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Standard Chartered wavers on $100K Bitcoin year-end call, says it may be ‘too low’   north  
Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick said Bitcoin could move toward its $126,000 all-time high after Oct. 6 as spot Bitcoin ETF inflows recover.
Keywords: Latest News

Authors: Zoltan Vardai ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-21 11:58:10
Standard Chartered wavers on $100K Bitcoin year-end call, says it may be ‘too low’
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Bessent Doubles Down, Dollar Slumps but Rates Little Changed   north  
The market is pushing against the US recent initiatives. Japanese investors themselves have continued to buy foreign assets in size in the first two weeks after the intervention. The Ministry of Finance data showed Japanese investors bought around $36.5 bln of foreign assets in the first two [...]
Keywords: Currency Movement

Authors: Marc Chandler ( top authors )
Source: Marc to Market ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-21 10:52:36
Bessent Doubles Down, Dollar Slumps but Rates Little Changed
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Coldcard strengthens seed generation with firmware update   north  
Coinkite urged Coldcard users to generate new seed phrases, warning that existing vulnerable seeds remain unsafe despite the security upgrade.
Keywords: Latest News

Authors: Zoltan Vardai ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-21 10:13:23
Coldcard strengthens seed generation with firmware update
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Strategy Bitcoin treasury hits breakeven point as BTC price passes $77K   north  
Bitcoin gains 20% in two days as Strategy sees its BTC treasury climb out of the red.
Keywords: Markets

Authors: William Suberg ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-21 08:48:52
Strategy Bitcoin treasury hits breakeven point as BTC price passes $77K
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Bitcoin ETFs draw $608M as Ether ETFs see largest inflow since October   north  
Bitcoin ETF inflows pushed August’s total to a 2026 high of $2.07 billion as Bitcoin traded above $75,000 and Ether climbed to $2,357.
Keywords: Markets

Authors: Yohan Yun ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-21 07:50:01
Bitcoin ETFs draw $608M as Ether ETFs see largest inflow since October
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The First (F)air Drop is Here: Introducing Self and Google Cloud’s USA₮ Mainnet Faucet   north  
Verified Humans Can Earn Free Stablecoins, Claiming the US Dollar-Backed Stablecoin Issued by Anchorage and Backed by Tether through Self VerificationSelf and Google Cloud’s USA₮ Mainnet Faucet is now live on Celo, unlocking free stablecoins for real, verified humans for the first time.Celo is [...]
Keywords: news, stable-coin, tusa

Authors: Celo Core Co. ( top authors )
Source: The Celo Blog - Medium ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-20 16:27:53
The First (F)air Drop is Here: Introducing Self and Google Cloud’s USA₮ Mainnet Faucet
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Bitcoin price reaches $72.5K as US issues ‘Economic D-Day’ threat to Iran   north  
Bitcoin saw new multimonth highs above $72,500 even as US stocks cooled amid US threats of “economic warfare” with Iran.
Keywords: Markets

Authors: William Suberg ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-20 15:40:54
Bitcoin price reaches $72.5K as US issues ‘Economic D-Day’ threat to Iran
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Cybersecurity firm unveils crypto phishing campaign targeting 885,000 phone numbers   north  
Rapid7 unveiled a new cryptocurrency phishing campaign targeting 885,000 phone numbers, aiming to steal investors’ holdings by redirecting them to fake wallet provider websites.
Keywords: Latest News

Authors: Zoltan Vardai ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-20 12:35:32
Cybersecurity firm unveils crypto phishing campaign targeting 885,000 phone numbers
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Bitcoin ETFs draw $517M in largest one-day inflow since early May   north  
Investors have poured more than $1 billion into US spot Bitcoin ETFs this week as BTC neared $72,000 and Ether climbed 19% to about $2,286 on Thursday.
Keywords: Markets

Authors: Yohan Yun ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-20 11:16:41
Bitcoin ETFs draw $517M in largest one-day inflow since early May
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Crypto generated about 1% of Webull’s record $198M Q2 revenue   north  
While Webull reported a record $198 million in second-quarter revenue, cryptocurrency trading only generated about $2.25 million of the quarter’s revenue stream.
Keywords: Latest News

Authors: Zoltan Vardai ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-20 11:05:00
Crypto generated about 1% of Webull’s record $198M Q2 revenue
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To Support the US Treasury Market, Bessent Sent the Greenback Reeling   north  
The US Treasury announcement early in North America yesterday that it would at least double the size of liquidity support buyback operations for longer-dated nominal coupon securities. The current maximum size is $16 bln a quarter. The stepped-up purchases will take effect on September 9. [...]
Keywords: Currency Movement

Authors: Marc Chandler ( top authors )
Source: Marc to Market ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-20 10:45:05
To Support the US Treasury Market, Bessent Sent the Greenback Reeling
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Raising machine-checked security benchmarks to advance hash-based SNARKs through agentic collaboration   north  
better.codes, an open autoresearch challenge built by the Ethereum Foundation Formal Verification team in collaboration with Yukon and zkSecurity, is now live. better.codes takes a self-contained problem from the Proximity Prize research, formalized in Lean, and puts its soundness bound on a [...]
Keywords: Research & Development

