Crypto for Monday, August 24, 2026

• AI scammers no longer need to hack your wallet if they can convince you to use it for them
• We Told Microsoft Copilot AI to Be Brutally Realistic About XRP Predicts, This Was Its Target
• Dario Amodei Claude AI Predicts Ethereum Needs to Do One Thing Before $4,000 Is Back on the Table
• Fidelity grants ETFs power to stake 100% of crypto while outlining exit delay risks
• Top Shiba Inu Price Predictions as SHIB Soars 22% in a Week
• Hugging Face Explores $13 Billion Sale a Month After a Rogue OpenAI Agent Hacked It
• CFTC, US soldier accused of illegal Polymarket bet spar over interpretation of prediction markets
• Strive Buys $81.5 Million in Bitcoin After Issuing More Shares
• AI Predicts Solana Price at the End of 2026
• Users warned to pull funds immediately as EU sanctions force crypto platform into withdrawal-only mode
• Gemini plans to distribute crypto prediction markets through Apex brokerages
• AI Model Ox Alpha Is Free, Beats Claude Fable, and Nobody Knows Who Built It
• Bitcoin’s $80K Rally Is a Trap, Analyst Warns of $45K Drop
• Solana stakers face yield cuts as a treasury firm fights to protect 99.4% of its revenue
• Why the Bitcoin Rally Looks Like a Vote Against the Dollar
• Bernstein sees new USDC growth cycle, sets $140 Circle price target
• Coinbase Brings Tokenized Stocks to Ethereum L2 Base
• Bitcoin nears $80,000, but analysts say the next pullback will be key
• Polymarket Trump Impeachment Odds Turn on Control of Congress
• Coinbase-affiliated advocacy group endorses candidates for US midterms
• Coinbase tokenized stocks go live on Base with Chainlink price feeds
• Zcash (ZEC) Explodes to an 8-Year High, But an Analyst Warns of a Major Crash
• XRP Price Prediction: $1.50 Pullback, or End of the Rally?
• Hyperliquid Hits Record High as $1.2 Billion Token Unlock Looms
• Zilliqa points to hardware wallet flaw discarding entropy to expose crypto keys, enabling 683M ZIL theft
• Zcash Hits Eight-Year High as Futures Bets Nearly Double
• Bitcoin price hits $80K as 24-hour crypto short liquidations pass $220M
• The Group Behind the GTA VI Leaks Has a Meme Coin, Millions in Value, and a Secret Agenda
• Crypto political group details list of U.S. congressional allies its backing this year
• Coinbase debuts tokenized stocks on Base network, joining race to bring equities on blockchain
• Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs Grew $23 Billion Last Week—Only $2.6 Billion Was New Money
• Chain shutdown strips BounceBit token utility after authorization flaw exposes 286M tokens
• Saylor sat out Bitcoin’s 20% rally while Tom Lee bought Ethereum after a 30% surge
• Strive buys 1,110 Bitcoin for $81.5M, holdings top 21K BTC; ASST shares surge 11%
• Cardano (ADA) Jumps Past $0.20: 3 AIs Debate Whether a Rally to $1 Is Possible in 2026
• Crypto advocacy groups oppose Illinois digital asset tax in court
• Riot Platforms locked in a $9.1 billion Anthropic deal, but its bridge loan expires before the rent starts
• Bitmine Buys Another $81M in Ethereum as ETH Outperforms Bitcoin
• Bitmine extends 14-month ETH buying pace as Ether breaks above $2.5K
• Bitcoin Price Analysis: Can BTC Clear $80K This Week?
• Zcash surges 62% to $880 as holders prepare to vote on changing how ZEC is issued
• Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Surges Toward $80K Again – Can It Break Through This Time?
