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Cointelegraph.com - 20:46 Aug 13, 2025
SOL price cracked the $200 barrier, but a rally to data suggests the factors needed for new highs are missing. Key takeaways: Solana’s onchain growth supports the current rally, but declining DEX market share signal cautious trader sentiment. SOL’s perpetual futures funding rate near neutral suggests limited bullish momentum. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:21 Aug 13, 2025
Google searches for “altcoin” and “Ethereum” are surging to multi-year highs, coinciding with a wave of altcoin ETF filings and a shift in corporate treasury strategies beyond Bitcoin. Google searches for “altcoin” have reached their highest level since 2021 and interest in “Ethereum” is at a two-year peak, according to Google Trends data. The surge comes alongside a flurry of crypto-related exchange-traded fund (ETF) activity and shifts in digital asset treasuries that may draw attention beyond Bitcoin. Google Trends has recorded similar surges before. In early 2018, “altcoins” spiked months after Bitcoin’s late-2017 peak, as retail attention turned toward a wave of new cryptocurrencies launched through initial coin offerings (ICOs). In early 2021, the term “altcoin” reached some of its highest readings on record during a broad rally fueled by decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and large-cap coins such as Ether, Cardano and BNB. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:55 Aug 13, 2025
The Trump Coin ETF from Canary Capital indicates that traditional finance products containing memecoins may still have demand. Canary Capital has registered a crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to track a memecoin token linked to US President Donald Trump. According to the Delaware State Department website, Canary Capital filed on Wednesday for the Canary Trump Coin ETF. The registration suggests the launch of a crypto ETF tracking the Official Trump (TRUMP) token, though a formal filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could still be months away. According to Cointelegraph indexes, TRUMP has a market capitalization of $1.9 billion, ranking it 49th among all cryptocurrencies at this writing. Among memecoins, the token is listed as the fifth-largest by market cap, though the list doesn’t include the original memecoin, Dogecoin (DOGE). Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:15 Aug 13, 2025
The two entities requested that the financial regulator provide a "safe harbor" for certain applications under the SEC's broker-dealer registration requirements. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and the advocacy organization DeFi Education Fund have asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to set up a safe harbor program for non-fungible token (NFT) and decentralized finance (DeFi) applications from the agency’s broker-dealer registration requirements. In a Wednesday letter to SEC Commissioner and Crypto Task Force head Hester Peirce, a16z and the DeFi group said they were following up on US President Donald Trump’s Working Group on Digital Assets call to “provide relief for certain DeFi service providers from the broker-dealer [...], exchange [...], and clearing agency [...] registration provisions of the Exchange Act.” In July, SEC Chair Paul Atkins also said he had directed the agency’s staff to “update antiquated agency rules and regulations” concerning certain crypto and blockchain applications. ... -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:01 Aug 13, 2025
Bitcoin growth models project $200,000 by 2025 and up to $1.5 million by 2035, outpacing gold and the Nasdaq in long-term returns. Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s long-term CAGR of 42.5% outpaces the Nasdaq and gold, but is projected to drop to 30% by 2030. The power-law and quantile models keep BTC’s Q4 2025 target between $150,000–$200,000, with $1.2million to $1.5 million possible by 2035. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:55 Aug 13, 2025
From a $37 IPO to $118 intraday, Bullish’s NYSE debut highlights Wall Street’s growing appetite for regulated crypto businesses. Cryptocurrency exchange operator and media company Bullish made an enormous public debut on the New York Stock Exchange, with shares surging as much as 218% — a clear sign of heightened institutional appetite for crypto-related assets. After weeks of speculation, Bullish went public on Wednesday at an IPO price of $37, above its earlier target range of $32 to $33 per share. The stock, trading under the ticker symbol BLSH, soared to an intraday high of $118.00, marking a 218% gain from its IPO price, on trading volume of roughly 38 million shares, according to Yahoo Finance data. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:43 Aug 13, 2025
