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Bitcoin Tops $75,000 for First Time in Three Months as Treasury Buyback Plan Fuels Short Squeeze

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Bitcoin Tops $75,000 for First Time in Three Months as Treasury Buyback Plan Fuels Short Squeeze

August 21, 2026

Bitcoin pushed past $75,000 in Asian trading Friday, its highest level in more than three months, extending...

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Two Binance Employees Detained in the UAE Amid Police Inquiries Into Possible Financial Crimes

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Two Binance Employees Detained in the UAE Amid Police Inquiries Into Possible Financial Crimes

August 21, 2026

Two Binance employees were detained in the United Arab Emirates in recent weeks as police looked into...

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CFTC Chair Selig Directs Staff to Draft Crypto Market Structure Rules if the Clarity Act Fails

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CFTC Chair Selig Directs Staff to Draft Crypto Market Structure Rules if the Clarity Act Fails

August 21, 2026

The head of the U.S. derivatives regulator told the crypto industry Thursday that he has a fallback....

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Musk’s X Explores Paying Creators in Stablecoins as It Overhauls Its Rewards Program

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Musk’s X Explores Paying Creators in Stablecoins as It Overhauls Its Rewards Program

August 20, 2026

X is in talks to pay content creators in stablecoins, such as Circle’s USDC, CoinDesk reported Thursday,...

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CFTC Closes FTX Cases With Trading Bans for Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang and No Financial Penalties

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CFTC Closes FTX Cases With Trading Bans for Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang and No Financial Penalties

August 20, 2026

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Wednesday that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of...

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HYPE Surges After Trump Says the CFTC Is Working to Bring Hyperliquid Onshore

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HYPE Surges After Trump Says the CFTC Is Working to Bring Hyperliquid Onshore

August 20, 2026

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring Hyperliquid, the largest...

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Trump Presses Congress to Pass a ‘Fair Version’ of the Clarity Act at White House Crypto Meeting

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Trump Presses Congress to Pass a ‘Fair Version’ of the Clarity Act at White House Crypto Meeting

August 20, 2026

President Donald Trump called on Congress to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act at a White...

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Bitcoin Blows Past $70,000 as Nearly $3 Billion in Shorts Are Liquidated

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Bitcoin Blows Past $70,000 as Nearly $3 Billion in Shorts Are Liquidated

August 20, 2026

Bitcoin has climbed as high as $71,000 in a move that kicked off Wednesday, its first move...

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Trump’s Hack-Back Memo Isn’t a License for Cyber Vigilantes, Crypto Lawyers Say

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Trump’s Hack-Back Memo Isn’t a License for Cyber Vigilantes, Crypto Lawyers Say

August 20, 2026

A White House memo that lets private companies go on the cyber offensive against foreign criminals could...

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Cantor Fitzgerald Opens Institutional Block Trading in Kalshi Event Contracts

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Cantor Fitzgerald Opens Institutional Block Trading in Kalshi Event Contracts

August 19, 2026

Cantor Fitzgerald said on Aug. 19 that it has begun arranging institutional block trades in event contracts,...

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TikTok Explores Peer-to-Peer Payments in Direct Messages, Pushing Deeper Into Fintech

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TikTok Explores Peer-to-Peer Payments in Direct Messages, Pushing Deeper Into Fintech

August 19, 2026

TikTok is building a way for users to send each other money inside direct messages, Bloomberg reported...

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Kalshi Files for Perpetual Futures on US Stocks and Copper, Its First on Equities

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Kalshi Files for Perpetual Futures on US Stocks and Copper, Its First on Equities

August 19, 2026

Kalshi asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Aug. 18 to approve perpetual futures on a US...

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How Render Network Has Evolved and What AI Advancements Could Mean for Its Next Phase

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How Render Network Has Evolved and What AI Advancements Could Mean for Its Next Phase

August 19, 2026

Render Network at its core pays anyone with an idle GPU to help render anything from Hollywood...

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Metaplanet to Take Nearly 96% of Super League in a $134.6 Million Bitcoin and Cash Deal

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Metaplanet to Take Nearly 96% of Super League in a $134.6 Million Bitcoin and Cash Deal

August 19, 2026

Metaplanet agreed Tuesday to turn a Nasdaq-listed gaming media company into its U.S. bitcoin treasury vehicle, contributing...

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FASB Proposes Guidance That Would Let Companies Count Qualifying Stablecoins as Cash Equivalents

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FASB Proposes Guidance That Would Let Companies Count Qualifying Stablecoins as Cash Equivalents

August 19, 2026

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a proposed accounting standards update on Tuesday that would clarify when...

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