August 4, 2026
Bitcoin

Bitcoin slips to $63,000 as the chip rout goes global

Bitcoin fell to about $63,000 on Friday, down 1.7% over 24 hours and 2.2% on the week, as a deepening selloff in chipmakers dragged risk assets lower, per CoinDesk data. Ether held better at $1,836, still up 2.4% over seven days, while Hyperliquid led the losses at 8% on the day and 12% on the

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T. Rowe Price Debuts New ETF With Bitcoin And Crypto Exposure

Asset manager T. Rowe Price on Thursday debuted its first crypto exchange-traded fund, giving investors exposure to Bitcoin and other digital coins.  T. Rowe Price, which with $1.89 trillion in assets is one of the largest U.S. asset managers, said that its Active Crypto ETF is the first actively managed multi-token spot ETF on the

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Citadel Invests $400M in Crypto.com

Citadel Securities invests $400M in Crypto.com at a $20B valuation to support tokenized securities and derivatives expansion. Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in Crypto.com at a $20 billion valuation, according to Wu Blockchain. The deal marks Crypto.com’s first institutional funding round. The investment comes from the largest retail market maker in the United States.

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Seller Exhaustion in a ‘Ghost Town’ Derivatives Market

Despite the dual shocks of the “Black Saturday” geopolitical escalation in Iran two weeks ago, combined with a disappointing United States Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) print showing the loss of 92,000 jobs, the $60,000–$64,000 floor for bitcoin has demonstrated unexpected resilience. Oil prices moving nearly 80 percent higher since then will likely play a role in

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XRP News: XRP Jumps 2% as Binance’s $800K RLUSD Reward Campaign Goes Live

In major news today, Binance has reportedly launched an $800,000 XRP reward campaign running until August 14, 2026, distributing XRP to users who hold RLUSD, or Ripple’s USD-pegged stablecoin, in qualifying accounts. The Binance airdrop pushed XRP price to around $1.12, a roughly 2% gain on the day, as analysts flagged the campaign as a

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$1.9 trillion asset manager T. Rowe Price bets on active management with first multi-token crypto ETF

T. Rowe Price has brought what it said is the industry’s first actively managed multi-token spot crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) to the market. The T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF (TKNZ) began trading on Thursday, giving investors exposure to a portfolio of crypto assets rather than a single token. The launch marks a milestone for

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Crypto.com Secures $400M Investment From Citadel Securities At $20B Valuation

Global market maker Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in crypto exchange Crypto.com, giving the platform a $20 billion valuation, according to a Thursday announcement.  Crypto.com, which has a number of digital asset products, said the cash would help the Singapore-based company expand its services to assets such as blockchain-based securities and derivatives.  The cash

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ETH is the cure for the ‘Uncanny Valley of Wealth’

Bitmine owns 4.8% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 96% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 12 months Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap index on June 26, 2026 Bitmine’s Series A Preferred Stock is trading on the NYSE under the symbol BMNP Bitmine

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Wallet of Satoshi Adds Stablecoins to Lightning

Wallet of Satoshi launches Beta Digital Dollars on Lightning, adding self-custodied stablecoins beside Bitcoin in one app. Wallet of Satoshi has launched a beta feature that brings stablecoins to the Lightning Network. The update adds digital dollars alongside Bitcoin inside one wallet experience. Bitcoin News reported that the feature supports self-custodied digital dollars. The rollout

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Bitfinex Alpha | BTC Momentum Builds

Bitcoin is approaching this week’s FOMC meeting on March 18 with renewed momentum, and has decisively reclaimed the $70,000 level. While price has yet to secure a breakout above local range highs, the underlying structure has improved meaningfully.  Four consecutive sessions of ETF inflows and persistent spot demand signal that institutional buyers are actively accumulating

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