• Bitcoin price gains pull new investors into crypto, Fed experiment shows
• Goverment Shutdown 2026 Odds Fall as Markets Split the October 1 Risk
• Zondacrypto boss seeks leniency for testimony on political ties: Report
• Bitcoin’s Next Rally Could Send Ethereum Toward $20K: Analyst
• BitMart is talking about reopening before it has answered the withdrawal question
• Bitget CEO isn’t buying the Bitcoin rally — She’s waiting for $50K
• BitMine Nears Massive Ethereum Milestone as ETH Holdings Reach 5.85 Million
• Tom Lee's Bitmine buys $81 million of ETH in largest weekly haul since early July
• Morning Minute: Saylor’s Strategy Back in Green As BTC Soars to $78k
• New Solana vote could ramp daily SOL burns to $800,000 and slow new token creation
• Strategy Raises $2B Selling MSTR Stock, Establishes 'USD Cash' Pot
• Strive Splashes Out $83M on 1,110 BTC as Bitcoin Holdings Top 21,000
• Strategy launches $1.6B cash pool after $2B common shares raise, maintains hold on BTC buys
• Strategy raises $2 billion through MSTR sales and creates new USD Cash pool
• XRP crashes 37% in one Bitstamp wick while the wider market tells a different story
• Pakistan Sets September 5 Deadline for Crypto Firms to Register
• Strategy Adds $1.9B to USD Reserve but Buys No Bitcoin as BTC Position Turns Green
• Standard Chartered becomes first bank to distribute Hong Kong dollar stablecoin
• XRP Price Prediction: $1.5B ETF Inflows and Institutional Backing
• Japan’s SBI leads $68M Fasset round at $1B valuation
• First bear-market trend line reclaim since 2025: Five things to know in Bitcoin this week
• Ripple’s (XRP) at a Crossroads: 15% Upside or a 10% Pullback Coming Next?
• ECB defends digital euro privacy as CBDCs face global scrutiny
• Pakistan kicks off crypto licensing regime with Sept. 5 registration deadline
• Financial repression: The new buzzword for bitcoin bulls
• $400M AI crypto treasury firm seeks second reverse split while restoring capacity for 3 billion shares
• Gemini strikes Apex deal to widen prediction markets reach
• Bitcoin's Next Test Is $80,000 as Jackson Hole Meeting Looms
• Bitcoin steadies near $78,000 as gold rallies, altcoins consolidate after best week in 3 years
• Germany widens MiCA lead as latest EU register update adds 6 banks
• Ripple Payment Rails Separated From FedNow Access by Volante
• Zcash (ZEC) Explodes Past $800, Bitcoin (BTC) Reclaims $77K: Market Watch
• Cleaning firm dumps Dogecoin to fund $100M AI pivot amid stock dilution warning
• Fed experiment shows how bitcoin rallies attract new crypto buyers
• Bitcoin ETF inflows hit $1.9B in strongest week since October 2025
• EVM network halts block production after supply exploit as TON connection remains dark
• Crypto roars back as bitcoin posts its second-best week since early 2021
• XRP News: Price Rally, Take Profit or Let It Run?
• Jackson Hole Symposium, U.S. PCE prices, IREN earnings: Crypto Week Ahead
• Bitcoin’s Bear Market May Be Over After a 20% Rally: But What Comes Next? (Analyst)
• Live updates: Bitcoin and gold hit fresh daily highs as bitcoin climbs above $78,000
• Bitcoin weekend blip wiped out $250M in over leveraged long traders while open interest weakens
• Ether is crushing bitcoin and the 'golden cross' says it may not be done yet
• Ethereum lending app Term Finance loses $8.5 million after attacker buys voting power
• Banks, regulators join quantum-resistant crypto transfer pilot
• Bitcoin Bear Gets Burned 14 Times in 5 Days – Then Opens Another Major Short
• Bitcoin’s Rally Faces a Crucial Week: These 3 Macro Events Could Decide the Next Move
• Pakistan opens crypto licensing portal, sets Sept. 5 deadline for existing firms
• Ray Dalio says investors should own ‘a bit of Bitcoin’ as U.S. debt risks rise
• Bessent's $4 billion bond buyback wanted lower yields. It got a bitcoin surge instead.
• Bitcoin holders face unresolved fork risks as new eCash test chain launches ahead of October deadline
• Stablecoin neobank Fasset lands $1 billion valuation as SBI backs its payments push
• Crypto holds big weekly rally as Warsh’s Jackson Hole debut comes into focus
• Term Finance loses estimated $8.5M in vault governance exploit