Thursday, August 20, 2026

Trump’s Hyperliquid Name-Drop Sends HYPE Charging Toward Record Highs

Hyperliquid chartHyperliquid’s HYPE token charged toward record territory after U.S. President Donald Trump revealed regulators are working on a legal pathway that could bring the crypto trading heavyweight into the American market. Trump Drops Hyperliquid Into Washington’s Spotlight Trump made the comments on Aug. 19 during a White House meeting with cryptocurrency, technology, and finance executives, […]

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Securitize Brings Neuberger’s $230 Billion Credit Platform Onchain

Securitize and Neuberger logosSecuritize has launched a tokenized fixed-income fund with Neuberger, extending institutional credit strategies onto public blockchains. The fund will invest mainly in high-yield bonds and will be available across Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana, and Sui. Securitize Launches High-Yield Bonds Across 4 Public Blockchains Securitize is pushing deeper into tokenized credit with a new fund that brings […]

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CFTC Seats Kalshi, Polymarket, Draftkings on Its New Advisory Panel

CFTC Cites Bitcoin Position in Emergency Order Shielding KalshiThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Innovation Advisory Committee holds its first meeting Thursday, with prediction markets on the agenda. Seven of its 35 members run companies at the center of the event-contract fight the agency is waging against nine state governments. Seven Seats for the Event-Contract Industry The CFTC’s Innovation Advisory Committee convenes for the […]

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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Bitcoin Whales Add 43,000 BTC, Ending Months-Long Selling Spree

Bitcoin whale accumulation over the last 60 days.Large bitcoin holders added roughly 43,000 BTC worth about $2.75 billion over the past 60 days, according to Cryptoquant, ending months of steady selling from the same cohort. Whales Reverse Course After Months of Selling Large bitcoin holders, wallets that exclude exchanges and mining pools, added approximately 43,000 BTC over the past 60 days, a […]

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LINK Pops 3% to $9.70 as Wyoming Shifts Stablecoin to CCIP

The Wyoming Stable Token Commission has fully migrated its state-backed Frontier Stable Token from Layerzero to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol.   Commission Cites Security Review in Layerzero Deprecation The Wyoming Stable Token Commission has said that Wyoming has fully migrated its state-backed digital asset, the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT), off Layerzero and adopted Chainlink’s Cross-Chain […]

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Blackrock Believes Bitcoin’s Investment Case Holds Despite 50% Drop

Blackrock logo on New York HQ buildingBlackrock says bitcoin’s more than 50% pullback from its October 2025 high hasn’t changed the asset’s long-term investment case, and the firm still recommends a 1-2% portfolio allocation funded out of equities. Blackrock’s Case for Staying the Course In a new report titled “Re-Underwriting Bitcoin,” Blackrock laid out why it believes the cryptocurrency’s steep decline […]

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Peckshield: Maya Protocol Loses $1.7M, 20 BTC Traced to Wallet

BTC wallet balance of the Maya Protocol hackerBlockchain security firm Peckshield says Maya Protocol was exploited for roughly $1.7 million, with the bulk of the stolen funds, 20 BTC worth $1.34 million, sitting untouched in a single wallet. What Peckshield Found Peckshield said Maya Protocol, a decentralized multi-chain liquidity network, was exploited for approximately $1.7 million, with the largest single piece of […]

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