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An anonymous cryptocurrency whale has moved an additional 50,000 Ether ($ETH), worth approximately $93.6 million, from Binance, according to on-chain data tracked by Onchain Lens. This latest withdrawal brings the whale’s total accumulation from the exchange to 90,000 $ETH, with 40,000 $ETH of that amount already staked. On-Chain Data Reveals Significant Accumulation The transaction was flagged by Onchain Lens, a blockchain analytics platform, which reported the whale’s address withdrawing the funds in a single move. The whale’s total holdings now reflect a deliberate strategy of moving assets off centralized exchanges, a practice often associated with long-term holding or staking intentions.…

The U.S. labor market showed weakness for the second consecutive month in July, possibly giving the Federal Reserve room to hold rates in place despite high inflation. According to the government’s Nonfarm Payrolls Report released Friday morning, the U.S. lost 23,000 jobs last month. That was far below the consensus expectation of a gain of 80,000 jobs, and down from June’s addition of 20,000 (revised down from an originally reported 57,000). May’s job gains were also revised sizably lower — down to 63,000 from an originally reported 129,000. The last negative jobs print was in February, when the U.S. lost…

Aptos Labs has released a critical hotfix, version v1.48.4, for its Aptos Node software on Mainnet. This urgent update requires validators and fullnodes to upgrade immediately to maintain network stability and security. The hotfix was made available via GitHub on July 22, 2026, addressing immediate infrastructure needs for the Aptos blockchain. This deployment follows Aptos Labs’ pattern of proactive maintenance. Hotfixes are typically deployed to address urgent issues in production environments, ensuring the continuous operation and integrity of the network. Node operators are routinely advised to update their software to the latest versions to remain synchronized with the network’s advancements…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has publicly urged the U.S. Senate to hold a vote on the CLARITY Act, a piece of legislation aimed at establishing a clear regulatory framework for digital assets. The call comes as the crypto industry faces increasing pressure from regulators and lawmakers to define how digital assets should be classified and overseen. What Is the CLARITY Act? The CLARITY Act, short for “Clearing Legitimacy and Advancing Regulatory Integrity for Tomorrow’s Yield,” is designed to provide a comprehensive market structure for digital assets. It seeks to distinguish between securities and commodities, clarify the jurisdiction of the Securities…

Mastercard Crypto Credential does not move money; it vouches for the people moving it, and that distinction is now worth more than the rails beneath every stablecoin transaction. At a glance, the Mastercard Crypto Credential announcement from August 5, 2026, reads like any other payments headline: a large incumbent partners with a fintech, a pilot begins, press releases follow. The language is careful, the commitments are limited, and the timeline is left open. Look past the surface, however, and something structural becomes visible. Mastercard is not trying to move stablecoins faster. It is trying to control who is allowed to…

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have suffered nearly $5.75 billion of outflows since mid-May, fueling speculation that institutional investors are cashing out of crypto to prepare for the highly anticipated SpaceX IPO. The selling pressure drove bitcoin to a 2026 low below $60,000 in the first week of June, more than 50% below its all-time high of nearly $125,000 last October. One of the prevailing narratives for the sell-off is a rotation of capital away from cryptocurrency to prepare for a slate of highly anticipated initial public offerings (IPOs) starting with SpaceX (SPCX) on Friday. Fabian Dori, chief investment officer at…

The cryptocurrency market is starting the week on a bearish note, with Bitcoin and Ethereum recording losses over the past few hours. Ethereum has lost over 2% of its value in the last 24 hours and has dropped below $1,900. The bearish performance comes as SharpLink Inc. reported a net loss of $394.3 million for the second quarter of 2026 as falling cryptocurrency prices weighed heavily on the value of its Ethereum treasury. The result was nearly four times the $103.4 million loss recorded during the same period in 2025, according to a regulatory filing published Monday. SharpLink attributed most…

The authors of the study examined roughly two months of five-minute bitcoin contracts. They found unusually large orders on Binance in the final seconds before settlement, followed by rapid price reversals in bitcoin. The paper did not prove traders’ intent or directly establish that the spot-market orders were placed by the same people holding positions on Polymarket. But it found that, excluding market makers, 93% of the losses in windows classified as manipulated fell on retail traders. “A bet the market treated as near-certain was overturned one time in three,” the authors wrote. Polymarket did not respond to a CoinDesk…

Not yet, but it removes one of the better excuses institutions had for staying away. Injective (@injective) unveiled Mint on July 22, a single interface where banks, asset managers, and even AI agents can issue regulated tokenized assets onchain with compliance and custody built in. The catch is that Mint is in private alpha, so the institutional wave it targets is still a promise rather than a pipeline. The pitch lands on fertile ground. Tokenized real-world assets have become one of crypto’s few narratives that traditional finance takes seriously, and Injective has spent the past year positioning itself as the…

After weeks of review, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit has declared that it will delist Bonk Inu ($BONK), citing unresolved security and compliance issues. The ruling is another instance of Korean exchanges adopting a more stringent approach to investor protection, and it comes after $BONK was designated as a ‘trading caution’ asset in early July 2026. $BONK Trading support isn’t supported Upbit claims that trading support for $BONK will expire on September 7, 2026, at 15:00 KST, at which point all pending buy and sell orders will be automatically canceled. Until October 7, 2026, users will still have 30 days…