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Bitcoin (BTC) may be entering another difficult August after a technical sell signal emerged just as the cryptocurrency enters a month that has historically produced weak returns.
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As August 2026 began, Ripple pulled off its classic escrow maneuver, but with one important shift in transaction timing. Every month, XRP holders await the release of one billion tokens, bracing for pressure on the order books.
Shrinking stablecoin liquidity and rising cross-border capital flows are reshaping crypto market demand, even as Bitcoin remains resilient.
Michael Saylor says the $5 billion Bitcoin sale story that tore across X (Twitter) this weekend was never news at all. Every dollar of it, he says, was made public a month ago.
Coinbase says the CLARITY Act could reach the Senate this week, a major step toward U.S. crypto regulation that could boost XRP adoption & liquidity.
Ripple has carried out its scheduled August escrow release, unlocking 1 billion XRP worth approximately $1.08 billion as part of its long-running supply management program.
The suspected Coldcard exploit continued expanding as investigators link more wallets and Bitcoin to the broader attack.
Trump Media transferred another 2,628 Bitcoin to Crypto.com, bringing its reported sales over seven months to 7,281 BTC and leaving the company with 4,261 BTC in holdings.
After making a respectable gain in July, Bitcoin entered August, but historical data indicates that the market may be about to enter one of its most erratic times of the year. Although July has historically been a positive month for Bitcoin, August has performed inconsistently in prior market cycles, so the upcoming weeks will be crucial in determining whether the recovery can continue.
Investors who were bold and lucky enough to buy this digital asset in 2016 have witnessed a more than 100-fold gain. Bitcoin is a legitimate financial asset today, and it has plenty of upside in the long run.
Crypto news today: the Fed split 9-3, a Coldcard flaw drained $70M in BTC, and ETFs turned red. Here is the full week and what lands next.
The XRP Ledger is preparing for one of its biggest upgrades yet. RippleX will roll out xrpld v3.3.0 next week, introducing five new features focused on tokenized assets, privacy, and institutional finance. While the update is not yet live, it could make XRPL more attractive to banks and businesses using blockchain.
Shiba Inu burn tracker Shibburn recently shared an hourly update reporting 124,023,282 SHIB burned in the last 24 hours, with the daily burn rate surging by 405.21%.
Bitcoin is caught between macro FUD and technical weakness. Here's why traders are turning bearish on August.
An analyst argues XRP could help Japan escape its yen carry-trade trap without triggering a disorderly global sell-off, though the proposal faces substantial practical obstacles.
AAVE is stuck at $92.39 with momentum flatlined and sellers dominating short-term order flow — but top traders are quietly loading the long side. The next 30 days hinge entirely on reclaiming $95.
Galaxy estimates three Coldcard-linked attack waves drained 1,367.05 BTC, worth $88.6 million, from 4,585 Bitcoin addresses.
LDO is scraping the floor of its Bollinger Band range at $0.
HBAR is in a state of historic volatility compression at $0.07, with smart money running nearly 2:1 long and taker buy flow running 37% heavier than sells.
WIF is pinned to its lower Bollinger Band at $0.14, sellers are running nearly 2:1 against buyers in real-time flow, and every major moving average is stacked overhead as resistance — a $0.
