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Debate over the bill has moved from broad policy questions to close scrutiny of its legal wording and regulatory scope.

XRP trades at $1.0648 with RSI at 43.71 and momentum flat. Here's the bull, base, and bear case for XRP as it tests critical $1.05–$1.06 support. The post XRP Price Is Stuck Grinding Near Multi-Week Lows: What Happens at $1.05 Next? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The Coldcard hardware wallet exploit has resulted in the theft of at least 1,596 BTC from about 7,300 addresses as users continue moving funds from potentially vulnerable wallets. Galaxy Research said the confirmed losses came from three major attack waves and 14 smaller incidents. The firm has also identified a possible fourth wave that could […] The post Coldcard’s $130 million crisis is pushing Bitcoin back into Wall Street’s hands appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Glassnode confirmed that its aggregate BTC price cycle tool was in its coldest phase since the collapse of FTX in late 2022. Bitcoin is seeing its longest capitulation since the end of the 2022 bear market, onchain analytics platform Glassnode reported on Monday. Key points: Glassnode’s Bitcoin Cycle Position Heatmap, a composite BTC price metric overview tool, has signaled capitulation throughout 2026.  Read more

JPMorgan’s Kinexys platform will tokenize select BlackRock money market fund shares denominated in pounds, euros and US dollars. BlackRock will offer tokenized versions of select European money market funds using JPMorgan’s blockchain infrastructure.  According to a Tuesday Bloomberg report, the offering will include pound sterling, euro and US dollar share classes from BlackRock’s Institutional Cash Series, which collectively manage about $311 billion. The figure refers to the broader fund range, not the assets that will be tokenized. Each token will represent a share in an underlying money market fund and can be transferred around the clock between approved digital wallets.  Read more

The a16z-backed studio will open-source Pirate Nation assets, while an independent foundation continues supporting the PIRATE token. Blockchain game developer Proof of Play will cease operations after failing to build a sustainable business around its decentralized gaming thesis. The a16z-backed studio said Tuesday it could not develop a product that proved blockchain-based games could help usher in a decentralized internet at scale. It will open-source much of its code and artwork, including the Pirate Nation game, smart contracts and internal software-development tools. Proof of Play said the independent Pirate Nation Foundation will continue supporting the PIRATE token and keep its website operational. However, Proof of Play points will not be redeemable for anything. Read more

The so-called ‘500-day rule’ says buying BTC roughly 500 days before a bitcoin halving and selling it about 500 days after would have produced profits in prior cycles.

Maelstrom co-founder Arthur Hayes says overleveraged AI data-center spending will eventually crack, forcing government bailouts and money printing that become the next major bitcoin catalyst.

Forgd’s ratings draw on data from more than 500 token projects and 35 market-making firms, but do not solely reflect trading performance. Crypto analytics platform DefiLlama has integrated Forgd’s market-maker leaderboard, giving users access to data on spreads, market depth, trading volume and uptime.  In an announcement sent to Cointelegraph, Forgd said that the dashboard ranks crypto market makers using standardized measures of pricing, depth, reliability and execution quality. The data comes from more than 500 token projects and 35 market-making firms that use Forgd’s tools to monitor liquidity across active engagements, according to the company.  The integration allows DefiLlama users to compare market makers across exchanges and assess the liquidity supporting individual tokens. Forgd first launched the leaderboard in May as a tool for token projects selecting and monitoring liquidity providers. Read more

The completed tie-up combines Boerse Stuttgart Digital’s custody business with Tradias’ trading operations under a joint management team. Boerse Stuttgart Digital and institutional crypto trading firm Tradias have completed their merger after clearing the required ownership control procedure, creating a combined digital asset infrastructure unit with about 300 employees. The transaction was first announced in February, when the companies agreed to combine their regulated crypto businesses and expand their services for banks, brokers and other financial institutions across Europe. The merged business will operate under the Boerse Stuttgart Digital name, while Tradias will remain the brand for trading services, according to a Wednesday announcement. Read more

Seven funds took in cash with none negative, yet IBIT still supplied 65.5% of the Aug. 3 total. The post After suffering a brutal $265 million mass exit, seven different Bitcoin ETFs simultaneously roar back to life appeared first on CryptoSlate.

