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Wells Fargo disclosed $9.18M in Bitwise XRP ETF holdings. Full XRP price analysis, key levels, and what the institutional filing means for traders. The post XRP Price Prediction: Wells Fargo Disclosed Millions in XRP Holding appeared first on Cryptonews.

BTW has skyrocketed by over 450% in the past month, currently sitting within the top 70 alts by market cap.

The FMA said Bitpanda breached MiCA rules on crypto white papers and marketing communications, with the decision now final. [Update 10:40 UTC, Aug. 17: This article has been updated to include a statement from Bitpanda in sixth and seventh paragraphs.] Austria’s financial regulator has fined crypto platform Bitpanda 70,000 euros ($82,000) for violating the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, in the watchdog’s first published final penalty under MiCA. The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) said Friday that Bitpanda failed to submit a crypto-asset white paper to the regulator at least 20 working days before its publication, as required under MiCA. Read more

A flaw in an order-tracking plug-in of bitcoin wallet provider SafePal exposed names, addresses and phone numbers of nearly 40,000 customers.

Binance says it cooperates with lawful requests, despite exiting the Russian market in 2023 to improve its compliance strategy.

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Aug. 17

An order-tracking flaw exposed contact, shipping and purchase details, while SafePal reported no evidence of compromised wallets or funds. The post SafePal breach exposes 40,000 customers as hardware wallet attacks escalate from data leaks to $100 million theft appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a near halt as the 60-day truce lapses with no deal, reviving the oil-price risk that has capped crypto all summer. ETF flows, meanwhile, are quietly turning.

Soft economic data has Goldman Sachs doubting a September rate increase, offering good news for bitcoin bulls.

BitMart’s Chinese-language X account demanded an Aug. 19 repayment plan, while Sheldon Xia called its claims of blocked withdrawals and non-payment of salaries “fabricated rumors.” BitMart’s official Chinese-language X account has publicly demanded that founder Sheldon Xia explain the whereabouts of user funds and produce a repayment plan by Wednesday. The account said in a Monday post that some users remained unable to withdraw funds and that some employees had not received their final salary or compensation, while calling on Xia to disclose BitMart’s wallets, assets, liabilities and available reserves, according to a machine translation of the post. The post said if Xia does not provide a verifiable asset disclosure and repayment plan by the deadline, it would continue to submit evidence to regulators, law enforcement, lawyers and the media. Read more

All eyes are on Anthropic now with their IPO heavily expected to hit the market in October.

A $94.66 million ICE contract has triggered a courtroom fight between blockchain analytics rivals Chainalysis and TRM Labs.

Greenlane recorded a $19.1 million noncash valuation loss as BERA’s price fell nearly 76% year to date. Greenlane Holdings’ BERA-focused crypto treasury ended the second quarter valued at $16.4 million, less than a quarter of its $70 million cost basis, according to a regulatory filing.  On Friday, the company said it held 81.3 million BERA and BERA-equivalent tokens as of June 30. The $53.8 million gap between their cost and fair value left the portfolio 76.6% below cost. Greenlane reported a $19.1 million noncash fair-value loss on digital assets during the quarter, contributing to a net loss of $24.8 million. Meanwhile, its digital asset segment generated $309,000 in staking and yield revenue over the same period.  Read more

Perhaps the most notable event in the following days would be the Federal Reserve minutes release of the 28-29 July FOMC meeting.

The market may be facing a dangerous liquidity mismatch as futures open interest outpaces trading volume by a significant margin.

Futures open interest climbed to $2.78 billion and traders on Binance and OKX leaned heavily long, even as social sentiment hit a three-month low.

Every major gained on Sunday, though bitcoin, ether, XRP and solana are all lower over seven days.

The latest SEC filings showed that some of Wall Street's biggest names have been quietly scooping XRP ETF shares. Here's who holds the most.

The sealed complaint leaves Chainalysis’ specific objections and requested remedy undisclosed as briefing continues. Blockchain analytics company Chainalysis has sued the United States government over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) decision to award a sole-source contract to competitor TRM Labs.  On July 27, Chainalysis Government Solutions filed the challenge in the US Court of Federal Claims. The relevant motion became publicly accessible through CourtListener’s RECAP archive on Sunday.  A federal award notice values the contract at about $94.6 million and says it covers forensic software and support services for Homeland Security Task Force investigations. The one-year award runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.  Read more

The June 30 filing puts $4.118 million of Bitcoin at the center of an unresolved going-concern problem. The post This public company quit solar for a $5 million Bitcoin bet, now it has just $166,000 in cash appeared first on CryptoSlate.