Scammers are impersonating crypto compliance services to trick users into approving transactions that could put their assets at risk.

USDT is disappearing from regulated European platforms, but there is little sign that it has resulted in weakening global demand for Tether.

Centralized crypto exchanges lost 31.2% of their spot crypto trading volume in July, falling to $727 billion and marking the lowest monthly total since October 2023. Decentralized exchanges also lost volume, but only 9.82%, settling at $176 billion. That gap pushed DEXs to a record 19.5% share of combined spot volume. Venue type July spot […] The post Nearly 1 in 5 crypto spot trades now happen on DEXs as centralized exchange volume collapses appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitdeer expects revenue from the five-year agreement to begin in early 2027 as it builds toward 350 megawatts of AI cloud capacity by 2028.

Rapid7 unveiled a new cryptocurrency phishing campaign targeting 885,000 phone numbers, aiming to steal investors’ holdings by redirecting them to fake wallet provider websites.

DB: *US JOBLESS CLAIMS 206K IN AUG. 15 WEEK; EST. 210K *US CONTINUING CLAIMS 1.799M IN AUG. 8 WEEK; EST. 1.790M DB: *美国8月第15周首次申请失业救济人数为20.6万人，预计为21万人 *美国8月第8周持续申请失业救济人数为179.9万人，预计为179万人 ———————————— 2026-08-20 20:30:13

Let’s check the scorecard for Trump’s Signal room📞. The U.S. Treasury has doubled the size of its long-dated Treasury buybacks, increasing purchases of 10 to 30-year bonds from $2B per operation to at least $4B, in an effort to support liquidity in the long end of the market. And yesterday, one of the most influential people in the world, Trump, mentioned Bitcoin. "Just buy all crypto assets" With these developments happening at the same time, the dollar weakened, while gold and Bitcoin rallied. For reference, Bitcoin has risen 15% over the past three days, from $62.7K to $72.4K. This rally triggered the strongest short squeeze in Bitcoin’s history since Binance introduced $BTC futures. So, which cryptocurrencies and stocks has Trump mentioned since the start of his second administration? ********************* 2026-08-19: $BTC - "'Just buy' all crypto assets" 2025-04-09: $DJT - "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT" 2025-04-09 ~ 2026-01-13: $SPY, $BTC - “TIME TO INVEST!” 2026-07-02: $MU - "Micron, a GREAT American Company" "Thank you Micron" 2026-07-02: $NVDA - "NVIDIA COMMITS $500B TO BUILD A.I. SUPERCOMPUTERS……" 2026-05-07: $LLY - "GLP-1, I probably should" 2026-04-10: $PLTR - "PLTR has proven to have great war fighting capabilities and equipment. Just ask our enemies!!!" 2025-12-09 ~ 2026-07-22: $DELL - "Go out and buy a Dell computer." 2025-08-24: $BA - "The greatest and most beautiful fighter jet ever made —— F-22 Raptor!" 2025-08-04: $AEO - "It’s for American Eagle, and the jeans are “flying off the shelves." 2025-04-23: $TRUMP - Trump Dinner 2025-03-11: $TSLA - "I'm going to buy" ********************* Check out our full list for more details 💞 Please Like + Retweet if you enjoy this ✖ See details @Layergg 🚫 Disclaimer *This information is not financial advice, and you are always responsible for the investment. **The above information can be changed to reference materials, and the provided information and actual information may be different, so please check the fact yourself. #Trump #SignalRoom

Bitcoin surged above $70,000 for the first time since June as falling Treasury yields and Washington’s crypto push crushed bearish bets. Data from CryptoSlate shows that BTC extended its breakout above $72,000 on Thursday, taking its gain since Monday to roughly 15%. It has climbed to $72,207 as of press time. Blockchain analysis firm Glassnode […] The post Bitcoin blasts past $72,000 as Trump, Treasury buybacks wipe out $3.1B in shorts appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Optimism-funded team's deciding vote shifts $49 million in OP tokens away from users The approved plan reallocates 546.9 million OP from user airdrops to a Foundation-controlled Strategic Ecosystem Fund.

Ripple-linked XRP jumps 15% as data shows 'banker hours' onchain pattern Three hours spanning the London afternoon and New York morning account for about 23% of XRP moving onchain, up from roughly 14% a year ago.

