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Before investing in any cryptocurrency, it’s crucial to do your homework. That’s where you can use ChatGPT to help break down coins, analyze risks and make smarter decisions. ChatGPT helps simplify complex crypto projects by summarizing white papers, explaining use cases and breaking down tokenomics. Researching the team, partnerships and security risks is crucial before investing in any crypto token. Comparing projects with competitors highlights strengths and weaknesses for better decision-making. Read more

The service supports trading in over 50 tokens, including bitcoin, ether and solana.

The decentralized AI agent, trained on unpublished longevity research from Aubrey de Grey’s lab, uses BIO Protocol's launchpad to fund experiments and tokenize discoveries.

The firm's crypto and cash holdings rose to nearly $9 billion at one point Sunday prior to the plunge in crypto prices.

The purchases last week were made at an average price of $115,829 each and mostly funded via sales of common stock.

Michael Saylor’s Strategy announced a $356.9 million Bitcoin purchase last week, bringing total BTC buys in August to just 3,666 BTC. Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin holder, added more BTC to its balance as the price tumbled to $112,000 last week. Strategy acquired 3,081 Bitcoin (BTC) for $356.9 million during the week ending Sunday, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday. Saylor’s business intelligence software company purchased its latest Bitcoin batch at an average price of $115,829 per coin, as BTC started the week at around $116,700 and slipped to $112,000 on Thursday, according to CoinGecko. Read more

Japan’s Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said crypto deserves a spot in portfolios, while pledging to build a sound trading environment for the sector. Japan’s Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato recognized that cryptocurrencies deserve a place in diversified investment portfolios. According to a Monday Bloomberg Japan report, Kato acknowledged the role of cryptocurrencies in a diversified investment portfolio during a speech. He was addressing the public from the stage during his keynote at Web3 Conference WebX 2025 in Tokyo. “While crypto assets carry the risk of high volatility, by establishing a proper investment environment, they can become an option for diversified investment,” Kato said. Read more

"Sell of Rally" sentiment weighs on BTC as ETH's futures and options markets hit record highs.

Bitcoin leveraged positions grew over the past 24 hours, and many of these late longs have been wiped out as the BTC price dropped below $112,000. Key takeaways: Bitcoin price is down 11% from its all-time high, dropping to $111,000 on Monday. $108,000 is a short-term target for the bears, with some BTC analysts predicting a drop to $95,000. Read more

Your day-ahead look for Aug. 25, 2025

The Avalanche ETF filing marks another step in Grayscale’s expanding suite of crypto investment products, following XRP and DOGE filings earlier this year. Major cryptocurrency investment company Grayscale Investments filed an S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a spot Avalanche (AVAX) exchange-traded fund (ETF). Grayscale filed with the SEC on Friday to convert its existing Avalanche Trust into a publicly traded ETF, according to a registration statement released on Monday. The proposed fund uses the same wording as the underlying ticker of the Avalanche (AVAX) cryptocurrency. It is designed to provide investors with direct exposure to the asset through traditional brokerage accounts. Read more

The heir to the Thomson Reuters fortune is suing her former best friend after a psychic’s recommendation led to massive crypto bets costing millions. Billionaire heiress Taylor Thomson reportedly lost over $80 million in digital assets after following investment advice linked to a psychic.  According to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report on Monday, Thomson, who’s part of the family behind the media and financial giant Thomson Reuters, invested millions in crypto assets with the help of her former best friend, Ashley Richardson. The move came after both women reportedly consulted a celebrity psychic and other spiritual advisers. Richardson became deeply involved in Thomson’s crypto portfolio. During the 2021 bull run, Richardson reportedly managed over $140 million in crypto for Thomson across multiple wallets.  Read more

The whale locked in $33 million worth of profit from Ether long opened last week, after selling $2.6 billion worth of Bitcoin held for over seven years. A multi-billionaire Bitcoin whale is closing his recently opened Ether long positions and buying hundreds of millions worth of spot Ether, signaling that big investors are expecting more upside from the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency. Last week, a Bitcoin whale worth over $11 billion sold 22,769 Bitcoin (BTC) worth $2.59 billion, rotating the funds into 472,920 spot Ether (ETH) or $2.2 billion and a $577 million Ether perpetual long position on the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid, Cointelegraph reported. On Monday, the whale closed $450 million worth of his perpetual long position at an average Ether price of $4,735, to lock in $33 million worth of profit, before acquiring another $108 million worth of spot Ether, according to blockchain intelligence platform Lookonchain. Read more

XRP price failed to decisively break above the $3 psychological resistance in the past week, but most analysts are confident about a breakout soon. Key takeaways: XRP bulls are targeting $4.40–$5.80 if $2.95 support holds. Losing $2.95 risks a deeper correction toward $2.40. Read more

Bitcoin dives to multi-week lows, and as talk of all-time highs vanishes, BTC price targets include a retest of $100,000 and under. Bitcoin (BTC) starts the last week of August far from all-time highs as traders become increasingly nervous. A huge long liquidation event brought $110,000 back into play as a new CME gap becomes a hope for bulls. Bitcoin whales are under scrutiny after a giant rotation from BTC into ETH. Read more

Fund managers are pivoting to leveraged meme coins and active strategies as an October approval timeline nears.

The trader claimed to have outperformed MEXC’s external market makers and been sidelined for being “too profitable.” Update Aug. 25, 1:25 p.m. UTC: This article has been updated to include a response from a MEXC spokesperson. A cryptocurrency trader launched a $2 million social media pressure campaign against MEXC, claiming that the digital asset exchange had frozen more than $3 million worth of his personal funds for no clear reason. In July 2025, centralized cryptocurrency exchange (CEX) MEXC allegedly froze $3.1 million worth of personal funds without any terms of service violations, according to pseudonymous crypto trader the White Whale. Read more

Kato's remarks come amid concerns over Japan's high debt-to-GDP ratio and the potential for financial repression and yen depreciation.

Digital asset treasuries have become all the rage recently, with many firms copying the strategy popularized by Michael Saylor's bitcoin (BTC) holding firm Strategy.

Crypto giants Galaxy, Multicoin and Jump are seeking to raise $1 billion for a Solana treasury, with Cantor Fitzgerald as their lead banker. Update Aug. 25, 9:01 am UTC: This article has been updated to add more details about the current largest corporate SOL treasuries. Digital asset companies Galaxy Digital, Multicoin Capital and Jump Crypto are reportedly working to raise $1 billion to buy Solana.  A Bloomberg report citing anonymous sources said on Monday that the three companies are looking to form the largest treasury dedicated to Solana (SOL). It added that the three companies have tapped Cantor Fitzgerald as lead banker. Read more