Crypto Currency

Bitcoin surged toward $80,000 on Friday, extending a three-day rally that has liquidated more than $4 billion in bearish bets and pushed the cryptocurrency to a three-month high. Data from…

Key Takeaways: Ripple, Clearpool and Cicada are introducing institutional lending to the XRP Ledger. Since 2021, Clearpool has arranged over $930 million in institutional loans. RLUSD will provide credit for…

Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins are breaking records as short position liquidations pass $3 billion over two days. Key points: Crypto short liquidations since Thursday are in excess of $3.1 billion,…

In August 2026, Hyperscale Data sold approximately 686 Bitcoin for about $43.4 million, then used part of the proceeds to repay all of its Bitcoin-backed loans on Morpho, a decentralized…

Key Takeaways: Ripple Prime issued a $275 million, senior notes issue to fund operations in the U.S. business. The unsecured notes were rated investment grade by KBRA. New capital is…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed new rules that could affect the cryptocurrency industry after lawmakers in Congress failed to pass a market structure bill before breaking…

Ripple announced today, August 18, 2026, on social media platform X that it has partnered with South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank to deploy Ripple Payments for cross-border business remittances. This bank…

The US 30-year Treasury yield crossed 5.3% on Aug. 17 for the first time since June 2007, the same day Galaxy published a report showing crypto-collateralized lending down more than…

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[Update 10:40 UTC, Aug. 17: This article has been updated to include a statement from Bitpanda in sixth and seventh paragraphs.] Austria’s financial regulator has fined crypto platform Bitpanda 70,000…