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Cointelegraph.com - 21:34 Aug 15, 2025
American Bitcoin is reportedly exploring acquisitions in Japan and Hong Kong to expand its Bitcoin stockpile. American Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency mining company linked to the Trump family, is reportedly looking to acquire at least one publicly listed company in Asia to further its Bitcoin (BTC) purchases. According to a Financial Times report, American Bitcoin wants to buy a company in Japan and potentially another in Hong Kong. It aims to follow the blueprint of Strategy, which to date has accumulated 628,946 BTC worth $73.8 billion at this writing. American Bitcoin’s “ambition is to build the strongest and most efficient Bitcoin accumulation platform in the world,” the company told the Financial Times on Friday. “While we are evaluating possibilities in certain regions, we have not made any binding commitments.” Cointelegraph contacted American Bitcoin but had not received a response at time of publication. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:50 Aug 15, 2025
Wellgistics is bringing Ripple’s XRP Ledger to 6,500 US pharmacies, one of the first large-scale blockchain payment systems in healthcare. Thousands of US pharmacies can now settle prescription drug payments in cryptocurrency through a new blockchain-based system running on Ripple’s XRP Ledger. The system was developed by Wellgistics Health, a prescription drug distributor and digital prescription routing provider for more than 6,500 pharmacies, in partnership with pharmaceutical software firm RxERP. According to the companies, the system enables pharmacies to pay for products and move funds, while recording all payments on the XRP Ledger and offering an alternative to traditional bank transfers for wholesale drug purchases. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:00 Aug 15, 2025
Bullish’s blockbuster IPO headlines a week of big crypto moves — from Pantera’s $300 million treasury bet to BitMine’s $24.5 billion Ether grab. The 2024–2025 crypto bull market will be remembered for many things: the runaway success of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, the surge in institutional adoption, and a wave of industry IPOs. Digital asset exchange operator Bullish is the latest crypto-native company to join the IPO rush, aiming to replicate the public market success of stablecoin issuer Circle and Bitcoin-friendly design platform Figma, which recently went public. Bullish’s case stands out: The company has raised its IPO price multiple times, signaling strong investor demand. Its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing revealed early interest from subsidiaries of BlackRock and ARK Investment Management. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:56 Aug 15, 2025
The cryptocurrency, allegedly linked to ransomware proceeds, is expected to be added to the US crypto reserve. The US Justice Department has authorized the seizure of more than $2.8 million in cryptocurrency along with cash and other assets as part of a criminal case against an alleged ransomware operator. In a Thursday notice, the Justice Department said it had unsealed six warrants authorizing the seizure of $2.8 million in crypto from a wallet controlled by Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko, as well as $70,000 in cash and a luxury vehicle. He has been charged with conspiring to commit computer fraud and abuse, computer fraud and abuse, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:32 Aug 15, 2025
Bitcoin falls below $117,000 again, raising worries about the upcoming “ghost month.” Are traders bracing for more losses or buying the dips? Key takeaways: Bitcoin marks its steepest pullback in a month, with the ghost month trend hinting at further downside to $105,000. Onchain data shows a rise in US and Korean spot demand, pointing to a short-term recovery. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:00 Aug 15, 2025
Atkins said the Securities and Exchange Commission would work to broaden access to investments typically reserved for accredited investors. US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins signaled that the regulatory agency will work with US President Donald Trump’s administration to allow retail investors equal opportunities to invest in private equity. Atkins cited the recent Trump executive order to allow crypto and alternative assets in 401K retirement accounts — tax-sheltered retirement plans funded by individuals and their employers — as the catalyst for the effort. He told Fox Business on Saturday: However, Atkins urged caution and putting the “proper guardrails” around alternative investments. “We can't just fling the gates open and have investors rush in where one has to be careful,” he said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:46 Aug 15, 2025
A new type of buyer who “never sells” is scooping up Bitcoin from long-time holders — a bullish catalyst for BTC, says Bitcoin OG Udi Wertheimer in an exclusive Cointelegraph interview. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, crypto commentator Udi Wertheimer lays out a provocative thesis: Over the last five years, institutions have been quietly buying out old Bitcoin (BTC) holders — and it’s reshaping the market in a way few have appreciated. “For the last five years, they’ve been buying out old holders of Bitcoin,” Udi explains. “Both kind of old Bitcoin maxis, but also… people who always had some portion of Bitcoin and have been selling it over time to get into ETH (ETH) or Solana (SOL) or whatever.” Those new buyers aren’t flippers, they’re “forced buyers.” Udi points to Michael Saylor’s Strategy as the prime example: “If Saylor stops buying Bitcoin for a sustained period of time, his company loses all of its value… he has to keep coming up with more new, original ways to raise capital to buy Bitcoi... -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:20 Aug 15, 2025