Fed liquidity promises, dollar weakness could determine bitcoin's next move Your day-ahead look for Aug. 20, 2026

The underlying code for "OS Investigate" has 69 preloaded AI prompts that turn Flock cameras into a super-charged surveillance system that identifies people by how they move.

Investors have poured more than $1 billion into US spot Bitcoin ETFs this week as BTC neared $72,000 and Ether climbed 19% to about $2,286 on Thursday.

🔥 UPDATE: DEX volume cracked $10B, first time since June 5. News | Markets | YouTube

While Webull reported a record $198 million in second-quarter revenue, cryptocurrency trading only generated about $2.25 million of the quarter’s revenue stream.

Bitcoin rally sparks debate whether Clarity Act is already priced in Erald Ghoos, OKX Europe CEO, says U.S. crypto rules could blow new life into the market amid a rotation of capital from AI back to bitcoin.

Bitcoin breaks out of six-week range, tops $71,000 as $3 billion in shorts get wiped out Six weeks of compression ended in the largest short liquidation since at least 2021, with $3 billion of bearish bets forced to buy back into thin supply.

Ethereum also accelerated on complete days while Solana lagged, and key Aug. 19 issuer rows remain missing. The post Bitcoin grabs 77% of $1.3 billion crypto fund surge as BlackRock leads the rebound appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Smartestmoney’s HYPE long has now exceeded $100M in notional, with more than $40M in unrealized PnL. He’s been holding the position since October last year and has sat through a $26M drawdown in unrealized PnL earlier this year. He’s also paid almost $5M in funding fees to keep the long open until today. https://hypurrscan.io/address/0x082e843a431aef031264dc232693dd710aedca88

Bitcoin approached $72,000 in a second day of upside as crypto short liquidations passed $3.1 billion.

Elon Musk's X is exploring stablecoins to pay influencers and content providers Conversations with X are ongoing, according to a person who also works with other social media platforms testing stablecoins to pay influencers.

President Donald Trump said on Aug. 20 that the US is considering accumulating sizable amounts of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Current law gives his administration several ways to increase federal crypto holdings, though no public authority gives Treasury a funded program for multibillion-dollar open-market purchases. For Bitcoin, Trump's 2025 executive order already directs Treasury and […] The post Trump wants the US to become a Bitcoin whale, but Congress controls the wallet appeared first on CryptoSlate.

OCC Comptroller Jonathan Gould told the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium the agency is moving at a rapid pace to beat a January statutory deadline, after already missing an earlier July target.

BitGo secures South Korea virtual asset license, says it's the first global crypto company to do so Backed by Hana Financial Group and SK Telecom, BitGo Korea built a locally registered entity from scratch to serve institutional and enterprise clients, rather than taking the acquisition route.

Bitcoin approaches $72,000 as Strategy and Coinbase continue rally Bitcoin has gained 15% since monday, reclaiming several key technical and on-chain levels as bullish momentum builds.

Gnosis Chain was approved to transition to an EEZ rollup, enabling it to settle directly to Ethereum rather than continue with an independent validator set.

GnosisDAO has approved a plan to retire Gnosis Chain’s standalone Layer 1, a shift that will unlock roughly 350,000 staked GNO. Under GIP-153, Gnosis Chain will become a zero-knowledge-proven Ethereum Economic Zone rollup that settles directly to Ethereum every block. The network will eventually retire its independent validator set and inherit security from Ethereum validators […] The post A crypto network just voted to abandon its standalone blockchain and unlock 27% of its token supply appeared first on CryptoSlate.

🔥 JUST IN: Bitcoin hits $71,000. News | Markets | YouTube

DB: *SWEDEN’S RIKSBANK LEAVES POLICY RATE AT 1.75%; EST. 1.75% DB: 瑞典央行维持基准利率在1.75%不变；预期为1.75% ———————————— 2026-08-20 15:30:25

Bitcoin is showing some of the strongest capitulation signals of the current downturn, suggesting the selloff may be entering a later stage even as the market offers little evidence of an imminent rebound. Eight of the 12 indicators tracked by VanEck are currently flashing capitulation, while all 12 reached extreme levels at some point during […] The post Bitcoin flashes 8 capitulation signals, but traders just spent $552 million protecting against another crash appeared first on CryptoSlate.

