ETH is capturing 32% of spot exchange volumes as traders rotate out of BTC, per data from CEXIO
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Ethereum’s network usage is nearing record levels, with daily transactions and active addresses surging alongside billions in ETF inflows.
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Tether Treasury minted 1 billion USDT on the Ethereum blockchain on 20 Aug 2025, blockchain-tracking services showed
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Just a month after going live, TAC’s TON-focused EVM network has locked in 35% more value than TON’s DeFi TVL.
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MicroStrategy Inc
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BIT Mining Limited said it has filed a Form 6-K with the U
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Crypto fundraising platform Legion has secured a $5 million extended seed round led by VanEck US and Brevan Howard Digital, with additional backing from Coinbase Ventures, Kraken, Crypto
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Futu Holdings Ltd
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Goldman Sachs says the market for U
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China’s government is considering permitting the use of yuan-backed stablecoins for the first time, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, signalling a sharp turn in Beijing’s stance on digital assets
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Brazil is set to hold its first public hearing on the establishment of a national strategic Bitcoin reserve
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Kenya’s Treasury said it is negotiating with Chinese lenders to convert roughly US$5 billion of existing dollar-denominated loans into yuan and to extend their maturities
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Circle has minted an additional $1
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Harvard professor and former International Monetary Fund chief economist Kenneth Rogoff has acknowledged that his 2018 prediction—Bitcoin was more likely to sink to $100 than climb to $100,000—proved badly off the mark
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Core Foundation, the group behind the Bitcoin-focused Core blockchain, has teamed up with digital-asset custodian Hex Trust to launch a dual-staking service for institutional investors
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Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have experienced substantial inflows over the past several months, with nearly $8 billion invested in the iShares Ethereum ETF (ETHA) alone across 75 trading sessions, including a nine-day consecutive inflow streak totaling $2
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Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff acknowledged that his 2018 forecast—asserting bitcoin was more likely to sink to $100 than climb to $100,000—proved incorrect
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The Bank for International Settlements outlined a way to embed anti–money laundering checks into tokens, even for wallets outside exchanges.
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The Paxos-backed stablecoin is growing quickly as investors pile in to take advantage of the network’s revenue sharing.
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Wyoming’s FRNT stablecoin reaches consumers directly, but experts caution it may trigger federal digital currency initiatives and privacy concerns.
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BTC, ETH, and major altcoins continue to fall following Trump’s meetings with Zelenskyy and Putin.
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The financial services company looks to take on Polymarket in the sports betting arena ahead of the NFL and NCAA football seasons.
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BTCS will pay up to $0.40 per share in Ethereum to reward holders and counter short-seller activity.
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SkyBridge Capital, the investment firm founded by Anthony Scaramucci, said it will move roughly $300 million of assets onto the Avalanche blockchain as part of a broader push to bring traditional funds on-chain
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BitMine has joined the ranks of Wall Street’s most traded stocks, leaving behind Netflix, Visa, and JPMorgan
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Users can now swap digital assets on EVM chains for assets on Solana.
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Wyoming on Tuesday introduced the Frontier Stable Token, or FRNT
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Stablecoin giant Tether said on 19 Aug. it has hired Bo Hines, the former executive director of the White House Crypto Council in the Trump administration, as strategic advisor for digital assets and United States strategy.
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Former biotech firm pivots to crypto accumulation vehicle with $419M in ETH holdings.
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The Hyperliquid-based DeFi protocol has unveiled plans to tokenize delta-neutral yield positions.
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Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major cryptocurrencies fell over the weekend and into Monday as investors reacted to Trump-Putin talks in Alaska.
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Fan tokens, NFTs, and blockchain payments are transforming player transfers and fan engagement, according to a new report.
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The collaboration offers on-chain access to equities like Apple and Tesla with real-time market settlement.
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The Solana-based token launchpad and decentralized exchange got off to a rocky start after its TGE, but has rallied fivefold from its opening day.
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The gaming-focused blockchain has yet to recover from a 2022 exploit, and says the migration is about speed and security.
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Story co-founder leaves after 3.5 years amid social media speculation, plans to focus on AI ventures in science and space.