Bitcoin and Ether look poised to hit new highs soon. Which altcoins could follow? Key points: Bitcoin bulls are chasing after BTC’s $123,218 all-time high as buying pressure surges. Ether has played catch-up to Bitcoin and is close to making a new all-time high. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:07 Aug 13, 2025
The European country’s sovereign wealth fund does not hold BTC directly but has indirect exposure through a portfolio of crypto companies. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the largest state-directed wealth fund in the world, increased its indirect Bitcoin (BTC) exposure by 192% over the last year, according to crypto research company K33 Research. The fund has indirect exposure to 7,161 BTC through its investment portfolio, which includes treasury companies Strategy and Metaplanet and crypto exchange Coinbase. The fund currently holds over 11.9 billion Norwegian krone ($1.2 billion) of Strategy’s stock, a 133% increase from 2024. Similarly, the fund has increased its Coinbase holdings by over 96% since 2024. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:12 Aug 13, 2025
Bitcoin already has new key price levels beyond current all-time highs as traders wait for Ether price discovery to hit. Key points: Bitcoin takes another shot at price discovery as volatility returns with Wall Street traders. Crypto liquidations pass $500 million in 24 hours. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:08 Aug 13, 2025
Multiple technical setups suggest a potential XRP price rally toward $6 and above amid increasing futures open interest. Key takeaways: Increasing open futures open interest puts XRP in a good position to challenge new all-time highs. XRP price technicals are suggesting a rally to $6 next. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:49 Aug 13, 2025
Altcoin season may finally upon us — but it’s not the altseason you remember. Wall Street money and infinite memecoins have changed the game. Theres probably nothing more reliable in crypto than traders yelling ALTSEASON IS HERE every time Bitcoin stumbles against altcoins. Heck, theyve been saying it religiously since mid-2024, and theyre starting to do it again now after Bitcoin dominance fell under 60% over the weekend, its lowest level since February. Except this time, they may be onto something; ETH is within sight of new all-time highs, and other altcoins are looking ready to pounce. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:47 Aug 13, 2025
Ethereum's $1 trillion security initiative aims to attract institutional capital, but the chain’s transparent mempool enables $1.8 billion in malicious MEV extraction. Opinion by: Loring Harkness, Head of Commercial at brainbot GmbH and Shutter Earlier this year, the Ethereum Foundation launched a $1 trillion security initiative, a development in its wider campaign to tailor the chain’s image for its new audience of non-crypto retail investors, Wall Street and traditional financial institutions. On paper, the initiative is nothing but a good thing. Ethereum, recognizing its shortcomings, is refreshing. The proposed approach also offers a clear path to being “far greater” regarding security — a direction that will provide the industry we hope to attract to crypto with peace of mind. For Ethereum’s security problem, however, too much transparency is fundamentally the problem. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:45 Aug 13, 2025
A viral run on Zora pushed Base ahead of Pump.fun and LetsBonk, but Solana still leads in users, transactions and overall activity. Base is testing Solana’s dominance in token launches, with a recent burst of SocialFi activity pushing the Ethereum layer-2 network to the top of the industry’s leaderboard. In recent years, Solana has been the go-to chain for new tokens. Its low fees and high throughput are drawing traders away from Ethereum. It’s become a hub for memecoins, with launchpads like Pump.fun spawning tens of thousands of tokens daily. The surge on Coinbase’s Base is coming from a different kind of token economy, built on social media posts, viral moments and a new wave of creator tools. Coinbase recently introduced the Base App by rebranding its wallet, sparking a surge in SocialFi activity on applications like Zora. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:26 Aug 13, 2025
BTC price gains may be around the corner as institutional Bitcoin demand puts in a classic bullish move. Key points: Coinbase’s institutional Bitcoin trading volume hits 75%, something that has always seen the BTC price rise a week later. Institutions are buying a lot more Bitcoin than is being mined daily. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:10 Aug 13, 2025
