Bitwise CIO Sees Crypto Bull Case Strengthening on 5 Key Shifts
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan finds crypto’s bullish case easier to make in 2026 than during earlier cycles. His...
Month: August 2026
Coinbase Investor Class Action Can Move Forward, Federal Judge Rules
A federal judge has allowed parts of an investor class-action lawsuit against Coinbase and certain executives to proceed, keeping allegations...
BitMEX Sets Close-Only Risk Limits Ahead Of September Wind-Down
BitMEX will move into strict risk-limit mode on August 26 as part of its planned exchange wind-down. Starting at 04:00...
Treasury Proposes Stablecoin Licensing Rules Under GENIUS Act
The US Treasury Department has proposed new licensing rules for payment stablecoin issuers under Section 3 of the GENIUS Act,...
Strategy Raises $2B As Bitcoin Holdings Stay Flat For The Week
Strategy Inc., formerly MicroStrategy, has raised $2.01 billion through an at-the-market equity offering while reporting no new Bitcoin purchases during...
Crypto Groups Sue To Block Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act
The Blockchain Association and Crypto Council for Innovation have filed a joint lawsuit challenging Illinois’ Digital Asset Tax Act, setting...
Korean bank taps Ripple for payments, Pakistan opens crypto licensing: Asia Express
Asia’s biggest crypto hubs are locked in a tax-cut arms race, while Ripple will help Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank move money...
‘Operation Economic Outcast’: New Wave of White House Sanctions Against Iran Targets Crypto Assets, Tech, Gold, Aviation and Shipping
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new “financial offensive” against Iran on Monday, specifically targeting the Middle Eastern country’s...
Tether CEO Says USDT Drives Trade Across Emerging Markets
Paolo Ardoino, CEO of top stablecoin issuer Tether, said USDT’s dollar-proxy function has scaled globally, giving developing countries access to...
The Huge Dormant Wave of New Bitcoin Buyers Doesn’t Even Get Bitcoin Yet
While even the oldest Bitcoiners disagree on what the Bitcoin network and its asset, bitcoin (BTC), are, a new survey...
Bitcoin Core Dev Warns Bitcoin Payments Vanish at Bitcoin Beach
Jon Atack, a longtime Bitcoin Core contributor, commented on the declining level of adoption of bitcoin payments in El Salvador....
Ceffu Pulls $263 Million in Bitcoin and Ethereum off Binance in 30 Minutes
Ceffu, Binance’s institutional custody partner, deposited 136.54 million USDC onto Binance and then withdrew 1,524 BTC and 59,484 ETH worth...
Bitmine Adds 32,447 ETH as Ether Jumps 30% in One Week
Bitmine added another 32,447 ETH to its treasury last week as ether posted its strongest weekly gain since May 2025....
Report: Block Bits Founder Guilty After $960K Crypto Bot Pitch Implodes
A federal jury convicted Block Bits co-founder Japheth Dillman on five fraud-related counts after prosecutors showed how nearly $1 million...
Bitcoin Trader Down $4.56M Opens New $23M Short on 300 BTC
A wallet tracked by onchain analysts opened its 15th bitcoin short in five days on August 24, a 40x leveraged...