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Cointelegraph.com - 10:15 Aug 28, 2025
XRP analysts remain confident of a bullish continuation with short-term targets around $4 and $20 for cycle tops. Key takeaways: XRP’s macro outlook remains bullish, with technical scenarios projecting a cycle top above $20, according to one analyst. XRP’s symmetrical triangle signals a potential bullish breakout targeting $4. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:54 Aug 28, 2025
About $1.17 billion will be released through cliff unlocks, while $3.36 billion will come from linear unlocks in September. Crypto projects are set to unlock about $4.5 billion in vested tokens in September, according to data tracker Tokenomist. Tokenomist data shows that about $1.17 billion will come from cliff unlocks, while $3.36 billion will be released through linear unlocks. About $4.5 billion in tokens will become available to investors, project teams and other stakeholders as vesting agreements expire. Cliff unlocks are typically larger, one-time token releases that happen at the end of a specified lockup period. This often affects the market more due to supply shocks. On the other hand, linear unlocks distribute tokens over time, which helps smooth out the impact on the supply. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:30 Aug 28, 2025
Bitcoin bulls are shrugging off the risk of fresh BTC price downside with a return to $113,000, but they have more work to do, said trader Peter Brandt. Key points: Bitcoin builds on 1.6% daily gains as bulls overcome a fresh round of BTC sales by an “OG” whale entity. Accumulation is in full swing across the board, research says, with interest mimicking April’s price rebound. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:23 Aug 28, 2025
Over 70,000 wallets piled into the YZY memecoin, but most lost money as its price collapsed by over 80%, underscoring the risks of celebrity-backed tokens. More than 51,000 traders incurred losses on Kanye West’s recently launched memecoin, highlighting the potential risks of trading celebrity-endorsed tokens with no intrinsic technological utility. The Kanye West-linked YZY token was launched on the Solana blockchain on Aug. 21. It rallied 1,400% within the first hour before losing over 80% of its value. Of the 70,200 traders who invested in the celebrity-endorsed token, more than 51,800 realized losses, with three traders losing over $1 million, according to blockchain data platform Bubblemaps. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:44 Aug 27, 2025
The company has posted $46.7 billion in revenue for the quarter, despite restrictive export controls from the US-China trade war. Computer chip manufacturer Nvidia reported its financial results for the second quarter of its 2026's fiscal year, beating Wall Street expectations for revenues and earnings per share (EPS). Nvidia reported Q2 revenue of $46.7 billion, a 6% rise over the previous quarter, and over $26.4 billion in net income. The company’s revenue was up by 56% from the previous year, according to Wednesday’s announcement. The company disclosed EPS of $1.08, using GAAP accounting, and $1.05 EPS for non-GAAP. Nvidia also posted a profit margin of around 72.4% for the quarter. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:35 Aug 27, 2025
Circle is embedding USDC into global payment networks as part of a broader push spanning Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Circle has unveiled two partnerships to embed stablecoins settlement into mainstream finance. New deals with Mastercard and Finastra aim to expand USD Coin's role to merchants and banks worldwide. Mastercard said on Wednesday that it will enable acquirers and merchants in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) to settle transactions in USDC (USDC) and Euro Coin (EURC). Arab Financial Services and Eazy Financial Services will be the first to adopt the service, marking the first stablecoin settlement available through Mastercard in the region. Finastra, a London-based financial software provider, also announced on Wednesday the integration of USDC into its Global PAYplus platform, which is said to processes more than $5 trillion in cross-border transactions daily. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:44 Aug 27, 2025
Google Cloud’s Web3 head used a LinkedIn post to brand the company's upcoming Universal Ledger as a neutral blockchain for financial institutions. Google Cloud’s head of Web3 strategy used a LinkedIn post to share new details on the company’s in-development layer-1 blockchain, the Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL). Rich Widmann described the blockchain as the result of “years of R&D at Google,” designed to be credibly neutral and compatible with Python-based smart contracts. According to Widmann, GCUL is meant to serve as an open infrastructure layer for financial institutions. “Tether won’t use Circle’s blockchain — and Adyen probably won’t use Stripe’s blockchain,” he said, suggesting that Google’s network reported neutrality could help broaden adoption. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:04 Aug 27, 2025
