Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

HOME's trading volume over the past 24 hours surged to 4.3 times the 7-day average, with the price rising cumulatively by 77.6%, currently trading at $0.00911 and ranking 8th on AiCoin's trending list. Significant volume expansion accompanied by price strength typically indicates increased capital

BlockBeats report, August 4: Wintermute stated that the Federal Reserve maintained the federal funds rate unchanged last week, helping stabilize U.S. equities, partly due to the completion of large forced selling. The leveraged AI fund Situational Awareness publicly sold its positions at a discount

According to the market weekly report released by market maker Wintermute (@wintermute_t), the past week saw multiple shocks across macro and crypto markets: On the macro front, the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 3.50–3.75% in a 9–3 vote, with officials Hammack, Kashkari, and Logan u

ChainCatcher report, according to The Block, Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and grid operator ERCOT on Monday to conduct an audit of all data center projects currently in the queue within the state. In response, ERCOT immediately paused the “Batch Ze

ForewordSince 2021, global payment giant Visa has initiated explorations into stablecoin settlement on public blockchains. Following initial settlement pilot programs and fund pre-deposit tests on Ethereum and Solana, as of April 2026, the annualized settlement volume of its stablecoin settlement pi

Tesla delivered 93,579 vehicles from its China operations in July, a number that looks particularly impressive when you consider the company managed only about 67,886 units in July 2025. That’s roughly a 38% year-over-year jump.The figures, tracked by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), cove

This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter 'Daybook.'Sign up here, if you haven't already.The multimillion-dollar Coldcard hack, anemic institutional demand, and uncertainty in the regulatory and macroeconomic environment are some of the pain points for the crypto market right now.Yet there are no

According to The Block, Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and grid operator ERCOT on Monday to conduct an audit of all data center projects currently in the queue within the state. In response, ERCOT suspended its “Batch Zero” large-scale power approval

ChainThink reports that, on August 4, according to European Commission documents, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and a consortium of investors have received EU approval to acquire video game developer EA for $55 billion.EA confirmed in a regulatory filing submitted last Thursday that it

According to CoinDesk, the 30-day implied volatility index for Bitcoin, BVIV, which measures expected market volatility in the Bitcoin options market, has continued to decline and has now dropped to 36%, the lowest level since May 31, marking a significant pullback from its early June peak near 60%.

ME News report, August 4 (UTC+8): Polymarket trader "TwoEyes" significantly increased short positions in BTC and Strategy-related assets on Hyperliquid this morning. Opening a new short position of 13.4011 BTC at an average price of $63,679.40, while simultaneously selling 5,000 MSTR and 899.1 STRC,

Mars Finance reports that on August 4, according to a document released by the European Commission, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), along with an investor consortium, has received European Union approval under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation to acquire g

ATOM price has emerged as one of the strongest performers in today’s crypto market, climbing nearly 9% as investors rotate capital back into DeFi-focused projects. While Bitcoin and Ethereum continue consolidating, Cosmos has attracted renewed attention thanks to improving market sentiment, surging

Sequans Communications, a Paris-based IoT semiconductor company listed on the NYSE under ticker SQNS, sold 344 Bitcoin during Q2 2026 and has signaled its intention to offload the remaining 314 BTC still on its balance sheet. The company is officially winding down what was once an ambitious crypto t

Well over $100 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) has now been stolen through the ongoing Coldcard wallet exploit, said Galaxy Research, but market commentator Joe Consorti has argued that the attacker may struggle to spend much of that haul since every BTC is being tracked on the public blockchain.Inst