Crypto for Friday, August 14, 2026

• Trump expected to attend White House meeting with crypto CEOs, sources say
• Ethereum abandons its 8-year cryptography bet after proof systems flip the tradeoff
• Prediction markets are becoming financial data, but a 63% price does not always mean 63% odds
• XRP Ledger’s XAO DAO Plans Major Governance Upgrades to Boost Community Participation
• Gen Z favors ETFs and trades less than older cohorts: Binance
• Norway’s sovereign fund reaches record 11,549 BTC exposure without buying more Bitcoin
• Ireland plans industry standards for illicit crypto use
• Trump-backed World Liberty wins conditional bank charter from federal regulator
• France Tax Data Leak Could Fuel Scams, Attacks Targeting Bitcoin Holders
• Bitcoin’s ETF rebound just lost 38% of its gains in four sessions as BTC fell below $63,000
• China's Z.AI Ships GLM-5.3, Calling It the Top Open-Weight Coding Model
• It’s Not Just Baltimore: Kalshi and Polymarket Face More Legal Trouble
• SharpLink Will Stake $200M of Ethereum Through Lido's wstETH
• Dartmouth endowment’s crypto exposure drops by $2M amid falling prices
• Another public company abandons Bitcoin playbook after treasury volatility drove $22 million loss
• Kraken parent Payward revenue rises 17% as trading volume falls in Q2
• OpenAI Staff Blame Rush to Ship for Rogue Agent Hack
• CZ Says Software Wallets Avoid Risks Seen in Trezor Leak
• Tokenization stocks slip as SEC delay puts 'speed bump' in crypto’s Wall Street push
• Coldcard Bitcoin Thefts Slow, But Losses Could Top $150 Million: Galaxy
• Strategy tells MSCI ‘Bitcoin doesn’t need you’ as $2.8 billion index risk hangs over MSTR
• Israel’s Largest Bank Will Give Bitcoin Trading Another Try
• UK authorities continue probe into Nigel Farage’s crypto ‘gifts’ after by-election win
• Cronos (CRO) Rises 5% Daily Following Major Ecosystem News: Details
• Another Bitcoin Miner Sells Off BTC to Fund AI Data Center Pivot
• Latest Gemini earnings expose crypto’s new exchange reality – more total revenue, less crypto trading
• Israel’s largest bank taps Galaxy to offer Bitcoin, Ether, Solana trading
• Crypto Biz: Bitcoin’s $116M self-custody wake-up call
• Bitcoin Price Analysis: Is $60K Back in Play After BTC’s Latest Rejection?
• SEC cancels crypto fundraising meeting, leaving token issuers with no new path to fund development
• Fake LinkedIn Crypto Job Scams Have Cost $11.8M: Singapore
• Bitcoin price drops to $62.5K as trader warns weekly close may spark more losses
• Bitcoin Hits 10-Day Low Despite Positive CPI Data as Strategy Keeps Selling: Weekly Crypto Recap
• Morgan Stanley’s BlackRock Bitcoin ETF holdings rise 23% in Q2
• JPMorgan boosts Bitcoin, Ether ETF positions in Q2 filing
• Strategy says MSCI should measure markets, not dictate corporate assets
• 72,000,000 XRP in 24 Hours: Do Ripple Whales Know Something We Don’t?
• Israel’s largest bank to offer crypto trading with Galaxy
• Bitcoin ETF calls surge 24-fold as puts fall 52.75%, reaching 1.95M IBIT underlying shares
• Binance to restrict transactions involving HTX, 10 other crypto platforms
• USDT Still Leads Stablecoin Volume as USDC Gains Momentum, NOWPayments Data Shows
• Solana’s fee overhaul increases burn and makes resource hogs pay
• Ireland’s New AML Strategy Brings ‘Enhanced Checks’ on Private Crypto Wallets
• Tokenized transactions surge to $5.3 billion but generate just $14M as costs soar by 56%
• Bitcoin Price Analysis: Can BTC Hit $64K This Weekend?
• Gemini posts $108M Q2 net loss despite 37% revenue growth
• Bitcoin’s (BTC) Defining Moment, Ethereum’s (ETH) Potential, and More: Bits Recap August 14
• Morning Minute: Tether Finally Gets An Audit
• Ethereum’s post-quantum roadmap puts banks on a 2027 deadline nobody is talking about
• Volatility exits crypto, TradFi markets even as U.S.-Iran risks linger, sovereign debt rises
• Shinhan Asset Management partners with Plume on tokenized fund pilot
• Crypto Price Analysis August-14: ETH, XRP, ADA, BNB, and HYPE
• SEC Delays Vote on Exemptions for Crypto Fundraising
• “World’s First” Trump Prediction Market Product Killed, What Happened to Truth Predict?
• Trump family's World Liberty Financial delay plans to sell Maldives resort token
• Bitcoin slips as U.S. inflation fails to spark gains, ETFs see August's first two-day drawdown
• Polymarket CLARITY Act Odds Crashed From 82% to Under 20%, Does September 15 Save the Bill?
• Bitcoin eyes new August lows as Binance longs face ‘cleanout’
• SEC Shelves Crypto Rule Meeting Days After Senate Punted Clarity Act
• RedotPay said to put $1 billion U.S. IPO plan on hold: Bloomberg
• ‘Crypto Is Dead’ Talk Is Rising; Could Peak Fear Be a Contrarian Signal?
• Tether finally got the audit critics demanded, just as Washington changed the test
• TronBid: A Flexible Marketplace to Rent and Sell TRON Energy
• RedotPay US IPO delayed amid regulatory, legal hurdles: Report
• Kalshi Ordered to Block Washington Bets Days After CFTC Backed It
• The Biggest Bitcoin Bear Keeps Adding to Their Short Position as BTC Price Slides Further
• Dario Amodei Claude AI Predicts the Next Chapter for XRP in 2026
• Google Gemini AI Predicts Bitcoin Price by the End of 2026
• Bitcoin’s stall around $63,000 exposes how weak its buyers have become amid record high S&P 500
• JPMorgan cuts Polymarket banking ties over regulatory concerns: Report
• Live updates: Bitcoin slips below $63,000 as oil, yields climb
• Bitcoin Shrugged Off Good CPI and PPI Data: Why Is BTC Still Stalling?
• Crypto payments barely register among euro area merchants, ECB finds
• SEC cancels key crypto regulatory meeting
• With violent crypto home invasions surging, a data breach exposing over 10,000 Trezor owners puts physical safety on the line
• Cluster of headwinds weigh on bitcoin. XRP teeters near $1
• Chainlink (LINK) Flashes a Rare Signal Linked to Triple-Digit Rallies
• Crypto Player Takes Home $1.749M After a Million PSG Bet on 1win
• Bitcoin holders Strategy and Metaplanet face stock-index exclusion under MSCI’s new proposal
• JPMorgan shuttered its banking relationship with predictions platform Polymarket: FT
• Neutrl pauses NUSD redemptions over undisclosed reserve issue
• MyEtherWallet (MEW) Integrates Ondo Perps, Unlocking 24/7 Leveraged Trading for Onchain Equities, & ETFs.
• Big Win for XRP Holders: On-Chain Options Arrive via Flare’s FXRP
• Soluna has 6.3 GW of data center projects on paper, only 192 MW are operating
• Figure reports $4.3B in loan marketplace volume as profit nearly triples
• Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF drew $371 million of share contributions while Bitcoin erased $66.8 million
• Bit Digital pledged 74% of its staked Ethereum position to a loan that can trigger a 24-hour collateral call