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The ETH/BTC ratio has recently formed a bullish golden cross, suggesting ether could extend its outperformance against bitcoin.

The exploit shows how lightly held voting tokens can become a means of attack when control of a protocol is cheaper than the assets it governs.

Participating banks will test post-quantum wallets and onchain transfers while regulators from Abu Dhabi, Bhutan and Malta initially observe. Banks and financial regulators across Europe, the Middle East and Asia have joined a pilot testing quantum-resistant infrastructure for digital asset wallets and onchain transfers.  The Responsible Fintech Institute (RFI) and crypto custody infrastructure provider Safeheron announced the initiative on Monday.  The pilot uses a multiparty computation protocol supporting ML-DSA-65, a post-quantum digital signature standard published by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology, on a quantum-resistant NEAR testnet. Read more

Will they finally be on the right side?

July PCE data, revised second-quarter GDP data, and more major developments are coming next.

Existing virtual asset providers must apply for an NOC by Sept. 5 or cease operations under Pakistan’s new regulatory framework. Pakistan’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has opened its licensing portal after notifying regulations governing crypto exchanges and other virtual asset service providers (VASPs) operating in the country.  Companies providing virtual asset services on or before March 5 must submit an application for a no-objection certificate (NOC) by Sept. 5 or cease operations, according to the PVARA licensing website. Operating after the deadline without submitting an application will constitute an offense, PVARA said in a Saturday press release published by the Associated Press of Pakistan. “The licensing window is officially open, creating a clear pathway for businesses to enter Pakistan’s regulated virtual asset market, with defined standards for consumer protection, governance, compliance and market integrity,” PVARA said on LinkedIn.  Read more

The Bridgewater founder says recent Treasury-market stress fits his long-running debt-crisis framework, though he still prefers gold as the bigger hedge.

Bessent’s bond-buyback plan fails to curb Treasury yields. Here's what it means for bitcoin and gold

The Aug. 23 blocks used practice pECX while final software, replay rules and exchange handling remain unresolved. The post Bitcoin holders face unresolved fork risks as new eCash test chain launches ahead of October deadline appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The firm raised $68 million as its revenue has grown six-fold as stablecoin payments and settlement expand, CEO Mohammad Raafi Hossain told CoinDesk.

Bitcoin holds above $77,000 after a 21% week, with XRP up 46% over the same stretch. Asian stocks fell as Samsung and Alibaba slid.

Term permanently closed its Meta Vaults after an attack reportedly removed nearly all of their Ethereum deposits. Decentralized lending protocol Term Finance lost an estimated $8.5 million after an attacker exploited governance control of its strategy vaults, according to blockchain security firms.  On Sunday, PeckShield said the attacker drained about 2,843 Ether (ETH), valued at $6.87 million at the time, and 1.68 million USDC, which was exchanged for approximately 1.68 million Dai (DAI). CertiK made a similar estimate, placing the total loss at around $8.5 million.  The reported loss represented about 68% of the $12.45 million held in Term’s vault product before the attack, including nearly all of its approximately $8.8 million in Ethereum deposits, according to Defillama data.  Read more

The US may face a debt crisis within three years according to Ray Dalio, and debt-related issues helped fuel a rally in Bitcoin that could mark the beginning of a new cycle. Confidence has returned to crypto markets after Bitcoin saw a sudden rally to gain more than 23% this week to trade around $77,559 at the time of writing. It was the best weekly percentage gain (23.5%) since March 2023 and the largest weekly gain measured in US dollars. The price briefly topped $79,000 on Friday. Charting platform Barchart highlighted on Thursday that Bitcoin’s (BTC) price had crossed above its 200-day moving average for the first time since November 2025. The 200-day moving average is widely used to gauge longer-term market trends, with moves above the indicator viewed as a sign of bullish momentum. Many now believe/hope the cycle has finally flipped positive. Read more

Tax warnings surged across Britain as HMRC targets crypto gains.

The following is a guest post and opinion from Vincent Maliepaard, VP of Marketing at Sentora. Tokenized funds have stopped being a novelty. Tokenized US Treasury funds alone now hold roughly $16 billion in distributed value and the list of issuers includes most of the largest names in traditional asset management. Issuance is a solved […] The post The next phase of tokenization is utility appeared first on CryptoSlate.

US-listed crypto exchange-traded funds outside Bitcoin and Ethereum drew nearly $90 million last week. Investors followed a sharp market rally into XRP, Solana, Chainlink and Hyperliquid. XRP products led the group with $39.78 million of net inflows in the week ended Aug. 21, their strongest showing since the week ended May 15, when they attracted […] The post Wall Street just poured nearly $90 million into altcoins as XRP, SOL and HYPE rip higher appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitwise CIO warned that crypto investors may be focusing too narrowly on today's market while missing where the industry could go next.

US spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs recorded their strongest inflow week of 2026 as a sharp crypto rally pulled investors back into funds that had struggled to attract sustained demand for much of the year. Bitcoin ETFs drew $1.918 billion in the five trading sessions through Aug. 21, while funds holding Ethereum attracted $697.2 million, […] The post Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs just had their biggest week of 2026 as crypto exploded higher appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The 32.x warning and 33.x removal sequence remains a proposal as maintainers test whether sparse fallback routes add resilience. The post Bitcoin Core considers dropping encrypted routing support as poor node health exposes users to eclipse attacks appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum’s explosive breakout has shifted the broader structure decisively in favor of buyers, but the rally has now encountered a major resistance zone. With ETH pulling back after reaching roughly $2.55K, the market appears to be entering a corrective phase following the highly impulsive advance. ETH Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, […]