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Cointelegraph.com - 10:15 Aug 11, 2025
Ghost chains refer to blockchain projects with little to no real activity, adoption or developer engagement. Ghost chains are blockchains that are technically operational but have little to no real-world usage, development, or community engagement. Common warning signs include stagnant developer activity, low transaction volume, inactive communities, and exchange delistings. Even well-funded or corporate-backed projects like Diem, KodakCoin, and Luna can fail if adoption and ecosystem growth stall. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:57 Aug 11, 2025
Bitcoin has a new dip target as the week begins with BTC price action targeting all-time highs. Will bulls end up defending $117,000? Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week in an exciting place as price action knocks on new all-time highs. Bitcoin surges to $122,000, the latest sign that price discovery is around the corner. Dip discussions focus on the weekend’s CME gap, which offered $117,000 as a retracement target. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:42 Aug 11, 2025
Corporate Ether holdings surged to $13 billion as ETH’s price broke $4,300, with BitMine, SharpLink and The Ether Machine leading the charge. The total Ether held by companies with crypto treasuries has risen to 3.04 million ETH, worth $13 billion, as the cryptocurrency’s price surged past $4,300. On Monday, Ether (ETH) climbed to $4,332, surging by 20.4% in the last seven days, according to CoinGecko. At the time of writing, ETH had dropped slightly and was sitting at $4,290. The ETH rally is fueled by companies increasing their holdings in the last 30 days. BitMine Immersion Technologies, which tops the list of ETH treasury holders, boosted its holdings to 833,100 ETH, a 410.68% jump in the amount of ETH it holds over the past 30 days. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:28 Aug 11, 2025
Ether ETPs continued to lead the market last week, attracting the biggest inflows among other crypto assets at almost $270 billion. Cryptocurrency investment products posted gains last week, rebounding after the previous week had ended a record 15-week inflow streak totaling $27.8 billion. Global crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw $572 million of inflows during the trading week ending Friday, the European crypto asset manager CoinShares reported on Monday. The inflows came amid Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) prices recovering last week, with ETH reaching a psychological mark of $4,000 for the first time since December 2024. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 07:42 Aug 11, 2025
S&P Global’s credit rating of Sky Protocol reflects key concerns over governance centralization, weak capitalization and regulatory uncertainty. S&P Global Ratings assigned a “B-” issuer credit rating to Sky Protocol, formerly known as Maker Protocol, marking the first time a major agency has issued a rating for a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform. The rating is part of S&P’s ongoing assessment of stablecoin issuers, which began in 2023 to evaluate their ability to maintain a stable value relative to fiat currencies. The review covers the creditworthiness of Sky’s liabilities, the USDS (USDS) and DAI (DAI) stablecoins and the sUSDS and sDAI savings tokens. Sky Protocol, evaluated for the first time, received a 4, labeled “constrained,” for the ability of USDS to maintain its peg to the US dollar. The scale runs from 1 for very strong to 5 for weak. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 06:16 Aug 11, 2025
LayerZero pitched a $110 million all-token deal to buy Stargate, but not everyone from the crypto protocol’s community is happy with the proposal. The LayerZero Foundation, which backs the cross-blockchain messaging protocol LayerZero, proposed acquiring the crypto protocol Stargate for $110 million, which has boosted the tokens tied to both projects. LayerZero laid out the plan in a post to Stargate’s forum on Sunday, pitching the offer as “designed to accelerate both Stargate and LayerZero, giving Stargate the resources to ship on an aggressive roadmap that expands its prerogative outside of bridging.” LayerZero would swap the platform’s token, Stargate Finance (STG), for its self-titled token LayerZero (ZRO) at a rate of 1 STG to 0.08634 ZRO, it said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:09 Aug 10, 2025
Alena Vranova said that personal safety measures should not be ignored by Bitcoin and crypto investors with modest holdings. Alena Vranova, founder of SatoshiLabs, warned of the increase in wrench attacks, physical assaults and abductions carried out against Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto holders in an attempt to steal their private keys. “Every week, there is a Bitcoiner, at least one in the world, who gets kidnapped, tortured, extorted, and sometimes even worse,” Vranova told the audience at the Baltic Honeybadger 2025 conference in Riga, Latvia. She warned that even small crypto investors can be on the radar of violent criminals looking for a target. She added: Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:45 Aug 10, 2025
