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According to BlockBeats, on August 20, Trump met with executives from Coinbase, Kraken, Ripple, and Chainlink at the White House to promote the CLARITY Act, which he said would establish a clearer regulatory framework for digital assets and maintain U.S. leadership in crypto innovation. Financial di
Gate News message, a Hyperliquid trader identified as "pension-usdt.eth" was liquidated on its ETH short position, closing approximately $108.18M in exposure. The realized PnL was -$26.66M, while the lifetime PnL stands at +$17.76M. The trader previously held a 50K ETH short position worth approxima
According to Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick on Aug. 19, Bitcoin (BTC) is positioned to reach $100,000 by year-end 2026, following the U.S. Treasury's announcement to double bond buyback operations. The Treasury increased maximum purchase sizes for 10- to 30-year securities from $2
Crypto startups raised approximately $6.81 billion across 222 rounds in Q1 2026, according to CryptoRank, marking a decisive shift toward late-stage capital deployment in blockchain project fundraising. The number of individual deals dropped 45.9% compared with Q1 2025, indicating market
According to BitcoinTreasuries.NET, Japanese listed company Remixpoint (3825.T) has increased Bitcoin holdings to 1,501.27 BTC with an additional purchase of 9.96 BTC, now ranking 38th on Bitcoin 100.
Cash App integrated Moonpay as a funding method on August 18, enabling its 59 million users to purchase XRP, solana, ether, and USDT by routing payments directly from their Cash App balance. The integration allows Block, Cash App's parent company, to offer tokens it has never listed directly
Decred released mandatory software update v2.1.6 on 18 August and disclosed it on X the following day, fixing a critical consensus vulnerability and a separate flaw in the project's CoinShuffle++ transaction mixing protocol that could have allowed attackers to deanonymize participants. The project u
On August 19, 2026, from 20:00 to 21:00 UTC, BTC rose 0.37%, trading within a range of 68,386–68,710 USDT, with intraperiod volatility of 0.47%, indicating overall narrow-range volatility. Market sentiment was subdued, with limited price fluctuations. The primary driver of this movement cannot currently be clearly identified. Official attribution analysis showed that neither news and fundamental data nor technical analysis tools produced valid results, and there was no independent macroeconomic
From 20:45 to 21:00 (UTC) on August 19, 2026, ETH rose rapidly by 4.42% within 15 minutes, climbing from 2,123.05 USDT to 2,241.36 USDT, with an amplitude of 5.57%. The move was accompanied by sharp price volatility, extremely low market liquidity, and a severe imbalance in bid and ask depth, triggering extreme short-term price swings. The primary driver of this move was market impact in a low-liquidity environment. Order Book data shows that the current ETH Order Book has only one level of effe
Decred released mandatory software update v2.1.6 on August 18 and disclosed it on X the following day, fixing a critical consensus vulnerability and a separate flaw in the project's CoinShuffle++ transaction mixing protocol that could have enabled attackers to deanonymize participants. The project c