SharpLink now holds $3.5 billion worth of ETH, maintaining its rank as the token's second-largest corporate holder, according to its Q2 filing. SharpLink Gaming, an online gaming company with the second-largest corporate Ether treasury, announced a net loss of $103 million for the second quarter of 2025, driven by a paper loss from accounting for liquid staked Ether (LsETH). The loss marks a steep drop from a $500,000 loss in the same period of 2024 — a year-over-year change of -25,980%. According to a Friday announcement, SharpLink now holds 728,804 Ether (ETH) worth approximately $3.5 billion at this writing. The only publicly traded company with more ETH is BitMine Immersion Technologies, which holds a little more than 1.15 million ETH worth approximately $5.1 billion. Of SharpLink’s Q2 loss, $87.8 million — or 85% — is related to the company’s LsETH. A SharpLink representative told Cointelegraph that the company still has all its LsETH and that the impairment “reflects accounting rules, not a sale or loss... -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:05 Aug 15, 2025
Bitcoin and Ether’s pullback suggests selling on rallies, but buyers are likely to step in at key support levels. Key points: Bitcoin’s pullback is finding support near $117,000, indicating buying on dips. Ether has given up some ground but is likely to find support near $4,094. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:00 Aug 15, 2025
BitMine and SharpLink are raising over $25 billion to expand Ether treasuries as US debt hits $37 trillion, fueling bullish crypto market sentiment. The institutional Ethereum treasury race is accelerating, as two of the biggest corporate Ether holders are raising billions of dollars to acquire more of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency. Public Bitcoin mining firm BitMine Immersion Technology is raising $24.5 billion through an at-the-market (ATM) stock offering, while SharpLink completed a $389 million capital raise from common shares. Whales, or large crypto holders, have also been accumulating ahead of this week’s key US inflation reports. A new entity acquired $1.3 billion worth of Ether (ETH) across 10 fresh cryptocurrency wallets, surpassing the record-breaking $1 billion worth of Ether amassed by the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Monday. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:58 Aug 15, 2025
The Federal Reserve said it would sunset a program specifically to monitor banks’ digital assets activities and would integrate them back into its “standard supervisory process.” The Federal Reserve Board said that it would end a “novel activities supervision program” set up in 2023 to supervise certain activities related to crypto assets and distributed ledger technology. In a Friday notice, the Fed said it will sunset the program created in August 2023 and return to “monitoring banks’ novel activities through the normal supervisory process.” The 2023 program said it would be “risk-focused” and include supervision of banks providing “deposits, payments, and lending to crypto-asset-related entities and fintechs.” “Since the Board started its program to supervise certain crypto and fintech activities in banks, the Board has strengthened its understanding of those activities, related risks, and bank risk management practices,” said the Fed. “As a result, the Board is integrating that knowledge and the supervisi... -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:43 Aug 15, 2025
Ethereum’s price moves closer to its all-time high, but liquidity shortage could trigger a breakout toward $6,000. Key takeaways: Ether’s bull flag confirmation on the daily chart targets 34% gains to $6,100. The percent of ETH supply held on exchanges has dropped to 12% for the first time since 2016. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:30 Aug 15, 2025
Hive Digital’s fiscal Q1 2026 revenue jumped 44.9% in its mining segment and nearly 60% in its HPC unit. Hive Digital, a Bitcoin miner turned data center infrastructure provider, reported record revenue and earnings in its fiscal first quarter, driven by strong growth in high-performance computing (HPC) hosting services alongside its core mining business. In its fiscal Q1 2026, Hive generated $45.6 million in total revenue. Digital currency mining contributed $40.8 million, up 44.9% from the previous quarter, as the company mined 406 Bitcoin (BTC) — a 34% increase quarter-over-quarter. Bitcoin’s rising value further supported the company’s performance. Revenue from its HPC division, operating under the Buzz HPC brand, rose 59.8% sequentially to a record $4.8 million. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:07 Aug 15, 2025
