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Michael Coates, the foundation’s new CISO, said that AI vulnerabilities and fake identities will drive the next wave of blockchain security concerns.

ChatGPT AI predicts a multi-year breakout for XRP, with the price prediction extending all the way to the end of 2027. From today’s $1.07, the model lays out a credible bull-case target of $8 to $15, with an extreme, cycle-driven upside above $20 if crypto enters a genuinely euphoric bull market.Full regulatory clarity sits at […] The post Sam Altman ChatGPT AI Predicts a Historic XRP Price Move Before End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Takata's 1.25% bid failed, while decision-day derivatives showed no active leverage break despite the measurable squeeze setup. The post Bitcoin just slept through Japan’s rate decision, but a swollen yen short is quietly threatening a massive margin call appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Toronto-based 3iQ Corp becomes the first institutional Bitcoin treasury manager for Gelephu Mindfulness City, marking a shift from accumulation to active management. The post 3iQ Corp Named Institutional Manager of Bhutan’s Bitcoin Reserves appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bloomberg Intelligence estimates the average net cost basis of US spot Bitcoin ETF capital at roughly $82,249, leaving the position about 22% underwater and sitting on $16.33 billion in unrealized losses. On Aug. 14, large investment managers must disclose their June 30 Bitcoin ETF positions, and those filings offer the clearest look yet at whether […] The post Wall Street is sitting on a $16.3 billion Bitcoin loss, and an August 14 deadline will expose who is quietly fleeing appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin is trading around $63K to $65K price range, as Strategy's weak Q2 earnings add pressure to an already cautious market and prediction. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: Michael Saylor’s Strategy Posts Massive Q2 Loss Despite Bigger Bitcoin Stack appeared first on Cryptonews.

PI is among the top performers in the past 24 hours as most of the market has turned red.

Russia has added Moscow, the Moscow Region and parts of Kursk Region to its cryptocurrency mining ban list, citing power supply concerns behind the restrictions. Russia has expanded its cryptocurrency mining restrictions to Moscow, with the ban set to take effect on Aug. 15, 2026, and remain in place through Dec. 31, 2032. Russia’s Resolution No. 936, signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on July 25, 2026, amends an earlier mining restriction order issued in December 2024, according to records published on Pravo.ru. The updated rules add Moscow, the Moscow Region and several territories in Russia’s Kursk Region to the list of restricted areas. The measure expands existing restrictions on cryptocurrency mining in areas facing electricity supply concerns. The ban also covers eight municipal districts and the city of Lgov in Kursk Region. Read more

Corporate blockchains are multiplying, but Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong expects the boom to end in consolidation rather than coexistence. Over the past year, several corporate institutions and Wall Street giants, including Stripe, Circle, and Robinhood, have developed rails for stablecoins and institutional markets. Their expansion has revived concern that regulated companies with established distribution could […] The post Why 110 corporate blockchains are headed for a massive shakeout – and Coinbase’s secret plan to absorb them appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Galaxy Research identified 1,196 addresses that lost 1,082.65 Bitcoin in a 41-minute window, expanding the estimated scope of the Coldcard wallet incident. Galaxy Research, the research arm of crypto investment company Galaxy Digital, identified 1,196 addresses linked to the Coldcard wallet incident that lost 1,082.65 Bitcoin, worth about $70.2 million at the time of the transactions. Galaxy Research traced the Bitcoin movements between 1:10 AM and 1:51 AM UTC on July 30 across blocks 960,183 to 960,191, about 30 hours before Coldcard published its first security advisory, according to an X post on Friday. Earlier preliminary analysis of the Coldcard incident by AnchorWatch CEO and co-founder Rob Hamilton estimated that 594.48 Bitcoin, worth around $38 million, moved across 500 transactions within a three-block window. Read more

PUMP and PI are also well in the green on a daily scale.

Crypto investors were fleeced of almost a billion dollars in the first half of 2026, and the industry’s favorite comfort blanket did little to stop it.Security research house ack3 has verified 135 exploits between January and June, with $939.86m in attributed losses, averaging $6.96m each time the alarm sounded. The firm has published its full […] The post Hackers Torch $940M In 6 Months: Why Audited Protocols are Being Breached appeared first on Cryptonews.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says hardware wallets can still have bugs and suggests spreading funds across multiple wallets after the major Coldcard security failure.

Texas broke its all-time electricity demand record twice in two days last week. ERCOT served a preliminary 91,308 megawatts around 5 p.m. on July 22, one day after demand hit 87,403 megawatts and erased the 85,508-megawatt mark that had stood since Aug. 10, 2023. Neither afternoon saw an appeal for energy conservation, and the system […] The post Bitcoin miners saved Texas power grid from collapse, but their lucrative pivot to AI is stripping away the emergency brake appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Coinbase told investors on Thursday that 88% of its second-quarter net revenue came from something other than Bitcoin spot trading. The same release reported a $359.5 million net loss under US accounting rules, the company's third consecutive losing quarter. Both numbers describe the same three months. Taken together, they get closer to the truth about […] The post Coinbase spent 5 years building a life raft away from Bitcoin and still managed to lose $359M appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Meanwhile, Strategy's Saylor said bitcoin will succeed with or without the bill, but America needs clarity.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $172.4 million in July inflows but remained $5.3 billion negative year to date after heavy withdrawals in May and June. US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) finished July in the green despite a late-month wave of selling and BTC price volatility. Bitcoin ETFs attracted a modest $172.4 million in net inflows in July, reversing two consecutive months of outflows, according to SoSoValue data. The monthly inflows came despite a volatile end to July, as the funds logged a $265.4 million net outflow on Friday, marking their largest daily withdrawal since July 13. Read more

On-chain data suggested that he just incurred a 5.3% loss on his latest ETH endeavor.

The xrpld 3.3.0 release is expected next week with five proposed amendments, including two revised features that were previously withdrawn after researchers found bugs that could have allowed unauthorized transactions or fee draining.

Galaxy Research said weak seed generation let an attacker recreate likely private keys offline, sweep more than 1,000 BTC from nearly 1,200 wallets and continue searching without ever accessing the devices.