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XRP’s 50% weekly surge: the biggest rally since the SEC settlement and what is driving it

XRP gained more than 50% in five trading days, its strongest weekly performance in 21 months, as a Treasury buyback

The Sandbox’s $49 billion phantom mint: how a bridge exploit created unbacked SAND tokens

An attacker weaponized a single ERC-20 function to hijack LayerZero delegate permissions and mint 329 trillion unbacked SAND on Base,

Pakistan opens VASP licensing as new crypto rules take effect

Pakistan’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority has opened its licensing system and given existing crypto service providers until Sept. 5 to

Trump’s CLARITY Act push: what the White House crypto summit means for regulation

President Trump gathered crypto executives and federal regulators at the White House on August 19 to press Congress on the

Bitcoin price validates Brandt’s $58K call, then breaks out

Bitcoin reached Peter Brandt’s 58,000–62,000 target months before rebounding 34%, making claims that his forecast failed inaccurate.

Bitcoin puzzle hides wallet key in Genesis Block data

A 255-byte Bitcoin message describes a low-entropy wallet puzzle built from public data contained in Satoshi’s Genesis Block.

Upbit volume hits 1.15 trillion won during flash crash

Upbit reportedly processed 1.15 trillion won in one hour as a crypto flash crash liquidated $523 million in leveraged positions.

Ripple CEO says U.S. crypto rules near decisive test

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says U.S. crypto clarity is closer as regulators issue guidance and CLARITY approaches a Senate test.

Zondacrypto collapse leaves founder missing, CEO abroad

Zondacrypto faces a Polish fraud investigation after its shutdown stranded customers and exposed estimated losses above $95 million.

XRP ETF inflows top $1.55 billion; XRP price rebounds; holders earn up to $9,000 daily

EX DeFi attracts XRP investors seeking diversified income via cloud mining as ETF inflows revive institutional interest. Cumulative net inflows

South Korea advances crypto access for 3,500 companies

South Korea has advanced a three-part digital-finance program covering crypto accounts for about 3,500 companies, legal recognition for tokenized securities,

STRC stays below $100 as Jain questions 12% yield

Strategy’s STRC preferred stock has remained below its $100 stated value at $95.31 despite Bitcoin’s rally to about $77,125, prompting

MANTRA Chain resumes blocks after Cosmos-EVM fix

MANTRA Chain has resumed block production after deploying version 8.4.0 to fix a Cosmos-EVM vulnerability that kept its mainnet unable

SAND bridge exploit contained after unbacked token mint

The Sandbox has contained a cross-chain bridge vulnerability that allowed an attacker to mint unbacked SAND on Base and BNB

NFT sales surge 170% to $95.5M on $55M Pandora trade

The NFT market recorded $95.48 million in sales over the past seven days, rising 170% as a single $55.03 million

Crypto VC funding: ZeroStack secures $1B, Ripple raises $275M

Crypto and blockchain companies announced approximately $1.298 billion across six disclosed transactions between Aug. 16 and Aug. 22, 2026. ZeroStack

Bitcoin tops $72K, Trump backs CLARITY, SEC unveils crypto rules | Weekly recap

In this week’s edition of the weekly recap, Bitcoin climbed above $72,000 as more than $3 billion in leveraged positions

South Korea deploys real-time AI crypto surveillance

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service has deployed a real-time AI system that scans trading data, news and online content to

MUBARAK jumps 26% as BNB Chain meme rally broadens

MUBARAK has risen 26.1% to $0.0266 as BNB Chain meme tokens have attracted fresh trading activity alongside a $200,000 network

Bitcoin, Ether ETFs draw $2.6B, best week since October

U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs have attracted $2.61 billion across five trading sessions, recording their strongest combined week since