Airlines in the UAE accept crypto for flight bookings. The country has become a torchbearer when it comes to accepting crypto for flight bookings. Airlines and travel agencies, including Emirates, Air Arabia, Travala and Alternative Airlines, now support cryptocurrency payments for bookings, targeting tech-savvy travelers and digital nomads. Travelers can pay with Bitcoin, Ether, stablecoins and other digital assets via checkout or gift cards, depending on the platform. The UAE’s initiatives, such as Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), could help expand crypto-powered services like flight tickets and loyalty programs. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:08 Aug 15, 2025
Top Win International, Taiwan’s first publicly traded corporate Bitcoin treasury, raised $10 million to kick off its BTC purchases. Taiwan’s first publicly traded corporate Bitcoin treasury, Top Win International, raised $10 million to kickstart its BTC accumulation efforts. The luxury watchmaker-turned-Bitcoin treasury announced Friday it raised $10 million from a group of investors led by zipper producer and software company WiseLink. The raise was accompanied by private investments from Chad Koehn, founder and CEO of United Capital Management of Kansas, alongside four other investors. WiseLink purchased three-year convertible notes issued by Top Win. The investment followed a memorandum of understanding between the two companies outlining a yet-to-be-disclosed collaboration. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:44 Aug 15, 2025
Buyer exhaustion may set the stage for a correction in August before investor capital surges into altcoins, as in previous market cycles. Investor sentiment toward cryptocurrencies surged this week, with growing retail interest in altcoins suggesting Bitcoin’s recent euphoria phase may be nearing an end, according to analysts. The crypto asset sentiment index rose from 0.23 to 0.91 within a week, according to Max Shannon, senior research associate at crypto index fund manager Bitwise. Google searches for altcoins and Ethereum also rose to a multiyear high, reminiscent of prior bear markets, which may signal a growing investor mindshare for altcoins and Ether (ETH), following Bitcoin’s latest all-time high above $124,000. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:43 Aug 15, 2025
Crypto ATMs are facing increasing pressure from regulators, including bans at the municipal level. Crypto kiosks or automatic teller machines (ATMs) are facing increasing pushback from US regulators amid concerns about fraud and crime. Once seen as a bellwether of crypto adoption, crypto ATMs, which allow users to buy or convert crypto anonymously, are increasingly under lawmakers’ microscope. Critics and regulators have flagged numerous cases in which the machines are used to commit or facilitate illicit activity. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has noted an increasing amount of money related to criminal activity going through crypto ATMs. In 2024, the FBI received nearly 11,000 complaints of fraud cases at crypto kiosks, valuing over $246 million. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:30 Aug 15, 2025
Critics misunderstand the GENIUS Act’s actual influence. It doesn’t free Bitcoin from taxes but breaks Wall Street’s stranglehold on dollar clearing. Opinion by: Zachary Kelman No, the GENIUS Act doesn’t remove all government control over money. It doesn’t make Bitcoin tax-free. It doesn’t “legalize” decentralized finance (DeFi). And no — it’s not a Trojan horse for a Mark-of-the-Beast-style CBDC, especially with the anti-CBDC provisions passed alongside it. What the GENIUS Act does — and what we should cheer — is break the stranglehold that a handful of powerful banks and regulators have maintained over global dollar clearing for decades. It ends their monopoly on who gets access to clean dollars — and makes their quiet mandate to monitor how that money is used, and whether it aligns with political agendas in Washington or on Wall Street, far more difficult — perhaps even out of reach. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:18 Aug 15, 2025
Galaxy Digital secured $1.4 billion to expand its Texas Helios AI data center, expecting $1 billion in annual revenue from a 15-year CoreWeave partnership. Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital closed a $1.4 billion secured term loan facility to accelerate the development of its Helios artificial intelligence datacenter campus in Texas. On Friday, the company announced that the loan will cover about 80% of the construction costs for the first phase of the project, with Galaxy Digital contributing $350 million in equity. According to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the loan is secured by all assets of Galaxy Helios I, a subsidiary of Galaxy Digital, and it will mature on Aug. 15, 2028. The capital will fund the expansion of the Helios AI datacenter to deliver power for AI workloads under a long-term agreement with the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) cloud provider CoreWeave starting early 2026. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:01 Aug 15, 2025
Bitcoin and Ether were firm "buy the dip" targets for ETF investors, with reactions celebrating continued institutional demand despite a BTC and ETH price correction. Key points: BlackRock’s Bitcoin and Ether ETFs bought over $1 billion on Thursday while prices tanked 5% or more. Institutions were interested in “buying the dip” on both assets, a reaction says. Read more
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