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Bitcoin's 22% weekly gain left most altcoins behind. With the Altcoin Season Index at 33, five tokens outside the top 10 have catalysts that could close the gap.
TRUMP memecoin surged 80% after rumors of a new Trump crypto project on Robinhood Chain, liquidating $30M in shorts. Unconfirmed trigger leaves rally fragile.
Treasury yield volatility is driving sharp swings in the dollar index, with Bitcoin moving in the opposite direction as traders struggle to price the Fed's next move before September's meeting.
A second industry lawsuit challenges Illinois' 0.2% digital asset tax as brokers face a Jan. 1 registration deadline. The outcome hinges on injunction or repeal.
An attacker seized governance control of Term Labs, draining $8.5M from four USDC vaults and the Ethereum Meta Vault without breaking any code.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong pushed senators to support the CLARITY Act ahead of a Sept. 15 cloture vote; the outcome will determine whether the Senate begins debate on the crypto market-structure bill.
As payment companies and trading firms use OTC for recurring stablecoin conversion, the infrastructure is evolving beyond block trades.
Binance's bStocks and Kraken's xStocks control 70% of tokenized equity DEX volume. bStocks alone hit $624M AUM and $7.4B July volume, outpacing xStocks.
Altcoins added $215B in three days after Trump's White House summit. Total2 recaptured $1T. Bitcoin dominance near 60% keeps altseason question open.
Nigeria's SEC proposes that crypto exchanges serving Nigerian users register locally with ₦2B capital, cold storage mandates, and tiered stablecoin reserves. Comments due Sept. 3.
Offshore crypto firms serving Nigerians would need local registration, ₦2B capital for exchanges, and tiered stablecoin reserves under SEC proposal.
Foreign investors sold $29 billion in Treasury bills in June while buying stocks. The decline in short-term government debt demand comes as stablecoin issuers hold over $100 billion in bills, pushing Washington to formalize their role in debt markets.
BlackRock bought $1.87B in Bitcoin and Ether ETFs last week, driving U.S. spot crypto ETF inflows to $2.6B, the strongest week since October 2025.
Upbit's hourly volume surged to $830M during the Aug. 22 flash crash, with XRP accounting for 32% of activity as liquidations hit $523M.
SEC's crypto rule comment period opened Aug 21, deadline Oct 20. Proposal defines when a token is no longer a security, includes safe harbor.
Zondacrypto fraud investigation widens as founder Sylwester Suszek missing since 2022, CEO Przemysław Kral abroad; customer losses top $96M.
OCC has approved 23 crypto-related charter applications in 18 months, creating a new class of federal trust banks that handle custody and stablecoin reserves without traditional deposit-taking or lending.
ZachXBT's new fraud investigation website will auto-reject cases from Canada, UK, India, Nigeria, Morocco, Algeria and Bangladesh due to lack of law enforcement action.
Upbit's 24-hour volume rose 273% to $1.84B as Bitcoin hit $79.5K. XRP led at $418M, and the Kimchi Premium returned to 1.8-2.4%.
Bitcoin dominance hits 59.2% as retail traders stay on the sidelines. Weekend chatter on Telegram and Twitter shows patience, not panic. No catalyst in sight.
Coinbase's x402 protocol processed $50M in AI agent payments, mostly in USDC. Mastercard, Visa, Cloudflare build infrastructure for machine-to-machine transactions.
Nigeria's SEC proposed rules would require offshore crypto platforms serving residents to register locally, meet capital and custody tests, and stablecoin issuers to hold tiered reserves.
Nigeria's SEC proposes capital floors up to ₦2 billion for crypto exchanges, a cold-storage mandate for custodians, and tiered stablecoin reserve tests. Comments due Sept. 3.
BitMEX's API shows 66.4 BTC in four futures contracts that expire after the Sept. 23 shutdown. The exchange will apply early settlement for these limited-liquidity positions.
OKX stops MAJOR and J withdrawals August 26 at 08:00 UTC. Balances left behind become untradable. Check network, minimums and destination address before Wednesday morning.
The Bank Policy Institute, backed by JPMorgan and other lenders, wants FinCEN to require customer ID for stablecoin trades on exchanges, arguing most illicit activity happens there.
BitMEX, BitMart, and Kraken wind-downs impose fees or forced liquidation on residual balances. Withdrawal deadlines approach. Check your accounts now.
The Senate will vote on the Clarity Act Sept. 15, needing 60 votes to advance. Prediction markets price passage at 24.5%, down from 28% a day ago. Traders await a whip count.
EU transaction ban on 14 crypto platforms takes effect August 23. HTX, EXMO, BitPapa among those blocked. Kraken freezes incoming transfers. Binance restricts wallets. Withdraw before deadline.
Coinbase's x402 protocol has processed over 165 million AI agent payments worth $50 million, with 99% in USDC. Stablecoins beat cards on micro-transaction fees and speed, but Visa and Mastercard are building competing agent payment systems.