Zcash surged past $800 for the first time since 2018, reaching over $855 as Grayscale filed its 5th ETF amendment and ZEC futures volume hit over $9.5B in 24 hours.

US spot BTC and ETH ETFs drew a combined $2.6B last week, reversing a $392M outflow. BTC and ETH each gained 24%-28% as combined trading volume tripled to $29B.

Fairmint CEO Joris Delanoue warns that fragmented ledgers across tokenized stock platforms risk recreating the 1960s settlement crisis that nearly collapsed Wall Street.

Crypto card spending hit $1.04B in July 2025 as USDC and USDT funded 70% of 10M+ transactions. Users in Brazil and Argentina spent on food, groceries, and rides.

Solana's mainnet upgrade on Aug. 22 cut slot time from 400ms to 350ms under SIMD-0525, reducing transaction latency in the first of 4 planned steps toward a 200ms goal.

Tokenized trading cards are the RWA trade that worked, and the biggest platforms in crypto are now racing to distribute them.

BTC and ETH gain 25%+, Strategy is back in profit and 13F filings show institutions buying IBIT and Bitcoin. Is the bear market over?

Ava Labs CBO John Nahas says crypto is in a "teenage pubescent phase," but cites real-world use cases and enterprise adoption as reasons for long-term optimism.

Bitcoin surged past $75,500 after US Treasury buyback expansion and SEC crypto news, but analysts say $783M in short liquidations may not signal a lasting rally.

South Korea's Shinhan Asset Management has signed a 4-party MoU with Solana Foundation, Etherfuse, and Orca to pilot a KRW-denominated tokenized fund.

1inch co-founder Sergej Kunz says DeFi’s liquidity race is “all about efficiency” as Aqua tops $137.6M and protocols target idle capital.

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CFTC Chair Michael Selig has directed staff to build crypto market rules, warning the agency will act alone if Congress fails to pass the CLARITY Act.

Macro strategist Mark Connors says routine US Treasury bond buybacks could remove a major headwind for Bitcoin and push BTC toward $180K by 2030.

OpenLedger's Ram Kumar says AI agents will rely on crypto for payments due to KYC barriers, with agent trading and a no-code B2C platform as the next steps.

: Optimism will redirect ~$49.7M in tokens to a new growth fund after a last-minute 8.5M OP whale vote from a Foundation-funded team pushed the proposal over the line.

Bitcoin hit a 2.5-month high on Aug. 20 as a US Treasury buyback expansion sparked $3.1B in short liquidations over 2 days and drove $517M into spot BTC ETFs.

President Trump urged Congress to pass the CLARITY Act at a White House crypto meeting as Bitcoin broke back above $70,000 and sentiment turned to Greed.