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The long-awaited alt season could be underway, Coinbase says, while Pantera argues that altcoins are starting to outpace Bitcoin this cycle.
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In this episode, we’re joined by Marta Belcher, President and Chair of the Filecoin Foundation, to dive deep into the transformative potential of decentralized storage and its role in shaping the future of technology. Marta shares her insights on how Filecoin is enabling decentralized AI, preserving humanity’s most important data, and creating alternatives to big tech.
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The tokenized U.S. treasuries fund added another $330 million in TVL last week alone.
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BitMine Immersion Technologies said its Ethereum trove has swelled to roughly 1.52 million tokens worth about $6.6 billion
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MicroStrategy Inc. said it bought an additional 430 tokens
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Amsterdam-based cryptocurrency service provider Amdax said Monday it plans to establish a dedicated bitcoin treasury company, Amsterdam Bitcoin Treasury Strategy (AMBTS), and seek a listing on Euronext Amsterdam
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Japanese digital-asset investment company Metaplanet said it purchased an additional 775 Bitcoin for roughly $90–93 million, lifting its total holdings to 18,888 coins
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency will register Tokyo-based fintech company JPYC Inc. as a money-transfer business later this month, clearing the way for the country’s first yen-denominated stablecoin.
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Memecoin trading dried up but DeFi is picking up the slack.
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DeFi Development Corp, the treasury company associated with Solana, has acquired an additional 110,000 SOL tokens for approximately $22 million, increasing its total holdings to 1
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Lido leads the sector with $41 billion in TVL, as an SEC Division’s recently published view on liquid staking boosts investor confidence.
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Spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds drew about $1 billion in net subscriptions on 12 August, the largest single-day haul since the products began trading
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Coinbase Institutional said a full-fledged “altcoin season” may be imminent after the combined value of non-Bitcoin cryptocurrencies climbed more than 50% since early July
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Bitcoin slipped below $118,000 as crypto markets retreat on higher-than-expected inflation data and broader geopolitical uncertainty.
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Brevan Howard Asset Management disclosed a US$2
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In this episode of The Defiant Podcast, we sit down with Adrian Brink, Co-Founder of Anoma and Namada, to explore the intersection of privacy, sovereignty, and resilience in Web3. Adrian shares his journey from the early days of building Cosmos to building intent-based systems that empower communities and protect dignity at scale.
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SharpLink Gaming said it will raise $400 million through a registered direct offering with five institutional investors, selling shares at $21
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A new DappRadar report shows a surge in funding last month, though more than half of the $60 million flowed to one project.
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Wells Fargo & Co. sharply expanded its exposure to U.S.-listed Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the second quarter
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The perps DEX's total value locked by stablecoins and Unit assets reached a new all-time high this week.
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Uniswap has activated a new feature called Flashblocks on its Unichain layer-2 network, cutting transaction pre-confirmation times to about 200 milliseconds
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has extended its review of multiple applications for spot Solana exchange-traded funds, delaying a decision until mid-October.
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Nakamoto, the bitcoin-treasury vehicle led by cryptocurrency entrepreneur David Bailey, has completed a merger that frees the company to deploy fresh capital into digital assets
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Chainlink's strategic reserve has recently seen a substantial increase, with an addition of 44,109
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Citigroup Inc
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Cathie Wood's Ark Invest purchased 2,532,693 shares of Bullish (BLSH) on its debut day on the New York Stock Exchange, investing approximately $172
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The ETH validator queue’s exit line jumped over the last 48 hours.
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The RWA tokenization platform has seen nearly 94% growth in two weeks, fueled by on-chain adoption of JAAA and Ethereum migration.
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QUBIC is down 7% as the project's self-proclaimed "experiment" sparks backlash in the Monero community after it led to a short-lived network reorganization.
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Bitcoin slips below $120,000 from new ATH above $124,000 as crypto markets see $1 billion in liquidations.
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Turkish cryptocurrency exchange BtcTurk has frozen deposits and withdrawals after about $48 million to $50 million in digital tokens were siphoned from its wallets in a suspected hack, according to blockchain-security firms Cyvers and CertiK
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on 14 August that the federal government will halt sales of its bitcoin holdings, which he estimated are worth between $15 billion and $20 billion
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A new report from Keyrock shows stablecoins could take 12% of cross-border payment flows, offering faster, cheaper alternatives to traditional banks.
