August Crypto Rally Ends Tokenized Assets' Boredom Trade
Tokenized asset perpetual volume dropped 13.5% in August to $122B, its first monthly decline since January 2026, as Bitcoin and Ethereum surged.
Tokenized asset perpetual volume dropped 13.5% in August to $122B, its first monthly decline since January 2026, as Bitcoin and Ethereum surged.
Liquid bridge attackers returned 3,400 BTC on Monday after Blockstream patched the flaw. About 598 BTC remains unreturned.
After on-chain messages, white hats return 3,400 BTC to Liquid Network, keeping 598.5 BTC as implied bounty.
Bitcoin held above $79,000 during a 3.7% yen rally, avoiding the 20% crash seen in 2024. Japan spent $94.6B on intervention.
Starcloud raised $500 million to mine bitcoin in space, despite critics deeming the plan highly impractical and costly.
Privacy coins have risen 213% since Bitcoin's all-time high, while other crypto sectors are down. Zcash leads the rally.
Bitcoin's 90-day correlation with gold rose to +0.56, its highest since 2017, while its Nasdaq correlation fell to a one-year low.
Two analysts using different data sets say Bitcoin's bear market conditions have ended.
A hacker stole 4,000 BTC from Blockstream's Liquid Network by exploiting a fault in the peg-out authorization process.
Vitalik Buterin rejected a prediction that AI could slash Bitcoin's price by over 50% within two years, citing confidence in long-term cybersecurity.
Raw sugar futures have gained 20% in 2026, outpacing Bitcoin, gold, and the S&P 500 due to supply concerns from EU, Brazil, and India.
Bitcoin ETFs attracted $986.9 million in the week ending Sept. 4, while inflows into Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and Hyperliquid funds fell sharply.
Liquid Network's bridge was drained of ~4,000 BTC by attackers claiming to be white hats. Ledger's CTO doubts the claim, comparing it to the Ronin hack.
CZ says bitcoin could overtake gold in the next bull run, with a price target near $697,000 if it matches investable gold's value.
Rick Bensignor says the 10-year Treasury yield could reach 6.07%, a level last seen before Bitcoin existed, and explains what that would mean for BTC.