The decentralized telecommunication project uses unmanned aerial drones in the stratosphere to provide wireless services to users. World Mobile is launching a blockchain-enabled 5G network using drones to beam connectivity directly to users worldwide. The company partnered with Indonesian telecom firm Protelindo to create World Mobile Stratospheric, an initiative designed to bridge gaps left by traditional communication infrastructure worldwide. The project uses hydrogen-powered drones, flying at 60,000 feet in the stratosphere, to provide wireless coverage of up to 15,000 square kilometers per aircraft using 450 guidable beams, Charles Barnett, the chief business officer of World Mobile Group, told Cointelegraph. This aerial network outperforms satellite-based telecommunications, with “6ms of total latency,” allowing it to provide service “up to 18 times cheaper” per gigabyte than space-based infrastructure, Barnett said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:27 Aug 10, 2025
Ethereum bulls make a strong case for an ETH price rally toward $10,000 or above in the next six to eight months. Key takeaways: Ethereum is breaking out across multiple bullish setups on the price chart. Analysts see ETH rising to $6,000 soon, with $20,000 possible within a year. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Aug 10, 2025
As AI rapidly replaces white-collar jobs, the future economy will belong to those owning AI agents rather than renting access from Big Tech. Opinion by: Syed Hussain, founder and CEO of SHIZA Against geopolitical and macroeconomic flux, the traditional labor economy is eroding faster than policymakers, educators or even technologists will admit. With AI systems now outperforming most humans at tasks once considered safe — writing software, generating marketing content, analyzing data and even providing strategic advice — the core assumption that time and skills can be reliably traded for money is being dismantled in real time. We’re witnessing the breakdown of an entire economic model based on labor as the primary mechanism for value creation. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:52 Aug 10, 2025
Bitcoin traders are getting excited over a huge short squeeze as BTC price predictions include a return to all-time highs. Key points: Bitcoin tags new August highs as traders see BTC shorts getting punished. An early retracement could well turn into a trip to $120,000, predictions say. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:11 Aug 10, 2025
Despite Trump’s pro-crypto stance, Unicoin CEO says US banks continue closing accounts for crypto firms under “Operation Chokepoint.” Crypto firms have been facing account closures and denials of banking services for years under the label of de-risking. Many in the crypto industry believe that the debanking represents a policy-driven effort to suppress digital assets, referred to as “Operation ChokePoint 2.0.” After President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto team won the election, many believed the era of debanking was over. His campaign rhetoric and early policy moves signaled a friendlier environment for digital assets, leading some to expect banks would ease restrictions on crypto clients. However, recent incidents suggest the practice remains entrenched. Last week, Andreessen Horowitz partner Alex Rampell warned that big banks are squeezing fintech and crypto apps in “Operation Chokepoint 3.0,” by hiking fees to access account data or transfer funds to platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 07:44 Aug 10, 2025
TRM Labs says the Embargo ransomware group has moved over $34 million in ransom-linked crypto since April, targeting US hospitals and critical infrastructure. A relatively new ransomware group known as Embargo has become a key player in the cybercrime underground, moving over $34 million in crypto-linked ransom payments since April 2024. Operating under a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model, Embargo has hit critical infrastructure across the United States, with targets including hospitals and pharmaceutical networks, according to blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs. Victims include American Associated Pharmacies, Georgia-based Memorial Hospital and Manor, and Weiser Memorial Hospital in Idaho. Ransom demands have reportedly reached up to $1.3 million. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 06:18 Aug 10, 2025
Michael Saylor isn’t worried about growing treasury interest in crypto assets beyond Bitcoin, claiming that Bitcoin will outpace the S&P 500 for the “indefinite future.” Strategy executive chairman and Bitcoin maximalist Michael Saylor showed no signs of worry about the growing treasury interest in Ether and other cryptocurrencies. “I think there is an explosion of innovation across the entire crypto economy, and on the margin it is good for everybody in the digital asset space,” Saylor said during a Bloomberg interview on Friday. “I still think the vast majority of capital flowing in the space is flowing into Bitcoin,” he added. Bitcoin (BTC) Dominance, which measures Bitcoin’s share of the overall crypto market, stands at 60.18% at the time of publication, according to TradingView data. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 03:51 Aug 10, 2025