A plan to halve Tron’s energy costs is winning strong support ahead of Friday’s deadline, with backers betting lower fees will expand adoption. A GitHub proposal to realign the Tron blockchain’s fee structure with broader adoption goals is gaining traction ahead of Friday’s voting deadline, signaling that network stakeholders are prioritizing accessibility — even at the risk of introducing net inflation in TRX supply. The proposal, titled “Decrease the transaction fees” (Issue #789), was submitted on Aug. 8 by GitHub user GrothenDI in the Tron Improvement Proposals repository. It calls for reducing the energy unit price to 100 sun from 210 sun, effectively halving the cost of transactions that consume energy. One TRON (TRX) token equals 1,000,000 sun — the smallest divisible unit of TRX, similar to a satoshi for Bitcoin (BTC). Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:51 Aug 27, 2025
BNB Chain reportedly offers between 1.5% and 3% yield for staking its native token BNB, which may sweeten the pot for investors. REX Shares and Osprey Funds (REX-Osprey) have filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a BNB exchange-traded fund (ETF) featuring staking yield. The filing comes as asset managers step up their push into crypto ETFs and yield-generating strategies. According to the filing, the REX-Osprey BNB + Staking ETF would allocate at least 80% of its capital to BNB (BNB), the native token of the Binance ecosystem, or gain exposure to the asset through a Cayman Islands subsidiary. The remaining assets could be invested in other ETFs or exchange-traded products offering additional BNB exposure. BNB staked on the Binance Chain, which uses a proof-of-staked-authority consensus, is estimated to generate annual yields of 1.5% to 3% for the network's validators. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:14 Aug 27, 2025
The software targets market abuse such as insider trading and manipulation across equity and crypto markets. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a US financial regulator, is integrating a financial surveillance tool developed by stock exchange company Nasdaq in a bid to overhaul its 1990s infrastructure. Nasdaq’s software is focused on detecting market abuse, including insider trading activity and market manipulation in equities and crypto markets, Tony Sio, head of regulatory strategy and innovation at Nasdaq, told Cointelegraph. He said: The data fed into the monitoring system will be “sourced by the CFTC through their regulatory powers,” Sio said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:38 Aug 27, 2025
$5 billion in ETH options expire on Friday, possibly opening the door for bulls to push through the $5,000 barrier. Key takeaways: Bullish strategies dominate the $5 billion Ether options expiry, giving traders an advantage if prices rise. Neutral-to-bearish strategies mostly failed below $4,600, leaving traders exposed as Ether rallied in August. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:30 Aug 27, 2025
BlackRock is emerging as the top custodian for Bitcoin and Ether as its ETFs continue to reshape market dynamics in 2025. Key takeaways: BlackRock’s iShares ETH ETF holds 3.6 million ETH, just 200,000 behind Coinbase. IBIT’s 745,000 BTC already surpasses Coinbase and Binance reserves. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:28 Aug 27, 2025
The twice-oversubscribed facility underscores rising institutional demand for Bitcoin-backed credit and inflation-resistant yield products. Digital asset lender Ledn has tapped Swiss crypto bank Sygnum to refinance its $50 million Bitcoin-backed loan, in a deal that the companies say opens the door to tokenized, Bitcoin-collateralized investment opportunities. While the refinancing matches Ledn’s $50 million syndicated loan from 2024, the latest facility was twice oversubscribed, the companies said Wednesday. An oversubscribed loan offering indicates that investor demand exceeds the available loan allocation, often signaling strong institutional interest. In such cases, investors may receive only a fraction of their requested allocation, or the issuer may increase the loan size to accommodate more capital. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:43 Aug 27, 2025
Bitcoin market commentators are split over whether the BTC price rebound has legs — does Bitcoin have time to bring back the bull market? Key points: Bitcoin traders reveal the key BTC price points for a bullish recovery. The risk of a “double top” for price remains, with $102,000 on the radar should support fail. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:10 Aug 27, 2025
