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BTC.TOP founder Jiang Zhuoer says bear market is over, sees further ETH gains

Jiang Zhuoer, founder of $BTC.TOP and a recognized figure in China’s cryptocurrency mining sector, has shifted his previously bearish view on the crypto market after recent strong price rebounds. Jiang reported he is now about 90% confident that the broader bear market has ended, following Bitcoin’s rapid approach to $79,500 and Ethereum’s relative outperformance. Jiang Zhuoer adjusts strategy after market rally Jiang’s reversal comes after a series of trades that contradicted his earlier cycle-based predictions. Initially, he sold his Ethereum holdings at levels between $1,738 and $1,931 when he anticipated a further downturn. After witnessing renewed market strength, he bought…

EthereumAug 25

Treasury just put a deadline on offshore stablecoins’ access to US customers

By July 18, 2028, a stablecoin could still move freely across blockchains and yet disappear from the buy menu on an American exchange. Under the $GENIUS%20Section%203%20NPRM.pdf">Treasury Department’s proposed $GENIUS Act rules, a digital asset service provider wouldn't be able to offer or sell a payment stablecoin to someone in the United States from that date unless its issuer fits one of the law’s permitted categories. The proposal doesn’t ban an offshore token from circulating abroad or moving between private wallets; it just controls how regulated businesses distribute that token inside the US. For Tether’s $USDT, the biggest issue is therefore…

RegulationAug 25

Lummis Accuses Banks of Sabotaging CLARITY Act Crypto Regulation

Senator Cynthia Lummis has accused banks of trying to sabotage one of the most consequential efforts at crypto regulation in years, claiming financial institutions are quietly demanding last-minute changes to the CLARITY Act before they will back it. The accusation lands at a delicate moment: the bill, formally known as the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, already stalled once this summer when the Senate broke for recess without a vote, and lawmakers are now eyeing a fresh attempt on September 15. For anyone watching how CLARITY Act crypto regulation takes shape in Washington, the fight over banks’ demands could decide…

LegalAug 25

Crypto.com rolls out tokenized stock derivatives as crypto exchanges push into equities

Crypto.com is world’s 11th largest exchange, according to data source Coingecko. Stock tokenization push The launch lands in a fast-growing corner at the intersection of the crypto market and traditional assets. Tokenized stocks have reached about $2.49 billion in value, up roughly 600% over the past year, as exchanges and blockchain firms race to bring equities onchain. Citi estimated that tokenized securities could grow into a $5.5 trillion market by 2030, including $2.6 trillion in tokenized equities. Kraken, Bybit, Bitget and Robinhood are among the trading platforms that have rolled out tokenized equity products for investors outside the U.S. Meanwhile,…

ExchangesAug 25

Bhutan Hires 3iQ to Run Sovereign Bitcoin for Gelephu City

10,000-coin allocation The Toronto-based firm will deploy a portion of the up to 10,000 bitcoins, worth about $628mn at current prices, that Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck committed to GMC's development in December 2025, drawn from national holdings. Bhutan's sovereign wealth fund, Druk Holding & Investments (DHI), held approximately 13,000 bitcoins at its October 2024 peak, according to Arkham Intelligence. Arkham-labelled DHI wallets have since fallen by more than three-quarters from that peak, to about 3,100 $BTC ($197mn) as of mid-May 2026 – a drawdown Arkham interprets as sales, but which DHI has publicly denied. Even so, the Kingdom…

BitcoinAug 25

Ethereum Rotation Takes Shape, Tom Lee Claims

Fundstart’s Tom Lee is confident that rotation into $ETH has already started. The setup for this rotation has been nearly a decade in the making, according to Lee. Is $ETH going to $10K? According to Tom Lee, $ETH could easily reach $10,000 within the next one or two years. The extremely bullish take is based on this assumption that $ETH will be able to become the settlement layer of the future. At the same time, he is confident that a proper DAT will be able to outperform the underlying asset. Lee has argued that Ethereum remains significantly undervalued relative to…

EthereumAug 25

South Korea’s Crypto Market Shifts Toward Institutional Investors, FactBlock CEO Says

South Korea’s virtual asset market is undergoing a significant transformation, moving from a retail-driven landscape to one increasingly shaped by institutional participation, according to Andrew Park, CEO of FactBlock and organizer of Korea Blockchain Week. Park’s remarks, reported by Bitcoin.com News, highlight a regulatory and legislative push that could redefine how digital assets are traded and managed in one of Asia’s most active crypto markets. Regulatory Momentum Toward Corporate Participation Park noted that South Korean financial authorities are actively considering allowing corporate virtual asset accounts for approximately 3,500 listed companies and professional investors. This move would mark a departure from…

RegulationAug 25

Crypto Firm Shut Down After Nine Investors Lose Over £300,000

UK Court Winds Up Key Coin Assets The U.K. government announced on Aug. 18 that a London court had wound up Key Coin Assets Ltd. a week earlier. An investigation by the Insolvency Service, the U.K. government agency that investigates corporate misconduct and insolvency, found no evidence that the company carried out any of the crypto trading it advertised. Nine people who took their complaints to Action Fraud, the U.K.’s national fraud and cybercrime reporting center, paid the company more than £300,000 between them. Unauthorized investment schemes remain a live risk for U.K. savers, with Britain’s full crypto authorization regime…

LegalAug 25

Bank of England taps NOBO, Polygon Labs and Dun & Bradstreet to pilot SME credit data in Digital Pound Lab

The Bank of England has named NOBO Finance, Dun & Bradstreet and Polygon Labs as participants in the second phase of its Digital Pound Lab, where the consortium will test how stablecoins and a potential digital pound could interoperate to improve cross-border trade finance. The BoE’s Digital Pound Lab is an experimental platform that allows financial and technology companies to prototype potential products and payment use cases for a future digital pound, the UK’s proposed central bank digital currency (CBDC). Participants can use the simulated infrastructure to experiment with digital pound wallets, online and in-store payments, QR and NFC transactions,…

ExchangesAug 25

BTC Pushes Toward $64K as CLARITY Act Odds Slide to 27%

Strategy Liquidation Weighs on Early Sentiment Bitcoin nearly tapped $64,000 on Monday as the cryptocurrency looked poised to kick-start the new week on a high note after ending July with modest gains. Yet the cryptocurrency’s ascent to a daily peak of just above $63,900 was not straightforward. Market data show it initially trended downward, sliding from an earlier peak of around $63,650 to an intraday low of $62,216. The downward slide appeared linked to reports that Strategy had completed its third bitcoin sale of 2026, offloading 1,638 bitcoins between July 27 and Aug. 2. The company said proceeds were used…

BitcoinAug 25