Crypto

harmony mint exploit wipes 40 off one but bitcoin holds near 64000 with u s cpi in view Someone conjured roughly 4 billion ONE tokens out of empty blocks on Harmony — about 26% of the token's circulating supply — and bitcoin hardly flinched. That contrast explains most of what this market is doing at the moment.

Harmony mint exploit wipes 40% off ONE, but Bitcoin holds near $64,000 with U.S. CPI in view

boe phase 2 trial puts stablecoins and the digital pound inside one trade finance payment The Bank of England has skipped past the question of whether stablecoins or a central bank digital currency comes out on top. What it wants to know is whether the two can sit inside the same payment, covering one invoice, at the same moment.

BOE Phase 2 trial puts stablecoins and the digital pound inside one trade finance payment

Arbitrum Announces 220M Gaming Catalyst Program In Brief:

Arbitrum’s ARBZERODEV code unlocks three months of ZeroDev Growth for free until Aug. 22

xrp open interest swells to its highest since october just as cpi day arrives Futures open interest on XRP has climbed to 2.67 billion XRP, a stack worth roughly $2.73 billion. Not since October has the figure been this large, and it marks a jump from the 2.25 billion XRP recorded when the month began. All of that positioning is accumulating while the token hovers just pennies away from a threshold traders have had circled for weeks.

XRP Open Interest Swells to Its Highest Since October Just as CPI Day Arrives

bank of russia clears bitcoin ethereum and usdt for licensed trading venues In Brief:

Bank of Russia Clears Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT for Licensed Trading Venues

moneygram ramps goes live on solana offering cash out across 170 countries Cash in from twenty-five countries; cash out in more than 170. That lopsided ratio is the most revealing detail of MoneyGram Ramps launching on Solana, and it says plenty about who the product is actually built for.

MoneyGram Ramps goes live on Solana, offering cash-out across 170 countries

cardano earned its etf fast lane on aug 9 its only sponsor had quit on aug 7 On Aug. 7, Grayscale withdrew the registration for its Cardano Trust ETF. Two days later, on Aug. 9, ADA crossed the six-month CME futures threshold that would have allowed a spot ETF to bypass the most grinding stretch of SEC review altogether.

Cardano earned its ETF fast lane on Aug. 9 — its only sponsor had quit on Aug. 7

sec sets aug 14 vote to float regulation crypto offering rules for digital assets Ten days after the Senate abandoned the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has marked a date on its own calendar. Aug. 14. On that day the agency's three commissioners, every one of them a Republican, will vote to release its first formal crypto rulemaking for public comment.

SEC sets Aug. 14 vote to float ‘Regulation Crypto’ offering rules for digital assets

Bitcoin miner bottom signal now depends on who survives weak mining profits

TD Cowen gives the Clarity Act just a 1-in-4 shot this September

goldmans varadhan lays out a three part case for staying in the market Goldman Sachs' head of global banking and markets expects oil to finish 2026 comfortably under $70 a barrel. On Monday, West Texas Intermediate futures settled back above $80. The distance between those two numbers is the entire debate.

Goldman’s Varadhan lays out a three-part case for staying in the market