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Printr has started closing its token launch platform and will end all operations by Aug. 31 after failing to secure the capital and distribution support needed to continue. Printr shutdown begins with automatic unstaking Printr said in an official Aug. 17 X statement that the team had spent the past three months examining possible ways to keep the platform running. According to the company, none provided the funding and distribution backing required under current market conditions. Dear Printr community,Today, we’re sharing that Printr will commence its wind-down process and all operations will cease by 31 August 2026.Over the past three…

Solana is increasingly becoming a go-to platform for agents who are booking restaurants, making purchases on Amazon, and using APIs to manage their operations. This trend reflects a significant shift in how blockchain technology is applied in everyday transactions. Notably, the recent tweet from the Solana account highlights these developments, suggesting that Solana’s ecosystem is primed for growth as more agents adopt its capabilities. Source Inside the Move In recent developments, agents are leveraging Solana’s blockchain for diverse transactions, including restaurant bookings and online purchases. The integration of payment systems like MoonPay’s PayBox and Ramp’s agent wallets has facilitated this…

Bitcoin ($BTC) could fall to $45,000 by early October 2026, according to an analysis that compares the current market cycle with previous crypto exchange failures. The forecast comes as Bitcoin struggles to hold above the $65,000 mark despite a recent recovery in spot ETF inflows and improving market sentiment. At press time, Bitcoin was trading at $64,710, up about 0.9% over the past 24 hours. On the weekly timeframe, the asset has risen 0.3%. Bitcoin seven-day price chart. Source: Finbold According to an analysis by TradingShot shared in a TradingView post on July 24, the latest major industry development, the…

Crypto influencer Zion “Ansem” Thomas opened ansem.io on Aug. 17, a site where token teams pay for his promotion by giving supply to holders of his memecoin. The trade replaces the standard influencer deal, in which a team pays social media influencers, known as Key Opinion Leaders, in cash or tokens and the KOL sells into the attention he creates. Here the payment goes to $ANSEM holders and into burning $ANSEM, which Thomas owns most of. He held about 60% of supply as of June, when The Defiant covered a $7 million airdrop aimed at reaching 1 million holders. $ANSEM…

Banco do Brasil has invested in a $5 million digitally native structured note issued by Citi on Euroclear’s blockchain-based infrastructure, completing what the lender described as the first transaction of its kind involving a Latin American institution. Banco do Brasil said its proprietary treasury participated as an investor in the Digitally Native Structured Note issued by Citigroup Global Markets Funding Luxembourg SCA on Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure, or D-FMI, platform. Citi Issuer Services, operating through Citibank N.A.’s London branch, served as the issuance and payment agent for the note. The transaction gives Banco do Brasil direct exposure to a…

Traders spent most of July with a pretty good explanation for why Bitcoin wouldn’t move. A dense cluster of options contracts had the price boxed in, they argued, because the dealers who sold those contracts were buying every dip and selling every rally to keep their own books balanced. Clear the contracts away, and Bitcoin would finally be free to go somewhere. The contracts have now cleared on two consecutive Fridays, and Bitcoin is sitting roughly where it started. It traded just under $64,000 on Saturday, closing out a week in which it failed to hold $66,000 and then slid…

The Monad Foundation recently offered to purchase locked-up $MON tokens directly from early investors at a discounted price, but the majority of those eligible chose not to sell. According to the foundation, the total purchase size amounted to $60 million, and the $MON it acquired remains subject to the original four-year lockup period. Program Details and Rationale The program was designed to provide early investors with an exit opportunity if they needed to recover funds or had shifted their investment strategy. The foundation emphasized that it has never sold $MON, nor has it proposed or pursued any sales through over-the-counter…

According to a blog by venture capital company a16z crypto published in September 3, it is becoming less important to regard raw transaction speed as a criteria for determining the viability of a blockchain for heavy trading. The more relevant considerations involve whether transactions arrive on time and in a predictable order. In the case of banks, asset issuers and market makers transitioning into the on-chain sector, the difference becomes important. Even if a network can carry out thousands of transactions per second, it wouldn’t be a great choice for trading if a particular player causes a delay or reshuffle…

Bitcoin remains in a bear market but may be entering its final stretch, according to a chart analyst tracking the cryptocurrency’s historical four-year cycle, with a possible bottom forming as soon as October. A Cycle Bitcoin Has Followed Before Bitcoin has historically moved through roughly one year of bear market followed by three years of bull market, based on patterns dating back to prior cycles. The current downturn began after Bitcoin’s October 2025 high, putting the cryptocurrency roughly on track to enter its final quarter of decline, the analyst said. Bitcoin has already reached the full $66,230 to $76,640 resistance…

The week of August 17–23 brings several token unlocks across the crypto market, with ZKsync (ZK), Kaito ($KAITO), LayerZero ($ZRO), Meteora ($MET), $SOON and $MBG among the tokens releasing fresh supply. The releases range from smaller distributions to larger events that could increase short-term market volatility. Token unlocks do not automatically mean prices will fall. The impact depends on the size of the release, circulating supply, liquidity and whether newly available tokens are sold or absorbed by buyers. ZKsync (ZK) ZKsync is scheduled for a token unlock on August 17. The project’s market value at around $76.80 million, with approximately…