Gold and Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) drew roughly $7 billion over five US trading sessions, a record combined haul that puts both assets at the center of a renewed investor push for protection against currency weakness and mounting fiscal pressure. About $3.4 billion of this capital went into SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) while BlackRock’s iShares […]
As Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) led the broader cryptocurrency industry in bullish sentiment so far in August, BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) has seen its crypto portfolio climb by over $15 billion in the same period. BlackRock’s crypto portfolio has increased by $15.11 billion, up from $53.36 billion on August 1, 2026, to $68.48 billion […]
JAN3 CEO Samson Mow has sparked a fresh debate over cryptocurrency terminology, arguing that the industry should replace the term “hardware wallet” with “Bitcoin Signing Device.” Mow, a well-known Bitcoin advocate, contends that the common label misrepresents what these devices actually do and leads to confusion about how Bitcoin ownership works. The case for renaming […]
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) network, which uses XRP as its native token, has crossed the 5 billion transactions mark for the first time since its inception. The XRP Ledger has recorded a total of 5,016,297,013 transactions between June 2, 2012 and August 27, 2026, according to data from XRPSCAN. XRPL’s total transactions. Source: XRPSCAN As […]
Bitcoin has rallied approximately 40% from its July low near $57,800, renewing expectations that the cryptocurrency may have established a market bottom after several months of consolidation. $BTC was trading near $80,200 on Aug. 27. However, the recovery has brought the cryptocurrency back into a major resistance zone that previously preceded a sharp sell-off. Technical […]
Payment channels similar to Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning are coming to Cardano (ADA) by means of a new state channel architecture dubbed Cardano Lightning. Currently in pre-production deployment, the system was presented in detail during an August 24 Cardano Community livestream featuring PolyCrypto software engineer Ilja von Hoessle. At its core, Cardano Lightning consists of bidirectional […]
After a rapid rally that started on August 19, Bitcoin (BTC) has seemingly entered a consolidation phase, with $80,000 proving a difficult value to hold, and one cryptocurrency expert believes a coming correction might be a prime buying opportunity. Bitcoin price one-week chart. Source: TradingView Specifically, the popular on-chain analyst, Ali Martinez, took to X […]