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The rally pushed Hyperliquid's native token past Dogecoin in market value, according to two outlets. HYPE, the token powering the Hyperliquid derivatives exchange, climbed 20% in a rapid move that traders attributed to signs the platform is inching toward the US market.
Brad Garlinghouse addressed speculation that Ripple could be reconsidering how it approaches a public listing. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has weighed in on fresh speculation surrounding a possible initial public offering, according to reporting from U.Today and Crypto Economy.
Brad Garlinghouse points to 67 million crypto owners as evidence the industry has entered the mainstream. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said crypto has shed its reputation as a fringe industry, according to reports from U.Today and crypto.news. He pointed to an ownership figure of 67 million people as the clearest sign of that shift.
A wave of forced short covering pushed Bitcoin toward its highest levels in months, though analysts caution on reading the rally at face value. Bitcoin climbed toward the $70,000 mark this week, extending a rally that coincided with what several market trackers called the biggest short liquidation volume ever recorded.
President Trump says regulators are building a U.S. compliance path for the offshore perpetuals exchange, sending its native token sharply higher. Hyperliquid's native token, HYPE, surged sharply this week after President Trump confirmed that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is working on a plan to bring the exchange into U.S. regulatory compliance.
August 20, 2026
Both rollups eventually post data to Ethereum and inherit its resistance to reversal. Everything before that point — who orders your transaction, who can catch a bad batch, who holds the upgrade keys — runs through a small number of permissioned actors that differ between the two chains.
Fresh sanctions rhetoric out of Washington leaves crypto markets largely steady, with Bitcoin defending a key price level. President Donald Trump has announced what he called an unprecedented economic warfare campaign against Iran, according to reporting from CoinGape and Daily Sabah Business.
A sharp, market-wide rebound lifted the two largest cryptocurrencies together, with ether outpacing bitcoin's gains. Crypto markets staged a sharp rebound, with ether climbing 18% to reach roughly $2,250. Bitcoin rose alongside it, gaining 8% and pushing past the $69,000 level.
The former bitcoin miner touts early progress on AI capacity, yet analysts remain split on how it will fund the buildout. Core Scientific has reported 440 megawatts of AI computing capacity, ahead of its own internal timeline. The company disclosed the figure alongside details of a contract backlog now valued at roughly $24 billion.
August 20, 2026
CryptoBriefing and Coindoo both cite CoinGlass for the same short-squeeze liquidation event but report different totals for liquidations, short liquidations, traders affected, and Bitcoin's share. CryptoBriefing and Coindoo both cite CoinGlass for the same short-squeeze liquidation event but report different totals for liquidations, short liquidations, traders affected, and Bitcoin's share.
The inflow figure, reported by CryptoBriefing, points to renewed investor interest after weeks of volatility. Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $517 million in net inflows during a single trading session, CryptoBriefing reported. The figure marks one of the larger single-day totals for the product category since its launch.
Bitcoin.com News reports a White House meeting with top digital asset executives as officials consider adding bitcoin to federal reserves President Donald Trump hosted a group of top cryptocurrency company chief executives at the White House, Bitcoin.com News reported.
August 20, 2026
On the same week a Korean regulator granted institutional standing, a senator put a legislative caution on the record, and a crypto PAC's spending failed to change a primary outcome. On the same week a Korean regulator granted institutional standing, a senator put a legislative caution on the record, and a crypto PAC's spending failed…
A quarterly SEC disclosure gives an exact share count and dollar value for one filer on one date. It does not show whether that filer was buying, selling, hedging, or simply holding ETF creation inventory.
Democratic senator says pushing the market structure bill too fast risks derailing bipartisan progress on digital asset regulation Senator Ruben Gallego has warned that a hasty vote on the CLARITY Act could jeopardize the legislation's chances of becoming law.
The crypto exchange has curbed employee use of Anthropic's Claude model in Hong Kong while its overall AI budget climbs toward eight figures a month. OKX has restricted employee access to Claude, the AI model built by Anthropic, for staff working out of its Hong Kong offices.
The crypto exchange joins Goldman Sachs in restricting the AI tool following an unexplained account suspension in the city. OKX has instructed employees in Hong Kong to stop using Anthropic's Claude AI, according to reporting from CryptoBriefing and Coin Edition.
August 20, 2026
BlackRock's bitcoin and ether ETFs charge an identical annual fee. Everything else about them - size, one-year return, drawdown, even how tracking error is measured - comes from different sources, different dates, and in places conflicts outright.