Bitcoin trades near $78,000 heading into the weekend, sitting almost between $77,000 support and $80,000 resistance after a sharp rejection from above $81,000 hit on Aug. 28. A confirmed break below $77,000 opens the mid-$75,000s, while a reclaim of $80,000 puts the roughly $81,300 high from Aug. 28 and the $82,000 to $83,000 zone back …
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Polygon Labs said any Polygon PoS node that stayed on pre-hardfork Bor or Heimdall binaries past two August activation heights has already fallen out of canonical consensus. In practice, the stale node must upgrade and catch up before it can follow the network’s accepted history again. The company’s Aug. 27 security review described a client-compatibility …
According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez has been ordered to pay a fine of $172,539.02 after he got caught using Kalshi to bet on Trump’s “mention market” events. CFTC Details How Perez Used Early Access to Trump’s Speeches Bitcoin.com News reported on the accusations against …
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Grayscale says unchecked U.S. debt growth could weaken confidence in fiat currencies and increase demand for alternative stores of value. The crypto asset manager identifies bitcoin, ethereum, and zcash as potential beneficiaries of the debasement trade. Grayscale Connects Rising Debt to 3 Cryptos Surging U.S. government debt could strengthen demand for BTC, ETH, and ZEC, …
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After reaching a high of $81,455 per coin on Thursday, bitcoin’s price has spent the last day shedding 2.5% in value. By Friday, bitcoin tapped a low of $76,877 following Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s first Jackson Hole keynote. Bitcoin Retreats From $81,455 as August Gains Hold Firm As of today, Aug. 29, 2026, at …
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SGP-0002, which proposed to double Solana’s disinflation rate from 15% to 30%, passed in the nick of time, as Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz resorted to old politics, contacting validators to change their votes after it seemed the proposal would not gather enough support to reach implementation. Solana Barely Passes Double Disinflation Proposal Validators of the …
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An account followed by President Trump launched a Solana token called GOLD this week, then dumped its entire 224.5 million-token stake for a $312,000 profit within hours. A Familiar Playbook, a New Wallet Fifteen wallets were all it took as onchain sleuths flagged the GOLD token shortly after realtrumpcoins, an X account followed by President …
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U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) snapped a nine-day, $3 billion buying streak with a $202 million net outflow on August 28, even as spot ethereum ETFs added another $102 million the same day. A Nine-Day Run Comes to an End The party lasted nine trading sessions starting August 17, when U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded …
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US M2, or the broad measure of money circulating through the U.S. economy, has hit a new peak. This indicator advanced $102.8 billion during July to reach a record high of $23.22 trillion, reports The Kobeissi Letter. The total marks the 27th straight month of expansion and stands $1.43 trillion higher than the prior peak …
Walmart is settling a federal lawsuit by paying $50 million over allegations that its pharmacies illegally filled thousands of invalid prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances. The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Agency accuse the retailer of violating the Controlled Substances Act at its roughly 4,600 pharmacies by ignoring red flags including dangerous …
Real Trump Coins promoted GOLD before deleting related X posts, while team-linked wallets sold 224.5 million tokens as its market value fell about 99%. A Solana-based token promoted by a Trump-linked coin brand collapsed within hours of its launch, raising questions over who was behind it and its unusual trading activity. Real Trump Coins, a …
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A quantum-resistant bitcoin transaction using Starkware researcher Avihu Levy’s QSB method has been mined on mainnet without a soft fork or changes to Bitcoin’s consensus rules. The experiment offers an opt-in defense against future quantum attacks, though it remains costly, nonstandard, and far from a network-wide solution. Starkware Shows Bitcoin Can Add Quantum Defense Without …
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The NFL signed new multi-year sports betting deals with Draftkings, Fanduel, and Fanatics on Thursday, ending a five-month gap without an official sportsbook partner. All three agreed to bar wagers on injuries and officiating, which the CFTC has proposed restricting on prediction markets. The league has no deals with any such entity, and has confirmed …
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Well, the short answer is no, as is probably true of any prediction, since you can simply add all this informational chaos to your own research and decisions. However, the longer answer might help you understand how you could read what the co-founders of the two major crypto exchanges say next about where the price …
New York officials are warning that AI-generated content and fake cryptocurrency projects are making investment fraud more convincing. Reported investment scam losses exceeded $8 billion in 2025, rising 38% from the previous year. Investment Scam Losses Rise 38% Investment scams became the costliest fraud category tracked by the Federal Trade Commission in 2025, according to …
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