A solo miner struck gold with a $373,000 Bitcoin block. With persistence and a stroke of luck, the miner got ahead of millions of competing miners. On July 26, 2025, a solo Bitcoin miner achieved an ultra-rare feat by mining block 907,283 through the Solo CKPool. They overcame steep odds in a network dominated by industrial-scale operations to claim the full block reward of 3.125 Bitcoin (BTC), worth about $372,700. The block included 4,038 transactions and $3,400 in fees. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:08 Aug 27, 2025
Decentralized AI project Swarm Network has raised $13 million, including $10 million through NFT-based agent licenses and $3 million from strategic investors. Decentralized artificial intelligence protocol Swarm Network raised a total of $13 million to build an AI verification protocol. According to a Wednesday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, $10 million of the raised funds was secured through the protocol’s licenses to operate agents. A project spokesperson told Cointelegraph that each license is a non-fungible token (NFT) that allows its holder to obtain daily rewards for operating agents and maintaining the network. The remaining funds comprise a $3 million strategic investment from investors, including Sui (SUI), Ghaf Capital, Brinc, Y2Z and Zerostage. The investments by Sui, Ghaf and Brinc were secured by Swarm’s participation in SuiHub’s Dubai-based global accelerator. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:06 Aug 27, 2025
The PSG1 comes with gaming-ready specs, a built-in crypto wallet and fingerprint security, marking Solana’s latest push into consumer hardware and Web3 gaming. The Solana ecosystem is taking a leap into hardware with the forthcoming launch of its first handheld gaming console. Play Solana, a project dedicated to building a Web3 gaming device on the Solana blockchain, announced that it will start shipping its Play Solana Gen 1 (PSG1) device on Oct. 6. The device comes with gaming-ready specs, including an octa-core ARM processor, 8 gigabytes of RAM, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity and a touch LCD display. It also includes a built-in hardware wallet and fingerprint authentication, allowing users to store crypto assets while playing games. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:00 Aug 27, 2025
USDT0 expands to 11 networks with Polygon integration, while XAUT0 grows following its TON debut and HyperEVM integration. Polygon, a layer-2 (L2) scaling solution for Ethereum, is about to upgrade to the USDT0 standard, the unified liquidity network that introduced the omnichain versions of Tether’s USDT and XAUT. USDT0 (USDT0) and XAUt0 (XAUt0), cross-chain liquidity stablecoins enabled by LayerZero's Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT), are launching on the Polygon blockchain, USDT0 operator Everdawn Labs announced to Cointelegraph on Wednesday. The integration marks a milestone for XAUt0, with Polygon becoming its third blockchain integration following XAUt0’s debut on TON and Hyperliquid’s HyperEVM. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:50 Aug 27, 2025
Four whales realized a cumulative $47.5 million profit on Hyperliquid, spurring price manipulation allegations related to XPL’s 200% rally. Update (Aug. 27 at 5:44 pm UTC): This article has been updated to reflect that a blockchain analyst retracted a claim linking Justin Sun to a whale wallet. Four whales, or big cryptocurrency investors, were accused of price manipulation that resulted in a $4.59 million loss for one unfortunate trader, raising questions about the reliability of decentralized trading platforms over their centralized counterparts. Four whale addresses profited a combined $47.5 million after the recently launched Plasma blockchain’s (XPL) token soared 200% to over $1.80 in minutes on the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:43 Aug 27, 2025
Coinbase, Kraken, Ripple, a16z and others pressed the Senate to add explicit protections for developers and non-custodial services in the market structure bill. A coalition of 112 crypto companies, investors and advocacy groups has called on the US Senate to include protections for software developers and non-custodial service providers in upcoming market structure legislation. A letter sent Wednesday to the Senate Banking and Agriculture Committees, authored by the DeFi Education Fund and its coalition partners, said the industry spoke “with one voice,” urging lawmakers to ensure developers and non-custodial actors are not misclassified as intermediaries under outdated financial rules. “Provide robust, nationwide protections for software developers and non-custodial service providers in market structure legislation,” the letter said. “Without such protections, we cannot support a market structure bill.” Read more
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