🇺🇸 LATEST: CZ on Trump's plan to bring Hyperliquid to the US says, “Policy cannot be applied to only one company/project. What's good for one is good for the rest of the industry.” News | Markets | YouTube

DB: *GERMANY JULY PRODUCER PRICES RISE 1.1% M/M; EST. +0.7% *GERMANY JULY PRODUCER PRICES RISE 3% Y/Y; EST. +2.7% DB: *德国7月生产者价格环比上涨1.1%；预期上涨0.7% *德国7月生产者价格同比上涨3%；预期上涨2.7% ———————————— 2026-08-20 14:00:17

Binance EN: Binance Will Delist ICX, SCRT, STORJ on 2026-09-03 币安重要公告: 币安将于2026年9月3日下架ICX、SCRT、STORJ ICX MarketCap: 20.6M SCRT MarketCap: 8.8M STORJ MarketCap: 17.8M (Auto match could be wrong, 自动匹配可能不准确) ———————————— 2026-08-20 14:00:06 source: https://cache.bwe-ws.com/bn-1916

HYPE reached $72 after Trump said the CFTC was pursuing compliant US access for Hyperliquid, though no formal regulatory plan has been released.

Trader who made $49 million shorting crypto lost $24 million on ether in 12 seconds The Hyperliquid wallet known as pension-usdt.eth was forced out of a 50,000 ETH short as ether surged, with five liquidation orders helping push the price higher during the unwind.

🆘 What happened in DEX in the last ~24h🆘 ● $HYPE - Surged +20% after Trump mentioned HyperLiquid ● $ALT - Benefiting from the $HYPE rally ● $SUMMER - #Binance shills again ● $FOLD - Vitalik’s shilling & from Uniswap CCP ● $NET - Strong performance drives price gains ● $bibi - Did #Binance recognize Bibi as its official mascot? ● $Intismeran - Moderna-Merck, Personalized mRNA Cancer Vaccine intismeran Phase 3 Success ------------- 👀 $CLOCKIN - CA is scheduled to be revealed on 8/21 from 10 AM to 3 PM (KST) ********************************** 💞 Please Like + Retweet if you enjoy this ✖ See details @Layergg 🚫 Disclaimer *This information is not financial advice, and you are always responsible for the investment. **The above information can be changed to reference materials, and the provided information and actual information may be different, so please check the fact yourself. #Highlight #Daily #Onchain

Bearish crypto bets lose record $2.7 billion as bitcoin surges toward $70,000 Traders betting against crypto lost $2.74 billion in a day, more than the short side of the October 2025 crash that remains the biggest liquidation event in the market's history.

Gallego said the White House has not provided point-by-point feedback on a bipartisan ethics proposal as a September vote approaches.

Every major except tron posted double-digit weekly gains, with nearly $1.4 billion of short positions wiped out after the Treasury doubled its bond buybacks.

🔥 BULLISH: Around $190 BILLION has been added to the crypto market cap in the past 24 hours. News | Markets | YouTube

📢 Binance Will Support Scheduled Upgrade for Stock Trading Services - 2026-08-22 币安将支持股票交易服务的计划升级 - 2026年8月22日 ---------- 🔗 查看来源 🕒 2026-08-20 11:00:11

Tradfin: *SAMSUNG TO UNVEIL 100T WON SHAREHOLDER RETURN PLAN Tradfin: 三星将公布10万亿韩元股东回报计划 ———————————— 2026-08-20 10:08:09

The August repayment ended the immediate collateral risk while the company’s going-concern warning and Michigan financing need persisted. The post Bitcoin treasury Hyperscale sells 686 BTC to clear loans but says cash won’t cover next 12 months appeared first on CryptoSlate.

DB: *AUSTRALIA JULY EMPLOYMENT FALLS -15.8K M/M; EST. +15.0K *AUSTRALIA JULY JOBLESS RATE 4.5%; EST. 4.4% *AUSTRALIA JULY PARTICIPATION RATE 66.9%; EST. 66.9% DB: *澳大利亚7月就业人数环比下降1.58万人；预期增加1.5万人 *澳大利亚7月失业率4.5%；预期4.4% *澳大利亚7月劳动参与率66.9%；预期66.9% ———————————— 2026-08-20 09:30:12

DB: *CHINA 1-YEAR LOAN PRIME RATE UNCHANGED AT 3%; EST. 3.00% *CHINA 5-YEAR LOAN PRIME RATE UNCHANGED AT 3.5%; EST. 3.50% DB: *中国一年期贷款市场报价利率（LPR）维持在3%不变；预期为3.00% *中国五年期贷款市场报价利率（LPR）维持在3.5%不变；预期为3.50% ———————————— 2026-08-20 09:00:26

