Cryptocurrencies and related stocks extended losses Tuesday as traders braced for the release of the Fed’s FOMC minutes on Wednesday and Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech on Friday. Bitcoin dropped 3.2% in the

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Bitcoin’s sharp sell-off caught many traders off-guard, intensifying the rate of long liquidations, but data shows bulls stepping in to buy the dip.

Bitcoin mining-turned Ethereum firm BTCS Inc said it will be the first public company to issue an Ether dividend.

The SEC has pushed back decisions on Truth Social’s Bitcoin-Ethereum ETF, Solana products from 21Shares and Bitwise and 21Shares’ Core XRP Trust — all now set for October deadlines.

Gemini’s lead comes after a series of updates, while OpenAI’s ChatGPT and xAI’s Grok have suffered missteps.

Charles O. Parks III, who admitted to misusing $3.5 million worth of resources from two cloud computing providers to mine crypto, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison.

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Central bank stimulus in China and global investors’ response to recession fears will determine if altseason continues.

The community for Qubic, an AI-focused blockchain project, voted to target the Dogecoin network over Zcash and Kaspa by a wide margin.

Withdrawals and trading for Monero (XMR) on the Kraken exchange remain open, and deposits will resume once it is safe, the exchange said.

The current capital reserve requirements and rules make holding cryptocurrencies too costly for banks, limiting the sector’s growth.

The crypto industry is set to experience massive growth in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to its pro-tech and business regulations.

Crypto exchange Gemini filed an updated registration statement for its initial public offering effort, sharing a few more details in its push to become a publicly traded firm. Goldman Sachs (GS), Citigroup (C), Morgan Stanley

The Ether unstaking queue has a 15-day wait as investors aim to withdraw a record $3.8 billion in ETH.

The Ronin team said that a more performant blockchain and Ethereum’s Wall Street appeal drove the decision to return to the ecosystem.

The latest legal battle between Digital Currency Group and Genesis centered on a promissory note issued amid the collapse of Three Arrows Capital in 2022.

American Bitcoin is reportedly exploring acquisitions in Japan and Hong Kong to expand its Bitcoin stockpile.

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clarified on X that the department is still exploring budget-neutral ways to purchase Bitcoin, contrasting an earlier comment that tanked the crypto markets.

Bitmain recently announced it would open its first BTC mining hardware manufacturing facility in the United States by the end of 2025.

Citi is exploring cryptocurrency custody and payment services, with an initial focus on stablecoin-backed assets.

The bureau warned that anyone offering recommendations on a “crypto recovery law firm” or claiming to be a lawyer could be targeting the victims of crypto scams.

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Letitia James, who holds New York state’s top law enforcement position, has come under scrutiny from some, claiming she was engaging in “lawfare” against the crypto industry.

Bitcoin set another all-time high at $123,231 after US Consumer Price Index data showed July inflation was unchanged month-on-month and up 2.7% year-on-year.

The network is facing competition from next-generation layer-1 blockchains and layer-2 networks from within its own ecosystem.

BNY Mellon will manage and custody the assets backing OpenEden’s Moody’s “A”-rated tokenized US Treasury fund, expanding the bank’s presence in blockchain-based finance.

Coinbase has revived its fund to boost USDC liquidity in DeFi, starting with supporting the stablecoin on Aave, Morpho, Kamino, and Jupiter.

Bitcoin bulls lift their price target to $137,000 as odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut increase.

Tron, Tether, and TRM Labs expand their crime-fighting unit with Binance as the first T3+ partner, as industry data shows crypto hacks are getting faster and harder to stop.

MARA Holding’s expansion into AI and high-performance computing is expected to close in Q4, and comes amid a steep rise in Bitcoin mining difficulty.

Bitcoin’s (BTC) overnight push towards fresh records met with profit-taking on Monday, knocking prices down to $118,500. The pullback left bitcoin 2.8% off its session high of $122,200, though the largest crypto remained up 0.4%

Paxos has reapplied for a US national trust bank charter after its 2021 conditional approval expired.

Nasdaq-listed Safety Shot (SHOT) has taken a 10% revenue stake in Bonk.fun, among the largest memecoin launchpads on Solana. As part of a deal, Safety Shot will receive $25 million worth of BONK (BONK) for

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Alena Vranova said that personal safety measures should not be ignored by Bitcoin and crypto investors with modest holdings.

The decentralized telecommunication project uses unmanned aerial drones in the stratosphere to provide wireless services to users.

JPMorgan remains bullish on U.S. stocks even as some observers warn that the economy is beginning to pay the price for President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The investment banking giant forecasts that the S&P 500, Wall

Bitcoin slipped 0.11% in the past 24 hours to $116,702, according to CoinDesk Data, but remains up 25% year to date, second only to gold’s 29% gain among major asset classes, according to data shared

Hines said he is leaving the crypto advisory group to rejoin the private sector but will continue to support the cryptocurrency industry.

The cypherpunk ethos is retreating from the limelight, as institutions and centralized players take center stage, driving new narratives.

This is a technical analysis post by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. XRP: Not out of the woods yet XRP (XRP), the payments-focused cryptocurrency, surged 11% on Thursday, reportedly breaking out of

NFT DApps drew slightly more active users than DeFi in July, even as DeFi liquidity hit a record $270B.

Though possibly not its first foray into crypto, Harvard’s reported stake in BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund represented a significant investment.

ChatGPT-5 users on social media platforms were critical of the update, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to the complaints, pledging improvements.

Court documents showed there was at least one 90-year-old, and some people had “set in stone” their opinions about the Tornado Cash co-founder’s criminal charges.

Vitalik Buterin says public companies that buy and hold Ether broaden the token’s access to a wider range of investors, but cautioned on leveraging too heavily.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s 2020 lawsuit against Ripple Labs is officially over, after the two parties informed the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that they were voluntarily dismissing their respective appeals of a

Ripple Labs and the SEC have both filed to drop their legal appeals in a yearslong court battle over the securities classification of the XRP token.