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Only 281 of 1,343 crypto service providers operating across the European Economic Area have secured MiCA authorization after the EU’s final transition period expired on July 1, leaving more than 1,000 firms without approval under the bloc’s licensing regime. According to blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs, 1,062 firms in its dataset had not obtained authorization under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation by the deadline and must now leave the market, restructure their operations or transfer customers to an authorized provider. The gap extends beyond licensing. TRM found that 12% of firms without authorization carry a High or Severe risk rating,…

Bitcoin is making another attempt to break out of its recent trading range today, and one analyst says the setup still leaves room for a move higher before any real downturn takes hold. The overall trend remains bearish according to the analysis, but the short-term picture tells a more hopeful story. Bitcoin’s support zone right now sits between $59,317 and $62,436, analysts say, and as long as that zone continues to hold, the case for a bigger bounce before any further decline stays intact. That view is backed by how the recent pullback looks on the charts. The decline from…

Jesse Pollak, the Coinbase executive leading the Ethereum layer-two network Base, has publicly refuted claims that the company has been selling its Ethereum holdings. In a series of posts on X, Pollak defended Coinbase’s position as a major $ETH holder and emphasized the company’s broader contributions to the Ethereum ecosystem. Background: Community Criticism and Pollak’s Response Recent criticism within the Ethereum community has centered on allegations that Coinbase has been offloading $ETH, including sequencer revenue generated through Base, while accumulating assets primarily in Bitcoin. Pollak directly rejected these claims, stating, “Coinbase is by far the largest holder of $ETH among…

“Regardless of how you feel about crypto, we can’t just ignore it,” said Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger in a CoinDesk interview. “It’s here, and the best thing that we can do is create a federally federal regulatory structure for it. It’s hard to argue against that, regardless of whether you like crypto or not.” The betting on Kalshi predicts a Democratic House majority at an 84% likelihood, though that chance is much less (a 47% coin toss) for the Senate, where Democrats face a tougher election battlefield this year. But if they prevail, a Democratic Senate could mean Senator…

Alpaca has partnered with cryptocurrency platform Gate to support its launch of US stocks and exchange-traded funds, initial public offering allocations and tokenized stocks. Gate’s move follows a broader push by cryptocurrency exchanges into traditional equities. In June, Binance added 7,000 US stocks to its platform, with Alpaca providing custody, dividend processing and corporate-action support. The trend is giving retail investors and traders on crypto platforms access to a wider range of traditional market products. Under the partnership, Gate users can access more than 10,000 US-listed stocks and ETFs through Gate Stocks. Eligible users can also request allocations in US…

BitMEX cofounder Arthur Hayes published a new essay, “Situationship,” on Aug. 4, 2026, arguing that the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure boom could end as a credit crisis rather than a dot com style equity collapse. Hayes framed data centers as leveraged real estate containing computing equipment that can lose economic value as newer chips become more efficient. Hayes said an eventual slowdown in data center construction could expose weak borrowers and financiers, prompting government intervention and broader monetary easing. He believes the resulting liquidity could support a renewed Bitcoin bull market. However, the scenario remains his personal forecast, not a…

Ethereum [$ETH] reclaimed $2,500 after several days of aggressive bullish momentum, strengthening its short-term market structure. On the 21st of August, the daily candle closed above this key supply zone. That move turned former resistance into an important level for buyers to defend. Meanwhile, stronger U.S. demand, rising Fund Holdings, and lower system-wide leverage supported the breakout. Can these conditions carry Ethereum toward the next psychological level at $3,000? Can Ethereum hold $2,500? Ethereum’s latest advance pushed its price above $2,500 and all key Exponential Moving Averages. The daily close showed that buyers had absorbed a major layer of overhead…

The flagship meme coin of the new Robinhood Chain network, Cash Cat ($CASHCAT), has been put through a brutal market test. During trading, the price of the token’s perpetual futures on Hyperliquid briefly collapsed by more than 60%. The chart printed a massive vertical wick downward — from peak levels above $0.190 to a local bottom near $0.080 — before the price quickly rebounded. Robinhood Chain, a new Ethereum-based Layer 2 network, launched only recently, and the $CASHCAT token became its main growth driver. The coin’s name was not chosen by accident: “Cash Cat” was Robinhood’s original working name during…

The Clarity Act, considered one of the most important pieces of legislation in the US regarding Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market, is stalled in the Senate. The Senate failed to advance the Clarity Act before the August recess, postponing discussion of the draft until September. Following the postponement of the CLARITY Act until September, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is preparing to advance the regulatory framework for the public offering of certain investment contracts involving crypto assets. According to Eleanor Terrett, host of the Crypto In America program, the SEC will hold an open meeting on Friday to…

The following guest post is written by Peter Wilkinson, CEO of the crypto exchange BitMEX. My name is Peter Wilkinson, current CEO of BitMEX. I joined BitMEX out of the traditional finance sector where I’d been an in-house lawyer at an insurance company. I received an intriguing call from a headhunter that BitMEX was in urgent need of lawyers. During my first interview, I was asked how quickly I could start and whether they could buy me out of my notice at my previous role. I could tell this was no ordinary company. At this stage, I only had a…