Crypto’s easy-money era is ending in a wave of failures
Inflated valuations and weak business models are driving crypto’s shakeout, Global Settlement Network CEO Ryan Kirkley says. Source：CoinDesk
Cash App's crypto support expands beyond bitcoin and USDC via MoonPay
Eligible Cash App users will be able to use their balances to purchase digital assets offered by MoonPay, which include ether, solana and stablecoin USDT.…
Visa looking for new stablecoin settlement partner after BVNK sale to Mastercard
Visa’s request for product (RFP) talks about the need to support a range of stablecoins. Source：CoinDesk
Ethereum’s next upgrade breaks the '21,000 gas' rule wallets rely on
Sending ETH to a brandnew address will cost more than sending to an existing one, and software built around a flat fee will get the sum wrong. Source：CoinDesk
The 'crack' in the energy market is wider than ever. Bitcoin might feel it.
Your dayahead look for Aug. 18 2026 Source：CoinDesk
South Korea joins more than 30 jurisdictions restricting Polymarket access
Regulators rejected Polymarket's defense regarding its P2P nature, arguing the platform manages market rules and facilitates cryptobased gambling activity.…
Bitcoin pauses at $64,000 as rising yields, oil drag equities lower
BTC has dropped 0.6% since midnight UTC as Nasdaq 100 futures slip 1.1%, with the FOMC's July meeting minutes and a White House crypto summit both due…
Bitcoin scores a rare win over S&P 500 with 2.6% rise versus 0.5% fall
BTC outperformed Wall Street on Monday, breaking its recent pattern of lagging behind U.S. stocks. Source：CoinDesk
Live updates: Bitcoin holds $64,000 as surging yields and oil drain risk appetite
The 30year Treasury yield hit its highest since 2007 and Brent topped $91 as the USIran conflict escalates, pressuring stocks. Bitcoin is holding its range,…
The bitcoin price level where leveraged bulls could get whacked
Bulls are stacking longs, liquidity is thinning and one key level could trigger large liquidations. Source：CoinDesk
XRP slips below $1 even as a Korean regional bank adopts Ripple Payments
Jeonbuk Bank will use Ripple’s 24/7 crossborder payment service for business remittances, but it is unknown whether the flows will use XRP or Ripple’s RLUSD…
Monad, an Ethereum rival, offered early investors up to $60 million to cash out. Almost all said no
The program came three months before investor unlocks begin, with MON trading below its publicsale price and most of the token supply still outside…