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XRP’s legal position may actually hold down the fortress, proving more resilient than much of the broader crypto market even if the U.S. Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act in September.Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has argued that the token’s future does not depend on a single piece of legislation, pointing instead to the company’s completed court battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ▸ Live tracker Follow every XRP institutional move in real time Bank pilots, ETF flows, ODL volume & more — all in one place. Open XRP Live Hub → You won’t believe what just happened LIVE…Ripple…

The exchange has hired White & Case as restructuring counsel, with a detailed roadmap expected by Sept. 9.

Ethereum had a big week. The token climbed 29.8%, blowing past Bitcoin’s 22.9% gain over the same stretch, and briefly touched $2,546 on Saturday afternoon. The fuel behind the move? A combination of heavy ETF buying and a shrinking pool of ETH sitting on exchanges. Spot ether ETFs pulled in roughly $697 million in net inflows over the week, with the bulk of that money moving between August 19 and August 21. BlackRock’s ETHA led the charge, joined by Grayscale’s Mini ETH and Fidelity’s FETH. By the end of the week, total assets across spot ether ETFs had climbed to…

Luisa Crawford Aug 22, 2026 16:12 Algorand (ALGO) 5.0 upgrade doubles app sizes, expands transaction limits, and evolves fee models, enhancing developer capabilities. Algorand (ALGO)’s latest upgrade, version 5.0, brings significant enhancements to the network’s functionality, particularly for developers. The update, which officially activated on August 22, 2026, introduces larger app sizes, expanded transaction limits, and revamped fee structures. These changes are designed to support more complex decentralized applications (dApps) and streamline the user experience. The most notable improvement in Algorand 5.0 is the doubling of maximum app sizes. Developers can now deploy applications up to 16 KB, up from…

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes delivered a blunt message to investors following a sudden market surge, telling Crypto Banter host Ran Neuner that avoiding risk assets right now would be foolish. His comments came just after the US Treasury moved to double the size of its debt buybacks. Note: Arthur Hayes recent crypto trading actions have been anything but examplarary. BeInCrypto published an extensive analysis of his publicly known wallets. KOL comments and discussions shouldn’t be considered as investment advice. What Triggered Hayes’s Bullish Call Soft yield curve control refers to central bank or Treasury actions that cap bond yields without…

Bitcoin has finally stopped sprinting – after climbing from around $64,000 to as high as $78,500 in a matter of days, BTC is now holding at the $77,100 level – up 22.5% this week. The rally was helped by falling long-term Treasury yields and a brutal squeeze on bearish positions, while renewed ETF demand has added another source of buying pressure. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $517 million of net inflows on Wednesday alone, their strongest day in more than three months. A period of consolidation is hardly surprising after a move of that size, and for investors hunting the…

Montevideo, Uruguay, August 20th, 2026, Chainwire Aligned allows fintechs and institutions to build financial products on Ethereum, with one-click solutions for wallets, rollups, interoperability, and zero-knowledge services. Today, Aligned, a full-stack Ethereum infrastructure project, has launched $ALIGN*, the native token of its ecosystem, with listings on major exchanges. Aligned is working to turn Ethereum into the world’s financial backend, and its ecosystem is the single integration fintechs, institutions, and enterprises use to build financial products on Ethereum. Less than one percent of the world’s assets are onchain, and most of what has moved sits on Ethereum as stablecoins, tokenized treasuries,…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 21st, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has listed the MRNAON/USDT trading pair on Spot, giving users a new opportunity to access U.S. stock markets as part of its expanding lineup of Ondo tokenized stock offerings. Moderna, Inc., a U.S.-based biotechnology company known for its mRNA vaccine platform, has seen its shares rally sharply in recent trading. On August 19, 2026, Moderna and Merck announced that their investigational personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, used in combination with Keytruda, met the primary endpoint of a late-stage melanoma trial, with the combination regimen meeting the main…

Eightco repurchased 14 million shares of common stock in the past two weeks under its previously announced $125 million share repurchase program Eightco treasury composition as of August 19, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, nearly 302 million WLD holdings, and $132M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $389 million Eightco recently participated in World Foundation’s $52.5M funding round, led by Pantera with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and additional investors Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., Aug. 20,…

VICTORIA, Seychelles, August 20th, 2026, Chainwire Global crypto exchange BYDFi is participating as a Gold Sponsor at Coinfest Asia 2026, taking place August 20-21 at Melasti Beach in Bali. Positioned as “The World’s Crypto Festival Built for Institutions, Builders & Traders,” the event brings together participants across digital assets, finance, technology, and trading. Attendees can meet the BYDFi team at Booth A1 throughout the two-day event. Coinfest Asia 2026 Returns for Its Fifth Edition Coinfest Asia 2026 marks the fifth annual edition of the event, spanning five beach clubs at Melasti Beach as one integrated venue. With more than 150…