Saturday, August 15, 2026

Israel’s Oldest Bank Bets Big on Bitcoin, Ether and Solana Trading

Bank Leumi - Israel’s largest and oldest commercial bank.Bank Leumi is preparing to put bitcoin, ether and solana inside its banking platforms, an Israeli first if regulators finally sign off on the service. Israel’s largest and oldest commercial bank unveiled the deal this week with Galaxy Digital Inc., the Nasdaq-listed crypto firm led by Mike Novogratz. The launch target is early 2027, but […]

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JPMorgan Debanked Polymarket Over US Regulatory Concerns

JPMorgan logoJPMorgan severed its links with Polymarket last year, citing regulatory concerns as the prediction market industry stood on shakier ground than it does today. The U.S. Department of Justice is currently probing major banks, including JPMorgan, for improperly closing customer accounts. JPMorgan Allegedly Debanked Polymarket Over Regulatory Concerns JPMorgan, one of the largest investment banks, […]

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Liquidation Cascades Explained: How $19 Billion in Crypto Vanished in a Single Day

Crypto’s derivatives markets forcibly closed over $19 billion in positions held by 1.6 million traders on Oct. 10, 2025, and 2026 has already delivered three separate billion-dollar sequels. The Machine Behind the Margin Call Most crypto speculation doesn’t happen in the spot market, where buyers own actual coins; rather, it happens in perpetual futures, derivative […]

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How AI Agents Are Deleting the Steep Web3 Tooling Curve

Coinfello LogoCoinfello COO Minchi Park notes that plain-language AI eliminates Web3’s steep “tooling learning curve” and addresses post-onboarding user drop-off caused by manual maintenance fatigue. Replacing Interface Friction with Intent-Driven Prompts Decentralized finance platform Coinfello has launched a major upgrade to its AI agentic platform, designed to let cryptocurrency users build, execute, and automate complex on-chain […]

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Friday, August 14, 2026

Fidelity, ARK Lead $131M Bitcoin Outflow as Ether, XRP ETFs Gain

ETF on wooden blocks with coins stackedU.S. spot bitcoin ETFs lost $131.13 million on Thursday, extending a difficult stretch for the market’s largest crypto funds. Ether ETFs added $6.72 million, while XRP products drew $2.25 million. Ether ETFs Add $6.72M as Bitcoin Funds Stay Under Pressure The week’s pressure on bitcoin ETFs intensified on Thursday as redemptions spread across several major […]

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MSCI Proposal Could Boot Strategy, Metaplanet From Indexes

MSCI proposal per its latest docs.MSCI is weighing new eligibility rules that could remove Michael Saylor’s Strategy and Japan’s Metaplanet from its widely tracked Global Investable Market Indexes, a shift that could force up to $2 billion in passive selling. A New Screen Targets Bitcoin Treasury Companies Index provider MSCI has opened a consultation on new eligibility criteria for its […]

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Whale Places $203M Short Bet Against Tokenized SpaceX Stock

A whale has placed roughly $203.47 million in limit short orders against tokenized SpaceX shares, betting on a pullback just as trading volume around the stock has surged to record levels. A Large Bearish Bet on Tokenized SpaceX Shares Onchain analytics account Lookonchain flagged a large short position against SPCX, the tokenized version of SpaceX […]

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