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Ethereum outpaces Bitcoin in Q3 – Can ETH lead the next altcoin season?

The market is showing textbook signs of an altcoin cycle. From a technical perspective, Bitcoin dominance has once again failed to break through the 60% level. Macro sentiment isn’t helping either, as macro FUD is beginning to resurface. Notably, the 30-year Treasury yield climbed to a 19-year peak due to inflation and deficit worries. Normally, higher yields make Treasury bonds more attractive to investors, which means the return of capital to the safe haven decreases the amount of risk-taking capital in the crypto market, further pressuring Bitcoin dominance. This naturally sets the stage for the next potential surge in Ethereum’s…

EthereumAug 21

Visa outlines stablecoin strategy during Q3 earnings call

Visa reported fiscal third-quarter revenue of $11.6 billion, up 14% from a year earlier, driven by double-digit growth in payments volume, cross-border volume and processed transactions. During the company’s earnings call, Visa outlined its broader stablecoin strategy, saying it has been investing across multiple layers of the stablecoin ecosystem. The company said: We are active in investing in each layer of the stablecoin stack, from blockchain, to issuance, wallets, infrastructure and orchestration, and applications. This quarter, we’ve made progress in both the issuance and application layers. Visa added that it had joined the OpenStandard consortium, which plans to issue the…

RegulationAug 21

XRP Ledger Records Over 1 Million AI Agent Transactions as Autonomous Payments Grow

The $XRP Ledger (XRPL) has surpassed one million AI agent transactions on its mainnet. The milestone is an early step in the network’s push to support autonomous, software-powered payments. Notably, the update came from Chandler Fang, co-founder of AI infrastructure firm t54.ai and former Ripple product lead. He said the achievement shows an “autonomous loop” is already running on XRPL. In this system, AI agents can request services, pay with $XRP or $RLUSD, and continue executing tasks without human intervention. AI Agents Are Already Transacting on XRPL According to Fang, the milestone follows the launch of t54’s XRPL AI Hub,…

AltcoinsAug 21

White House to Host Crypto Industry Execs Next Week: Report

Crypto and prediction market bigwigs are set to gather at the White House next week, according to a Thursday report from POLITICO. The report, citing people with knowledge of the matter, said the industry officials would meet one day before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission holds a meeting for its new Innovation Advisory Committee. The committee will feature a panel of experts also from the crypto, prediction market and traditional finance spheres. Despite the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act being delayed, regulators are moving ahead with pro-crypto initiatives. BREAKING: White House to host gathering for crypto industry officials next week, POLITICO…

LegalAug 21

Solana DEX Volume Leads All Chains for 16 Weeks — Is Ethereum Losing Ground?

Solana just notched a milestone that’s hard to ignore: for the 16th straight week, the network has led every other Layer 1 and Layer 2 blockchain in weekly decentralized exchange volume. That kind of streak doesn’t happen by accident, and it’s forcing traders and analysts to take a fresh look at how Solana DEX volume stacks up against rivals like Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain. Key takeaways Solana has topped weekly DEX volume among all Layer 1 and Layer 2 chains for 16 consecutive weeks. Solana continues to outperform major competitors, including Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain, in decentralized exchange…

ExchangesAug 21

Ethereum’s 12-GPU proving problem just got a 4-GPU answer

ZisK's new four-GPU benchmark claim has lowered the headline hardware count in Ethereum's real-time proving race. In February, CryptoSlate examined a roughly 12-GPU setup as a possible centralization risk. The new figure could bring proof generation closer to independent operators, provided the workload and operating conditions are comparable. ZisK is an open-source zero-knowledge virtual machine project, and on Aug. 18 it said its v1.1.0-alpha prover recorded a 9.62-second p99 on four RTX 5090 GPUs. A follow-up said 99.7% of tested Ethereum blocks finished in less than 10 seconds. Jordi Baylina amplified the result as a milestone combining four-GPU proving with…

EthereumAug 20

Crypto Stocks Outperform AI and Chip Giants in Major Market Shift

Performance analysis of the past month shows that cryptocurrency companies have outperformed artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor companies by a considerable margin. Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), America’s largest crypto exchange, saw its stock rise by 14.85% in the past month. Meanwhile, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), the lead company designing AI hardware and software, saw its stock lose 0.29% over the same period. Another benchmark comparison is between AI company Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) and Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), the world’s largest publicly traded Bitcoin treasury. Strategy stock gained 10.62% in the past month, while Palantir’s fell 1.75%. Why Crypto outpaced AI There are…

RegulationAug 20

Cardano Whales Take ADA Holding to 3.5 Year High Amid Strong Dip Buying

Large Cardano whales have continued to accumulate $ADA, pushing their combined holdings to the highest level since February 2023. The largest Cardano holders are steadily increasing their holdings, even as $ADA looks weak. In contrast, retail participants continue to trim their positions, as they start to grow impatient with the persistent price trend. The divergence between large and small holders has become one of the healthiest trends emerging on the Cardano network. $ADA Whales Increase Holdings While Retail Pulls Back On-chain data from Santiment shows wallets holding between 100,000 and 100 million $ADA now control more than 25.6 billion $ADA.…

AltcoinsAug 20

FATF Says 83% Have Crypto Travel Rules, but Action Stays Near 40%

Crypto Travel Rule laws now cover 83% of jurisdictions answering the relevant Financial Action Task Force (FATF) question, FM Intelligence reported today (Thursday). Only 40% of those with enacted rules reported a focused supervisory or enforcement measure. The full FM Intelligence report counted 91 enacted-law jurisdictions among 109 respondents to that question. Only 36 reported a finding, directive, enforcement action or another supervisory measure focused on compliance Compliance In finance, banking, investing, and insurance compliance refers to following the rules or orders set down by the government regulatory authority, either as providing a service or processing a transaction. Compliance concerning…

LegalAug 20

Russia’s leading stock exchange to offer perpetual futures on BTC and ETH

Russia’s largest stock market, the Moscow Exchange, is going to add perpetual futures on Bitcoin and Ethereum to its crypto derivatives lineup. The news comes ahead of the enforcement of the “digital currency” law next month, which thoroughly regulates investment in coins and related products. MOEX to offer new futures contracts on $BTC and $ETH in September The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) is expanding its crypto derivative offerings with new contracts based on the cryptocurrencies with the biggest market capitalization. The stock trading venue plans to launch perpetual futures on Bitcoin ($BTC) and Ethereum ($ETH) in September, one of its top…

ExchangesAug 20