Bitcoin moved toward the top of its range last week as institutional demand through U.S. spot ETFs strengthened. Cooler employment data reduced expectations for an immediate Federal Reserve rate hike, but persistent selling pressure kept the move contained. The stronger ETF demand was reflected in $865.3 million of net inflows across five straight sessions, the […]
Arthur Hayes published a new essay this week arguing that the US Treasury and Japan’s Ministry of Finance have settled on a single method to strengthen the yen: running newly printed dollars through the Federal Reserve’s currency swap facility. Hayes says the mechanics point to a wave of dollar liquidity hitting the global markets, and […]
On August 9, a bridge connecting the XRP Ledger and Coreum (now rebranded as tx) lost close to 200,000 XRP after an attacker tricked its deposit-checking system into treating a wallet-to-wallet transfer as a real deposit. The bridge has since halted, and both the operator and outside researchers have traced the failure to Coreum-side software […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Monday it will hold an open meeting this Friday, August 14, to consider proposing new rules that would create a tailored offering path for certain crypto investment contracts. The announcement lands just days after the Senate pushed its next procedural vote on the CLARITY Act to mid-September, […]
Prominent blockchain investigator ZachXBT identified Tiffany Milanovich as a US-based threat actor tied to at least $5 million in thefts through hardware wallet and centralized exchange support impersonation scams. He said Milanovich worked as a “caller” and posed as exchange or wallet support, convincing victims to give up access to their funds. ZachXBT said she […]
Jupiter launched Lend v2 on Solana on August 10, introducing two opt-in features that let supplied and borrowed assets work as decentralized exchange liquidity while they sit in a lending position. As per a press release shared with CryptoPotato, Jupiter said Lend v2 is the first lending protocol on Solana where borrowed assets can earn […]
Solana is currently trading above $76, following a recovery of more than 6% over the past week, along with the rest of the top crypto market. With several bullish signals now aligning, one analyst believes SOL could be headed toward a level not seen since February 2026 if the current setup confirms a breakout. Constructive […]
Fireplace, the prediction markets trading terminal that raised $1.5 million in February, told users on August 10 that it is shutting down and gave them until September 30 at 23:59 UTC to close positions, withdraw funds, and export their accounts. “We’re shutting down Fireplace,” the company posted. “To everyone who traded with us and supported […]
Another push above $65,000 failed to hold on Tuesday, sending Bitcoin back below $64,000. The crypto asset was down more than 1.6% over the past day. Against this backdrop, large BTC wallets are back at levels not seen in months. Meanwhile, smaller holders are steadily losing ground. Elite Wallets Are Moving Up Bitcoin’s elite wallet […]
This week, Wintermute said institutional investors made up 72% of its spot OTC crypto flow in the first half of 2026, versus 59% a year ago. Professional investors are changing crypto markets by concentrating on fewer assets, utilizing derivatives, and muting the extreme price swings once associated with retail trading, the firm says. Institutions Are […]