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Stable Sea has added two WisdomTree digital funds to its treasury platform, giving eligible businesses access to three SEC-registered products with minimum investments starting at $1. Stable Sea adds two WisdomTree funds Stable Sea said the WisdomTree Short-Duration Income Digital Fund and WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Digital Fund are now available through Stable Sea Terminal, its cash-management platform for finance teams. The additions expand a relationship that began in April, when the platform started offering the WisdomTree Treasury Money Market Digital Fund. In April, crypto.news reported the first integration, which allowed corporate clients to place idle cash in a tokenized…

In a recent X conversation, Blockstream CEO Adam Back weighed in on one of Bitcoin’s biggest mysteries: the whereabouts of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. After overseeing the Bitcoin project through its early days, Satoshi abruptly stepped away from the public eye. On April 23, 2011, he sent a final known email to early Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn. In his message, the Bitcoin creator stated that he had “moved on to other things” and assured Hearn that the project was “in good hands.” Satoshi has not been heard from since. There have been various speculations about Satoshi’s whereabouts, with some presuming…

US President Donald Trump’s family-linked crypto ventures have left investors at least an estimated $4.7 billion underwater while generating about $1.4 billion for the president in 2025, according to Public Citizen. Trump crypto losses reached an estimated $4.7 billion Public Citizen estimated investor losses across five Trump-linked products, including the Official Trump memecoin, World Liberty Financial’s $WLFI governance token, $USD1 stablecoin, Trump Digital Trading Cards and Trump Media’s digital-asset treasury. Most of the total came from $TRUMP, which the nonprofit estimated had put buyers $3.2 billion underwater. World Liberty Financial’s $WLFI token accounted for at least $1 billion, while Trump…

1-Hour Chart: Tight Range Holds as Volume Fades The 1-hour chart shows bitcoin locked in a narrow consolidation after recovering from roughly $62,470 to $64,347. Price has printed a series of small-bodied candles between $63,900 and $64,000, a pattern that signals neither buyers nor sellers currently hold control of the short-term trend. Trading volume has declined steadily through the consolidation, a condition that often precedes a sharper directional move once it resolves. $BTC/USD 1-hour chart via Bitstamp on July 18, 2026. An hourly close above $64,150 to $64,250 on rising volume would open the door toward $64,350 and then $64,700…

The Wall Street Journal reported that Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE’s national security adviser, holds a 49% stake in the banking venture of World Liberty Financial ($WLFI), the crypto project associated with the Trump family. The report identifies Sheikh Tahnoon as a key backer and shareholder of the U.S. bank that $WLFI is preparing to launch. Background and Regulatory Context The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a U.S. bank regulator, has conditionally approved a bank charter for World Liberty Trust, a unit of $WLFI. This approval marks a significant step for the venture, though…

Solana has reached another major milestone, not in price but in blockchain usage. Weekly transaction activity has climbed to a new all-time high, with the network processing more than 1.01 billion non-vote transactions during the week ending August 2. The figure marks the strongest level of activity in Solana’s history and underscores the network’s growing role as one of the most heavily utilized blockchains in the cryptocurrency industry. Transaction count surges The surge has been building for months. Throughout 2025, transaction counts have consistently trended higher, regularly exceeding 800 million per week before finally crossing the one-billion mark. $SOL/USDT Chart…

A New York Federal Reserve study found that dollar stablecoins are more likely to flow into wallets tied to countries experiencing currency or banking crises. Wallets linked to countries experiencing some form of financial crisis were 1.8% more likely to receive dollar stablecoins during the week a crisis began, researchers Pablo Azar, Maryam Farboodi and Nish Sinha found in an August staff paper. Receipt volumes of these assets across these wallets also increased significantly during those periods. The findings provide evidence for a growing challenge facing central banks in economies under financial stress. Governments have traditionally relied on banks and…

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson believes the blockchain network needs a narrative reset to reshape public perception. According to Hoskinson, Cardano’s greatest challenge is no longer technological innovation but convincing the broader cryptocurrency market that the project continues to evolve. His remarks come as the network prepares for major protocol upgrades while simultaneously restructuring its governance and organizational framework. Hoskinson Says Cardano Still Battles an Outdated Reputation Discussing Cardano’s current standing in the crypto industry, Hoskinson acknowledged that the project continues to carry the stigma of unmet expectations following its meteoric rise during the 2021 bull market. At the time, Cardano…

On August 27, 2026, BitGo announced that it has acquired NYDIG’s institutional trading unit, which has enabled one of the largest regulated custodians within the crypto sector to gain a pre-existing derivatives and finance operation amid the ongoing trend of banks and funds consolidating their digital asset activities with fewer infrastructure partners. Following this acquisition, BitGo will bring on board around 30 employees of NYDIG and their institutional trading network. In relation to the broader market, this transaction highlights that institutions are increasingly seeking custody, trading, financing and settlement services under a single regulated umbrella. Why one-stop infrastructure is winning…

Hyperliquid closed the second quarter of 2026 with one of the strongest performances in the digital asset industry, according to its recent report. Its native $HYPE token surged 79.2% to a new all-time high despite a broad downturn across the crypto market. According to the protocol’s newly released Q2 report, $HYPE reached a record price of $76.90 on June 16. In the meantime, Bitcoin declined 14.1% during the same period. Hyperliquid described the divergence as its second straight quarter of significant outperformance, arguing that the market is beginning to value $HYPE as a cash-generating protocol rather than simply another high-beta…