PUMP is today's top performer, followed by ZEC, LIT, and HYPE.

ESMA’s latest MiCA update brings the number of authorized CASPs to 321 and adds three entities to its non-compliant register. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) added 12 companies to its Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) register in its fourth update since the July 1 transitional deadline. Published on July 31, the update brings the total number of authorized crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) listed under MiCA to 321. The latest additions include three German cooperative banks: Volksbank Raiffeisenbank Oberbayern Südost, VR Bank Schleswig-Holstein Mitte and VR-Bank Landau-Mengkofen. The list also includes two companies in Spain — Basque Pay and Fintech Payments — and four in France — Finary, Woorton, Blockchain Process Security and Shares Financial Assets. Read more

Taiwan’s regulator plans to apply the Travel Rule to domestic VASP transfers from October before extending it to overseas platforms by the end of 2027. Taiwan’s financial regulator plans to require crypto platforms to transmit customer information on all domestic platform-to-platform transfers starting in October.  On Tuesday, the Financial Supervisory Commission said its proposed amendments would apply the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Travel Rule regardless of value.  Transfers exceeding 30,000 New Taiwan dollars (about $930) would trigger additional data requirements, including an individual sender’s date of birth and residential address, or a corporate sender’s official identification number and registered address. Receiving VASPs would also be required to compare beneficiary information supplied by the originating platform with their own records.  Read more

Bitcoin addresses and whale transactions hit multi-month highs as Coldcard fallout triggers widespread fund movement.

For 14 years, one ratio moved only in bitcoin's favor. Now it has decisively turned the other way and bulls may not like what it means.

The defendants allegedly traveled from Missouri to Connecticut to kidnap a Bitcoin holder and force him to transfer cryptocurrency before abandoning the plan. Three Missouri men were charged over an alleged August 2024 plot to kidnap a Bitcoin holder and steal his holdings. Sedric Louis, John Davis and Martel Williams were allegedly hired to kidnap and force a Bitcoin holder to transfer cryptocurrency to accounts controlled by organizers, according to a Tuesday press release by the US Attorney’s Office. They traveled from St. Louis to Connecticut, where they rented vehicles and obtained air rifles to stake out the victim. After staking out the intended target for two days, they abandoned the plan for fear of being caught on home security cameras. Shortly afterward, another crew from Florida arrived to carry out the plan. Read more

Cloudflare introduced programmable Wallets for AI agents and said payment features using stablecoins will launch in a future update. Cloudflare introduced Cloudflare Wallets on Tuesday, a programmable wallet for artificial intelligence (AI) agents designed to support stablecoin payments. The US cloud infrastructure company said in a blog post that the product aims to simplify how AI agents identify themselves and pay for application programming interfaces (API) and digital content through stablecoin micropayments, enabling what it calls “agentic commerce.” Cloudflare said users can claim a Cloudflare Wallet handle immediately, while payment features will roll out later. Read more

Cardano expanded its interoperability, advanced its governance tools, and entered a new development phase as ADA rallied to a one-month high.

Hayes likened the debt-fueled AI infrastructure boom to the 2008 credit bubble, but evidence suggests financial strain is uneven across Big Tech. BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said the debt-fueled artificial intelligence infrastructure boom could end in a 2008-style credit crisis and predicted the resulting government liquidity response could drive Bitcoin (BTC) to $1 million or higher.  In a Tuesday blog post, Hayes said investors have mistakenly treated spending on data centers and power infrastructure as high-growth technology investment rather than leveraged real estate. He said he expects lenders to finance excessive construction before a slowdown in AI capital expenditure exposes weaker borrowers.  The thesis connects the trillion-dollar expansion of AI infrastructure to a potential new source of crypto-market liquidity. However, Hayes’ predicted crisis, government bailout and subsequent BTC rally remain speculative.  Read more