Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

The LINK price has been here before. After spending nearly 17 months consolidating around the $6 support zone, Chainlink eventually staged a powerful rally that peaked near $30. That bullish cycle has now run its course, with the token slipping below its 200-day EMA and falling under the $10 mark.Af

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Republican from Wyoming and one of the most prominent pro-crypto voices in Congress, said the push for the CLARITY bill is far from finished, even after the Senate chose to postpone a vote on the legislation until September. Her comments, made shortly after the delay w

Kalshi markets power new AI tool to help small businesses hedge real-world risks A newly launched AI tool called Blanket is tapping Kalshi’s regulated event-contract marketplace to help small businesses identify and hedge operational risks they might otherwise miss. Built independently by developer

The labor market just handed crypto traders a contradiction. The U.S. economy lost 23,000 nonfarm payrolls in July, a massive miss against consensus expectations of a gain of 80,000, while the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% from 4.2%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics data cited in

TL;DREIP-8363 would gradually reduce Ethereum staking issuance as the percentage of ETH deposited into validators increases, potentially reaching zero issuance at a 50% staking ratio. Critics warn that lower rewards could affect decentralization, DeFi and institutional adoption, while supporters arg

Harvey, the legal AI startup that barely existed three years ago, is in discussions to raise roughly $500 million in fresh capital at a $15.5 billion valuation. Lightspeed Venture Partners has shown interest in leading the round, according to reports of the ongoing talks.If completed, the deal would

This week’s most consequential crypto business headlines point to a clear trend: parts of the industry are increasingly built around the same revenue engines that power traditional finance—interest income, reserve management, and tokenized assets that sit closer to money markets than speculative tra

Anthropic is lowering the classifier overhead fees that Claude Code users pay, a move targeting one of the more opaque line items on developers’ monthly bills. The reduction, effective as of August 7, 2026, addresses a cost layer that previously added 15% to 28% on top of total token expenses during

Chicago, USA, August 7th, 2026, ChainwireCAMS-certified compliance leader to strengthen the money services business’s BSA/AML, sanctions, and virtual-asset compliance program across its digital asset and payments platform.Crypto Dispensers, a U.S.-based, FinCEN-registered money services business (MS

A European company you’ve probably never heard of just quietly stacked 3,140 Bitcoin in 12 months. Capital B, the Paris-listed firm that rebranded from The Blockchain Group in November 2024, has built what it calls Europe’s first dedicated corporate Bitcoin treasury, accumulating roughly $200 millio

The Grayscale staking strategy just became a lot more shareholder-friendly. Days before an important IRS deadline expired, the asset manager updated its trust agreement to make staking the default for nearly every eligible asset held in the fund while paving the way for regular cash distributions.Ti

A wave of law-firm alerts is warning BitGo investors about an Aug. 7 deadline. However, the cutoff applies only to those seeking to lead a proposed securities class action against the crypto custodian.Over the past few days, several law firms, including DJS Law Group, Faruqi & Faruqi, and Schall...

ChainCatcher report: Bitcoin Treasuries.NET posted on X that Alexandre Laizet of Capital B increased Europe’s first Bitcoin treasury to 3,140 BTC within one year. The video covers topics including the $300 trillion market corresponding to Bitcoin, Bitcoin reaching parity with gold, achieving zero fi

Ethereum has been hovering near the $1,900 level after climbing almost 9% over the past month, but it is still far below its previous all-time high.New data suggests the crypto asset is building a strong long-term setup, as technical signals and institutional demand continue to support the broader o

Since November 17, 2022, the government of El Salvador has purchased exactly one Bitcoin every single day.The numbers behind the strategyAs of early August 2026, El Salvador holds approximately 7,734 BTC in its national reserve, worth around $500 million at current prices. The daily purchase program