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Was The Ripple Vs. SEC Lawsuit Just A Distraction? Pundit Claims US Government Owns XRPL
Crypto analyst Pumpius has sparked a debate after claiming the long-running Ripple vs. SEC case was never an actual fight, but a carefully staged distraction. He says the fintech company and its backers crafted the “David vs. Goliath” image of battling U.S. regulators to hide its fundamental mission...
Aug 16, 2025

Looming Bitcoin Security Budget Crisis Is Fake — Expert Buries FUD
Pierre Rochard, VP of Research at Riot Platforms, one of the largest publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies and CEO of The Bitcoin Bond Company says the most persistent narrative about Bitcoin’s long-term security—an alleged “budget shortfall” as block subsidies decline—is built on a category erro...
Aug 15, 2025

Institutional Moves and $1B Liquidations Shake XRP: Could This Be a Strategic Re-Accumulation Phase?
XRP’s August 2025 market performance has been a study in extremes. The resolution of the long-running SEC lawsuit on August 7 sparked a 4% surge as institutional buyers stepped in, pushing prices from $3.15 to $3.25. Related Reading: U-Turn In Cardano Governance: Foundation Backs Crucial Funding Vol...
Aug 15, 2025

Bitcoin STH Capitulation Selling Weakens: 16.8K BTC Sent To Exchanges At A Loss
Bitcoin surged to a fresh all-time high of $124,500 yesterday, marking another milestone in its historic 2025 run. However, the celebration was short-lived as the world’s largest cryptocurrency faced immediate selling pressure, pulling prices back and signaling the start of a new phase in market dyn...
Aug 15, 2025

Shiba Inu Exchange Supply Drops Toward New Lows, What This Means For Price
The Shiba Inu price rallied to as high as $0.00001413 in the past 24 hours, after breaking above a symmetrical triangle pattern in technical analysis of its daily candlestick timeframe chart. An important factor in this move is the massive drop in SHIB exchange reserves, which fell from 122.54 trill...
Aug 15, 2025

New Whale Address Moves $285M In Ethereum: Channels Funds To Coinbase Staking
Ethereum is on the brink of reclaiming its all-time high, after setting a fresh multi-year peak at $4,792. Bulls remain firmly in control, driving momentum as Bitcoin pauses in a consolidation range. This stall in BTC’s advance has created room for altcoins to shine, igniting a broad bullish phase a...
Aug 15, 2025

Ripple CTO Says XRP Ledger Has Been Battle-Tested To Power World’s Financial System
Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), David JoelKatz Schwartz, has reaffirmed the XRP Ledger’s (XRPL) eagerness to serve as a core infrastructure for the world’s financial system. He emphasized that the XRPL has been thoroughly battle-tested, demonstrating both resilience and adaptability as bloc...
Aug 15, 2025

Ethereum Tipped To Be The Biggest Macro Trade of The Next Decade – Tom Lee
As cryptocurrency gained significant recognition in the financial sector, Ethereum is experiencing notable adoption at the institutional level, with big firms hoarding the altcoin in their treasury reserves. Following this massive wave of accumulation from individuals and institutions, Tom Lee belie...
Aug 15, 2025

BREAKING: Fed Announces Conclusion Of Crypto Supervision Program For Banks
The Federal Reserve announced in a press release issued on Friday the discontinuation of its “novel activities” supervision program, which was established to monitor banks’ interactions with crypto and fintech sectors. Instead, the central bank will now incorporate this oversight i...
Aug 15, 2025

$BTC Breaks Records on Fed Rate Cut Prediction, Bitcoin Hyper Layer 2 Nears $10M
$BTC is the world’s largest crypto, commanding an eye-boggling 58.6% of the entire market. Just yesterday, it hit its pinnacle at $124K, setting a new ATH. Its rise came on the heels of mounting speculation that the US Federal Reserve will slash interest rates in September. Naturally, macroeconomic ...
Aug 15, 2025

