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Bitcoin's 49% decline shouldn't mask the fact that the network is still operating as intended. XRP has potential utility in certain areas, but value creation for token holders is a big question mark.
Crypto
AAVE just shed 7% in a single session to $90.93, landing near the lower Bollinger Band while top traders quietly press 61% long — if the $88.
Texas broke its all-time electricity demand record twice in two days last week. ERCOT served a preliminary 91,308 megawatts around 5 p.m.
After an 8.45% single-session flush to $0.
HBAR is coiled at $0.07 in a volatility squeeze, with top-trader positioning sitting 63% long — but a 29% gap to the 200-day SMA makes $0.09 the make-or-break level for 2026. Break it and $0.
WIF is pinned at $0.14 with every meaningful moving average stacked overhead as resistance and taker sell flow consuming 56% of all volume — a breakdown toward $0.
PEPE's stochastic oscillator is printing an oversold crossover from the low-20s while RSI idles at neutral and MACD stays in bearish territory — this setup has the fingerprints of a short-term tact
Bitcoin price hovered near $63,000 on Aug. 1 as US ETF outflows, weakening momentum and regulatory uncertainty kept buyers on the sidelines. Bitcoin price struggles to hold $63,000 According to data from crypto.
ALGO is buried below every major moving average at $0.079 while a 1.60 taker buy/sell ratio and a 6.28% OI spike suggest smart money is quietly loading. The bear case tracks toward $0.
The XRP Ledger's node software, xrpld 3.3.0, is set for release next week, with the update slated to introduce five new features to the network. This article focuses on the software release itself, not XRP market price action, and covers only what the available evidence confirms.
Pump.fun cut a significant chunk of its workforce right before handing out million worth of PUMP tokens.
XRP is entering one of its toughest months with a four-year August losing streak hanging over its price. Crypto trader Zach rector still expects the token to fall below $1. But on the flip side, a major on-chain signal now suggests selling pressure is fading.
With every short-term moving average compressed to a single point at $0.21 and CRV hugging its lower Bollinger Band at $0.2057, the volatility squeeze is maxed out.
More than $323.23 million worth of cryptocurrency tokens are scheduled to enter circulation across August 2026, spanning 141 blockchain projects, extending a third straight month of decline from July's $376.39 million and June's $580.33 million. The month's releases are led by YZY, PROVE, and KAITO, with YZY alone accounting for close to $35.5 million in scheduled unlocks. As new tokens become transferable, market participants will be watching whether the additional supply affects liquidity and short-term price action across the affected assets.
Ethereum (ETH) options positioning tilted modestly bullish even as overall exposure shrank, suggesting traders are reducing risk while keeping upside bets in place. Call options continued to dominate open interest, and near-dated flow leaned slightly toward calls—an indication of cautious optimism rather than an outright risk-on stance.
Celestia ships a key upgrade for modular data availability, supporting independent rollups as Bitcoin holds at $63,021 and market cap sits at $2.25T.
Will BTC survive these key headwinds in H2 2026?
TON's MACD has zeroed out and price is pinned below every meaningful short-term moving average, while thin spot volume exposes an overextended futures positioning structure.
Coinkite says an attacker used AI to find a flaw its own AI review missed, exposing 500 wallets to a seed generation bug that reduced 128 bits of entropy to 40.
Tether earned $1.5 billion in three months while its safety cushion fell by half, raising questions about whether the world's largest stablecoin can sustain its reserve strategy through a rate cycle. Summary Tether reported $1.
