South Korean investors appear to be returning to Bitcoin as the Korea Premium turns positive following its longest negative period. Bitcoin rose 25% in August, its strongest monthly gain since November 2024. The asset briefly crossed $80,000 last week but has since settled near $78,000. The rally, nonetheless, has renewed interest among retail players…
Predict.fun has launched a self-service developer dashboard that lets builders create applications, generate API keys, monitor usage and manage rate limits from one interface. Summary Developers can create Predict.fun applications and generate API keys without opening a manual support request. The dashboard displays API usage and lets developers request higher usage-based rate-limit tiers. Existing API…
The partnership gives institutions a unified system to issue, custody and manage digital assets. The offering has launched in Asia, but further expansion is planned as institutional demand grows. Ripple Labs and SettleMint have announced a strategic partnership that plugs Ripple Custody into SettleMint’s Digital Asset Lifecycle Platform (DALP), giving regulated financial institutions a…
ETF inflows have broken the historical record of $1.66 billion, while XRP prices continue to decline amid market volatility. UE Crypto has launched a new cloud mining smart contract, and its return mechanism has attracted significant attention from XRP holders. Summary On August 31, XRP prices fluctuated between $1.37 and $1.39, declining by 2% over…
Kalshi’s market-tracking betting odds of government shutdown in 2026 have dropped 33 points overnight to just 4% on September 1. The move came even as Senate negotiators said they were making progress toward a stopgap funding deal. For Bitcoin and crypto readers, the market provides a snapshot of uncertainty around the funding deadline. It does…
The latest monthly gain also snapped a run of four consecutive August losses, including two double-digit hits in 2022 and 2023. Bitcoin closed August 2026 up nearly 25%, giving the month a result that has not appeared in comparable post-peak years of 2014, 2018, and 2022. Ash Crypto pointed to the unusual monthly candle…
Strategy has spent $635.2 million repurchasing its STRC perpetual preferred stock as the security continues to trade below its $100 par value despite recovering from a low near $71. Summary Strategy has spent $635.2 million buying back STRC, which remains below its $100 par value at around $97. The latest STRC repurchase totaled $151.8 million…
Strategy has made its first bitcoin purchase in two months, acquiring 4,603 BTC for $369.7 million at an average price of $80,318 per coin, according to a Monday morning press release from the company. The purchase lifts Strategy’s total holdings to 845,050 BTC and ends a buying pause. The mechanics of the deal are straightforward….
Trump Jr.’s involvement in the prediction industry extends beyond Polymarket, as he also advises rival firm Kalshi. Donald Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm, 1789 Capital, is leading a $1 billion funding round that values Polymarket at $21 billion, contributing roughly $300 million in fresh capital on top of the $200 million it had already…
Ripple and SettleMint announced a strategic partnership on Sept. 1 that combines institutional digital asset custody with tools for issuing and managing tokenized assets. Summary Ripple and SettleMint partnered to combine institutional custody with tokenized asset lifecycle management capabilities regionally. The initial offering targets regulated financial institutions across Asia Pacific before possible expansion elsewhere globally….
