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Stablecoin issuer exits mining sites in Uruguay after a disagreement over electricity supply undercuts the plan. Tether has walked away from a $120 million Bitcoin mining project in Uruguay, according to reporting from crypto.news, CoinTurk News, Crypto News Flash and Cryptopolitan.

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The company's validator support for the proposed change coincided with a sharp rally in XRP's price. Ripple has voted to support a major amendment as part of the XRP Ledger's upcoming 3.3.0 upgrade, according to a report from CoinGape.

A rebound in Bitcoin above $79,000 pushed Strategy's 840,447 BTC treasury back into the black and lifted its stock to a two-month high. Strategy, the Nasdaq-listed company formerly known as MicroStrategy, saw its shares surge 11% in pre-market trading on August 21.

The network reduced how quickly it processes new blocks, marking its first such adjustment since going live. Solana has reduced its slot time to 350 milliseconds, according to multiple reports on August 21. A slot represents the fixed window in which validators produce and confirm a new block.

A sharp weekly surge pushed BTC above key moving averages and triggered widespread liquidations of short positions. Bitcoin surged approximately 20% over the past seven days, pushing the price to around $77,000. The move carried BTC decisively above key moving averages that traders use to gauge medium-term trend direction.

The memecoin hit its highest price since May, outpacing gains in Bitcoin and Solana over the past week. PEPE, the memecoin built on Ethereum, has risen 25% over the past week, according to data cited by multiple crypto outlets.

The update gives the wallet's large user base direct access to one of the busiest stablecoin networks in crypto. Bitcoin.com Wallet has integrated native support for TRON, the company confirmed. The update lets users store, send, and receive TRX, TRON's native token, alongside USDT issued under the TRC20 standard.

The bank now points to a possible retest of $126,000 before 2026 closes out. Standard Chartered is second-guessing a bitcoin price call it made earlier this year. The bank had set a year-end target of $100,000 for the largest cryptocurrency. Now it says that figure might undersell where bitcoin could actually land by December.

The collaboration follows a $120 million buyout and aims to develop AI systems capable of planning decades into the future. Google DeepMind has confirmed a partnership with CCP Games, the studio behind the long-running space simulation EVE Online.

The integration reportedly lets traders move the stablecoin on Aster without completing Robinhood's identity checks. Robinhood Chain has added support for USDG deposits and withdrawals through a new integration with Aster, according to reports from CryptoBriefing and The Cryptonomist. The addition connects Robinhood's blockchain infrastructure to a trading venue that operates outside traditional brokerage rails.

Four reports published this period give two irreconcilable versions of the same fact, and the gap between them is the story. Four reports published this period give two irreconcilable versions of the same fact, and the gap between them is the story.

A rebound in bitcoin's price has pushed the company's corporate treasury position back into significant paper gains. Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, has amassed one of the largest corporate bitcoin treasuries in the world. Reports from CoinDesk and UNLOCK Blockchain now indicate the company's holdings carry an unrealized profit of $1.4 billion.

crypto.news and CryptoBriefing both cover Coldcard's firmware fix but disagree on whether an actual theft of Bitcoin occurred. crypto.news and CryptoBriefing both cover Coldcard's firmware fix but disagree on whether an actual theft of Bitcoin occurred.

The new mechanism aims to auction transaction order flow openly on Solana, addressing longstanding MEV concerns. Flowra has launched what it calls an Open Orderflow Auction built for the Solana blockchain, according to reports from Invezz and CoinJournal published on August 21, 2026.

Large holders accumulated hundreds of millions of XRP as the token snapped a months-long slide. XRP has pushed through a downtrend that had weighed on the token for months, according to reports from Invezz and crypto.news. Both outlets pointed to renewed buying interest as the catalyst behind the shift in momentum.

A token reallocation worth roughly $49 million shifts previously earmarked OP supply away from user allocations and into the Foundation's hands. The Optimism Foundation now controls 546.9 million OP tokens that had previously been designated for users, according to reporting on the reallocation.

A bullish price call collides with technical warnings after Ethereum's relative strength index climbs to 86 Ethereum's price trajectory is drawing renewed attention from analysts after a recent rally pushed the token toward a widely watched psychological level.