Source: Ethereum Foundation Blog ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-20 00:00:00
Raising machine-checked security benchmarks to advance hash-based SNARKs through agentic collaboration
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Bitcoin price hits 11-week high as US Treasury doubles debt buyback size   north  
Bitcoin joined US stocks in a broad rally after the US Treasury announced that it was at least doubling the amount of its debt buyback operations from September.
Keywords: Markets

Authors: William Suberg ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-19 15:44:09
Bitcoin price hits 11-week high as US Treasury doubles debt buyback size
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200,000 fake AI ‘victims’ deployed to scam bait online fraudsters   north  
Apate’s 200,000 fake AI ‘victims’ are so good at scam baiting, the company has a monthly KPI for how many F-bombs scammers drop at the infuriating bots.
Keywords: Magazine

Authors: Andrew Fenton ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-19 13:30:00
200,000 fake AI ‘victims’ deployed to scam bait online fraudsters
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Sweden’s H100 reports $26M H1 loss driven by falling Bitcoin value   north  
Sweden’s H100 reported a $26 million loss for the first half of the year, as it completed its acquisitions to become Europe’s second-largest Bitcoin treasury by holdings.
Keywords: Latest News

Authors: Zoltan Vardai ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-19 11:59:30
Sweden’s H100 reports $26M H1 loss driven by falling Bitcoin value
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Ripple raises $275M for US prime brokerage to meet institutional demand   north  
Ripple said the $275 million raised will support its expansion into traditional financial services such as prime brokerage and multi-asset clearing, citing strong demand from institutions.
Keywords: Latest News

Authors: Zoltan Vardai ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-19 11:18:38
Ripple raises $275M for US prime brokerage to meet institutional demand
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Three-Day Reprieve for Canada from US Tariffs   north  
The US dollar remains on the defensive. It is lower against the G10 currencies but the Australian dollar, which is nursing a small loss. By a narrow margin, the Japanese yen is leading pack, though the greenback has held above JPY159 in Europe. The Canadian dollar is firm and testing [...]
Keywords: Currency Movement

Authors: Marc Chandler ( top authors )
Source: Marc to Market ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-19 10:53:32
Three-Day Reprieve for Canada from US Tariffs
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Bitcoin ETFs add $189M as August net inflows approach $1B   north  
US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $189 million on Tuesday, lifting August net inflows to $951 million, while Ether ETFs added $71.5 million.
Keywords: Markets

Authors: Yohan Yun ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-19 07:59:16
Bitcoin ETFs add $189M as August net inflows approach $1B
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Bitcoin tags $65K as S&P 500 rebounds from 2-week lows on US-Iran rhetoric   north  
Bitcoin returned to $65,000 for the first time in a week as fresh BTC price volatility accompanied US claims that the Strait of Hormuz was “open and operating.”
Keywords: Markets

Authors: William Suberg ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-18 15:27:13
Bitcoin tags $65K as S&P 500 rebounds from 2-week lows on US-Iran rhetoric
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Kraken launches US-listed stock trading for EEA customers   north  
Eligible EEA users can trade conventional US shares alongside more than 700 tokenized xStocks through Kraken’s European entity.
Keywords: Latest News

Authors: Yohan Yun ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-18 10:53:21
Kraken launches US-listed stock trading for EEA customers
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The Dollar is Mostly Firmer but in Narrow Ranges   north  
The US dollar is mostly firmer against the major currencies. The Australian and Canadian dollars are the exception, but their gains are minor. Still, the Canadian dollar’s resilience in the face of the US tariffs it faces first thing tomorrow is notable. While some progress has been reported, [...]
Keywords: Currency Movement

Authors: Marc Chandler ( top authors )
Source: Marc to Market ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-18 10:49:00
The Dollar is Mostly Firmer but in Narrow Ranges
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South Korea moves to block Polymarket over gambling concerns   north  
The Korea Media and Communications Commission said Polymarket’s structure and operations amount to illegal gambling despite its noncustodial design and smart contracts.
Keywords: Latest News

Authors: Yohan Yun ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-18 08:39:57
South Korea moves to block Polymarket over gambling concerns
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BitBox patches ‘severe’ wallet flaws that could put funds at risk   north  
BitBox recommended all users update to firmware version 9.26.5 and said it had received no reports of exploitation or fund losses.
Keywords: Latest News

Authors: Ezra Reguerra ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-18 08:07:04
BitBox patches ‘severe’ wallet flaws that could put funds at risk
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‘Fabricated rumors’ about BitMart founder, Binance bStocks dominate: Asia Express   north  
Binance’s bStocks are the second largest tokenized stock issuer just two months after launch, and BitMart’s internal feud erupts into the spotlight ahead of its closure
Keywords: Magazine

Authors: Andrew Fenton ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-18 01:28:37
‘Fabricated rumors’ about BitMart founder, Binance bStocks dominate: Asia Express
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Allocation Update - Q2 2026   north  
Q2 2026 carried forward our focus on advancing Ethereum’s resilience and capabilities, supporting key work in zero-knowledge proofs, client diversity, formal verification, and open-source tooling. See the list below of the projects and ecosystem efforts supported this quarter as builders build [...]
Keywords: Ecosystem Support Program

Source: Ethereum Foundation Blog ( active sources )
Published: 2026-08-18 00:00:00
Allocation Update - Q2 2026
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