Crypto News All stories

Institutional investors now account for 72% of crypto spot trading activity, according to a new market report.

Hyperliquid’s tokenised real-world asset perpetual futures market has grown rapidly and changed how the protocol distributes trading revenue, according to a report.

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded about US$1.03 billion in net inflows last week, according to market data.

BTCPay Server has restricted remote access to Lightning Network nodes after attackers stole funds from some users.

Brazil has proposed a rule that would allow crypto exchanges to hold some digital asset transfers for up to 24 hours when fraud is suspected.

The tokenised real-world asset market has reached about US$38 billion, according to a new industry report.

XRP (CRYPTO:XRP) was trading near US$1.04 following a sharp contraction in XRP Ledger payment volume, which fell approximately 90% from its 7 August 2026 peak of around 614.9 million XRP to levels closer to its recent baseline.

Prediction market platform Polymarket currently assigns a 31% probability to Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) reaching US$70,000 during August 2026, according to the platform's live market data.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed a cloture motion on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act at 4:52 a.m. ET on Saturday, establishing a procedural vote for 15 September 2026 following an extended overnight legislative session.

Fintech company AI Financial Corp (NASDAQ:AIFC), formerly known as ALT5 Sigma, has sold its Canadian subsidiary ALT5 Sigma Canada to New York-based PrimeDelta Corp, according to a filing submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.

Ripple, the payments technology company behind the XRP Ledger, holds more than 50 money transmitter licences across the United States, surpassing the requirements set out in the proposed Payment Access to Cryptocurrency Entities (PACE) Act, according to crypto researcher SMQKE.

The US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut has charged three men from St Louis — Sedric Louis, John Davis, and Martel Williams — with conspiracy to interfere with commerce through robbery, alleging they plotted to break into a residence and force victims to transfer cryptocurrency linked to a multi-hundred-million-dollar Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) theft.

Former Ethereum Foundation member Abbas Khan has stated that strong founders understand the foundation cannot help them find product-market fit, arguing that entrepreneurial success ultimately rests with the founders themselves and not with institutional support.

• Bitcoin miners generated US$875.35 million in July, up US$38.93 million from June’s US$836.41 million.
• Bitcoin hash price rose from US$29.01 to US$31.59 per PH/s over 30 days, improving revenue from computing power.
• Higher mining difficulty, BIP-110 signalling and competition for computing power remain key pressures across proof-of-work networks.

China's producer price index rose 3.5% year-on-year in July 2026, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, representing the latest in a series of consecutive monthly factory-gate price increases in the world's second-largest economy.

An anonymous cryptocurrency whale has opened a 20x leveraged long position targeting 500,000 Solana (CRYPTO:SOL) on Hyperliquid, the decentralised perpetual futures exchange, with an estimated notional value of approximately US$23 million at the time the position was identified.

• Samsung Electronics plans native stablecoin support through Samsung Wallet as its Galaxy AI device base targets 800 million.
• USD Coin (CRYPTO:USDC) had US$72.3 billion circulating on 27 July, while PayPal USD (CRYPTO:PYUSD) recently exceeded US$2.6 billion.
• Samsung has not confirmed the stablecoin, blockchain, custody model, eligible markets or launch date, leaving the final distribution model unclear.

Bitcoin's (CRYPTO:BTC) dominant chain has moved significantly ahead of the BIP-110 minority fork, with the breakaway chain now trailing by 18 blocks following the contested signalling point at block 961632.

Trump Media (NASDAQ:DJT) has mutually terminated its partnership with Crypto.com and special purpose acquisition company Yorkville Acquisition, ending the Trump Media Group CRO Strategy project that aimed to establish a publicly listed entity dedicated to acquiring and staking Cronos (CRYPTO:CRO).

The United States Senate passed a temporary government funding measure on Saturday, extending federal agency funding through 11 December 2026 in a bid to prevent a government shutdown at the start of the new fiscal year on 1 October 2026.

A US official has stated that negotiations between Iran and Oman regarding the Strait of Hormuz have made progress and that an agreement is expected to be reached soon, according to Xinhua News Agency reporting on 8 August 2026.

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine has been privately seeking ways to disengage from the ongoing conflict with Iran, according to three sources familiar with the matter who spoke to media on 7 August 2026.

A cryptocurrency whale withdrew 30,000 Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) from Coinbase Prime, valued at approximately US$57.21 million at the time of the transaction, according to on-chain monitoring data published by Onchain Lens.

South Korean printed circuit board and packaging substrate manufacturers delivered strong second-quarter results, with Citrini analyst Jukan projecting continued momentum and improved profit expectations for the third quarter.