Crypto Weekly: ADA and Privacy Coins Outperform While XRP Slides
The aggregate crypto market cap rose from under $2.2 trillion to $2.9 trillion during the first week of August 2026....
Month: August 2026
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 enters mandatory signaling with miner support below 3%
The deployment milestone tests whether enforcing nodes can sustain the change amid limited miner signaling and discussion of a hard-fork...
US spot Bitcoin ETFs post best week since April with $1B inflows
The spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds registered their third-strongest showing since October as institutional demand showed signs of renewed momentum. Demand...
Bybit Unleashes RICO Lawsuit on North Korea Over $1.5B Hack
The cryptocurrency exchange platform Bybit has sued North Korea in a U.S. federal court over last year’s record-breaking $1.5 billion...
Blackrock’s IBIT Captures $479M as Bitcoin ETFs Extend Streak
U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) added $98.85 million on August 7, stretching their inflow streak to five straight trading...
Bitcoin’s ECX Hard Fork Splinters Into 3 Launches Through October
The upcoming Bitcoin hard fork known as ECX will not launch all at once on Aug. 23. Instead, its creator...
Bitcoin Fork Watch: Where to Track BIP-110’s Showdown Live
BIP-110 mandatory signaling begins today, putting block 961632 under a microscope as the risk of a blockchain split moves from...
US Senate to vote on advancing CLARITY Act in September after Thune files cloture
The procedural move puts crypto market structure legislation back on track as lawmakers continue negotiations over ethics and stablecoin provisions.US...
Bitcoin will never fall below $60K again: Nansen founder
Crypto is growing up thanks to trading in real world assets, and Bitcoin will never dip below $60K again, says...
Circle Renews Coinbase USDC Deal and Rules Out Dividends
Circle has renewed its longstanding USDC partnership with Coinbase on existing terms, preserving a key distribution channel for the stablecoin....
Genius Sports Now Settles Contracts for Both Kalshi and Polymarket
Genius Sports signed official-data, integrity, and marketing agreements with Polymarket on Aug. 4 and Kalshi on Aug. 5, putting one...
US Senate pushes CLARITY Act vote to September
Senate Majority Leader John Thune confirmed that the chamber was “punting” the vote until September.Update (Aug. 7, 2026, at 6:20...
Domestic stablecoins could boost demand for dollar-backed tokens: IMF
IMF first deputy managing director Dan Katz says users may favor digital dollars for their liquidity, network effects and cross-border...
US court backs Bybit’s bid to trace funds from $1.5B North Korea hack
Expedited discovery allows the exchange to seek account identities, balances and transaction histories from platforms with US operations.United States court...
EU to Advance MiCA Review, Targeting Non-EU Stablecoin Rules
While the EU’s Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union opened a consultation to decide whether to...
