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UK Green Party leader leads anti-data center push as AI firms lose narrative war
The anti-data center sentiment has a new face in the UK as of Friday, after Green Party leader Zack Polanski pressed the UK government to hit the brakes on letting new data centers go up in England. Polanski called out the “negligible and negligent” attitude of the Labour Party as he argued against putting extra...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Aug 28
Solana starts phased 90% storage cost cut for token accounts
Solana’s core development team, Anza, announced that the first of a total of five feature gates has gone live. The development will result in a 90% reduction in on-chain storage costs. The changes will be beneficial mainly for stablecoin and payment businesses, which have become one of the network’s fastest-growing use cases. For developers forming...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Aug 28
Upbit parent Dunamu partners with Visa on stablecoin payments and AI commerce
Upbit’s operator, Dunamu, has entered into a strategic partnership with Visa. The two companies will build stablecoin-based payments, cross-border remittances and AI-driven financial services. What is Dunamu planning with Visa deal? A partnership between Dunamu and Visa was unveiled at Visa’s Global Market Support Center in San Francisco. The plan pairs Dunamu’s digital asset technology,...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Aug 28
NextDC’s record AI demand meets Australia’s power constraints
On August 27, NextDC, an Australian data center operator, announced it has seen its best contracting performance so far, increasing the amount of contracted capacity by three times to 740.1 MW and posting a profit for the year again as the AI infrastructure boom puts increasing pressure on power and water supplies. According to the...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Aug 28
UK police claw back £1 million from deceased money laundering suspect
The Avon and Somerset Police in the UK disclosed that it had completed a forfeiture that clawed back more than £1 million in cash, Bitcoin and other digital assets from a dead, convicted money launderer. The single largest crypto seizure on record, per the Financial Investigation Unit in its August 27 statement, lands amid a...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Aug 28
Crypto Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP rally loses steam despite steady ETF inflows
Bitcoin (BTC) is back below $80,000 at the time of writing on Friday, after a second attempt at breaking resistance between $81,000 and $82,000. A daily close below $80,000 could raise the probability of an extended correction in search of liquidity.
Sanctions could turn Russia into a market for tainted cryptocurrency
Sanctions may turn Russia into a place for trading dirty cryptocurrency at discounted prices, according to a key participant in its soon-to-be regulated market. The country is poised to legalize coin transactions in September, but the assets circulating there are likely to be too toxic for other counterparties to touch. Russia said to build an...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Aug 28
Hyperliquid Price Forecast: HYPE rally stretches thin amid treasury growth, CFTC innovation push
Hyperliquid (HYPE) is down 2% on Friday after reaching a record high of 86.75 the previous day. Nasdaq-listed Hyperliquid Strategies Inc (PURR) raised almost $650 million in an equity deal to increase its HYPE holding to 29.3 million tokens.Fxstreet
Fri, Aug 28
Google staff turn to Gemini 3.8 Flash as AI costs mount
Google employees have reportedly begun testing the Gemini 3.8 Flash Preview on its own coding platform, which is further confirmation that the leading AI companies are working on innovative and cost-effective models at a remarkable rate. Speed is important for companies observing the rising cost of AI. According to Gartner, global expenditure on AI platforms...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Aug 28
Anthropic scores a major legal win as a judge strikes down the Pentagon’s AI blacklist
US District Judge Rita Lin just ruled that the Pentagon illegally penalized Anthropic with its “supply chain risk” designation. Earlier this year, the Pentagon branded the company a national security risk after negotiations broke down. At the time, Anthropic was still insisting on ethical guardrails banning mass surveillance and fully automated warfare. The court has...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Aug 28
US Spot Solana ETFs Post Best Inflow Day of 2026 With $60.91 Million
Spot Solana ETFs in the US saw its best day of inflows this year on August 27 with $60.91 million flowing into the funds. Even with two more trading days to account for before the monthly close, August is already the best month of the year with inflows surpassing $134 million. Total net assets across...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Aug 28
Cardano Price Forecast: Whale accumulation fails to dispel uncertain ADA outlook
Cardano (ADA) edges below $0.220 at the time of writing on Friday after losing over 7% so far this week. Despite the recent weakness, on-chain data shows that some whale wallets are using the pullback to accumulate ADA tokens.
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Fri, Aug 28
Pi Network Price Forecast: PI holds steady as Core Team focuses on distributed AI infrastructure
Pi Network (PI) price hovers above $0.0900 on Friday, sustaining the mild 3% gains recorded over the last two days. Pi Core Team announced the launch of new SoloHost apps, OpenClaw and Atlassian MCP Server, on Thursday, in hopes of expanding the Pi ecosystem.Fxstreet
Fri, Aug 28
Evernorth clears SEC hurdle as XRP-focused Nasdaq listing moves closer
Evernorth Holdings announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made effective its registration statement, bringing the XRP-focused firm one step closer to its Nasdaq listing as crypto assets come under even more scrutiny in the public investment markets. This development opens up another potential regulated option for people wanting to gain access to...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Aug 28
Crypto Overview: Bitcoin tops $80,000 amid $6 billion options expiry – Ethena, Official Trump rally
The broader cryptocurrency market maintains a bullish character, with Bitcoin (BTC) advancing above $80,000 on Friday amid a $6.16 billion options expiry. Ethena (ENA) extends double-digit gains over the last 24 hours as Ethena Foundation announces buyback of early investors and revenue buyback.Fxstreet
Fri, Aug 28
Top 3 Price Prediction: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple – BTC, ETH, XRP extend bullish runs as technicals warn of stretched momentum
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) extend gains on Friday, trading above $80,000 and $2,500, respectively, having rallied over 3% and 1.5% so far this week. Meanwhile, Ripple (XRP) hovers around $1.44 on Friday, down more than 5% this week.BitGo buys NYDIG trading unit as institutions consolidate crypto services
On August 27, 2026, BitGo announced that it has acquired NYDIG’s institutional trading unit, which has enabled one of the largest regulated custodians within the crypto sector to gain a pre-existing derivatives and finance operation amid the ongoing trend of banks and funds consolidating their digital asset activities with fewer infrastructure partners. Following this acquisition,...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Aug 28
ENA jumps over 20% as Ethena pushes to end investor unlock overhang
The Ethena (ENA) Foundation has announced a series of measures to address two long-standing concerns about its ecosystem, including selling pressure from early investors and uncertainty over how the protocol's economic value is distributed.Fxstreet
Fri, Aug 28
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