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Justin Sun, the founder of Tron and the TRX blockchain, has filed a lawsuit against Bloomberg in Delaware federal court seeking to prevent the publication of detailed information about his cryptocurrency holdings
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180 Life Sciences Corp
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Bitcoin climbed to a fresh all-time high of roughly $122,900 on Wednesday, overtaking its July peak, while Ether advanced to about $4,700, leaving the second-largest cryptocurrency just 3% shy of its November 2021 record
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Google on Wednesday walked back language in an updated Google Play policy that briefly appeared to require developers of non-custodial cryptocurrency wallets to secure banking-style licences, a move the industry warned would amount to an effective ban in major markets
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ETH’s huge price run is leading to new all-time highs in onchain lending and borrowing.
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The new integration lets traders earn 7-8% yield with SYRUPUSDC on the second-largest Solana perpetual futures DEX.
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Experts are clashing over whether Arc would be more successful leveraging the benefits of open blockchains or as a permissioned chain built for compliance and speedy execution.
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Uniswap token holders may be about to catch their white whale, with speculation the “fee switch” will be turned on after the DAO’s restructure is approved.
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As ETH approaches its previous ATH, SOL is today’s biggest gainer among the top-10 crypto assets.
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ALT5 Sigma Corp., a Nasdaq-listed blockchain infrastructure company, announced that it is raising $1.5 billion to become the first publicly traded crypto treasury company holding WLFI, the governance token of the Trump family’s firm, World Liberty Financial.
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Less than two weeks after Grayscale unveiled its Story Trust, the first public IP treasury strategy is emerging, with support from the Story Foundation and top VCs.
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Crypto exchange Bullish raised $1.1 billion in its US initial public offering after selling 30 million shares at $37 each, well above the already-increased range of $32 to $33.
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Cryptocurrency exchange OKX unveiled a sweeping overhaul of its native token on 13 August, saying it will permanently destroy 65,256,712 OKB
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Coinbase Global Inc. on 12 Aug. relaunched its Stablecoin Bootstrap Fund, reviving a program first started in 2019 to nurture on-chain dollar liquidity.
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A blockchain privacy researcher known as Fede’s intern said he was detained in Turkey, where he is being accused of “helping others misuse Ethereum.”
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Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), the largest Bitcoin mining company, is in advanced negotiations to acquire a 64% majority stake in Exaion, a high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure company
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Investor Mike Dudas is banging the drum for the legacy NFT collection, which was acquired by Orange Cap Games in May.
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Ethereum is leading top cryptocurrencies today, after ETH ETFs see highest daily inflows ever.
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In this episode of The Defiant Podcast, Paul Frambot, Co-Founder of Morpho, details how DeFi is transforming the financial industry by intersecting with fintech, shifting value to network users, and reshaping how lending protocols work. He outlines the evolution from early peer-to-peer lending to today's permissionless, immutable infrastructure, highlighting Morpho's product design, its approach to risk management, and specific use cases in institutional finance and global wallet integration. Discussions cover the role of risk managers, transparency benefits, the emergence of DeFi as backbone infrastructure for fintechs, and how platforms like Coinbase now use Morpho behind the scenes.
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Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court to one count each of conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud stemming from the 2022 collapse of the algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD and its companion token Luna, an event that erased about $40 billion in value from cryptocurrency markets
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Upexi Inc., a Nasdaq-listed company that holds one of the largest Solana treasuries, has named Arthur Hayes as the first member of a newly created advisory committee
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S&P Global handed Sky Protocol a “B-” rating, saying the rating won’t improve within 12 months unless major fixes happen.
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Payments firm Circle plans to introduce ARC, a proprietary Layer-1 blockchain designed specifically for issuing and transacting stablecoins
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SharpLink Gaming said it has entered a $400 million registered direct offering with five global institutional investors
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The decentralized exchange (DEX) on Linea surpassed $100 million after its recent token launch.
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