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Whales are absorbing more than 10 million tokens a day while exchange supply drains to a seven-year low. Claude AI predicts that squeeze matters, and the XRP price prediction lands at $1.30 to $1.40 by year-end 2026, with $1.35 as the realistic base case.The regulatory piece is the largest variable. The Senate shelved the CLARITY […] The post Dario Amodei Claude AI Predicts the Next Chapter for XRP in 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

An accounting rule change might be the most underrated catalyst on this list. Google Gemini AI predicts it will help carry Bitcoin to $85,000 to $105,000 by the end of 2026, and the price prediction settles on a $92,000 base case, with $95,000 as the most likely outcome.Corporate accumulation sits at the center. Gemini points […] The post Google Gemini AI Predicts Bitcoin Price by the End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

The S&P 500 reached 7,798.99 while Bitcoin hovered above a cost-basis fault line amid record-low spot activity. The post Bitcoin’s stall around $63,000 exposes how weak its buyers have become amid record high S&P 500 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

JPMorgan Chase reportedly cut banking ties with Polymarket in October 2025 over regulatory concerns but remains open to an underwriting role if the platform goes public. JPMorgan Chase ended a banking relationship with Polymarket over regulatory concerns, according to the Financial Times. JPMorgan notified the prediction market platform in October 2025 that it needed to find a new bank, the Financial Times reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Polymarket now works with an unidentified lender. Still, JPMorgan has maintained other ties with Polymarket. The bank is allegedly keen on a potential underwriting role should Polymarket attempt to go public. Polymarket reportedly said that it continues to have a “close, active relationship” with JPMorgan. Read more

WTI crude tops $82 a barrel, adding inflation pressure and weighing on risk assets as bond yields rise.

Why is BTC actually down weekly even after the rather positive CPI and PPI data?

Crypto acceptance was just 0.2% online and remained below 1% at physical points of sale, while mobile payments gained ground. Crypto remains a marginal payment option among euro area businesses even as other forms of digital payments gain ground, according to a new European Central Bank (ECB) report. Just 0.2% of companies selling goods and services online accept crypto assets, the ECB said in its survey on companies’ cash use, published Thursday. Cash remains the most widely accepted payment method, with 92% of companies with physical points of sale accepting it. The ECB surveyed 8,205 businesses across the 21 euro area countries, covering retail, restaurants and cafes, hotels, and arts, entertainment and recreation. Market research firm Ipsos conducted the telephone interviews from Feb. 23 to April 10. Read more

The SEC canceled a meeting on proposed crypto offering rules after the Senate left for recess without voting on the CLARITY Act. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has canceled an open meeting scheduled for Friday that was expected to consider new cryptocurrency rules. The SEC said Thursday that the meeting had been canceled. The commission had been expected to consider whether to propose a “tailored offering regime for certain investment contracts involving crypto assets.” The SEC told Reuters that the meeting would be moved due to “an unforeseen scheduling issue.” The agency did not immediately respond to Cointelegraph’s request to comment. Read more

A shipping-provider breach revealed customer identities and delivery locations, creating targeted phishing and physical-security risks. The post With violent crypto home invasions surging, a data breach exposing over 10,000 Trezor owners puts physical safety on the line appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Top cryptocurrencies nurse losses as regulatory picture sours. ETF flows and traditional markets offer little support.

LINK may be approaching a major reversal as MVRV turns bullish, whale transactions surge, and active addresses nearly double.

[PRESS RELEASE – Willemstad, Curaçao, August 14th, 2026] A high-stakes crypto player connected to 1win’s Global Crypto Ambassador network received a 1.749 million USDC payout following a seven-figure wager on Paris Saint-Germain against Aston Villa in the 2026 UEFA Super Cup. The payout was received in USDC via the Ethereum network. Both the original deposit […]

A new consultation targets "non-operating companies" broadly. Two familiar names still land on the deletion list.

According to Financial Times, JPMorgan ended its banking relationship with Polymarket in late 2025 over regulatory concerns.

BA Labs had previously classified a proposed NUSD integration as higher risk because of its counterparty, operational and liquidity exposure. Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Neutrl has suspended minting and redemptions for its NUSD synthetic dollar after unspecified circumstances affected protocol reserves, leaving the cause and scale of any potential impairment unclear.  On Thursday, Neutrl said it had also paused other protocol functions on legal advice while it assesses the impact. The protocol did not identify the affected asset or counterparty, say whether reserves suffered a realized loss or provide a timeline for resuming operations.  Structured-yield protocol Strata later said it paused minting, redemptions and related functions for contracts in its Neutrl market, which supports several NUSD-linked products. Strata said its other markets remained operational.  Read more

[PRESS RELEASE – Los Angeles, United States, August 13th, 2026] MyEtherWallet (MEW), the world’s most intuitive digital wallet, today announced its integration with Ondo Perps, expanding its suite of decentralized financial products to include perpetual futures, derivative contracts with no expiration date. Through this integration, users can now trade continuous perpetual contracts with up to […]

Flare's FXRP is now accepted as collateral on Derive, letting XRP holders trade options and perpetuals onchain without giving up custody.

Revenue still grew 73% excluding the presentation change, but only about 3% of the 6.3 GW pipeline was operating. The post Soluna has 6.3 GW of data center projects on paper, only 192 MW are operating appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Figure expects consumer loan marketplace volume to range from $4.8 billion to $5.2 billion in the third quarter. Figure Technology Solutions reported $4.3 billion in consumer loan marketplace volume for the second quarter, up 132% from a year earlier, as its quarterly profit nearly tripled.  On Thursday, Figure said net income rose 192% year-on-year to $87 million, from about $30 million. Net revenue more than doubled to $226 million, while its net income margin increased 10.5 percentage points to 38.8%.  Figure’s marketplace volume includes home equity lines of credit, debt-service coverage ratio loans and personal loans processed through its loan origination system, along with third-party loans traded on Figure Connect, which accounted for $2.8 billion, or 65%, of the quarterly total.  Read more

Nearly all of MSBT’s operating-period decline was unrealized as gross share contributions reached $371.1 million. The post Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF drew $371 million of share contributions while Bitcoin erased $66.8 million appeared first on CryptoSlate.