BitGo Europe and German stablecoin issuer AllUnity announced on Aug. 17 that they had formed a partnership covering three regulated, fiat-backed stablecoins. Summary BitGo Europe became a first buyer and institutional liquidity partner for three AllUnity stablecoins tokens. Eligible institutional clients can access EURAU, CHFAU and SEKAU through BitGo Europe’s regulated platform directly. BitGo Europe
Binance published its 45th Proof of Reserves report using user balances recorded on Aug. 1, 2026. The snapshot showed customer Bitcoin holdings rising for another month, while Ethereum and Tether balances declined. Summary Binance users held approximately 657,000 BTC on August 1, increasing balances by 16,349 BTC monthly. User Ethereum balances fell 2.57% to approximately
How low will Bitcoin go this cycle? This is a question on many investors’ lips as the asset trades at around $63,400 today, up 1% over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin has spent 2026 grinding through one of its choppiest stretches since the last bear market, and traders on prediction platforms like Kalshi are now
Solana Policy Institute CEO Miller Whitehouse-Levine said on Aug. 18 that the CLARITY Act has only a 10% chance of becoming law before the November midterm elections. Summary Solana Policy Institute CEO Miller Whitehouse-Levine assigns the Clarity Act 10% odds before November’s midterms. Senate leaders scheduled a cloture vote on proceeding to the bill for
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. Source link
XPlace CEO Artem Ponomarev has called for safer crypto-backed borrowing tools as DeFi lending protocols hold more than $42 billion in total value locked. Summary DeFi lending protocols currently hold about $42.06 billion in total value locked. Ponomarev said investors should be able to access liquidity without selling long-term digital-asset positions. Tokenized stocks have reached
Bitcoin wallet manufacturer BitBox has told users it was able to fix “severe vulnerabilities” with its hardware wallet’s firmware, and reassured users that no funds were taken. Yet it still urged users to upgrade carefully. Writing in a blog post Tuesday, the Swiss company said that one of the vulnerabilities would have allowed an attacker
Bitcoin has risen above $64,600 after U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington is not holding talks with Iran, while conflicting claims over the Strait of Hormuz kept oil above $91 per barrel. Summary Bitcoin traded at $64,611 after moving between $64,005 and $64,926 during the session. Trump said no U.S.-Iran talks are underway or scheduled
Metaplanet will own about 95.7% of Superplanet after the deal closes in Q4 2026. Superplanet will combine a Nasdaq listing with a Bitcoin treasury backed by Metaplanet. The deal creates U.S. and Japan Bitcoin treasury platforms under one corporate group. Metaplanet has agreed to contribute 2,100 Bitcoin and $2.5 million in cash to Nasdaq-listed Super
The CFTC has opened a 45-day comment period on proposals that would double the small-pool exemption threshold to $800,000 and ease registration rules for some fund advisers. Summary The CFTC proposal would create a CPO exemption for qualifying SEC-registered investment advisers. A related change would extend registration relief to certain commodity trading advisers. The small-pool
