save $5.38 Pitch Black has already seen some sharp price cuts since launch, and one of the Pokémon TCG expansion’s smaller…
New $5M and $75M Path for Token Offering
The public will be allowed to comment on the proposal for 60 days after it appears in the Federal Register. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new rule on August 18 that would let crypto companies raise money through two exemptions from standard securities registration. The plan, called “Regulation Crypto Assets,” sets…
Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code
WIRED analyzed the software by examining code Flock served from its own login portals. Loading those pages returned a user interface for screens that would ordinarily appear only after a police user signed in, letting reporters reconstruct portions of the authenticated applications, their prompts, search fields, tools, and controls, without actual access. The files appeared…
Bitcoin’s Correction May Be Ending as 8 of 12 Signals Fire
Key Takeaways Vaneck’s Matthew Sigel says 8 of 12 bitcoin capitulation signals fired as of August 18. Long-term holders sold 356,000 BTC in 30 days, dropping their supply share below 60%. Vaneck projects a possible accumulation phase between September and November 2026. What Vaneck’s Latest Report Found Asset manager Vaneck published its mid-August Bitcoin Chaincheck…
Decred patches critical flaw that could enable mixing deanonymization attack
Decred has released a mandatory software patch v2.1.6 to fix a critical consensus vulnerability, a potential periodic mixing deanonymization attack, and several network denial-of-service risks. Summary Decred has released mandatory v2.1.6 to fix a critical consensus security vulnerability. The patch prevents a potential periodic deanonymization attack involving Decred’s transaction mixing system. Several potential network denial…
TikTok explores peer-to-peer payments via DMs, report says
TikTok is developing a feature that would allow users to send each other money via direct messages, according to a new report from Bloomberg. If rolled out, the feature would use the social media service’s TikTok Pay offering, which is already available in Southeast Asia for TikTok Shop purchases. References to the potential feature were…
