Who Sells First? These Bitcoin Investors Most Prone to Panic in Downturns
Bitcoin is currently hovering a little above $115K. Amidst the market turbulence, an important cohort of BTC holders is behaving like impatient traders. While they lack multi-cycle experience and frequently capitulate, such a trend could spur renewed market strength post-drawdowns. BTC Holders Behaviours A new analysis found that Bitcoin holders in the 3-5 year age […]
Crypto Braces For Impact As JPow’s Jackson Hole Speech Looms
The crypto market slid into the week in a holding pattern, with price action grinding sideways and positioning increasingly tethered to one catalyst: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium. “The only big, big event is going to be this,” said analyst Josh Olszewicz in his August 18 Macro […]
SharpLink Ether Holdings Top $3.1B, Trailing BitMine in Pace of ETH Acquisition
SharpLink Gaming (SBET), the Nasdaq-listed ether (ETH) treasury firm led by Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, said it bought 143,593 ETH through last week, bringing total holdings above $3 billion. To finance the purchases, SharpLink raised $537 million in net proceeds during the week ended Aug. 15. The company secured $390 million through a registered direct […]
State of Illinois Moves to Regulate Crypto Firms and Digital Kiosks
Illinois has passed two new laws to regulate cryptocurrency activity and protect consumers. On Monday, Governor JB Pritzker signed the Digital Assets and Consumer Protection Act and the Digital Asset Kiosk Act. These measures place Illinois among the first states in the Midwest to introduce crypto-specific safeguards. ILLINOIS ENACTS FIRST MIDWEST CRYPTO CONSUMER PROTECTIONS Governor […]
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Chainlink Drops 4.3% as Nearly All Assets Decline
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 4076.62, down 1.2% (-51.06) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. One of 20 assets is trading higher. Leaders: ADA (+1.0%) and BCH (-0.3%). Laggards: LINK (-4.3%) and APT (-3.2%). […]
LYS Labs Raises $4M to Build Machine-Ready Intelligence Layer for Solana’s Internet Capital Markets
[PRESS RELEASE – Bucharest, Romania, August 19th, 2025] LYS Labs, the trailblazing machine-ready intelligence platform for Solana’s internet capital markets, has closed an oversubscribed $2M angel round and an additional $2M seed round, signaling a seismic shift in on-chain finance. LYS Labs is building the critical infrastructure that transforms unstructured blockchain data into actionable insights, […]
South Korean Crypto Exchanges To Stop Lending With Immediate Effect
The South Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) has ordered Korean crypto exchanges to stop lending with immediate effect. This move comes in as the financial authority attempts to control some of the risky lending practices in its digital asset sector. On 19 August 2025, the financial regulatory body confirmed this news and formally issued administrative […]
Bitcoin Mining is Harder Than Ever: Can Apple Engineers Make Mining Profitable Again?
Bitcoin mining, which is central to the world’s largest and most valuable crypto network, has never been more challenging. Gone are the days when miners could simply power on their PCs or laptops. While “mining miracles” occasionally happen and solo miners strike gold by confirming a block, the odds are extremely low. In 2025, Bitcoin […]
THORChain Forgoes Burning for Marketing: Will RUNE USD Break $2?
THORChain is one of the largest DeFi platforms and a leader in cross-chain token swapping. Despite commanding hundreds of millions in market cap and enabling weekly trading of millions worth of assets, its native token, RUNE, has faced it tough. After a spectacular end to 2024, RUNE USD came under immense selling pressure. Prices not […]
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[LIVE] XRP, BNB, ADA Top Crypto Gainers: Altcoin Trio Pumps Despite Market Setback
Today, the crypto market holds steady with a total cap just shy of $4 trillion, a marginal 0.2% daily rise with BNB, XRP, and ADA leading. Bitcoin maintains dominance at 58% for now, but it is still under 60%, which is good for the altcoin market. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana edge up slightly, signaling that […]
Stablecoins Threaten to Disrupt U.S. Bank Deposits and Payments, Morningstar DBRS Warns
Stablecoins have rapidly become a central pillar of the digital asset economy, now exceeding a combined market capitalization of $230 billion as of mid-2025, according to Morningstar DBRS. The market is led by Tether (USDT) and Circle (USDC), with other players including USDe, DAI, and FDUSD (see Exhibit 1). This growth has been fuelled by […]
Is Ethena Going To Zero? ENA Price Stumbles 17% in 7 Days
Profit-taking and a shakeout of weak hands have sent Ethena spiralling, with uncertain market sentiment over the past week weighing heavily on ENA price predictions. The altcoin ranks among the top 3 losers in the top 100, down 17%, fueled by unsuccessful Russia-Ukraine peace talks and hotter-than-expected U.S. PPI inflation data, which dent hopes for […]