
Bitcoin trades near $78,000 as memecoins, small caps lead a broad crypto retreat
Bitcoin fell 2% over 24 hours to $78,111 as 95 of the 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents declined, with most of the damage done overnight.

Bitcoin fell 2% over 24 hours to $78,111 as 95 of the 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents declined, with most of the damage done overnight.

Nansen found a $117,800 unrealized loss in one wallet as the team announced liquidity incentives and Bubblemaps flagged fresh top holders.

ARKB led Wednesday’s Bitcoin ETF outflows as Ether and Solana funds returned to net inflows.

Arya.ag is using Avalanche technology to tokenize grain deposits to help lenders verify crops backing agricultural loans.

Bitcoin investors showed little sign of panic selling as BTC held most of its August gains and sell-side risk fell to rare lows, data showed.

Alan Lane said a “coordinated attack” by the Biden administration made Silvergate’s continued operation untenable and prompted its liquidation.

Exporters can use overseas earnings to fund imports directly, bypassing the official foreign-exchange system, the FT reported.

Malone Lam, a Miami resident charged with stealing 4,100 bitcoin, led a ring of fraudsters who stole crypto via online scams and home invasions.

The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) issued non-compliance notices to what it calls virtual digital asset service providers.

Exporters can now fund imports with overseas earnings without first selling their foreign currency at official rates, the Financial Times reported.

Growing demand for tokenized stock trading may drive the Robinhood chain’s annual fees to $160 million by 2028, predicted analysts from Bernstein.

South Korea’s budget office warned that stablecoin adoption could reduce banks’ roles as credit intermediaries and potentially destabilize token pegs during mass redemptions.

Unrealized gains by whale speculators hit their highest levels on record last week, per data going back to 2016.

The firms say their combination of physical authentication, digital traceability and enterprise process design has no precedent in supply chains, and cocoa is just the start.

Bitcoin, gold and technology stocks fall as the yen rallies, while oil prices and government bond yields climb globally.

A central bank proposal would pause new payment operator registrations while requiring enhanced monitoring and transaction limits for arrangements involving virtual asset firms.

All wallet cohorts have shifted into net distribution for the first time since early June, but a potential golden cross offers bulls some hope.

Galaxy said 82% of Bitcoin stolen across all Coldcard attacks remains in the original addresses, with 18% moved in apparent laundering.

The attacker has now drained the 11 largest vaults tied to the third wave of Coldcard thefts, Galaxy Research said.

BTC fell on Friday and Treasury yields rose, but the hawkish market reaction looks overdone when compared to the largely steady Fed rate hike odds.

Tether-backed Orionx is permanently closing after an audit found more than $7 million in customer assets had moved to wallets outside its custody.

A historical analysis of bitcoin price performance from 2010 through 2026 demonstrates that the vast majority of the asset’s annual returns occur during a tiny fraction of the calendar year.

Buying pressure in Binance-paired currencies correlates with local currency depreciation as market makers balance positions.

CEL Solicitors says it has identified a wallet holding more than 5,500 BTC linked to former Intersango users.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew nearly $1 billion in the latest week as Friday inflows stayed positive despite Bitcoin briefly falling below $79,000.

Daily order-book traders fell about 40% from a year ago while volume rose 79%, as the value held on XRPL climbed above $4 billion.

Blockchain investment in Southeast Asia in 2026 has been led by crypto financial services, though funding remains heavily concentrated in Singapore and a handful of companies.

The US economy added far more jobs than expected in August, pressuring Bitcoin lower as traders repriced the odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut this month.

The mortgage lender plans to bring more than $10 billion in historical loans onchain, turning thousands of mortgage files into blockchain-based records.

The IMF confirmed that all bitcoin added to official holdings since June 2025 was sourced from private donations, with no public funds used for accumulation.

Financial regulators unveiled a phased roadmap moving traditional capital markets onto distributed ledgers, concluding with onchain stablecoin settlement.

US Bitcoin ETFs drew $730.9 million on Thursday as Bitcoin reclaimed $80,000, though CryptoQuant flagged weak fresh demand and a key $83,000 test.

Every fund in the complex rose almost 6% on Thursday and net assets crossed $103 billion for the first time. BlackRock’s IBIT accounted for well over half the money.

The third-wave Coldcard exploiter moved about 10% of stolen funds through THORChain as researchers traced the assets to a new Ethereum address.

Kalshi reportedly plans to file for approval of a WTI crude oil perpetual futures contract that would trade around the clock five days a week without an expiration date.

The regulator claims the dispute is “much ado about nothing,” noting that the order allows any designated contract market, including CME, to list these products.

A law firm and a tokenization platform say their proposed structure would give investors legal ownership of cat bonds onchain and could lower the minimum investment.

ASIC has recorded more than 45 digital asset-related license applications as its temporary enforcement relief approaches Sept. 30 expiration.

Bitcoin zakte onder de $77.500 en alle grote cryptovaluta’s staan vandaag in het rood. De kleinere crypto-ETF’s bleven geld aantrekken, terwijl de bitcoin-fondsen wat terrein prijsgaven.

De netto-uitstroom van Amerikaanse spot-Bitcoin-ETF’s sinds het begin van het jaar daalde met 66%, aangezien Bitcoin in augustus ongeveer 25% in waarde steeg, terwijl Ether-ETF’s sinds het begin van het jaar een positief saldo van $732 miljoen bereikten en XRP-ETF’s $502 miljoen bereikten.

Spot XRP-fondsen hebben negen opeenvolgende sessies met instromen geregistreerd, terwijl Q2-aangiften aantonen dat Goldman Sachs, Jane Street en Millennium tot hun grootste professionele houders behoren.

De Chinese “kredietimpuls” knippert rood voor risicovolle activa. Tot nu toe heeft bitcoin zich daar weinig van aangetrokken.

STRC noteert op $97,34 ondanks de toenemende terugkoop door Strategy, terwijl SATA dankzij het hogere dividendpercentage zijn nominale waarde van $100 heeft weten te behouden.

De bitcoin-fondsen trokken maandag $217 miljoen aan, één handelsdag nadat een uitstroom een einde had gemaakt aan hun negen dagen durende stijging. Ether-ETF’s hebben sinds half augustus geen enkele dag met verlies meer gekend.

De LSE werkt samen met Kraken-eigenaar Payward, de ontwikkelaar van het xStocks tokenized equities-framework, om toonaangevende Britse aandelen onchain te brengen.

1789 Capital, dat banden heeft met Donald Trump Jr., zou naar verluidt een investeringsronde van $1 miljard in Polymarket leiden, waarmee het platform zou worden gewaardeerd op $21 miljard, net onder de waardering van Kalshi van $22 miljard.

De tijdschriftomslag-indicator heeft een rommelige reputatie, maar de OpenAI-omslag van TIME vinkt de klassieke hokjes aan: een mainstream publicatie, een algemeen begrepen thema en een jarenlange aanloop van beleggersenthousiasme.

Blockaid meldde dat een aanvaller gebruik heeft gemaakt van een Ankr liquid staking-token en E-mode om bij More Markets meer te lenen dan hij mocht en zo ongeveer $9,3 miljoen aan WFLOW uit een kredietreserve heeft weggehaald.

Je blik op wat er aankomt in de week van 31 augustus.

Bitcoin blijft net onder $78.000 hangen nu augustus ten einde loopt. De sterke dollar, die de yen over de interventielijn duwde, is dezelfde kracht die de cryptovaluta in bedwang houdt.