Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Huo Xing Finance reports that on August 17, a senior Iranian official stated that Iran has set a several-week deadline for the United States to fully implement the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, and Iran will not indefinitely wait for the U.S. to continue its maritime blockade. Due to "the s

Bitcoin’s latest Crypto Biz roundup put self-custody back at the center of the conversation, framing a $116 million loss as a wake-up call for holders who assume that owning Bitcoin and controlling it are the same thing.TLDR KEYPOINTSA $116 million self-custody loss anchors the latest Crypto Biz rou

For most of the last cycle, corporate bitcoin buying was treated as a directional bet: acquire coins, wait for the dollar price to rise, and book a treasury gain. Strategy and Metaplanet have changed that framing. The two public companies most associated with bitcoin balance sheets are increasingly

Duquesne Family Office has added a new regulated slice of HYPE exposure to its portfolio: a $23 million stake in Nasdaq-listed Hyperliquid Strategies Inc. (ticker: PURR), according to the firm’s second-quarter Form 13F filing. The position — disclosed for the first time in Duquesne’s publicly report

Polymarket traders are pricing in a 48% chance that Democrats sweep both chambers of Congress in the 2026 midterms. Citigroup thinks that probability, if it keeps climbing, could spark a rally in the bond market.The prediction platform’s “Balance of Power: 2026 Midterms” market has attracted nearly

The Coinbase users previous theft story once again came to limelight today. As the scam actor linked to more than $300 million in stolen funds is moving money again, with onchain investigator VAL reporting that around some quantity was converted to ETH and sent to Tornado cash yesterday. This transa

Key InsightsBitcoin ETF products recorded $385.2 million in net outflows during the latest week.Fidelity led withdrawals as several major U.S. spot funds recorded net redemptions.Bitcoin price remained range-bound near $63,500 as spot trading activity weakened.U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF products recorded

PANews, August 17: OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman stated in a blog post that the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident demonstrates AI’s ability to automate complex cyberattack chains, making vulnerabilities in enterprises’ long-standing technical debt easier to exploit. He described the current moment as a

ChainCatcher report: GitHub’s official status page indicates that its platform is currently experiencing service disruptions, with reduced availability across multiple core functions. According to the latest announcement, error rates for GitHub’s web interface and API requests peaked at approximate

BlockBeats report: On August 17, a senior Iranian official stated that Iran has set a several-week deadline for the United States to fully implement the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, and Iran will not wait indefinitely for the U.S. to continue its maritime blockade. Due to "the stalemate in

Odaily Planet Daily report: Tom Lee, Chairman of BitMine, shared an analysis of Ethereum’s price, showing that ETH is nearing a significant technical breakthrough, currently just about 3.5% away from breaking above the daily cloud layer. According to the analysis, this indicator has not been effecti

Odaily Planet Daily reports: According to Goldman Sachs data, global bond issuance last week fell 16% year-over-year, but year-to-date issuance remains 9% higher than the same period last year. Investment-grade corporate bond issuance surged 60%, while high-yield bond issuance dropped 41% and levera

CoinMarketCap reports:Strategy's latest 8-K filing shows that the company did not buy or sell any Bitcoin last week, ending several consecutive weeks of Bitcoin disposals since June. Its Bitcoin holdings remain at 840,447 BTC, with an average purchase cost of $75,385 per BTC.Completed a $334 million

The company is shifting its business away from crypto mining toward artificial intelligence infrastructure.WhiteFiber Inc. has agreed to acquire a property in North Carolina in a deal valued at up to $60 million, according to a report from CryptoBriefing. The transaction is described as part of the

A weakening greenback failed to produce the outsized crypto rally many traders expected.The US Dollar Index touched a three-month low this week, according to reporting from BeInCrypto and Yahoo Finance. The greenback's decline against a basket of major currencies typically signals shifting expectati