August’s 40% Swing Tests XRP Holders August 2026 was a brutal month for Ripple’s XRP, with prices swinging more than 40% from peak to trough. The token opened…
Ripple has pledged $300,000 in emergency aid to support flood-affected communities in Nepal and Tibet. The donation is directed toward humanitarian relief efforts following devastating monsoon floods in…
Bridge Exploit Hijacks LayerZero Permissions On August 28, 2026, a configuration flaw in a bridge between Base and BNB Smart Chain allowed attackers to hijack LayerZero delegate permissions.…
A security breach on neobank Avici’s crypto card platform led to the theft of approximately $1.1 million in digital assets. The AVICI token plunged 49% from its 24-hour…
JPMorgan’s Stablecoin Move Follows GENIUS Act JPMorgan Chase is exploring a public stablecoin separate from its existing JPM Coin deposit token, according to a Wall Street Journal report.…
Trump Family’s Crypto Venture Gets Federal Charter On August 14, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted a federal charter to WLTC Holdings, the…
Bullish’s $100M Stablecoin Facility: A New Collateral Class On Friday, August 28, 2026, the institutionally focused digital asset exchange Bullish announced a $100 million stablecoin debt facility extended…
The U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict inflated global oil and gas import costs by up to $330 billion between March and August 2026, per Finland’s CREA. The increase occurred despite oil…
Survey: Everyday Americans Prefer Control Over Bitcoin’s World-Changing Narrative On August 29, 2026, a new study from BPI Research suggests that bitcoin’s most familiar sales pitches—centered on revolutionizing…
US Secures 65 Billion Barrels of Venezuelan Oil President Donald Trump has called the recent US-Venezuela oil agreement the largest in history, securing access to an estimated 65…
Grayscale Ties Rising Debt to BTC, ETH, ZEC As the U.S. national debt continues its relentless climb, asset manager Grayscale has identified three cryptocurrencies that could benefit from…
Solana Improvement Proposal SGP-0002 passed narrowly, doubling the network’s disinflation rate from 15% to 30%. Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz personally contacted validators to change votes after early tallies…
Bitcoin retreated about 2.5% from a Thursday high of $81,455, touching a low of $76,877 on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. The pullback followed Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s…
Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh stated at the 2026 Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium that inflation is not slowing at the pace desired, reiterating a “firm, fixed target”…
Zodiac Gold Inc. (ZAU:TSX.V) reported trenching results at its Todi project in Liberia, including a 23 m intercept at 0.68 g/t Au with a 1 m section grading…
Trump Digital Gold Collapses 98% in First Hours Trump Digital Gold, a token launched on August 29, 2026, crashed 98% within hours of its debut, according to on-chain…
The SEC declared Evernorth Holdings’ Form S-4 effective, a key regulatory milestone in its proposed merger with XRP treasury company XRPN. The merger is now moving to a…
XRP Ledger Moves to Quantum-Resistant Signatures Ripple is accelerating its quantum-computing defense for the XRP Ledger, with developers now testing post-quantum signature schemes ahead of a feared “Q-Day”…
Bitcoin Recovers After Sub-$77K Dip Bitcoin (BTC) staged a sharp recovery on Saturday, August 29, after briefly sliding below $77,000 earlier in the session. The dip followed Federal…
Bitcoin’s Strongest Rally in Three Years Hits $80,000 Bitcoin climbed back to $80,000 on Friday, August 28, 2026, capping its strongest weekly rally in more than three years.…
Bitcoin retreated from recent highs after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh signaled a hawkish stance on inflation, emphasizing data-dependence for future rate moves. Despite the pullback, prediction market…
Bitcoin’s recent rally stalled on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled inflation remains too elevated to justify near-term rate cuts. The prior surge was fueled by…
New York officials warn that AI-generated content and fake crypto projects are making investment fraud more convincing. Reported investment scam losses exceeded $8 billion in 2025, a 38%…
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $201.8 million in net outflows on Friday, ending a nine-day streak of inflows. ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF led the outflows, while total assets…
Bitcoin fell to an intraday low of $78,630 before rebounding to roughly $79,474 following Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s first major speech. Warsh signaled “more work to do”…
Solana’s first network-wide governance vote concluded with a razor-thin margin, as the proposal to double the disinflation rate passed by a single validator’s last-minute switch. The dramatic finish…
Schwab Adds Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink to Crypto Platform Charles Schwab is broadening its crypto offerings beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum, announcing on Friday that it will expand its…
Bitcoin Flash Crash Wipes $200M in Levered Longs Bitcoin fell roughly $3,000 in 60 minutes on Friday, August 28, 2026, triggering the liquidation of about $200 million in…
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh led a traditional lakeside walk at the Jackson Hole symposium with Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and Bank of Canada Governor Tiff…
Bitfinex analysts have flagged that Strategy’s recent Bitcoin sell-off—totaling 6,948 BTC between late May and early August—created a persistent narrative overhang for the market. In an Aug. 28…