🇺🇸🇮🇷 JUST IN: President Trump announces the "MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY." He warns that any nation aiding Iran's economy will face severe consequences. News | Markets | YouTube

Tradfin: *TRUMP: ANNOUNCING THE MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION ON IRAN *TRUMP: IRAN FAILED TO TAKE DEAL *TRUMP: ECONOMIC WARFARE AND ISOLATION ON AN UNPRECEDENTED SCALE Tradfin: *特朗普：宣布对伊朗实施史上最严厉的经济打击 *特朗普：伊朗未能达成协议 *特朗普：前所未有的经济战和孤立 ———————————— 2026-08-20 06:59:38

特朗普 | 制裁 / 经济 / 伊朗 TRUMP：宣布对伊朗实施前所未有的经济战和孤立。 TRUMP：任何向伊朗提供生命线的国家都将面临巨大的经济后果。 TRUMP：伊朗永远不会拥有核武器。 20/08/2026 06:59:07

Securitize closed its first quarter as a public company with average tokenized assets under management hitting a record $4.3 billion, up 16% year over year, while transaction volume on the platform jumped 147% to $5.3 billion. Total revenue fell 5% to $14.4 million, tokenization revenue dropped about 12% to $7.8 million, and adjusted EBITDA swung […] The post Can tokenized assets continue to scale faster than the revenue models behind them? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin briefly hits $70,000 for the first time since June. Here is why The largest crypto asset rose more than 7% on Wednesday after several catalysts sent crypto-related assets higher.

Bitcoin ran from around $64,100 to nearly $70,000 within hours on Aug. 19, once the US Treasury unexpectedly doubled its planned buybacks of long-dated government debt. The move pushed bond yields lower and forced roughly $1.4 billion of crypto short positions out of the market in just four hours. Treasury said it would raise the […] The post Bitcoin’s $69,000 breakout now hinges on yields after Fed warns more tightening may be needed appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin's steepest daily gain since March caught traders off guard, and Myriad's pump-or-dump market swung from 70-30 odds to nearly even in a single day.

Its holdings were valued at $5.21 million on June 30, while order economics and sale timing remain undisclosed. The post Down 50% on crypto and burning $8 million in cash, this Nasdaq firm just pivoted to event robots to survive appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The president said the U.S. is far ahead of China in artificial intelligence and defended the rapid construction of data centers and power plants needed to fuel the industry.

The draft cuts per-slot limits as slots shorten, squeezing leader handoffs and off-chain timing without raising the theoretical CU-per-second ceiling. The post Solana is slashing per-block compute limits so its new 350ms speed boost doesn’t overload the network appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The integration expands access to USDU, the UAE’s first central bank-registered US dollar stablecoin, as it builds distribution beyond institutional channels.

DB: *S&P 500 CLOSES 0.2% HIGHER, NASDAQ RISES 0.1% DB: 标普500指数收盘上涨0.2%，纳斯达克指数上涨0.1% ———————————— 2026-08-20 04:00:11

Trump touted his administration’s crypto policies and said regulators are working to bring Hyperliquid into the U.S. under a compliant framework.

Donald Trump spoke from the White House on Wednesday, urging the Senate to pass a crypto market structure bill to keep the country “ahead of China.”

Strategy, Coinbase, Circle, and BitMine are riding Bitcoin's short squeeze toward $70K—and two of them may be squeezing equity bears of their own.

The exchange has not set suspension times as block 963,648 opens an Alpha stage for practice ECX. The post Bitcoin holders face potential exchange freezes as new chain rollout tests replay safety and market stability appeared first on CryptoSlate.

https://x.com/hyperliquidpc/status/2090158897310867457

Tradfin: *CFTC CHAIR SELIG: TOMORROW, I WILL PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON REGULATORY PATH FORWARD AT MEETING Tradfin: *美国商品期货交易委员会主席塞利格：明日我将在会议上就未来监管路径提供更多细节 ———————————— 2026-08-20 03:17:29

The prediction market operator is seeking CFTC approval for a copper perpetual as it moves further into traditional derivatives markets.

