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Ethereum price held steady close to its highest level this month, and this rally may continue after forming a golden cross pattern and as $ETH ETF inflows continued rising. $ETH was trading at $2,500, up by 65% from its lowest level this year. Ethereum price just formed a golden cross pattern The daily chart shows that the $ETH price has rebounded in the past few months, moving from the year-to-date low of $1,505 to the current $2,500. It has already moved above the important resistance level of $1,980, its highest level on July 27. Moving above that level confirmed the…

Strategy [MSTR] shares jumped more than 12% on Wednesday as Bitcoin’s sudden recovery spilled into crypto-linked stocks. The price of the stock was around $103.76 after it briefly got to the $106.90 level, as Bitcoin gained a more modest 5.59%. For Strategy shareholders, though, the strong session comes after months of pain due to the price fall. The stock traded near $190 in May and recently fell towards $90, and Michael Saylor is still telling investors not to expect an easy ride from here. Bitcoin puts MSTR back above $100 MSTR started Wednesday at $94.54. By the end of trading,…

Arthur Hayes has a new project, and once again he’s using an airdrop to get people talking. The BitMEX co-founder says he’s stepping back into an operating role to lead Flop Labs, a startup building blockchain infrastructure for artificial intelligence agents, and the centerpiece of that plan is a FLOP token airdrop meant to pull users into the network before it even has a live chain. Hayes framed the token as fuel for autonomous software, not for people, calling it “food for your AI agent” in an announcement posted on X. Key takeaways Arthur Hayes announced a FLOP token airdrop…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has voiced strong support for the CLARITY Act, a proposed U.S. crypto regulation bill, stating that it would prevent another FTX-style collapse. His remarks, shared via the Watcher.Guru X account, underscore a growing consensus among industry leaders that clearer federal oversight is essential for market stability. What Is the CLARITY Act? The CLARITY Act, formally known as the “Cryptocurrency Clarity Act of 2024,” aims to define which digital assets are securities and which are commodities, providing much-needed regulatory certainty. It seeks to establish a clear framework for crypto exchanges, custodians, and stablecoin issuers, addressing the gaps…

Once a goldmine for carry traders, bitcoin futures have flipped, consistently underperforming plain‑vanilla U.S. Treasuries every month since February. Carry trades consistently yielded 20% or more across regulated and unregulated crypto exchanges during the 2021 bull market. The strategy involved shorting bitcoin BTC$62,729.30 futures while simultaneously buying a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF). Now they return just 3% compared with an average 3.8% yield on two-year Treasuries. Traders have long used futures, agreements to buy or sell an asset at a set price on a specific date, to set up trades that profited from the gap between futures and spot prices,…

Hyperliquid has announced the launch of HyperCore’s manual lending feature on its testnet, marking a significant step in the platform’s ongoing development of its lending infrastructure. The move allows developers and users to interact with lending functions in a controlled environment, while mainnet lending operations remain limited to portfolio margin mode. Testnet Launch Details The testnet deployment introduces manual lending capabilities that enable HyperEVM smart contracts to access HyperCore’s lending functions through CoreWriter and read-only precompile contracts. This technical integration is designed to test the system’s robustness and compatibility before any potential mainnet expansion. According to Hyperliquid’s announcement, all lending…

As of August 25, 2026, the Ethereum price is trading around $2,510, holding just below daily resistance after a sharp advance pushed momentum readings into overbought territory. Bitcoin topping $80,000 and a Fear & Greed Index of 74 confirm the broad risk appetite driving the move. $ETH/USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume. Key takeaways $ETH trades near $2,510 with a daily RSI of 80.39, deep in overbought territory that markets rarely sustain for long. Bitcoin’s surge past $80,000 and a Fear & Greed Index of 74 are fueling broad risk appetite across the crypto market. Uniswap V3…

Nasdaq-listed AIXC (AIXC) has decided to completely withdraw from its digital asset treasury strategy, planning to gradually liquidate its cryptocurrency holdings to refocus on its core robot leasing and operations business, according to a report from CryptoSlate. As of the end of the second quarter, the company held 46 $BTC, 616 $ETH, 6,659 $SOL, and 1,308 $BNB, along with smaller amounts of $ADA, $LINK, $TRX, $USDT, and $XRP. The company was sitting on an unrealized loss of approximately 50% on these holdings. Background: A Shift in Corporate Crypto Adoption AIXC’s move marks a notable reversal in the corporate trend of…

Plume Network bakes KYC and compliance into the chain by building identity checks, transfer restrictions, and sanctions screening into its core protocol modules instead of leaving each app to build its own rules. A user who completes identity verification once can carry that verified status across every asset issuer on the network, rather than repeating KYC for each new platform. This approach targets a specific problem: tokenizing real-world assets like treasuries, private credit, or real estate requires legal compliance that most general-purpose blockchains were never built to handle. What Is Plume Network? Plume is an EVM-compatible blockchain built specifically for…

Justin Sun said Thursday that a federal judge rejected an effort by World Liberty Financial to move all of his claims into private arbitration, marking the latest development in his legal dispute with the crypto project. Sun said in a post on X that his individual claims will remain in open court following a hearing in California federal court. He said the judge also rejected World Liberty’s argument that all claims connected to his companies must be arbitrated. The parties were instead ordered to meet and determine which company related claims should remain in court and which should proceed through…