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The Nasdaq-listed firm added nearly 9,926 ETH in its latest purchase, pushing total holdings above 5.8 million tokens. BitMine Immersion Technologies has added to its Ethereum treasury once again. The firm, chaired by longtime market strategist Tom Lee, purchased 9,926 ETH in its most recent buy.

The family office run by veteran macro investor Stan Druckenmiller has taken a position linked to the Hyperliquid ecosystem, though reports differ on which asset it targets. Stan Druckenmiller's Duquesne Family Office has revealed a $23 million position connected to Hyperliquid, according to two separate reports.

The Trump family-linked crypto platform's new tie-up brings Chinese-developed AI tools into its ecosystem, according to industry reports. World Liberty Financial has entered into a partnership with WorldClaw, according to reporting from CoinGape and Cryptopolitan. The arrangement is said to bring Chinese-developed artificial intelligence models into World Liberty Financial's platform.

XRP trades near $1.00 as chart watchers flag $1.18 resistance and $0.85 as the next major support level XRP changed hands near $1.00 on August 15, according to CoinTurk News, as traders weighed the token's next move.

The company's crypto and cash reserves now stand near $11.4 billion as its treasury approaches 5% of Ethereum's total supply. BitMine Immersion Technologies has expanded its Ethereum treasury once again. The company added 9,926 ETH to its balance sheet, bringing total holdings to approximately 5.82 million tokens.

The blockchain says it will reverse roughly 109,000 transactions following an exploit that produced counterfeit ONE tokens. Harmony, the layer-1 blockchain known for its cross-chain bridge, has said it plans to roll back its chain after forged versions of its native ONE token spread across the network.

Open interest in XRP futures climbed even as spot prices touched the $1 mark and bearish sentiment spread online. XRP's price dropped to roughly $1 this week, a psychologically important threshold for the token. The move triggered a wave of bearish commentary across trading circles and social platforms.

HYPE and LINK outperform the broader altcoin market even as US Bitcoin funds record heavy withdrawals. Bitcoin held near $63,460 on August 17, keeping its position within a tight recent trading band. The price stability came even as US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded a combined outflow of $390 million, according to data cited across…

Stablecoin issuer moves from routine attestations to a full audit by a major global accounting firm. Tether has completed what is being described as its first audit carried out by a Big Four accounting firm, according to a report from Forkast. KPMG signed off on the stablecoin issuer's 2025 financials, the outlet reported.

Regulatory filings show the trading firm also holds positions in Franklin, Grayscale, Canary and 21Shares XRP products. Jane Street, a major global trading firm, has disclosed a $14 million position in the Bitwise XRP ETF. The disclosure appeared in regulatory filings reviewed by multiple outlets covering institutional crypto exposure.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs shed capital for the week while Ethereum ETFs broke a five-week run of inflows. Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds bled $390 million in net outflows over the past week, marking a notable reversal from recent inflow trends. The figure was reported consistently across multiple crypto news outlets tracking fund flow data.

The charter clears a path for the firm's USD1 stablecoin to operate under federal oversight World Liberty Financial has obtained a conditional charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, according to reports from NFTevening and Forkast.

Ethereum co-founder praises Bitcoin's Utreexo technology as a model for lighter, more efficient blockchain scaling. Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has credited Bitcoin developers with scaling innovations that could inform Ethereum's own technical direction.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says clearing unwanted tokens from wallets remains too difficult, prompting calls for a design fix. Changpeng Zhao, widely known as CZ, has called on Trust Wallet to rework how it lets users manage and hide unwanted tokens.

The Austrian financial regulator's action marks the first publicly disclosed enforcement case under the EU's new crypto rulebook. Austria's financial market regulator has fined Bitpanda 70,000 euros, according to reports from Bitcoin.com News, Finance Magnates and Cointelegraph.

The new issuance lifts Ripple's stablecoin's circulating supply to roughly 1.71 billion tokens amid rising institutional interest. Ripple has issued another 10 million RLUSD tokens, bringing the stablecoin's total circulating supply to approximately 1.71 billion. The mint was recorded on-chain and confirmed by blockchain trackers, according to reporting on the issuance.

The public company's altcoin treasury strategy backfired as BERA holdings shrank to roughly $16 million by quarter's end. Greenlane, a publicly traded company, disclosed that its $70 million treasury allocation to the Berachain token BERA had shrunk dramatically. By the close of the second quarter, the holding was worth approximately $16 million.

Overnight, the most corroborated development was Europe locking out 1,700 platforms, while the loudest trading-floor stories still rest on two outlets each. Overnight, the most corroborated development was Europe locking out 1,700 platforms, while the loudest trading-floor stories still rest on two outlets each.