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Bitcoin Reclaims $64K as U.S. Treasury Unveils Landmark Stablecoin Rulebook
Bitcoin pushed back above $64,000 on August 18 as buyers returned after a rough week of ETF outflows, while the U.S. Treasury dropped a long-awaited proposal defining exactly who can legally issue and sell stablecoins to Americans under the GENIUS Act.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs log record weekly inflows as basis trade widens
Institutional demand returned in force this week, with regulated spot Bitcoin vehicles absorbing more supply than miners produced as the basis trade widened — a quiet but structural shift.
Ethereum ETF staking gets the green light
Regulators have cleared US spot Ether ETFs to stake their holdings, opening a native yield line that reshapes the product's appeal.
Ethereum fee market cools as blob capacity absorbs rollup demand
A year after proto-danksharding shipped, layer-2 settlement is cheaper and steadier as blob capacity absorbs rollup demand. The data suggests the scaling roadmap is doing what it promised.
Stablecoin settlement volume overtakes a major card network on-chain
Adjusted for wash and bot activity, dollar-pegged tokens are now clearing genuine payment volume at a scale that is hard to dismiss as a niche, on-chain settlement rivalling a major card network.
What a Fed rate cut means for crypto markets
Lower policy rates ease financial conditions and tend to lift risk assets — but the transmission to crypto is noisier than the headlines suggest.
Solana validators ship fee-priority overhaul to tame congestion
A revised local fee market aims to keep Solana responsive during demand spikes without pricing out ordinary users, reworking how priority fees are set and collected.
Regulators publish long-awaited framework for tokenised deposits
Regulators have published a long-awaited framework for tokenised deposits, drawing a clear line between bank-issued tokens and stablecoins with far-reaching consequences.
Bitcoin dominance climbs above 58% — what it signals
Bitcoin's share of total crypto market capitalisation has pushed above 58%, a pattern that has historically signalled caution more often than exuberance.
Mining difficulty hits an all-time high as hashrate migrates to cheaper power
Bitcoin's network has never been harder to mine. Behind the record difficulty sits a geographic reshuffle of hashrate toward stranded and renewable power.
A quiet week for altcoins masks rising dispersion beneath the index
Aggregate altcoin performance looks flat this week, but beneath the index the gap between winners and losers is the widest it has been in months.
Solana overtakes Ethereum in daily DEX volume
Decentralised exchange volume on Solana has edged past Ethereum during several recent sessions, powered by low fees and fast execution.