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Ripple said the $275 million raised will support its expansion into traditional financial services such as prime brokerage and multi-asset clearing, citing strong demand from institutions.
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Your day-ahead look for Aug. 19, 2026
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Bitcoin maintained its appeal as a diversification investment despite dropping more than 50% from all-time high, a BlackRock report stated.
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BTC volatility has dropped to multi-year lows as surging Treasury yields rattle equities and traders await the Fed's July meeting minutes for clues on the interest-rate path.
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Nexo introduced regulated, cryptocurrency-backed credit lines that allow users to access liquidity in Australian dollars or stablecoins by borrowing against their digital assets.
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The feature, which follows earlier moves into financial transactions, is not yet being tested anywhere, a spokesperson said.
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Ripple Prime's inaugural senior notes carried an investment grade rating and drew institutional investors across key financial markets.
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Widening losses and intensifying competition coincide with a pause in frontier reinforcement-learning training as openai strengthens its safety controls.
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U.S. Treasury yields retreat from the highest levels in decades, while bitcoin holds above $64,000.
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Hayes revealed his new role as Flop Labs CEO and teased a “massive airdrop” from the AI inference protocol in the fourth quarter of 2026.
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US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $189 million on Tuesday, lifting August net inflows to $951 million, while Ether ETFs added $71.5 million.
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A chain of six flaws caused the cross-chain trading network to credit a pool with nearly 50 million tokens that were never properly funded, letting an attacker drain real assets.
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A Hyperliquid perp priced Unitree far above its IPO valuation before Shanghai trading began, but the robot maker’s first public trade still opened roughly 75% above crypto traders’ implied price.
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A preliminary analysis says six chained bugs let a 23-message transaction drain 48.87 million CACAO, sending the token down nearly 89%.
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Bitcoin held near $64,000 and every major except BNB gained, while Korean semiconductor stocks fell more than 7% and Fed minutes are due at 2 p.m. ET.
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The FASB said secondary-market liquidity alone would not be enough, with holders needing direct issuer redemption rights and one-to-one liquid reserves.
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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the CLARITY Act is key to linking crypto and traditional markets.
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Vlad Tenev says tokenized stocks could bring real-time settlement and 24/7 trading, but U.S. rules remain a hurdle.
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