As retail crypto trades collapse 73%, eToro drops $231 million to capture active US stock traders
July crypto trades fell to 1.4 million and average ticket size halved, while quarterly profit rose and eToro expanded into active US stock trading.
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XRP loses $1 for the first time since Trump’s 2024 election as bearish bets surge and 200,000 XRP stolen
XRP slipped below $1 as leverage rebuilt and selling pressure deepened across the market. Data from CryptoSlate showed that the digital asset fell as low as $0.99 during the session, its weakest level since November 2024, when Donald Trump won the…
SEC and CFTC plans to write crypto rules without Congress – but they can’t make them permanent
CFTC Chair Michael Selig said on Aug. 4 that the agency has crypto rule proposals ready and plans to finalize them before the current administration ends, regardless of whether Congress passes the CLARITY Act. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has separately…
Even if Bitcoin rises 30% a year this renewable mining model still loses money as hashrate keeps pace
Bitcoin trades near $63,600, below the lowest Bitcoin price researchers tested against a modeled wind-powered mining operation in a new Energy Economics study. At that price level, their model shows no payback within six years under any curtailment scenario they…
Harmony weighs a full blockchain rollback after unauthorized minting floods exchanges with billions in ONE
A validator patch closes the reported receipt flaws while the excess supply and any rollback remain unresolved.
Twenty One’s $2.8 billion Bitcoin pile is worth far more than its stock, but there’s a catch
$486.5 million of converts lock up 16,116 BTC while the new CEO pursues operating and credit businesses.
TON Strategy earned $15 million staking Gram while operations burned $10.6 million in cash
Fair-value gains supplied 99.1% of Q2 pre-tax profit as continuing operations used $10.6 million of cash in the first half.
Strategy’s $4.6 billion cash buffer gives it almost 3 years before Bitcoin sales create real stress
The company now treats BTC as a managed reserve for dollar obligations, testing whether sales can remain voluntary.
This spot Bitcoin ETF only logged six inflow days ever – now investors have until August 17 before forced cash liquidation
The $11.77 million fund stops trading after the Aug. 17 close, with cash expected around Aug. 28.
Bitcoin miner Bitdeer unlocks a $1B cash tap that dilutes shareholders by up to 30% to build its AI empire
The price-dependent scenario is not a forecast, but the filing creates equity capacity twice Tydal’s remaining build bill.
Friday’s SEC vote could unlock $75 million crypto raises – or trap token issuers in unexpected legal fine print
The Commission is considering a proposal, not a live exemption, and eligibility and resale rules remain undisclosed.
The UK now ranks 3rd in global Bitcoin adoption, but court rules mean it can’t keep its 60,000 BTC as a reserve
JAN3's 2025 B20 combines policy advances with enforcement custody, while dated Treasury records separate the coins from national reserves.