Bitcoin breaks above 200-day moving average for first time since November
The BTC price reclaimed its 200-day moving average for the first time in nine months as its rally gained momentum...
Month: August 2026
CFTC chair says agency will move forward on crypto regulation if CLARITY fails
Michael Selig said at a meeting of the Innovation Advisory Committee that he had directed CFTC staff to explore developer...
Binance opens crypto trading to AI agents with user-set controls
Binance’s Agent OS lets AI agents access market data, execute trades and make payments while giving users control over permissions...
BYDFi Joins Coinfest Asia 2026, Connecting with Institutions, Builders and Traders in Bali
Global crypto exchange BYDFi is participating as a Gold Sponsor at Coinfest Asia 2026, taking place August 20-21 at Melasti...
Florida Woman Allegedly Scams Elderly Victim, Hides Cash Inside Her Body
A Florida woman accused of posing as a bank representative to scam a senior citizen was arrested after deputies said...
US debt tops $40T stoking debate on what it means for Bitcoin
Analysts say the $40 trillion debt milestone could bolster Bitcoin’s long-term case, even as Treasury yields, dollar strength and liquidity...
Bitcoin miners pour billions into AI as capex outpaces revenue 15-to-1
Nine public miners generated $341 million from AI and HPC operations in the first half of 2026 after spending more...
Most Americans say the Trump family’s crypto investments are not ‘appropriate’: Poll
A new poll showed 63% of 1,166 Americans varied sharply along partisan lines, with a majority of Republicans saying it...
Optimism moves 546.9M OP from future airdrops to ecosystem growth fund
The governance vote redirects tokens previously reserved for user airdrops toward partnerships, incentives and Optimism’s growing institutional push.Blockchain Optimism’s governance...
SEC faces Aug. 20 deadline to unlock $123 million recovery fund for Terra investors
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) faces an Aug. 20 deadline to submit a plan for distributing a $123.1...
FBI gets alleged $165 million crypto Ponzi scheme mastermind back after year-long Fiji escape
Edward Zimbardi has been returned to the US after being deported from Fiji, putting the alleged mastermind of a $165...
Bitcoin miner Ionic gets 90% of revenue from AI lease as BTC drives $35M loss
Ionic Digital, a Bitcoin miner repositioning its power sites for AI infrastructure, generated 90% of its second-quarter revenue from leasing....
Nearly 1 in 5 crypto spot trades now happen on DEXs as centralized exchange volume collapses
Centralized crypto exchanges lost 31.2% of their spot crypto trading volume in July, falling to $727 billion and marking the...
Bitcoin blasts past $72,000 as Trump, Treasury buybacks wipe out $3.1B in shorts
Bitcoin surged above $70,000 for the first time since June as falling Treasury yields and Washington’s crypto push crushed bearish...
Bitcoin grabs 77% of $1.3 billion crypto fund surge as BlackRock leads the rebound
Bitcoin accounted for 77.4% of the $1.297 billion in inflows recorded across US Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana crypto ETPs from...
