
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.

O autor do ataque da terceira vaga do Coldcard transferiu cerca de 10% de fundos roubados através da THORChain, tendo os investigadores rastreado os ativos até um novo endereço Ethereum.

A Kalshi planeia alegadamente submeter para aprovação um contrato de futuros perpétuos de petróleo bruto WTI que seria negociado vinte e quatro horas por dia, cinco dias por semana, sem data de vencimento.

O regulador afirma que o litígio é “muito barulho por nada”, assinalando que a ordem permite que qualquer mercado de contratos designado, incluindo a CME, liste estes produtos.

Uma sociedade de advogados e uma plataforma de tokenização afirmam que a estrutura proposta daria aos investidores a propriedade jurídica de obrigações catástrofe (*cat bonds*) em *blockchain* e poderia reduzir o investimento mínimo.

A ASIC registou mais de 45 pedidos de licença relacionados com ativos digitais, à medida que se aproxima a expiração da sua isenção de aplicação temporária a 30 de setembro.

O bitcoin caiu abaixo dos $77 500 e todas as principais criptomoedas estão em baixa hoje. Os ETFs de criptomoedas de menor dimensão continuaram a atrair capital, enquanto os fundos de bitcoin registaram algumas perdas.

Os ETFs de Bitcoin à vista nos EUA reduziram as suas saídas líquidas acumuladas no ano em 66%, uma vez que o Bitcoin valorizou cerca de 25% em agosto, enquanto os ETFs de Ether passaram a apresentar um saldo positivo acumulado no ano, situando-se em $732 milhões, e os ETFs de XRP atingiram $502 milhões.

Os fundos Spot de XRP registaram nove sessões consecutivas de entradas de capital, enquanto os documentos do segundo trimestre mostram a Goldman Sachs, a Jane Street e a Millennium entre os seus maiores detentores profissionais.

O “impulso de crédito” da China está a emitir sinais de alerta para os ativos de risco. Até agora, a bitcoin tem praticamente ignorado o fenómeno.

A STRC é negociada a $97,34, apesar das crescentes recompras da Strategy, enquanto a taxa de dividendos mais elevada da SATA a ajudou a manter o seu valor nominal de $100.

Os fundos de bitcoin registaram $217 milhões na segunda-feira, uma sessão depois de uma saída de capitais ter posto fim à sua sequência de nove dias. Os ETFs de Ether não registam um dia no vermelho desde meados de agosto.

A LSE está a trabalhar com a proprietária da Kraken, a Payward, a criadora da infraestrutura de ações tokenizadas xStocks, para levar as principais ações cotadas no Reino Unido para a blockchain.

A 1789 Capital, ligada a Donald Trump Jr., irá, alegadamente, liderar uma ronda de investimento de $1 mil milhões na Polymarket, o que avaliaria a plataforma em $21 mil milhões, um valor ligeiramente inferior à avaliação de $22 mil milhões da Kalshi.

O indicador da capa de revista tem um historial pouco fiável, mas a capa da TIME dedicada à OpenAI cumpre os requisitos clássicos: uma publicação generalista, um tema amplamente compreendido e vários anos de subida no entusiasmo dos investidores.

A Blockaid afirmou que um atacante utilizou um token de staking líquido da Ankr e o E-mode para contrair um empréstimo superior ao permitido na More Markets e retirar cerca de $9,3 milhões em WFLOW de uma reserva de crédito.

Uma vista sobre o que aí vem na semana com início a 31 de agosto.

O Bitcoin mantém-se ligeiramente abaixo dos $78 000, à medida que o mês de agosto chega ao fim. A força do dólar, que levou o iene a ultrapassar a sua linha de intervenção, é a mesma força que está a limitar a subida das criptomoedas.