$HYPE | 偏多 特朗普：SEC主席正努力将Hyperliquid引入美国 20/08/2026 03:12:27

TRUMP: SEC CHAIR WORKING TO BRING HYPERLIQUID INTO US

$ALIGN listed on Coinbase spot

📢 Coinbase will add support for Aligned (ALIGN). You can now generate a deposit address for ALIGN on coinbase․com, the Coinbase app, and Coinbase Exchange in regions where trading is supported. Deposits of ALIGN will not be available until the asset issuer unlocks transfers. Coinbase 将新增对 Aligned (ALIGN) 的支持。您现在可以在 coinbase.com 网站、Coinbase App 和 Coinbase 交易所（仅限支持交易的地区）上生成 ALIGN 的充值地址。ALIGN 的充值功能将在发行方开放转账后方可使用。 ---------- 🔗 查看来源 🕒 2026-08-20 03:06:49

A Fairshake spokesperson said that the PAC was “just getting started“ on its expenditures as part of efforts to fill US Congress with lawmakers friendly to the crypto industry.

DEFI holders await a late-August cash payout exposed to closing costs and Bitcoin prices after NYSE Arca trading ended Aug. 17. The post Hashdex liquidates $14.7 million Bitcoin ETF as IBIT draws $143.6 million appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The cross-chain protocol said an attacker exploited six software flaws to drain Bitcoin and other assets, sending its CACAO token plunging.

Crypto campaign fund Fairshake faces $2 million setback in Florida primaries In a race that drew criticism to crypto's leading political action committee for featuring fake headlines in ads, Fairshake's expensive effort fell short.

Tradfin: *FED MINUTES: CHAIRMAN WARSH SAID SIX SCHEDULED MEETINGS PER YEAR, HELD ROUGHLY EVERY TWO MONTHS, WOULD ALLOW MORE INFORMATION TO ACCUMULATE BETWEEN MEETINGS *FED MINUTES: NO DECISIONS WERE MADE ON NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND WARSH INDICATED NO CHANGE TO THE 2026 SCHEDULE Tradfin: *联邦委员会会议纪要：主席沃什表示，每年六次例会，大约每两个月举行一次，可以让会议间隙积累更多信息。 *联邦委员会会议纪要：会议未就会议次数做出任何决定，沃什表示2026年的会议安排不会改变。 ———————————— 2026-08-20 02:01:43

Tradfin: *FED: MOST PARTICIPANTS SUPPORTED HOLDING FUNDS RATE UNCHANGED *FED: SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS FAVORED RATE HIKE AT JULY MEETING *FED: MANY SAID PROTRACTED MIDEAST WAR COULD BOOST INFLATION Tradfin: *美联储：大多数与会者支持维持基金利率不变 *美联储：部分与会者在7月会议上赞成加息 *美联储：许多与会者表示，旷日持久的中东战争可能推高通胀 ———————————— 2026-08-20 02:00:50

Tradfin: *FED: MANY SAID HIKE LIKELY NEEDED IF INFLATION DIDN'T DECLINE Tradfin: *美联储：多位官员称若通胀未回落可能需加息 ———————————— 2026-08-20 02:00:32

The new term opens 60- and 90-day cure paths, followed by possible exclusions and up to 12 months of payments. The post Circle renews Coinbase deal creating two ways to challenge Coinbase’s USDC payouts, but neither works quickly appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The $1 billion facility will deploy assets backing USDe into overcollateralized institutional loans, expanding Ethena’s sources of returns beyond crypto basis strategies.

The US banking regulator released a 376‑page proposal in February, calling for public comment on rules to implement the stablecoin bill ahead of its January 2027 effective date.

A Phase 3 win against the standard of care sent the biotech's shares up 131% and left short sellers down $4.8 billion.

Base is narrowing its accelerator to 10 startups as it looks for teams building AI agents, payments, trading, and financing products.

The transaction connected the banks’ separate tokenized deposit systems through Swift’s ledger, marking a step toward interoperable, 24/7 cross-border payments.

Bitcoin trailed the Nasdaq 100 by 68 percentage points over the past year, and it has spent the last 60 days turning that deficit into a five-point lead. According to Glassnode's cross-asset return table, Bitcoin fell 44% over the past twelve months while the Nasdaq climbed 24%, making crypto the only asset group in the […] The post How crypto turned a 68-point deficit into a market lead as Bitcoin and top altcoins outrun the Nasdaq appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Hyperliquid integration gives eligible Base App users access to more than 290 perpetual futures markets.

Bitcoin’s rebound toward $69,000 is gaining momentum as Geoff Kendrick points to improving liquidity conditions and a potential cycle bottom.