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“There's a lot of chaos right now in the ecosystem. We absolutely understand that many people are being bombarded with security issues right now,” said Bitcoin developer Calle.

Wall Street investment bank Maxim Group has lowered its price target for Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) from $250 to $215, while maintaining its Buy rating. Despite the reduction, the revised target still suggests more than 120% upsidefrom Wednesdays closing price of $98.37, when MSTR stock gained 0.74%.

Pi Network (PI) extended its weekly gains on Wednesday as growing trading activity and positive ecosystem developments strengthened investor confidence. The cryptocurrency has climbed more than 10% over the past seven days, while 24-hour trading volume jumped 75% to approximately $11.5 million, reflecting renewed market interest.

The Bitcoin market has entered a forced consolidation phase following the rejection at levels above $66,000. As of the close on August 5, BTC trades in the $63,000 to $64,000 range, substantially below the cycle high of $126,200 recorded in October 2025.

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Cardano (ADA) has posted one of its strongest technical rallies in recent weeks after breaking above several key moving averages in a short period. The latest price surge pushed ADA toward the $0.20 level, allowing it to clear a resistance zone that had repeatedly blocked recovery attempts since late May.

Solana (SOL) continues to trade within a tight consolidation range after recovering from its June lows, but the cryptocurrency has yet to confirm a sustained bullish reversal. While SOL has stabilized around the $73-$75 zone, technical indicators suggest the broader downtrend that has defined much of 2026 remains intact.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) continues to trade under pressure despite showing early signs of stabilization after its recent correction. The cryptocurrency has managed to establish support near the $1.60 level following weeks of declines from its summer highs.

Block's Bitcoin ecosystem gross profit dropped 31% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2026, landing at $72 million. The company accumulated an unrealized loss of $88.5 million due to price fluctuations in its corporate reserves of 9,032 BTC. Total revenue from the Bitcoin segment reached $1.

After a strong recovery impulse that momentarily raised the token above the local resistance cluster, Shiba Inu is making an effort to stabilize. Trading volume increased significantly as a result of the rally, but buyers soon faced selling pressure, which caused the daily high to be rejected.

Cash Cat surged 22% as whale buying, rising Open Interest, and positive funding strengthened bullish conviction.

Gold blew past expectations Wednesday. Prices jumped 2.

The revenue crossover is real, but Anthropic rent starts only as new capacity is delivered from late 2027.

In this episode of Unchained Premium, Shrey Rastogi, co-founder and CEO of the tokenization protocol Kaio, joined Laura to talk about the fund Kaio just launched with Mubadala Capital, the alternatives arm of Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund.

The top ten daily Uniswap (UNI) withdrawals on Binance averaged over 7,200 tokens this month. The price of UNI pulled back to $3.96 after hitting a 90-day high above $4.70 on August 1, 2026. The UNIfication governance proposal expanded the token burn mechanism to version 4 (v4) pools and the Robinhood Chain.