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An unidentified wallet sold 7,700 Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) worth about $576.6 million between 19 and 22 August.

Shiba Inu (CRYPTO:SHIB) fell 16.13% to $0.0000052 after facing heavy selling across crypto markets.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said US crypto rules have never been closer after meetings in Washington.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) reached Peter Brandt’s $58,000–$62,000 target before recovering above $79,000 in August.

Solana (CRYPTO:SOL) cut its target slot time to 350 milliseconds, its first reduction since the network launched.

Term Labs confirmed a governance exploit affected its vaults, with security firms estimating losses of about $8.5 million.

Robert Kiyosaki again urged investors to buy Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) as he raised concerns about inflation and the US dollar.

The Blockchain Association and Crypto Council for Innovation sued Illinois on 21 August over its 0.2% digital asset tax.

Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) surged above US$2,400 on Friday, breaking that level for the first time in over three months and recording a gain of more than 28% over the preceding four days, reaching an intraday high of US$2,446.

South Korea's tax authorities have finalised regulations requiring the taxation of cryptocurrency earnings from domestic exchanges, international trading platforms, and self-hosted wallets, with the combined levy taking effect from 1 January 2027.

South Korean exchange Bithumb will temporarily suspend BounceBit (CRYPTO:BB) deposits and withdrawals from 2:55am UTC on August 20.

Grayscale is seeking to convert its Zcash Trust into an exchange-traded fund while a DCG subsidiary weighs a $110 million investment.