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Bitcoin ETF inflows are strengthening as capital rotates back into BTC. Can it finally break its historically bearish August trend?
Former LAPD officer Eric Halem was sentenced to life plus 15 years for kidnapping a teenager and stealing a hard drive holding $350,000 in Bitcoin.
Bitcoin's seven-day active supply climbed to a 2026 high with about 890,000 BTC moved over the past week amid the Coldcard attack, per K33.
Uniswap (UNI) holders pulled tokens off Binance at the fastest pace in five years this month, according to CryptoQuant. Top wallet withdrawals surged even as the token stayed far below its 2021 peak.
XRP Ledger (XRPL) has reached a couple of new milestones, as the tokenized Real-World Asset (RWA) value network and participation hit new record highs.
The XRP Ledger has surpassed 8.03 million accounts, pushing the estimated balance required to rank among the top 1% of XRP wallets to around 44,930 XRP.
Ethereum price traded near $1,868 on Aug. 5 as it compressed below a descending trendline, while debate over EIP-8361 added a new variable to the market outlook. Ethereum price struggles below $1,900 According to data from crypto.
The incentive to stake beyond half the supply would disappear at activation, with the yield cut phasing in over 18 months.
"You don't remain bearish at this current macro support level," one market observer claimed.
Only 22 tokens have managed to put in better price performances than Bitcoin over the last 24 months, according to an analysis posted by Messari analyst Carlos Gonzalez Campo. Of that group, only OKB has outperformed BTC if the slider is shifted to 2021.
The integration enhances XRP's utility and institutional appeal but centralizes risk, necessitating careful monitoring of adoption and security. XRP Ledger connects to Axelar's interoperability network for cross-chain transfers.
There's an old saying that “every coin has two sides.” It applies perfectly to the multimillion-dollar hack of the hardware wallet Coldcard that began on July 30 and is still in progress.
For the first time in months, Dogecoin's biggest bullish signal isn't coming from Elon Musk—it's coming from the blockchain itself. Network activity has jumped 16%, active wallets are climbing, and technical indicators suggest DOGE is trading at an extremely oversold level.
Shares jumped 10% in pre-market trading as the stablecoin issuer revealed institutional adoption for its layer 1 blockchain Arc.
Circle's strategic partnerships could accelerate blockchain adoption, enhance financial infrastructure, and drive innovation in digital finance. Circle taps BlackRock, Visa, and DTCC as Arc validators.