Vitalik Buterin's net worth could be bolstered even more as crypto traders are eyeing new all-time highs for Ether in just days. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has regained his status as a ten-figure crypto holder just days after Ether crossed the $4,000 price level for the first time in eight months, according to a blockchain intelligence firm. “Vitalik Buterin is now an onchain billionaire again,” Arkham said in a post on Saturday. At the time of publication, Buterin’s portfolio is valued at approximately $1.04 billion, holding 240,042 ETH alongside smaller stakes in cryptocurrencies such as Aave Ethereum (AETHWETH), WhiteRock (WHITE), Moo Deng (MOODENG), and Wrapped Ethereum (WETH). On Saturday, Ether (ETH) climbed another 6.38%, reaching as high as $4,332 following its return to $4,000 on Friday — a level not seen since December 2024 — while Bitcoin’s (BTC) share of the crypto market cap declined. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 00:31 Aug 10, 2025
Changpeng Zhao asks the court to dismiss a lawsuit by FTX, Tom Lee says $250,000 is still in sight for BTC this year: Hodler’s Digest Crypto investors may be underestimating the extent of the US securities regulators new stance on crypto, meaning that crypto prices would still have room to grow, according to Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan. US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins published a speech he gave on July 31 at the America First Policy Institute about how blockchain will be integrated into the financial markets. Hougan on Tuesday said the speech caught him off guard and left him wondering whether Atkins vision had been priced into the market. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:01 Aug 09, 2025
Hines said he is leaving the crypto advisory group to rejoin the private sector but will continue to support the cryptocurrency industry. Bo Hines, the executive director of US president Donald Trump’s White House Crypto Council, announced he is stepping down on Saturday. Hines, who was appointed by the president to lead the advisory group in December 2024, said he is stepping down to rejoin the private sector and thanked the crypto community for its “unwavering” support. He wrote on Saturday: Although a successor has not yet been named, independent crypto reporter Eleanor Terrett said that Hines’ deputy director, Patrick Witt, will likely be appointed to the position. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:33 Aug 09, 2025
The cypherpunk ethos is retreating from the limelight, as institutions and centralized players take center stage, driving new narratives. Traditional financial institutions are increasingly shaping the narratives in the crypto sector, and are poised to benefit the most from the current trends, according to Arthur Azizov, founder of B2 Ventures, a private “alliance” of crypto services and financial tech companies. Azizov told Cointelegraph that this market cycle has been dominated by institutional investors, investment vehicles like exchange-traded funds (ETFs), governments, and stablecoin issuers. He also said that big banks will accelerate this trend in the near future, once they have regulatory clarity to interact with crypto, saying it will only be a “matter of months” between the time these banks receive regulatory clarity and the time it takes them to launch a stablecoin. Azizov added: Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:02 Aug 09, 2025
The new law will allow investment banks, which can underwrite companies, issue securities, and are institutionally focused, to hold BTC. Regulated Bitcoin (BTC) investment banks are coming to El Salvador, following Thursday’s approval of El Salvador’s Investment Banking Law, which classifies investment banks under different regulations than commercial banks. Investment banks will now be allowed to hold BTC and other digital assets on their balance sheets and offer crypto services to “sophisticated” investors, the equivalent of accredited investors in the United States, Juan Carlos Reyes, president of El Salvador’s Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD), the government’s crypto regulatory agency, told Cointelegraph. He added: The law encourages foreign investment in El Salvador and positions it as an emerging hub for finance, proponents of the newly adopted law say. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Aug 09, 2025
Crypto influencers democratize early-stage investing by offering transparent, accessible opportunities that VCs keep behind closed doors for the elite. Opinion by: Tom Bruni, editor-in-chief and vice president of Community, Stocktwits Since the dawn of the dot-com boom, it’s almost impossible to hear the term “VC” (venture capitalist) without immediately conjuring up an image of Sandhill Road — and the ultra-exclusive air that surrounds the famed strip of land in Northern California that’s responsible for pouring billions into tech startups each year. Silicon Valley VCs and their global counterparts have sat behind literal and metaphorical closed doors for decades. Only a few people decide which innovators and trends receive access to vital funding. Read more
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