Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, or more known as CZ, cautioned against concentrated Bitcoin bets during a Binance Clubhouse AMA in Bali. His comments came as Bitcoin stood about 49% below its all-time high, according to VanEck’s mid-August 2026 ChainCheck report. VanEck said Bitcoin closed at $63,549 on August 11, essentially flat month over month, while…
Here’s how Mastercard has extended its relationship with Ripple and what are the ETF changes. A recent update from the XRP Ledger Foundation welcomed the TradFi giant, which has a long history with Ripple, to a hackathon taking place just ahead of the major conference, Ripple Swell. Meanwhile, 21Shares’s XRP ETF has changed how…
Connecticut has sued Kalshi and asked a court to block the prediction market platform from offering sports event contracts that state officials classify as unlicensed sports wagering. Summary Connecticut has sued Kalshi seeking an injunction against its sports event contracts. State officials argue the contracts amount to unlicensed sports wagering. Kalshi maintains its markets fall…
EURR will be issued by Stripe-owned Bridge under the EU’s MiCA framework, and it’s getting ready for a wider European rollout. Revolut began rolling out EURR, its first euro-denominated stablecoin, opening the token to what the company called a “select group of customers” in Denmark, Poland, and Portugal ahead of a wider European Economic…
Solana validators and delegators are voting on two economic proposals that could accelerate SOL disinflation and sharply increase transaction-fee burns. Summary SIMD-0550 would double Solana’s annual disinflation rate while preserving the network’s 1.5% terminal floor unchanged. The proposal projects 18.9 million fewer SOL issued across six years after eventual technical activation. SIMD-0553 would burn resource…
ChatGPT stated that a brief touch of the milestone within the next five weeks carries a 35%-40% probability. The primary digital asset has added almost $20,000 to its valuation over the past month, driven by a broader crypto market resurgence sparked by US monetary policy changes and other factors. Somewhat expected, X is now…
Chainalysis has estimated that potentially taxable onchain crypto activity exceeded $457 billion worldwide in 2025, while transactions within the practical reach of international reporting rules represented only 14% of the total. Summary Potentially taxable onchain crypto activity exceeded $457 billion globally during 2025. CARF-covered transactions represented only 14% of the activity identified by Chainalysis. The…
The token’s price hit a new all-time high. The cryptocurrency market appears to have taken a small step back today (August 26) after the explosion in the past several days, with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), and many other digital assets posting minor losses. However, this is not the case for Rain (RAIN),…
The U.S. government has transferred a small amount of Bitcoin seized from Alameda Research’s Binance.US accounts three years ago, renewing attention on how federal agencies will handle the remaining assets. Summary The transferred Bitcoin came from Alameda-linked accounts seized from Binance.US three years ago. Arkham reported the transaction but did not identify it as a…
The developments are scheduled for August 27 and September 3. The world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange warned its users that certain operations will be temporarily halted later this week. Prior to that, it revealed the delisting of three altcoins, which will take effect at the start of September. What Binance Users Need to Know The…