Ethereum core dev Zak Cole lost funds after a malicious Cursor extension stole his private key, highlighting increasing wallet drainer attacks on builders. A core Ethereum developer said he was hit by a cryptocurrency wallet drainer linked to a rogue code assistant, underscoring how even seasoned builders can be caught by increasingly polished scams. Core Ethereum developer Zak Cole fell victim to a malicious artificial intelligence extension from Cursor AI, which enabled the attacker to access his hot wallet for three days before draining the funds, he said in a Tuesday X post. The developer installed the “contractshark.solidity-lang” that appeared legitimate with a professional icon, descriptive copy and more than 54,000 downloads, but it silently exfiltrated his private key. The plugin “read my .env file” and sent the key to an attacker’s server, giving access to a hot wallet for three days before funds were drained on Sunday, he said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:39 Aug 13, 2025
Metaplanet has outperformed the Topix Core 30 index year-to-date, a benchmark tracking corporate giants like Toyota, Sony and Mitsubishi. Bitcoin-focused investment company Metaplanet has surged almost 190% year-to-date (YTD), leaving Japan’s largest and most liquid blue-chip companies in its wake. On Wednesday, Metaplanet released its earnings report for the second quarter of 2025. The report showed that the company’s YTD performance dwarfed the 7.2% average gain posted by the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) Core 30, a benchmark tracking giants like Toyota, Sony and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Metaplanet’s standout performance in 2025 comes amid its aggressive Bitcoin (BTC) pivot, with the Tokyo-listed company expanding its treasury through regular purchases. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:32 Aug 13, 2025
The growing role of platforms like BitGo in spot Bitcoin products worldwide is a double-edged sword, according to market observers. BitGo, a US-regulated crypto custodian, will safeguard assets for Central Asia’s first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), which debuted Wednesday on the Astana International Exchange in Kazakhstan. The Astana International Exchange (AIX), a stock exchange operating within the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) framework, announced the listing of the Fonte Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (BETF) on Wednesday. Managed by AIFC-registered asset manager Fonte Capital, BETF offers indirect investment access to Bitcoin (BTC) to a wide range of investors, including retail participants, AIX said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:06 Aug 13, 2025
Ether inches closer to all-time highs as several bullish indicators align to support a rally into price discovery in the coming days. Key takeaways: ETH’s price jumped 10% today, inching toward its all-time high of $ 4,867. Over $2.3 billion flows into spot Ethereum ETFs over six days. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:50 Aug 13, 2025
The ballooning US deficit may lead to an increase in the money supply through quantitative easing, lining up a $132,000 Bitcoin price top in 2025. The US federal debt has reached a record $37 trillion, adding fuel to calls that rising deficits and potential money supply growth may underpin a Bitcoin rally to $132,000 by year’s end. “Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the debt just officially passed the $37 trillion mark,” said Representative Thomas Massie in a Wednesday X post. The US deficit has risen to its latest record high a month after US President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4, which he said would cut as much as $1.6 trillion in federal spending. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:41 Aug 13, 2025
Standard Chartered now sees ETH hitting $7,500 in 2025, fueled by record ETF and treasury buying, stablecoin growth and Ethereum network upgrades. Standard Chartered has raised its Ether price forecast for 2025 to $7,500, up from a previous $4,000 target, citing a surge in institutional buying and the accelerating adoption of stablecoins following recent US regulatory changes. In a report shared with Cointelegraph, the bank said Ether (ETH) treasury companies and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have acquired 3.8% of all ETH in circulation since early June, almost double the fastest rate of Bitcoin accumulation by similar entities during the 2024 US election cycle. “A lot has changed since our last ETH forecast update in March,” Standard Chartered wrote. “The first strongly positive sign was significant industry engagement from the Ethereum Foundation and Etherialize, two of the organisations behind the Ethereum ecosystem,” it added. Read more
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