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The BTC price reclaimed its 200-day moving average for the first time in nine months as its rally gained momentum after the US Treasury expanded its bond buybacks. Bitcoin’s latest rally has pushed the cryptocurrency above a key long-term technical indicator for the first time in about nine months, offering a potential signal that its broader downtrend is losing momentum. 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, roughly a month after BTC reached an all-time high above $126,000. The 200-day moving average is widely used to gauge longer-term market trends, with moves above the indicator often viewed as a sign of bullish momentum. A sustained break above the level could therefore suggest that Bitcoin’s months-long downtrend is beginning to weaken. Read more

Legacy PoH and TowerBFT paths were out of scope, and no paper-specific implementation review is public. The post Solana’s 50,000 SOL security contest did not cover a clock attack disclosed months earlier appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Michael Selig said at a meeting of the Innovation Advisory Committee that he had directed CFTC staff to explore developer protections and other crypto-related policies. Michael Selig, who chairs the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), signaled that the agency would not be idle while Congress continued to debate provisions in a cryptocurrency market structure bill. In prepared remarks for the inaugural meeting of the CFTC’s Innovation Advisory Committee on Thursday, Selig said that the commission would move forward on crypto regulations even in the absence of the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act being passed by lawmakers, adding it would “help [Donald Trump] deliver if Congress will not.” According to the chair, he had already directed staff to allow registered and non-registered entities to offer “crypto asset trading on a leveraged or margined basis” and explore developer protections. “We’re going to give CLARITY its breathing room for a vote, but if the Democrats cannot support a bipar...

Put $1,000 into XRP at $1.07 and you own roughly 935 tokens. Claude AI predicts those tokens are worth somewhere between $4,675 and $26,180 by the end of 2030, and the price prediction spans a range wide enough to make the assumptions matter more than the headline.The most bullish bank-grade roadmap comes from Standard Chartered’s […] The post Dario Amodei Claude AI Predicts What $1,000 in XRP Could Turn Into by End Of 2030 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin's surge above $72,000 wiped out billions in bearish bets, but analysts say fresh buying will be needed to keep the rally going.

Meanwhile, ZEC exploded by over 11% in the past 24 hours to exceed $560.

Binance’s Agent OS lets AI agents access market data, execute trades and make payments while giving users control over permissions and account access. Binance has launched Agent OS, a developer platform that allows AI agents to access market data, monitor user accounts and execute crypto trades on the exchange. According to a company announcement, the platform supports AI tools including ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, allowing users to authorize agents to view account information and place trades within configured permissions and limits. Users can assign agents to dedicated subaccounts to separate funds and trading activity, configure their permissions and revoke access at any time. Binance said it can monitor trades placed through Agent OS but cannot see an agent’s external information sources, interpretation or decision-making, which occur within the user’s chosen AI application. Read more

Loans facilitated fell to $1.353 billion and guidance points below the second-quarter result, while Aurelion’s gold positions dominated the earnings swing. The post Tether-backed Antalpha’s loan TVL declined $696 million as its gold bet returned a $22 million loss appeared first on CryptoSlate.

XRP jumps 7.96% to $1.1866 after beating Bitcoin in a record short squeeze. Can it clear $1.20 resistance and extend its biggest rally since 2020? The post XRP Price Prediction: Can Ripple Extend Its Biggest Rally Since 2020? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin's sharpest rally in five months flipped prediction-market odds from bearish to a coin flip—but the longer-term bets still price in a crash.

A 23-message transaction corrupted pool accounting before CACAO fell 88.7%, widening the damage that Maya's recovery plan still must reconcile. The post MAYAChain’s $1.36 million exploit spiraled into nearly $11 million of pool damage appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig told the inaugural gathering of the Innovation Advisory Committee that his agency won't sit idle.

Two upgrades in the testnet and one number that keeps coming up: 200 million gas. Google Gemini AI predicts that the throughput jump reframes what Ethereum can carry, and the price prediction targets $3,200 to $4,200 by the end of 2026, with $3,500 as the base case from $2,100.The Platåberget testnet for Glamsterdam anchors the […] The post Google Gemini AI Predicts an Unexpected Prediction on Ethereum By The End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

The CFTC chair said staff is already exploring a crypto market structure framework and could move quickly to propose rules if Congress fails to act.

ETH is breaking higher as investors pull coins from exchanges, ETFs attract fresh cash, and major buyers step into the market.

Cloud and AI product revenue accelerated in the June quarter, but a 75% drop in net income extended Alibaba's run of profit misses to a fifth straight quarter.

Its crypto holdings were $1.44 million below cost at June 30, while outstanding shares climbed 145% by Aug. 18. The post Nasdaq-listed company warned it may not survive 12 months after its crypto treasury crashed 46% appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Three years of development have just become a live production system. Meta AI predicts that changes the argument entirely, and the price prediction places Solana at $180 to $250 by the end of 2026, with a $210 base case from $83 today.The framing matters as much as the numbers. Meta AI calls this bull case […] The post Mark Zuckerberg Meta AI Predicts a Price for Solana By The End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

[PRESS RELEASE – Montevideo, Uruguay, August 20th, 2026] Aligned allows fintechs and institutions to build financial products on Ethereum, with one-click solutions for wallets, rollups, interoperability, and zero-knowledge services. Today, Aligned, a full-stack Ethereum infrastructure project, has launched $ALIGN*, the native token of its ecosystem, with listings on major exchanges. Aligned is working to turn […]

The token's steepest daily and weekly gains in months rode Bitcoin's record liquidation wave—though ETF flows and futures data hint the move is running on borrowed momentum.