Gate Insights and Crypto Market Analysis

Alameda Research, the cryptocurrency division of bankrupt exchange FTX, moved a substantial Solana (SOL) position after nearly five years. According to on-chain data platform Onchain Lens, Alameda unstaked 201,740 SOL and

A couple in France's Somme department has been repeatedly targeted by home invaders seeking roughly €1 million in cryptocurrency after purchasing a house previously occupied by crypto millionaires whose tax details and address were leaked on the dark web, according to local reporting. The victims en

A blockchain bridge connecting the XRP Ledger to the tx blockchain was exploited on August 9, resulting in the theft of nearly 200,000 XRP worth approximately $200,000 from the bridge's reserve wallet. The attacker exploited a software vulnerability in the bridge's deposit verification process,

Wendy's stock jumped as much as 15% in morning trading on Wednesday after the Financial Times reported that Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management is preparing a takeover bid for the burger chain. The stock surge followed a report citing sources familiar with the matter, with trading temporarily

CME Group will introduce continuous trading for its 100-Ounce Silver futures contract from September 11, pending regulatory review, following stronger-than-expected demand for its 24/7 gold futures launched July 24. The exchange reported more than 53,000 contracts traded during weekend sessions

Spot trading volumes across 14 major cryptocurrency exchanges reached $429 billion in July 2026, marking a 21.7% decline from June's $547.9 billion, according to a report. The decline affected all 14 exchanges examined, indicating weakened trading activity during the summer months. This

Nebius (NBIS) announced during its second quarter earnings call that switching to Bloom Energy (BE) fuel cells for its 300-megawatt AI data center in Vineland, New Jersey, significantly enhances the project from a community perspective. Tom Blackwell, Chief Communications Officer at Nebius, stated t

Congress passed competing stopgap funding bills on July 21 and August 8, moving the government-funding deadline beyond the midterms and reducing the immediate risk of an October shutdown. The House approved

Bitcoin failed to hold above $64,000 following the July US inflation report release. Before the CPI data, BTC briefly moved above $64,400 but dropped toward $63,800 after reports that the US-Iran conflict could extend beyond current timelines due to denial of a memorandum of understanding. US

Perplexity AI predicts XRP can reach $1.60-$2.20 by the end of 2026, with $1.75 as the most likely bullish target, according to Perplexity co-founder and CEO Aravind Srinivas's AI model. XRP currently sits at $1.0235. The AI model cites legal clarity from Ripple's ongoing court settlement

CitroTech Inc. (NYSE AM: CITR), a specialty chemical company delivering environmentally safe fire inhibitor solutions, issued a business update letter to shareholders today highlighting progress toward commercialization. CEO Wes Bolsen detailed partner network expansion, joint venture advancement

Bitcoin and Ethereum are trading in a narrow range ahead of the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) data release, while options traders increase positions for a potential upward breakout. The market expects the inflation data to determine Bitcoin's exit from its current trading range. Bitcoin has

Four Ethereum Genesis-era wallets moved a combined 8,680 ETH worth approximately $16.3 million across July and August 2026, according to blockchain monitoring service Whale Alert. The movements included a 2,680 ETH transfer on Aug. 11 after 11 years of dormancy, with the coins originally purchased d

Zilliqa launched an address checker ahead of its August migration as part of recovery efforts following a Ledger-related security incident. The tool allows users to verify wallet information as the network prepares for a broader migration process and transition toward Zilliqa EVM. The launch comes a

KuCoin EU appointed Hongyu Chen-Birkenbeul as Managing Director, assigning the former PwC Germany executive responsibility for Technology, Product, Operations, and ICT Security functions as the Vienna-headquartered cryptocurrency platform builds its regulated European business under the EU's

Solana came within 4.51 percentage points of losing transaction finality Wednesday morning after a routing fault at hosting provider Teraswitch knocked 28.83% of staked SOL offline. The blockchain stops finalizing blocks at 33.34% delinquency, meaning the network reached approximately 86% of the

Alphabet unveiled its Pixel 11 smartphone lineup on Wednesday, positioning Gemini Intelligence AI features at the center of the devices weeks before Apple rolls out a rebuilt Siri powered by Google's AI models. The new lineup includes the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL and Pixel 11 Pro

Harmony blockchain suffered a major security exploit that resulted in the fraudulent minting of approximately 4 billion ONE tokens, representing about 26% of the cryptocurrency's total supply. The incident involved a vulnerability associated with empty blocks and triggered rapid movement of the

Kalshi became the first prediction market to distribute real-time order book data on DoubleZero Edge, according to an announcement on Wednesday. The low-latency market-data feed delivery service runs over dedicated fiber

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission withdrew the Alternative Investment Fund Manager authorisation of FINYX (Cyprus) Investments Ltd on August 3, 2026, after the quantitative investment manager voluntarily surrendered licence AIFM59/56/2013. The company expressly renounced the authorisatio