Bitcoin traded around $63,460 during Asian hours on Monday, Aug. 17, recovering 0.7% over 24 hours but remaining 2.3% lower over seven days as the cryptocurrency market entered another week with limited momentum. Summary Bitcoin traded near $63,460 Monday, gaining 0.7% daily while remaining 2.3% lower across the week. Hyperliquid rose 3.4% daily and 8.7%…
The latest SEC filings showed that some of Wall Street’s biggest names have been quietly scooping XRP ETF shares. Here’s who holds the most. Although the broader landscape around XRP and the ETFs behind it is nowhere near the peaks from last year, some of the most prominent names on Wall Street have not…
Sandisk-linked perpetual futures have become the crypto market’s largest equity perpetual trade, with aggregate SNDK open interest reaching $1.73 billion on Aug. 17 across 32 tracked venues. Summary SNDK stock perpetual open interest reached $1.73 billion, ranking first among equity-linked perpetual contracts globally. Twenty-four-hour SNDK perpetual volume reached $2.51 billion, nearly eight times Micron’s comparable…
An unnamed XRP Ledger startup being developed by former Ripple staffer Bias Goose will use RLUSD as a primary financial rail, according to a series of public posts published since Aug. 8. Summary RLUSD will underpin the unnamed XRP Ledger startup, according to former Ripple staffer Bias Goose. Bias Goose says the project will avoid…
Binance has extended its rewards push around Ripple USD with another four-week campaign offering one million XRP to eligible RLUSD holders. Summary Binance extended its RLUSD rewards campaign through September 11 with one million XRP available overall. Eligible users need at least 0.01 RLUSD and $500 in average daily derivatives trading volume. One million XRP…
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is scheduled to speak at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium on Aug. 18, joining U.S. policymakers and financial industry executives as the debate over digital asset regulation moves into another important stretch. Summary Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse will discuss modernizing financial infrastructure at Wyoming Blockchain Symposium on Tuesday. SALT scheduled Garlinghouse’s session…
Testnet addresses can become dangerous when users assume the same address works identically on the mainnet. A new academic study has identified 65,340 high-risk address misuse cases on Ethereum and BNB Chain, linked to about $574.8 million in lost crypto. The research shows how ordinary mistakes involving testnet addresses, reused contract addresses, and exposed…
DefiLlama delayed the public launch of its mobile application while trying to remove applications impersonating the DeFi analytics platform from Apple’s App Store, pseudonymous founder 0xngmi said on Aug. 15. Summary DefiLlama delayed its mobile launch until fake App Store listings were removed, founder 0xngmi said. Apple removed one impersonating app within days after DefiLlama…
Bits of Gold, Israel’s regulated crypto broker, is investigating a cyber incident that may have exposed customer identity and financial information after unauthorized access to a third-party system used for support and data analysis. Summary Bits of Gold said funds, crypto, passwords, ID scans and full card details remained unaffected. Potentially exposed data includes names,…
Bitcoin remains trapped in a low-momentum environment, with price action increasingly characterized by choppy consolidation rather than a decisive directional move. The lack of liquidity and volume continues to limit follow-through, while the current structure leaves room for another liquidity-driven move before a stronger trend develops. Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily…
