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Founded in 2018, Cryptopolitan has grown from a popular blog into a trusted source of news and analysis for millions of readers worldwide. Over the years, we have expanded our coverage to include a wide range of topics, from market trends and technological innovations to regulatory changes and industry events.
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The 10 Best Crypto APIs for Trading Bots in 2026
A trading bot is a chain of dependencies. It reads a position, prices it, decides, places an order, and confirms settlement. Every one of those steps is an API call, and a failure at any single point produces the same outcome: a strategy acting on a picture of the market that is no longer true....
Fri, Aug 21
Justin Sun claims victory as WLF says nothing happened
A legal dispute between Justin Sun and World Liberty Financial is raising broader questions about the powers of stablecoin issuers, including when they can freeze user funds. Justin Sun updates millions of followers that he won a major victory in a hearing regarding the endeavors of World Liberty Financial (WLF) to move their dispute into...
Fri, Aug 21
Binance opens its exchange to AI agents, with subaccount fences and no loss cap
Binance launched Agent OS, letting ChatGPT and Claude Code trade crypto in dedicated subaccounts with user-set permissions and no built-in cap on losses.
Fri, Aug 21
OpenAI Codex lead points to sub2api as users report shrinking limits
OpenAI’s Codex lead, Thibault Sottiaux, has clarified that the company did not change usage limits without informing developers. The company is instead directing the blame to third-party “sub2api” tools after paying users reported that their weekly Codex allowance was draining far faster than the plans they bought. Did OpenAI reduce its usage limits? Thibault Sottiaux,...
Fri, Aug 21
Goldman Sachs: Hedge funds took huge losses as AI rally lost momentum in July
According to Goldman Sachs, hedge funds suffered significant losses as the AI rally lost momentum in July. The bank said the pullback in AI-related stocks forced managers to unwind some of their heavy positions, resulting in one of the strongest de-grossing periods of the past 10 years. It noted, “Our Hedge Fund VIP list of...
Fri, Aug 21
Strategy climbs back into profit as Bitcoin rally nears $77,000
Michael Saylor’s Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) is back to soaring with the eagles as Bitcoin’s climb past $77,000 put the firm back in profit on its 840,447 Bitcoin stash. The Bitcoin position that took $63.36 billion to build is now worth about $65.5 billion, putting Strategy up more than $2 billion as of this Cryptopolitan report. ...
Fri, Aug 21
Optimism Foundation gains control of 546.9 million OP once set aside for users
Optimism token holders approved moving 546.9 million OP, about $49 million, from the user airdrop reserve into a Foundation-run Strategic Ecosystem Fund.
Fri, Aug 21
Hong Kong court backs 56-month scam sentence as crypto heat grows
A syndicate recruiter has had his 56-month prison sentence confirmed by Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal in a fraud economy that INTERPOL estimates to have resulted in global losses of $442 billion in 2025. The flow of those illegal funds is being increasingly shifted to cryptocurrency exchanges and stablecoins. The case around crypto reveals a...
Fri, Aug 21
ChatGPT can now text on a Mac owner's behalf, and OpenAI stays quiet on data
ChatGPT can now read, draft, and send iMessage, SMS, and RCS texts in Apple Messages on Mac. OpenAI won't say what data the new plug-in touches.
Fri, Aug 21
MANTRA halts its blockchain, freezing OM across global exchanges
MANTRA Chain temporarily halted network operations on Thursday as a precautionary measure following an undisclosed incident. It is freezing all public endpoints and on-chain transactions. As all the validators are currently paused, all transfers of its native token, OM, are completely disabled. Consequently, major South Korean and international cryptocurrency exchanges have suspended OM deposits and...
Fri, Aug 21
AI just sent Japan’s factories back to 2018-level order growth
Japan’s S&P Global Flash Manufacturing PMI rose to 55.1 in August, up from 54.5 the previous month. New orders surged at their fastest rate since January 2018. This growth was driven by major international AI clients, including foundries, chipmakers, and data center operators. For producers of components and equipment in Japan, the report suggests that...
Fri, Aug 21
Kalshi Crypto Spot Volume and Perp Open Interest Hit Records as the Market Flips Bullish
Sentiment across the crypto market has flipped bullish over the past three days. Roughly $313 billion has been added to the crypto market, with the total market cap rising from $2.19 to $2.5 trillion. Wednesday, August 19, saw the biggest short liquidation in crypto history with over $2.7 billion worth of positions being wiped out,...
Fri, Aug 21
Broadcom seeks $100B to keep the AI chip boom alive
Broadcom is negotiating to secure over $60 billion, possibly up to $100 billion, to support the production of AI chips for Anthropic and its other clients. This transaction highlights the reality of how the development of AI across the world is being financed by loans rather than company funds. Debt, not cash, is bankrolling the...
Fri, Aug 21
Best Robot Dogs in 2026: Real Prices From $319 to $100,000
If you search for a robot dog in 2026, you are likely to get lost in comparing backflipping quadrupeds patrolling factories and a $319 kit that fits in your hand. Since robodogs look similar, it is not uncommon for them to be grouped. However, such a comparison will lead to the wrong decision. Some robots...
Fri, Aug 21
CME’s Duffy clashes with CFTC and Kalshi over prediction markets
The confrontation that broke out on Thursday at a CFTC-led meeting could be seen as more than a play for regulation. Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket increasingly tap into crypto settlement systems, while the regulator involved in the conflict is deciding which approach to take for regulating event contracts and perpetual futures in the...
Fri, Aug 21
LIVE: Bitcoin abruptly hits $75,000
Bitcoin jumped above $75,000, hitting its highest level since April and extending its four-day gain to 20%. Trump pushed Congress to pass the Clarity Act and hinted at regulating Hyperliquid, sending the HYPE token up about 25%. Falling Treasury yields helped drive heavy Bitcoin ETF trading, while crypto volatility climbed and Ether hit a three-month...
Fri, Aug 21
One in seven German numbers on a leaked list belonged to a crypto trader
Rapid7 exposed Operation ASTERIX, an AI-coded crypto phishing pipeline that matched 43,066 of 885,000 phone numbers to real exchange accounts.
Thu, Aug 20
The connect-wallet prompt is the tell on a fake AML screening site
Fake crypto AML checker sites copy AMLBot branding, then ask users to connect a wallet and approve a transaction that drains it.
Thu, Aug 20
The CFTC is preparing crypto market rules in case Congress fails to pass CLARITY
CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) has started preparing a federal crypto market structure that it can pursue under existing law if Congress fails to pass CLARITY. CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig announced the work Thursday, saying his staff are now looking at rules that could bring both registered companies and currently unregistered crypto exchanges under...
Thu, Aug 20
A Bitcoin short squeeze carried XRP to $1.29 while its funds sat out
XRP rose about 30% in a week to near $1.29 on a record Bitcoin short squeeze, but its ETF inflows fell during the spike and open interest dropped 11%.
Thu, Aug 20
