Crypto

Your day-ahead look for Aug. 5, 2025

Experts reveal why retail investors remain underallocated while institutions amass billions in Ethereum.

The Treasury’s FinCEN flagged a sharp rise in scams involving crypto kiosks, with victim losses nearing $247 million in 2024.

XRP is repeating technical patterns from its early 2025 rally, pointing to a potential surge toward the $3.75–$4.00 range. Key takeaways: XRP is mirroring a bullish fractal that led to a 70% rally earlier this year. Price eyes a 20% breakout from a falling wedge, targeting $3.75 in August. Read more

A Welshman has tried “everything humanly possible” to recover his $923M BTC from a landfill and failed. Now he’s launching a Bitcoin layer-2.

Bitcoin investors have seriously contrasting views on “buying the dip” at current levels, with treasuries adding while ETFs reduce BTC exposure. Key points: Bitcoin corporate treasuries added 630 BTC to start the week, continuing a month-long inflow trend. The move contrasts with an ongoing sell-off among the Bitcoin ETFs, which sold nearly $300 million Monday. Read more

After a month of record-breaking inflows, US spot Ether ETFs saw their largest-ever daily outflow of $465 million on Monday, led by BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust. United States spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded almost half a billion dollars in daily net outflows on Monday, marking their highest in a single day since launch, according to data from investment firm Farside Investors. Farside Investors’ data shows that spot Ether (ETH) ETFs had net outflows of $465 million on Monday, their second day of outflows since breaking a 20-day inflow streak on Friday with net outflows of $152 million.  The sharp pullback suggests a potential shift in investor sentiment after a strong performance in July, during which spot Ether ETFs saw a record $5.43 billion in net inflows. Read more

Trump is expected to sign an executive order targeting alleged debanking of crypto firms and conservative groups.

A digitally generated avatar of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver appeared on Jim Acosta’s show, prompting debate over the ethical use of AI.

A tech-led rebound lifted U.S. stocks and crypto, but analysts warn the rally may be fragile amid rate cut speculation and signs of froth.

The CFTC is weighing a plan to let U.S. futures exchanges host spot crypto trading, but some warn it could trigger legal and regulatory risks.

BTC recovers from Friday’s macro-led rout as Bitwise reports net inflows. But Polymarket traders give even odds of a drop below $100K, underscoring lingering market fragility.

The CFTC is seeking feedback on how to more effectively regulate spot crypto trading as it moves to implement recommendations from the Trump administration. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has launched an initiative to enable the trading of “spot crypto asset contracts” on CFTC-registered futures exchanges. The invitation is part of the CFTC’s “crypto sprint” initiative to implement recommendations from President Donald Trump’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets, which included 18 recommendations.  “The CFTC is full speed ahead on enabling immediate trading of digital assets at the Federal level in coordination with the SEC’s Project Crypto,” wrote the CFTC’s Acting Chair Caroline Pham in a statement on Monday. Read more

North Korean operatives have breached crypto firms’ cloud systems using fake IT job offers and malware, stealing billions this year.

Google aims to test the reasoning capabilities of ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and other AI models using a Bayesian skill-rating system.

Chainlink has introduced a new product called Data Streams, which delivers live pricing data for major US equities and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) directly onto blockchain networks. According to an Aug. 4 statement, Data Streams is designed to offer live, low-latency data on major US stocks and ETFs, including popular assets like SPY, QQQ, NVDA, AAPL, […] The post Chainlink launches real-time US equities data stream on 37 blockchains appeared first on CryptoSlate.

CBDC-themed fraud is on the rise in Russia, the country’s Central Bank has warned, as Moscow prepares to start paying digital ruble pension benefits. The post CBDC Fraud Cases on Rise in Russia as Moscow Prepares to Pay Pensions in Digital RUB appeared first on Cryptonews.

The $18 billion AI search startup allegedly disguised its bots to scrape content from sites that banned it, prompting Cloudflare to kick it out of its verified bot program and roll out new anti-scraping defenses.

Crypto price prediction today has detailed Bitcoin’s record setting at $122,838 and modest pullback, outlined why XRP, SHIB and PEPE have shown fresh technical strength, and noted rising investor interest in Solana-based meme coin SNORT, whose presale has raised more than $2.7 million. The post Crypto Price Prediction Today 4 August – XRP, Shiba Inu, Pepe appeared first on Cryptonews.

Solana Mobile stands to earn at least $67.5 million from sales of the Seeker, which had pre-orders many times higher than the first-generation device. Solana Mobile has started shipping the second generation of its mobile device on Monday, supplying users in over 50 countries. The Seeker phone, which has amassed over 150,000 pre-orders, will feature upgraded technology, a mobile-native crypto wallet and a decentralized application store that bypasses “cryptophobic censorship” seen in app stores today. Solana Mobile general manager Emmett Hollyer told Cointelegraph that the Seeker comes with hardware improvements across the board compared to the first-generation Saga. “But what really sets Seeker apart is its onchain features.” Read more