Ethereum Supera un Livello Chiave Rispetto a Bitcoin, Alimentando le Voci di un Ciclo Rialzista
Le recenti tendenze di mercato stanno creando lo scenario perfetto per un breakout del prezzo di Ethereum. In particolare, ETH sta guadagnando slancio in modo costante, con il prezzo che si avvicina sempre più a un nuovo massimo storico. Negli ultimi giorni, la principale altcoin ha registrato un’im...
Aug 15, 2025

US Treasury Secretary Reveals What Will Be The Foundation Of The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
The United States (U.S.) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has backpedaled on his earlier comments and revealed plans for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. He stated the foundation for this initiative and how the U.S. government intends to expand the reserve over time. Treasury Secretary Comments On Strat...
Aug 15, 2025

New Study Says Bitcoin Could Reach $4.81M by 2036, Driving Bitcoin Hyper Into Overdrive
A new study by Satoshi Action Education, led by economist Murray A. Rudd, projects that Bitcoin could exceed $4.81M by April 2036, driven by its fixed supply and growing demand amid institutional adoption and increasingly friendlier crypto legislation. The study develops a bottom-up economic model f...
Aug 15, 2025

Bitcoin Supply Dynamics Paints A Clear Picture of The Current Phase Of The Market
The broader cryptocurrency market has shifted into a heightened bearish phase, causing Bitcoin to drop from its current all-time high of $124,000 to the $117,000 threshold. While bearish pressure is building, indicators such as Bitcoin’s supply dynamics are providing insights about the current state...
Aug 15, 2025

Coinbase Drops $3 Billion To Snag Deribit In Major Crypto Shake-Up
Coinbase has closed its purchase of Deribit in a deal reported at $2.9 billion, a move that brings one of the biggest crypto options venues into the fold of a public exchange. Related Reading: Altcoin Interest Hits New Highs Amid Bitcoin Weakening: Google Trends According to Coinbase, the deal was p...
Aug 15, 2025

US Treasury Bessent Backtracks BTC Reserve Statement – Next Crypto to Explode
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent caused market jitters yesterday. And all it took was for him to imply that the government is ruling $BTC purchases for the strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Within just 40 minutes, his comment erased an eye-watering $55B from $BTC’s market cap. Still, he quickly debunked...
Aug 15, 2025

U-Turn In Cardano Governance: Foundation Backs Crucial Funding
The Cardano Foundation has reversed its position on a contentious treasury withdrawal, switching its DRep vote to “YES” for funding a free Native Asset Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Cardano developers. In a post on X on August 15, the Foundation wrote: “After careful consideration, the Cardano ...
Aug 15, 2025

TeraWulf’s Shares Soar After Google AI Partnership Reveal, Joins SUBBD in the AI Race
Crypto miner TeraWulf’s stock soared in yesterday’s trading after announcing its shift to AI infrastructure hosting. The move will involve a partnership with AI cloud platform Fluidstack, with support from Google.
Aug 15, 2025

Các memecoin tốt nhất nên mua ngay: DOGE và MAXI nổi bật trong mùa altcoin
Mùa altcoin chính thức bắt đầu khi Ethereum (ETH) có thể sớm lập mức đỉnh mới mọi thời đại, trong khi Solana (SOL) vừa vượt mốc 200 USD một lần nữa. Năm nay thực sự là một hành trình đầy biến động đối với thị trường crypto. Có thời điểm, ETH giảm xuống còn 1.400 […]
Aug 15, 2025

From No To Maybe: Treasury Secretary Bessent Leaves Bitcoin Option Open
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent walked back a line that rattled Bitcoin markets on Thursday, saying the Treasury is still looking at ways to add to a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve without raising taxpayer costs. Related Reading: SpaceX Bitcoin Stake Tops $1 Billion; BTC Slides After Treasury Comment...
Aug 15, 2025


