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Following the sharp fluctuations in the cryptocurrency market in recent weeks, new assessments regarding Bitcoin’s direction continue to emerge. According to the research firm 10x Research, the dynamics of the options market, which accelerated Bitcoin’s decline two weeks ago, may now work in the opposite direction, contributing to a price increase. The analysis, shared by the company on its X platform, stated that mandatory hedging transactions in the options market increased selling pressure during the period when Bitcoin fell below the $70,000 level. These mechanical sales caused the decline to deepen further and contributed to Bitcoin’s price falling to $65,705.…

Kevin Warsh will face Congress for the first time as Federal Reserve chair while lawmakers press him on rates, prices, and central bank independence. His first month in the job has been quiet. Kevin has said little about the economy. The House Financial Services Committee will question Kevin at 10 a.m. in Washington on Tuesday, after the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes June consumer inflation figures. On Wednesday, he will appear before a Senate panel after the agency releases producer price data during both scheduled appearances this week. Lawmakers press Kevin for answers as rate expectations climb The Atlanta Fed…

A $WLFI Super Node is the highest tier in World Liberty Financial’s staking-based governance system. To reach it, a wallet must stake 50 million $WLFI tokens, worth roughly $2.7 million at current prices, and lock them for at least 180 days. In return, the holder gets the platform’s full set of governance privileges, plus guaranteed direct access to the $WLFI team for partnership talks. What Is a $WLFI Super Node? World Liberty Financial ($WLFI), the DeFi project tied to the Trump family, built its governance model around staked, time-locked tokens rather than simple token ownership. The system has two tiers.…

In brief The European Union included $HTX, the crypto exchange owned and advised by billionaire Justin Sun, in the 21st package of Russia sanctions it adopted Thursday. Listed under its operator, Huobi Global SA, the exchange was placed on an EU annex of firms “significantly frustrating” its Russia sanctions, triggering a transaction ban from August 23 but no asset freeze. The move follows the UK’s May designation of $HTX, which the exchange denies warrants sanctions, saying such actions lack supporting evidence. The European Union has added $HTX, the crypto exchange owned and advised by billionaire Tron founder Justin Sun, to…

Crypto markets have struggled for much of the year as weaker trading volumes, concerns over the economy and fading risk appetite weighed on digital assets. The tougher backdrop has hurt market makers, whose revenues depend largely on trading flows and providing liquidity. With spot trading volumes subdued, firms across the sector have faced pressure on profitability. Mergers and acquisitions are expected to remain a defining theme in 2026 as digital asset firms consolidate to achieve scale, expand product offerings and meet growing institutional demand, according to industry analysts. Exchanges, market makers, custodians and financial technology providers are looking to acquire…

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark reported $138 million in revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2026. The $138 million represented a 30.5% year-over-year decrease from $198 million, according to its quarterly results published on Thursday. CleanSpark also reported a net loss of $239 million, or $0.89 per basic share, for the three months ended on June 30, compared with $257 million in net income, or $0.90 per share, for the same period last year. The revenue narrowly missed analysts’ consensus estimate of $142.2 million, according to analyst estimates compiled by Yahoo Finance. CleanSpark’s shares fell 5.5% on Thursday, but…

Dukhan Bank became part of J.P. Morgan’s Blockchain Deposit Account network, Kinexys, on August 3, 2026. It is the first Sharia-compliant lender in Qatar to operate on the system. The move provides the bank’s corporate and institutional clients with around-the-clock cross-border settlement and expands J.P. Morgan’s already sizable presence among Gulf banks. Dukhan Bank taps Kinexys for 24/7 settlement Kinexys keeps cross-border payments open around the clock. There’s no rest for weekends or public holidays, the bank’s press release said. A settlement rail that never closes removes a standing constraint for treasury desks with money in many time zones. Dukhan…

During every major correction period for Bitcoin, the most important question on investors’ minds remains the same: Has the bottom been reached? Following the sharp sell-offs in the cryptocurrency market in recent months, this debate has once again become central, and leading investment funds and managers in the sector have shared their assessments of the current market outlook. Most professional investors believe that the downside risks for Bitcoin have not yet completely disappeared. According to fund managers, global economic uncertainties, tight financial conditions, ETF outflows, and capital shifting towards rapidly growing sectors like artificial intelligence could lead to continued pressure…

This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by BlocksBridge Consulting, curating the latest news in energy, bitcoin, and AI compute from The Energy Mag. Subscribe to receive it in your inbox once a week. Bitcoin miners no longer needed to talk only about hashprice, fleet efficiency or the next difficulty adjustment. They could talk about campuses, lease terms, hyperscalers, neoclouds, inference workloads and “critical IT load.” The same substations that once fed racks of ASICs were reintroduced to investors as scarce energy gateways into the artificial intelligence boom. In a power-constrained market, that story worked. It worked…

This negotiation over the government conflict-of-interest piece had delayed progress on the Clarity Act for months — now potentially beyond the window in which it could most easily become law in 2026. This week’s release of the final working draft of Clarity included the first ethics language openly circulated, so Democrats are now responding — many of them with disdain. “Donald Trump raked in more than $1.4 billion from cryptocurrency ventures, and this bill does nothing to prevent him from vacuuming up his next $1.4 billion in crypto profits,” said Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who is her party’s…